Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Take a Network Break! There's a Red Alert for Apache Polaris with four CVEs that could enable unauthorized read/write access.
On the news front, Lumen is spending $475 million in cash for Alkira to extend its NaaS offering across public clouds. Extreme Networks announces Wi-Fi 7 APs and new features in its Platform ONE management service. It also announced new AI agents to support network operations, including a Co-Worker agent that nudges you to investigate or take action.
The FCC votes to ban Chinese labs from certifying electronics sold in the US and is moving to ban Chinese telecoms from operating data centers in the US, Versa Networks adds a 5G extender to its SD-WAN options, and Belden becomes the latest owner of Ruckus Networks for $1.8 billion in cash.
Arista ramps up revenue in Q1 2026, Cloudflare cuts 20% of its staff to rightsize for the agentic AI era, and Cloudflare reduced its net income losses for Q1 2026 vs. this time last year. Finally, Anthropic makes a colossal deal with SpaceX to use all the compute capacity of SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center.
AdSpot Sponsor: Itential
Itential’s FlowAI delivers agentic operations for infrastructure - meaning easily build AI agents that actually work the way engineers need them to: governed, deterministic, and built for production. Add intelligent automation to your network operations without the usual AI chaos. Find out more at itential.com/flowai
Links:
US ISP CPE SUPPLY CHAIN – senki.org/us-isp-cpe-supply-chain
Security Vulnerabilities, CVEs published since 2026-04-30 - cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/published_since-2026-04-30/?page=1&order=3
Apache Polaris 1.4.1 - polaris.apache.org/downloads/1.4.1
Lumen to Acquire Alkira, Establishing the Control Plane for Cloud Connectivity - ir.lumen.com/news/news-details/2026/Lumen-to-Acquire-Alkira-Establishing-the-Control-Plane-for-Cloud-Connectivity/default.aspx
Establishing the control plane for cloud connectivity - lumen.com/blog/en-us/cloud-connectivity-control-plane
Lumen Technologies to acquire Alkira for $475 million - finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/lumen-technologies-acquire-alkira-475-144136183.html
Introducing Extreme Agent ONE: A Smarter, Faster, Autonomous Approach to Enterprise Networking - investor.extremenetworks.com/news/news-details/2026/Introducing-Extreme-Agent-ONE-A-Smarter-Faster-Autonomous-Approach-to-Enterprise-Networking/default.aspx
Extreme Accelerates Leadership Position in Next-Generation Wi-Fi 7 - investor.extremenetworks.com/news/news-details/2026/Extreme-Accelerates-Leadership-Position-in-Next-Generation-Wi-Fi-7/default.aspx
All Packet Pushers Coverage from Extreme Connect Orlando May 4-7, 2026 - packetpushers.net/blog/extreme-connect-orlando-may-4-7-2026
FCC votes to ban all Chinese labs from certifying electronics sold in the US due to national security concerns — ruling would affect 75 percent of US-bound devices - tomshardware.com/tech-industry/fcc-votes-to-ban-all-chinese-labs-from-certifying-electronics-sold-in-the-us
Versa Frees Enterprise 5G From the Wiring Closet With New SD-WAN-Native Extender - versa-networks.com/news/2026/versa-frees-enterprise-5g-from-the-wiring-closet-with-new-sd-wan-native-extender
Vistance Networks to Sell its RUCKUS Networks Business to Belden Inc. for $1.846 Billion - ir.vistancenetworks.com/news-releases/news-release-details/vistance-networks-sell-its-ruckus-networks-business-belden-inc
Belden to Acquire RUCKUS Networks from Vistance Networks, Accelerating its Transformation into a Full-Stack Networking Solutions Provider - investor.belden.com/news/news-details/2026/Belden-to-Acquire-RUCKUS-Networks-from-Vistance-Networks-Accelerating-its-Transformation-into-a-Full-Stack-Networking-Solutions-Provider/default.aspx
Arista Networks, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results - arista.com/en/company/news/press-release/24017-pr-20260505
Building for the future - blog.cloudflare.com/building-for-the-future
Cloudflare Announces First Quarter 2026 Financial Result - cloudflare.com/press/press-releases/2026/cloudflare-announces-first-quarter-2026-financial-results
Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX - anthropic.com/news/higher-limits-spacex
Colossus: The Forbin Project - youtube.com/watch?v=kyOEwiQhzMI
Nemertes Virtual Field Trip - nemertes.substack.com/p/contact-us
Network Break is part of the Packet Pushers network. Visit our website to find more great networking and technology podcasts, along with tutorial videos, the Human Infrastructure newsletter, and loads more resources for building your IT career. packetpushers.net
Take a Network Break! There's a Red Alert for Apache Polaris with four CVEs that could enable unauthorized read/write access.
