Developing a Hybrid Plan for SD-WAN Q&A
Thanks to all who joined us for the Comcast Business 2017 SD-WAN and Virtual Edge Report webinar, Developing a Hybrid Plan for SD-WAN, where they discussed how to ease into SD-WAN to test and experience new business capabilities across a distributed enterprise. After the webinar we took questions from the audience. Unfortunately we ran out... Read more →
Alibaba Cloud Next-Gen Data Center Uses Cisco Tech
The companies will collaborate on other areas including data center interconnection in the future.
HPE, Rackspace to Sell Pay-as-You-Go OpenStack Private Cloud
They will offer similar pay-per-use private clouds based on VMware and Microsoft Azure Stack next year.
OneAccess OS Manages Physical, Virtual Network Functions
The telco journey “is going to take some time.”
CNCF Launches Kubernetes Conformance Certification Program
Companies that gain certification can use Kubernetes as part of their product name.
Qualcomm Tosses Out Broadcom’s Unsolicited Bid
Qualcomm said the offer significantly undervalued its leadership position.
Docker’s Kubernetes Support Leaves Questions Around Swarm
The company says it plans to evolve Swarm but hasn't provided any details.
SDxCentral’s Weekly News Roundup — November 10, 2017
Telstra and Ericsson complete 5G data call; SoftBank increases stake in Sprint; Edgecore Networks contributes hardware for white box packet transponder to TIP.
Lumina’s SDN Controller Manages Third Party Switches, Containers
This is targeted to the data center use case.
Verizon Makes SD-WAN Platform Available to its Wholesale Customers
The company's SD-WAN service is powered by Cisco Meraki.
What’s the Dollar Amount of Your Cyber Risk? There’s Software for That
By 2020 at least half of the integrated risk management products on the market will be SaaS.
Telco Systems Provides Open NFV Platform with x86 and ARM Support
It added 6WIND’s vRouter to the NFV platform.
Ciena Launches Switch to Deploy VNFs at the Edge
New product targets include 5G pre-builds and IoT.
TIP Tackles Network Slicing, Artificial Intelligence, and Open RAN
Three new operators — BT, Telefonica, and Vodafone — joined the TIP board of directors.
CenturyLink Says SD-WAN Isn’t Cannibalizing its MPLS Business
Customers often combine MPLS with SD-WAN.
Infinera’s Stock Implodes Under Mixed Q3, Restructuring Plans
The restructuring plan includes the elimination of facilities and job cuts.
Headcount: The Latest in Hirings, Firings, and Retirings — November 9, 2017
Nutanix adds to its exec team and board; HPE names CIO to restructure IT.
Overcoming Four Common Misconceptions for Container Adoption
Enterprises see security risks, unfamiliar workflow, replacing legacy products, and IoT as barriers to container adoption.
FINALLY! A Cloud Service That Gives You Visibility Into Your Virtual Apps, Desktops & Users
Now you can get deep visibility into your XenApp and XenDesktop deployment from a single web-based console as part of Citrix NetScaler Management and Analytics Service. The same features that have been tried and tested in the on-premises version of NetScaler MAS now are available in a Citrix Cloud service. And best of all, you... Read more →
AT&T Wields Disproportionate Influence in ONAP, But Everyone’s OK With It
Larger operators are letting AT&T lead, for now.