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Linux Foundation Acknowledges Concerns About Microsoft’s Purchase of GitHub
The Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin acknowledges that there are “still small pockets of deep mistrust of Microsoft in the open source community.”
The $449M Price VMware Paid for VeloCloud Could Be Misleading
IHS Markit also reported drops in SD-WAN revenue for Huawei and InfoVista, but these could simply be reflections of quarterly variations in contracts.
Cisco Invests in Avi Networks Series D and Resells Avi’s Technology
Avi says Cisco provides Layer 2 to 4, and Avi provides Layer 4 to 7. The joint solution allows Cisco to offer a full networking stack from Layers 2 to 7 across any environment.
PacketFabric Extends its Software-Defined Network Across the Pond
PacketFabric’s network could potentially provide underlying network transport for an SD-WAN vendor such as Aryaka.
Arista’s New Switch Features Barefoot’s Programmable Tofino Chip
The switches are not only programmable, they're re-programmable, making them available for future use cases, using the same device.
Palo Alto Networks Replaces CEO With Former Google Exec Nikesh Arora
The company wanted an accomplished business leader who has experience with large-scale platforms.
AT&T and Tech Mahindra Sponsor an Artificial Intelligence Contest
They're working with the Linux Foundation to host the Acumos AI Challenge, which seeks innovative open source AI solutions.
PCCW Global Launches an International SDN Interconnect Platform
It’s based on PCCW’s worldwide IP network and SDN software it acquired from Console Connect.
Cisco’s Cloud Team Contends With Old-School Cisco Sales Team
Compton’s job will be to orchestrate across a hodge podge of clouds and internal business units. And he’ll need to inspire the sales force to sell cloud technology, too.
Is OpenStack Used by Enterprises, or Is It Mainly for Service Providers?
It depends whether an enterprise uses ‘Wall Street IT’ versus ‘webscale IT.’
Mirantis Looks Up the Stack to Help Developers With Continuous Delivery
Mirantis looks to the space where applications people and infrastructure people intersect.
Lumina Networks Raises $10M With Investments From Both Verizon and AT&T
It will spend some of its funding to expand its business in Europe and in Japan.
AT&T Evolves its AT&T Integrated Cloud via Airship, Making it 100% Container-Based
AT&T rebranded its AIC. And 5G will be the first new use case to run on its evolved network cloud.
OpenStack Makes its Open Source CI/CD Platform Available to the Wider World
OpenStack has been decoupling Zuul from OpenStack-specific systems to make the software available to more developers.
OpenStack Members Argue About the Definition of ‘the Edge’
Many of the groups working on edge computing are associated with telco networking. But edge computing is definitely not limited to telco networks.
VMware Puts Its Updated OpenStack Distro Under Its Telco NFV Group
Its enthusiasm for the VIO 5 product stands in contrast to the OpenStack 2017 Summit where it seemed many people weren’t even aware that VMware had an OpenStack distribution.
AT&T Joins SKT and Intel to Launch the Airship OpenStack Project to Build Container-Based Clouds
Airship will build clouds ‘where absolutely everything is a container from the bare metal up.’
Cisco’s Catalyst 9K Switch Propels the Company’s Finances
The company now counts over 5,800 Catalyst 9000 customers, up from 3,100 last quarter.
How Will U.S. Tensions With China Affect Open Source Networking?
Hopefully there’s enough good will built up in open source groups to survive the actions of governments during these times.
Netscout’s Monitoring Makes the Cut in Telefónica’s Lab
Vendors that want to sell to Telefónica’s Unica must get their VNFs certified and comply with OSM.