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Michigan VC Firm Deploys Bigleaf SD-WAN to Its Car Dealerships
As venture capital firm DP Fox began to migrate its business-critical applications to the cloud it needed a connectivity service that could keep up with its growing portfolio.
Alibaba Group Leans Into Cloud Computing Business
Alibaba Group’s CEO said that cloud computing will be its “main business” in the future — following closely in Amazon’s footsteps.
Azure Tops AWS, GCP in Cloud Performance, Says ThousandEyes
In ThousandEye's first report on cloud performance, Azure demonstrated the highest amount of performance stability, and AWS the least.
Headcount: The Latest in Firings, Hirings, and Retirings — November 7, 2018
CenturyLink adds another Level 3 employee to C-Suite; Intel reorganizes its chip manufacturing business; and Docker expands its leadership team.
Thoma Bravo Acquires Veracode From Broadcom for $950 Million
Broadcom took over Veracode as part of its $18.9 billion purchase of CA Technologies, which it completed this week. CA bought Veracode in 2017.
Symantec Buys Appthority, Javelin Networks to Strengthen Endpoint Security
The two acquisitions will boost the company's mobile and enterprise credentials, particularly with regard to Active Directory and mobile application security.
Viavi Launches Mobile Core Emulator to Speed 5G Deployments
With the 5G Core Emulator added to its product mix, Viavi can provide complete, end-to-end 5G base station testing and validation.
Ciena Optimizes Its Packet Optical Networks With Analytics Service
The offering is sold as a subscription service in three tiers to provide different levels of visibility and data analysis based on an organization’s needs.
Accedian Launches Analytics Platform to Provide Front-End View of Its Data
Previously, the performance monitoring company had no way to take the test data it was creating and analyze it to detect anomalies and predict network issues.
L’Oreal Deploys Catchpoint to Manage, Monitor the Breadth of Its Digital Business
The cosmetic company’s digital business includes 35 brands across 140 countries. Prior to deploying Catchpoint, it didn’t have a way to diagnose network issues and sought a consolidated view of this business.
BT Replaces Departing Chief Executive With Worldpay’s Philip Jansen
The London-based telecom provider’s current Chief Executive Gavin Patterson announced in June that he would leave BT amid company struggles.
Alibaba Cloud Brings Its Blockchain Service to the Global Stage
The blockchain service is based on the Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Fabric and the Alibaba Group financial affiliate’s blockchain platform.
CenturyLink Will Use Cisco-Viptela to Expand Its Managed SD-WAN Offering
This is the second vendor CenturyLink is using for its managed SD-WAN. The company launched its service in 2016 using Versa Networks' platform.
IHS Markit: Off-Premises Cloud Services Will Reach $414B by 2022
This new research increases predictions made by IHS in May as the cloud services market has seen steady growth in existing regions and big growth in developing regions.
SolarWinds Goes Public (Again)
The company opened on the NYSE at $15.30 per share and offered 25 million shares.
10 Security Startups that Investors Are Funding
These 10 security companies raised more than $499 million in just the last month as security remains a top priority for many enterprises.
Cato Networks Adds Self-Healing Capability to Its SD-WAN
It also released an SD-WAN device built specifically for data centers. Previously, it only had a branch device that couldn’t fully meet data centers’ needs.
Embratel Taps VMware to Bring SD-WAN to Brazil
The Brazilian telco operator is building VMware’s VeloCloud-powered NSX SD-WAN into its network to deliver SD-WAN services across the country.
Twilio Boosts Its Cloud Communications Platform With $2B SendGrid Purchase
SendGrid sells an email marketing platform to businesses. The purchase will enable Twilio to bring all of its customers' communications channels under a single platform and company.
Microsoft Employees Protest Pentagon’s JEDI, Microsoft Bids Anyway
The open letter from Microsoft employees follows similar protests of the $10 billion contract from Google, IBM, and Oracle.