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Juniper takes SASE security control to the cloud
Juniper Networks has laid a key part of its Secure Access Services Edge (SASE) foundation with a cloud-based security-control service that provides a central way to control and protect on-premises or cloud-based enterprise resources.Called Security Director Cloud, the service focuses Juniper's SASE efforts by providing a central point to manage enterprise security services including policy setting, and threat-detection and -prevention.Juniper (like other key enterprise networking vendors such as Cisco, Hewlitt-Packard Enterprise (Aruba) and VMware, as well as service providers including Cato Networks, Akamai, and Zscaler) has pledged allegiance to growing SASE support in its product families.To read this article in full, please click here
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Juniper takes SASE security control to the cloud
Juniper Networks has laid a key part of its Secure Access Services Edge (SASE) foundation with a cloud-based security-control service that provides a central way to control and protect on-premises or cloud-based enterprise resources.Called Security Director Cloud, the service focuses Juniper's SASE efforts by providing a central point to manage enterprise security services including policy setting, and threat-detection and -prevention.Juniper (like other key enterprise networking vendors such as Cisco, Hewlitt-Packard Enterprise (Aruba) and VMware, as well as service providers including Cato Networks, Akamai, and Zscaler) has pledged allegiance to growing SASE support in its product families.To read this article in full, please click here
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HPE kicks off software-defined storage-as-a-service
Hewlett Packard Enterprise took a big step toward delivering on its “entire-portfolio-as-a-service” strategy this week by unveiling cloud-based storage and data service that will help manage storage needs in distributed IT enterpises.HPE said in 2019 that by 2022 it wanted to remake itself into a more service-oriented company and announced plans to transition its entire portfolio to subscription based, pay-per-use, and as-a-service offerings. It has since made headway, for example, recently adding HPE GreenLake cloud services for HPC.To read this article in full, please click here
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Cisco adds to its Catalyst software stack for back-to-work safety
Cisco has taken the wraps off a technology package it says will utilize existing core wireless and wired systems to help enterprises better control their physical environments and enable a safer, more secure return to the office.While supporting remote offices and branches of one—IDC says that post-COVID, more than 52% of workers will either remain remote or hybrid—they rest could return to an altered business space. Who’s selling SASE, and what do you get? In these offices, sensors and devices that have been used to manage lighting and HVAC systems can be adapted to occupancy and density monitoring, air-quality testing, contact tracing, and in-room presence, according to Anoop Vetteth, vice president of product management with Cisco’s Enterprise Switching and Software Solutions group.To read this article in full, please click here
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Cisco adds to its Catalyst software stack for back-to-work safety
Cisco has taken the wraps off a technology package it says will utilize existing core wireless and wired systems to help enterprises better control their physical environments and enable a safer, more secure return to the office.While supporting remote offices and branches of one—IDC says that post-COVID, more than 52% of workers will either remain remote or hybrid—they rest could return to an altered business space. Who’s selling SASE, and what do you get? In these offices, sensors and devices that have been used to manage lighting and HVAC systems can be adapted to occupancy and density monitoring, air-quality testing, contact tracing, and in-room presence, according to Anoop Vetteth, vice president of product management with Cisco’s Enterprise Switching and Software Solutions group.To read this article in full, please click here
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Extreme CEO talks AI, automation, chip shortages
Fresh off one of the strongest quarters in the company’s 25 year history where it hit double-digit, year-over-year revenue growth and a fourth consecutive quarter of growth, Extreme Networks is betting heavily on automation, AI and cloud management to keep the party going. Extreme Networks Extreme CEO Ed MeyercordTo read this article in full, please click here
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IBM buys Turbonomic for AIOps, hybrid-cloud management support
Big Blue kept its checkbook open this week buying AI-based application and network-performance management vendor Turbonomic for an unconfirmed estimate of $2 billion.The acquisition is the eleventh hybrid-cloud and AI-focused buy since Arvind Krishna became IBM CEO in 2020. "Hybrid cloud and AI are the two dominant forces driving change for our clients and must have the maniacal focus of the entire company,” he said at that time.Top metrics for multicloud management The Economic Times and Reuters said the deal was worth between $1.5 billion and $2 billion and would make it the largest since IBM grabbed Red Hat for $34 Billion in 2019.To read this article in full, please click here
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Juniper: Managing the complexity of future networks
