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Paysafe Finds Solace in Full Mesh Connectivity From Cato SD-WAN
The online payments company said it is paying half of what it paid to have six sites outfitted with MPLS to deploy Cato SD-WAN on 14 sites at a higher bandwidth.
ONUG Open SD-WAN Exchange Takes a Step Closer to Vendor Interoperability
The Open SD-WAN Exchange (OSE) plans to launch its service level API, which helps SD-WAN vendors talk, at the upcoming ONUG Spring 2018 conference.
Ericsson: 70% of Service Providers Will Focus on Cellular IoT
The service providers interviewed believe that cellular IoT technologies, such as Cat-M1 and NB-IoT, will be “game changers.”
Virtual Instruments Integrates With Cisco SAN Telemetry, AppDynamics
The performance management company released a new version of its platform that integrates with Cisco’s new SAN telemetry streaming and AppDynamics.
Southern Theatres Cleans Up Messy Network With Mosaic NetworX SD-WAN
Before deploying SD-WAN, the company was using “a spaghetti mess” of handcrafted tunnels with combinations of Sonicwall firewalls, third party tunnels, and Cisco ASA firewalls. The result was “awful and unreliable” connections.
6 Software-Defined Storage Companies to Watch
While the overall storage market experiences slow growth, software-defined storage is driving significant shifts in revenue. We selected six companies that are pushing the market forward.
Construction Firm Replaces MPLS With CloudGenix App-Centric SD-WAN
Shawmut Design and Construction wanted to break up with its MPLS, move its infrastructure to the cloud, and reduce network costs while improving its network efficiency.
Rogers and Ericsson Kickstart Plan to Spread 5G Across Canada
The companies completed live tests of 5G in a Toronto stadium and plan to continue testing in other Canadian cities over the next year.
Hybrid-Cloud Monitoring Startup Sensu Raises $10M in Series A
The startup maintains a free and open source monitoring framework as well as a commercial platform.
Israeli IoT Startup Axonize Scores Investment From Deutsche Telekom
The startup raised $6 million in its Series A round, bringing its total funding to $7.8 million. Axonize’s IoT orchestration platform is based on Microsoft Azure and is built for IoT service providers.
Zyxel Chooses Enea to Boost Application Visibility on Its UTM Products
Zyxel embedded Enea’s deep packet inspection engine within its UTM products to analyze traffic in real-time and identify application protocols.
Headcount: The Latest in Hirings, Firing, and Retirings — April 10, 2018
Riverbed CEO retires; Manoj Leelanivas returns to Juniper; and Microsoft reorganizes.
SevOne SDN Monitoring Platform Eases Transition to Cisco ACI Environments
The 2.0 version of its SDN Monitoring package integrates capabilities from SevOne’s data insights platform to automate operational insight of Cisco ACI environments, during and after its rollout.
Apcela Gets to the Root of Problems With Enhanced Analytics Platform, SD-WAN API
The SD-WAN API leverages and extends Cisco's SD-WAN and its network monitoring platform by isolating problems using underlay and overlay network data.
Apple Poaches Google AI Chief John Giannandrea
Just two days after Giannandrea left Google, he was hired by Apple in a move to boost its AI-capabilities against competitors, including Google and Amazon.
Mosaic NetworX Shortens Its SD-WAN Sales Process With Connected2Fiber
Mosaic NetworX integrated Connected2Fiber’s connected world platform with its Salesforce instance to more effectively design and sell its SD-WAN service.
Martello and Elfiq Networks Prove SD-WAN Via CENGN Project
After completing its merger with Elfiq Networks, Martello launched an SD-WAN and is putting its scalability to the test with Canada’s Center of Excellence in Next-Generation Networks.
Australian Macquarie Telecom Rolls Out SD-WAN for Aged Care Provider
The SD-WAN network will connect more than 20 Hall and Prior nursing home locations in Western Australia and New South Wales.
HPE Acquires Sensor-Based Service Assurance Startup Cape Networks
Cape Networks will become part of HPE's Aruba division and its technology will be integrated into Aruba’s machine learning platform, NetInsight.
Telemedicine Company Deploys Cradlepoint for SD-WAN and SD-Perimeter Management
Visio Health used Cradlepoint to create plop-and-go connectivity at healthcare sites using its diagnostic telemedicine carts. Cradlepoint NetCloud offers IoT network and device management, optimized WAN path selection, and a perimeter-secured overlay network.