On the news front, Lumen is spending $475 million in cash for Alkira to extend its NaaS offering across public clouds. Extreme Networks announces Wi-Fi 7 APs and new features in its Platform ONE management service. It also announced new AI agents to support network operations, including a Co-Worker agent that nudges you to investigate or take action.
The FCC votes to ban Chinese labs from certifying electronics sold in the US and is moving to ban Chinese telecoms from operating data centers in the US, Versa Networks adds a 5G extender to its SD-WAN options, and Belden becomes the latest owner of Ruckus Networks for $1.8 billion in cash.
Arista ramps up revenue in Q1 2026, Cloudflare cuts 20% of its staff to rightsize for the agentic AI era, and Cloudflare reduced its net income losses for Q1 2026 vs. this time last year. Finally, Anthropic makes a colossal deal with SpaceX to use all the compute capacity of SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center.
AdSpot Sponsor: Itential
Itential’s FlowAI delivers agentic operations for infrastructure - meaning easily build AI agents that actually work the way engineers need them to: governed, deterministic, and built for production. Add intelligent automation to your network operations without the usual AI chaos. Find out more at itential.com/flowai
Links:
US ISP CPE SUPPLY CHAIN – senki.org/us-isp-cpe-supply-chain
Security Vulnerabilities, CVEs published since 2026-04-30 - cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/published_since-2026-04-30/?page=1&order=3
Apache Polaris 1.4.1 - polaris.apache.org/downloads/1.4.1
Lumen to Acquire Alkira, Establishing the Control Plane for Cloud Connectivity - ir.lumen.com/news/news-details/2026/Lumen-to-Acquire-Alkira-Establishing-the-Control-Plane-for-Cloud-Connectivity/default.aspx
Establishing the control plane for cloud connectivity - lumen.com/blog/en-us/cloud-connectivity-control-plane
Lumen Technologies to acquire Alkira for $475 million - finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/lumen-technologies-acquire-alkira-475-144136183.html
Introducing Extreme Agent ONE: A Smarter, Faster, Autonomous Approach to Enterprise Networking - investor.extremenetworks.com/news/news-details/2026/Introducing-Extreme-Agent-ONE-A-Smarter-Faster-Autonomous-Approach-to-Enterprise-Networking/default.aspx
Extreme Accelerates Leadership Position in Next-Generation Wi-Fi 7 - investor.extremenetworks.com/news/news-details/2026/Extreme-Accelerates-Leadership-Position-in-Next-Generation-Wi-Fi-7/default.aspx
All Packet Pushers Coverage from Extreme Connect Orlando May 4-7, 2026 - packetpushers.net/blog/extreme-connect-orlando-may-4-7-2026
FCC votes to ban all Chinese labs from certifying electronics sold in the US due to national security concerns — ruling would affect 75 percent of US-bound devices - tomshardware.com/tech-industry/fcc-votes-to-ban-all-chinese-labs-from-certifying-electronics-sold-in-the-us
Versa Frees Enterprise 5G From the Wiring Closet With New SD-WAN-Native Extender - versa-networks.com/news/2026/versa-frees-enterprise-5g-from-the-wiring-closet-with-new-sd-wan-native-extender
Vistance Networks to Sell its RUCKUS Networks Business to Belden Inc. for $1.846 Billion - ir.vistancenetworks.com/news-releases/news-release-details/vistance-networks-sell-its-ruckus-networks-business-belden-inc
Belden to Acquire RUCKUS Networks from Vistance Networks, Accelerating its Transformation into a Full-Stack Networking Solutions Provider - investor.belden.com/news/news-details/2026/Belden-to-Acquire-RUCKUS-Networks-from-Vistance-Networks-Accelerating-its-Transformation-into-a-Full-Stack-Networking-Solutions-Provider/default.aspx
Arista Networks, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results - arista.com/en/company/news/press-release/24017-pr-20260505
Building for the future - blog.cloudflare.com/building-for-the-future
Cloudflare Announces First Quarter 2026 Financial Result - cloudflare.com/press/press-releases/2026/cloudflare-announces-first-quarter-2026-financial-results
Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX - anthropic.com/news/higher-limits-spacex
Colossus: The Forbin Project - youtube.com/watch?v=kyOEwiQhzMI
Nemertes Virtual Field Trip - nemertes.substack.com/p/contact-us
Network Break is part of the Packet Pushers network. Visit our website to find more great networking and technology podcasts, along with tutorial videos, the Human Infrastructure newsletter, and loads more resources for building your IT career. packetpushers.net