Juniper Networks Manoj Leelanivas Like most of its competitors, Juniper Networks is leaning hard on developing all manner of software components—from automation to intent-based networking—in order to address the changing needs of enterprise-network customers. Moving into the software realm is no small task as Juniper has to integrate products from a number of acquisitions including Mist, 128 Technologies, Apstra, and NetRounds. At the same time it continues to develop its own Junos software and invest in key open-source projects such Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) among other undertakings. Network World talked with Manoj Leelanivas, Juniper’s executive vice president and chief product officer about the company’s software directions and how it is preparing for challenges of the future. Here is an edited version of that conversation. To read this article in full, please click here
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Juniper: Managing the complexity of future networks
Juniper Networks Manoj Leelanivas Like most of its competitors, Juniper Networks is leaning hard on developing all manner of software components—from automation to intent-based networking—in order to address the changing needs of enterprise-network customers. Moving into the software realm is no small task as Juniper has to integrate products from a number of acquisitions including Mist, 128 Technologies, Apstra, and NetRounds. At the same time it continues to develop its own Junos software and invest in key open-source projects such Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) among other undertakings. Network World talked with Manoj Leelanivas, Juniper’s executive vice president and chief product officer about the company’s software directions and how it is preparing for challenges of the future. Here is an edited version of that conversation. To read this article in full, please click here
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VMware bundles support for the branch-of-one workforce
VMware has unveiled an integrated package of cloud security, access control and networking software aimed at addressing the key needs of today's COVID-19-driven remote workforce.VMware Anywhere Workspace brings together the company’s core enterprise software products, including its Workspace ONE unified endpoint management, Carbon Black Cloud cloud-native endpoint security, and secure access service edge (SASE) components, into a single system to support a widely distributed workforce. Read more: Who's selling SASE, and what do you get? "Enterprises are moving from simply supporting remote work to becoming distributed, anywhere organizations. Companies are rethinking where teams work, how they work, and how they support customers from wherever they are," Sanjay Poonen, chief operating officer, customer operations with VMware, wrote in a blog about the announcement. "To be successful, this means investing in technology and a long-term strategy to be a stronger, more focused and more resilient organization." To read this article in full, please click here
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VMware bundles support for the branch-of-one workforce
VMware has unveiled an integrated package of cloud security, access control and networking software aimed at addressing the key needs of today's COVID-19-driven remote workforce.VMware Anywhere Workspace brings together the company’s core enterprise software products, including its Workspace ONE unified endpoint management, Carbon Black Cloud cloud-native endpoint security, and secure access service edge (SASE) components, into a single system to support a widely distributed workforce. Read more: Who's selling SASE, and what do you get? "Enterprises are moving from simply supporting remote work to becoming distributed, anywhere organizations. Companies are rethinking where teams work, how they work, and how they support customers from wherever they are," Sanjay Poonen, chief operating officer, customer operations with VMware, wrote in a blog about the announcement. "To be successful, this means investing in technology and a long-term strategy to be a stronger, more focused and more resilient organization." To read this article in full, please click here
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Cisco tool opens telemetry for advanced network, security analytics
Cisco is offering a new tool that it says democratizes the use of key telemetry streams to help customers more effectively populate analytics applications and efficiently run enterprise network management systems.Telemetry metrics are generated from enterprise resources, such as switches, routers, wireless infrastructure and IoT systems, and used by business and technology applications to monitor trends and help IT respond to threats or react to changing network conditions. Read more: Top metrics for multicloud management As use of monitoring and analytics programs grows, so does the need to grab advanced, dependable telemetry data to help feed those applications.To read this article in full, please click here
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Cisco tool opens telemetry for advanced network, security analytics
Cisco is offering a new tool that it says democratizes the use of key telemetry streams to help customers more effectively populate analytics applications and efficiently run enterprise network management systems.Telemetry metrics are generated from enterprise resources, such as switches, routers, wireless infrastructure and IoT systems, and used by business and technology applications to monitor trends and help IT respond to threats or react to changing network conditions. Read more: Top metrics for multicloud management As use of monitoring and analytics programs grows, so does the need to grab advanced, dependable telemetry data to help feed those applications.To read this article in full, please click here
