Orange Business Services Builds ‘One-Stop Shop’ for SD-WAN

Orange claims the largest enterprise SD-WAN deployment in the world rolling out more than 1,500...

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InvenSense Deploys Aryaka SD-WAN to Meet Growing Business Needs

SD-WAN allowed the sensor manufacturer to streamline and automate operations, and ultimately make it in a rapidly changing industry.

Ciena Spins Off Blue Planet Software Into an Independent Division

Ciena anticipates that the Blue Planet Division will reach $50 to $60 million in annual revenue during fiscal 2019, growing to $100 to $120 million in 2021.

Headcount: The Latest in Firings, Hirings, and Retirings — February 6, 2019

VMware loses one executive and gains another from Oracle; Puppet gets a new CEO.

Huawei and ZTE Face New Bans and Legislation

Huawei and ZTE's list of woes continue as Germany, Canada, Poland, and the U.S. all appear to be working to impose new bans.

Spectra Taps Versa Networks to Deliver Managed SD-WAN in India

Versa has now signed managed service provider agreements with more than 80 global providers.

Netsurion Replaces Its SD-WAN With a Unified Network Management, Security Orchestration Platform

Netsurion’s BranchSDO platform is the company’s natural evolution of its SD-WAN service. “What’s next for SD-WAN is really removing the handcuffs off of the branch and allowing this resilient, agile security solution that also delivers compliance,” said John Ayers, VP of product at...

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Dell EMC Brings the Tactical Azure Stack to the Edge

This was one of several announcements Microsoft made today to boost its cloud and edge capabilities for its U.S. government customers.

Orange’s Cyberdefense Unit Gets a Leg Up With SecureData Purchase

The U.K.-based managed security service provider SecureData, and its security consulting arm, will continue to operate independently alongside Orange’s own security unit.

NetScout Remains Optimistic Despite Continued Revenue Decline

NetScout expects to start to see the benefits of 5G as well as its restructuring and headcount reduction plans over the coming quarters.

Alibaba Outlines ‘Clear Cloud Strategy’ in Q3 2019 Earnings

Last year, Alibaba Group restructured its cloud computing arm in an effort to make Alibaba Cloud its “main business” in the future. AliCloud grew 84 percent year over year in the most recent quarter.

Intel Reportedly Bids $5.5B for Mellanox

If true, Intel joins Xilinx and Microsoft in a bidding war for the Israel-based chip and hardware manufacturer.

Cato Networks Raises $55M to Take On Legacy Telcos

The young SD-WAN provider will use the funds to invest in its service infrastructure, engineering and support organizations, and marketing and sales efforts.

Cisco Issues Patches for Several SD-WAN Software Vulnerabilities

Cisco discovered a number of vulnerabilities affecting devices that connect to its SD-WAN software. This includes one critical security flaw to its vController software.

Microsoft Snaps Up Another Open Source Startup: Citus Data

Citus Data offers an extension that transforms open source management system PostgreSQL into a distributed database.

SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup — January 25, 2019

Google receives the largest GDPR fine to date; The Department of Labor accuses Oracle of wage discrimination; Digital Realty expands its footprint.

Vodafone Loses Its Head of Cloud, Automation Fran Heeran to Nokia

This is the latest in a series of major changes at Vodafone, which just said goodbye to a number of executives and announced large real estate changes in the U.K.

CoreDNS Becomes First CNCF Graduate of 2019

CoreDNS replaced kube-dns as the default DNS server in the most recent update of Kubernetes. It is the fourth project to graduate CNCF.

Arrcus Joins the 400G Ethernet Switch Party

The white box OS startup, which is taking on data center big dogs Cisco and Arista, launched its hardware-agnostic operating system last July.

AppDynamics Unveils Central Nervous System Platform For AIOps Era

The application monitoring company, owned by Cisco, debuted several new products that will help enterprises navigate the complexity of modern environments.