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Cisco Goes for Premier Membership in Blockchain Project
Cisco takes a leadership role within Hyperledger’s governing board.
Google CEO ‘Surprised’ at Cloud Uptake, Use Cases
Google nearly tripled its big cloud deals in one year.
Fiber Pays Off for Carriers, SD-WAN Not So Much, Yet
TBR’s report shows 6.6% growth in connectivity services revenue for first quarter 2017.
What Does Cisco’s Intent-Based Networking Actually Do?
Cisco stole some marketing thunder from MEF, which is taking over ONF's work on the technology.
MEF Embarks on Standardization of SD-WAN
Several SD-WAN vendors have joined MEF.
Nuage Wins its Ninth SD-WAN Deal with a Service Provider — Telus
Canada’s Telus offers SD-WAN through its network-as-a-service.
Juniper Networks Snatches its New CTO Bikash Koley from Google
Juniper’s former CTO was the founder of the company.
Rackspace Partners with Google Cloud, Pivotal Cloud Foundry
It struck managed services deals with the two companies.
Bullish on Blockchain: Microsoft Offers Blockchain-as-a-Service
Microsoft was a founding member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance.
FD.io Sees Packet Speeds Double with Intel’s New Chips
The Intel chips have helped FD.io to double its vSwitch performance.
SK Telecom Creates its Own In-House NFV MANO
The operator got fed up with separate NFV management for different equipment.
Linux Foundation Blockchain Group Debuts Hyperledger Fabric 1.0
Hyperledger Fabric is the first Hyperledger code to achieve 1.0 status.
Cloud Security Firm HyTrust Raises $36M, Purchases DataGravity
HyTrust has raised about $95.5 million in total.
Cloud Providers Tap Private Brokers for IPv4 Addresses
MIT recently announced it was selling about 8 million of its unused IPv4 addresses.
Apple Engineers Founded SnapRoute, Which Now Helps AT&T
Nick McKeown helped SnapRoute get off the ground.
AT&T Invests Up to $200M in ONAP-Focused Venture Capital Fund
Some view ONAP as "horrendously complex" to implement.
FTC Worries that Broadcom’s Purchase of Brocade Creates a Fibre Channel Switch Monopoly
The FTC doesn’t want the deal to quash competition with Cisco.
Security Startup Taps Blockchain to Assign Unhackable Digital IDs
Block Armour built its security using Hyperledger code.
Linux Foundation Launches Open Security Controller Project
The initial code was created by Intel.
Cisco Gets on Board Microsoft’s SONiC Train
Cisco's fixed Nexus switches could be used with SONiC software.