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VMware, Dell split to form independent firms
After many months of wrangling, Dell Technologies says it is spinning off its ownership of VMware to create two standalone companies.While it gives both companies more financial freedom, the new relationship should have no immediate effect on enterprise customers, but that could come down the road.VMware CEO Gelsinger moves to Intel Dell has had an 81% equity ownership of VMware since its 2016, $67 billion purchase of EMC, which owned VMware. Under terms of the planned spin-off, VMware will distribute a cash dividend of $11.5 - $12 billion to all VMware shareholders, which includes about $9.7 billion to Dell Technologies, the companies stated.To read this article in full, please click here
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Cisco DevNet certifications: 10k awarded in first year
In the year since Cisco revamped its DevNet certification portfolio to focus more on network programing, automation and application development, the need for those software-based skillsets has never been more important. IT Salary Survey on Insider Pro IT Salary Survey 2021: The results are in IT Salary Survey 2021: Compensation holds steady despite pandemic IT Salary Survey 2021: Hiring rate expected to increase but priorities will shift IT Salary Survey 2021: Over half of IT pros are satisfied at work – but nearly half are job hunting IT Salary Survey 2021: Security and cloud computing certifications on the up The requirement for software skills in the networking environment is being driven by a number of factors including the tremendous increase in the use of automation, the need to have an intelligent pipeline to remote users, and the growing necessity to efficiently network and secure multicloud resources. Many of these changes were already underway of course, but tons more are being driven by the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on many enterprise data-center, campus and wide area network operations.To read this article in full, please click here
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Arista adds cloud, automation features
Arista Networks has added intelligent features to its core CloudVision management platform to help manage and automate distributed workloads.CloudVision provides wired and wireless visibility, orchestration, provisioning, telemetry, and analytics across the data center, campus, and more recently, IoT devices on edge networks. CloudVision’s network information can be utilized by Arista networking partners such as VMware and Microsoft.To read this article in full, please click here
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Arista adds cloud, automation features
Arista Networks has added intelligent features to its core CloudVision management platform to help manage and automate distributed workloads.CloudVision provides wired and wireless visibility, orchestration, provisioning, telemetry, and analytics across the data center, campus, and more recently, IoT devices on edge networks. CloudVision’s network information can be utilized by Arista networking partners such as VMware and Microsoft.To read this article in full, please click here
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Gartner: Worldwide IT outlay to hit $4T in 2021
Researchers at Gartner said that all IT spending segments—from data center to enterprise software—are forecast to have positive growth through 2022 with overall IT spending projected to hit $4.1 trillion in 2021, an increase of 8.4% from 2020.Gartner forecasts the highest growth will come from devices such as laptops, desktops, tablets, and mobile phones (up 14%) and enterprise software (up 10.8%) as organizations shift their focus to providing a more comfortable, innovative and productive environment for their workforce, said John-David Lovelock, distinguished research vice president at Gartner.To read this article in full, please click here
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Gartner: Worldwide IT outlay to hit $4T in 2021
Researchers at Gartner said that all IT spending segments—from data center to enterprise software—are forecast to have positive growth through 2022 with overall IT spending projected to hit $4.1 trillion in 2021, an increase of 8.4% from 2020.Gartner forecasts the highest growth will come from devices such as laptops, desktops, tablets, and mobile phones (up 14%) and enterprise software (up 10.8%) as organizations shift their focus to providing a more comfortable, innovative and productive environment for their workforce, said John-David Lovelock, distinguished research vice president at Gartner.To read this article in full, please click here
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Cisco streamlines, upgrades its SASE bundle
Cisco made enhancements to its security offerings that will expand and change the way customers buy its Secure Access Service Edge products as well as bolster network-access authentication.Cisco's SASE plan will focus on enhancing networking and security functions while building them into an integrated service that can help simplify access to enterprise cloud resources securely, said Gee Rittenhouse senior vice president and general manager of Cisco’s Security Business Group during this week's Cisco Live! event.MORE CISCO LIVE! NEWS: Cisco takes its first steps toward network-as-a-service; Cisco brings net intelligence to Catalyst switches, app-performance managementTo read this article in full, please click here