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Broadband Forum Creates an Open Source Project for Network Access Interoperability
The Apache 2.0-licensed project brings openness to access networks, so they can interoperate.
Arista Taps VMware, Zscaler to Create Consistent Cloud Security
VMware’s software will bring common security policy enforcement to virtual and physical workloads. Zscaler brings its north-south traffic security.
Gaming Company Replaces Cisco, F5, and Juniper With XCloud Networks
XCloud Networks taps SDN and NFV for custom networking. And the startup won Innova as its second customer to replace its existing data center infrastructure.
Microsoft to Open Source Its Network Replication Software
The cloud is too big to fail. And Microsoft doesn’t want to hoard the emulation technology.
F5 Networks’ VNF Manager Scales Capacity
The capacity is correlated with consumption-based pricing, which service providers have been wanting for a long time.
India’s Sify Technologies Deploys Cisco SD-WAN
The Indian service provider delivers telecommunications services over a telecom network infrastructure reaching more than 1,550 municipalities in India.
H3C Among Top Data Center Ethernet Switch Vendors, Says IHS Markit
Respondents to IHS Markit’s survey indicated they expect a 1.5x increase in the average number of physical servers in their data centers by 2019.
Extreme Networks Stock Drops After Its Brocade, Avaya Acquisitions Disappoint in Revenues
Extreme had predicted the Brocade assets would generate over $230 million in annual revenue and that the Avaya assets would generate a minimum of $200 million in revenue in fiscal 2018.
Quality of Experience Is What Distinguishes SD-WAN Products, Says NSS Labs
Fortinet bragged today that it was the only vendor with security capabilities to receive an SD-WAN recommended rating in the first NSS Labs software-defined wide area networking test report.
Two Cisco Senior Vice Presidents Depart the Company
Cisco Senior Vice President Christine Heckart has left the company. The marketing executive hailed from Brocade.
AWS Eyes the 6,000 Enterprise Clients of DXC Technology as Public Cloud Prospects
AWS and DXC Technology have agreed to build a new multibillion-dollar DXC-AWS Integrated Practice that will help DXC clients migrate their existing IT environments to AWS.
Frinx Does Software-Defined Networking for SoftBank
"SoftBank trusted us in 2016, and we’ve been working with them as partners ever since," says Frinx's CEO. "Folks say it is very important who your first customer is.”
Cisco Is Ready To Upgrade a Million Routers With SD-WAN Software
The Viptela software can run on all Cisco ISR and ASR routers, as well as ENCS 5000 routers, that are four years old or younger.
Arista Will Pay Cisco $400 Million to Settle Litigation
In today’s agreement the companies said that, with limited exceptions, they will not bring any new litigation over patents or copyrights related to existing products for five years.
Lumina Networks Helps Cable Operators via OpenDaylight Software
This is the first product that Lumina Networks has introduced in the cable operator space. But the company sees it as a stepping stone to broadening support for MSOs.
Arista Lifts Its Mojo by Acquiring a Cognitive WiFi Company
At first blush, a WiFi acquisition seems a little far afield for a data center switching company. And Jefferies analyst George Notter expressed that same sentiment. But Arista makes a good argument for it.
ARM Spells Out Its New IoT Platform — Pelion
The company says the Pelion IoT Platform “definitely complements our chip design business.”
Amazon Plots Its Departure From Oracle by 2020
Adding insult to injury, Amazon’s foray into data center technology poses a competitive threat to Oracle.
Kontron Acquires Inocybe, Will Compete Against Lumina Networks
Inocybe’s SDN controller will run on Kontron white-box hardware. And Kontron also gets Inocybe’s enterprise customer base.
Harmonic Advances Its Virtual Cable Access Technology
The company told investors it now has 400,000 cable modems operating in the field with its CableOS network virtualization technology. That’s an increase from 200,000 last quarter.