Author Archives: SDxCentral
Author Archives: SDxCentral
Cisco throws $1B at smart cities; Ericsson files first 5G patent; AT&T gears up for the Super Bowl.
Dell EMC recently expanded its Open Networking initiative, which focuses on abstracting and decoupling hardware and software networking elements, beyond the data center core. The goal is to enable an end-to-end, software-defined architecture, where mix-and-match software from innovative third-parties can run on agnostic hardware to help service provider and enterprise customers accelerate their digital transformation initiatives,... Read more →
Download the Huawei White Paper, In the digital era, communications service providers (CSPs) are undergoing a technological evolution, and network virtualization is playing a key role—in particular, network functions virtualization (NFV). NFV offers reduced time to market, agility, innovation, an open ecosystem to avoid vendor lock-in, and future CAPEX and OPEX reduction. However, operational transformation... Read more →
Thanks to all who joined us for the Comcast Business 2017 SD-WAN and Virtual Edge Report webinar, Developing a Hybrid Plan for SD-WAN, where they discussed how to ease into SD-WAN to test and experience new business capabilities across a distributed enterprise. After the webinar we took questions from the audience. Unfortunately we ran out... Read more →
Telstra and Ericsson complete 5G data call; SoftBank increases stake in Sprint; Edgecore Networks contributes hardware for white box packet transponder to TIP.
Juniper realigns workforce; Dell EMC and Nutanix fight for No. 1 HCI spot; Cisco's $1.9B purchase.
CenturyLink closes on Level 3 for $34B; Microsoft Azure to triple its capacity in China; Telefonica Chile virtualizes its core network with Ericsson.
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ZTE reports a nine-month net profit growth of 36.58 percent; ZeroStack extends its hardware support to Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) hardware.
GE partners with Apple on IoT; Intel invests $60 million in 15 technology startups; Alibaba works with Red Hat.
Thanks to all who joined us for the Huawei 2017 Infrastructure Security Report Webinar: Paving a Trusted Way for Cloud-based Transformation. During the webinar, Huawei discussed a fresh approach when it comes to your cloud journey that is characterized by the transition to cloud computing, mobile Internet, Big Data, and virtual networks. After the webinar, we... Read more →
A new Enea white paper discusses how the proliferation of cloud-based business applications is driving a need for a next-level NFV.
Juniper cuts Q3 forecasts; Vodafone exec calls for vendors to collaborate; and ETSI to connect NFV and OSS.
Thanks to all who joined us for the Dell EMC Webinar: SDN: The Foundation for Software-Defined Storage. During the webinar Dell EMC discussed benefits of software defined networking for SDS solutions. After the webinar, we took questions from the audience. Read the full SDN: The Foundation for Software-Defined Storage Q&A below. Does big switch work with... Read more →
BT and SK Telecom partner with the Telecom Infra Project; CenturyLink and Level 3 merger gets DOJ approval.
Air Force soars to cloud for $1B; Dell EMC rises to the top of HCI; OVH takes on US market.
Thanks to all who joined us for the Nuage Networks 2017 SDx Infrastructure Security Report Webinar, Automated Analytics and Remediation for Cloud-based Security Services. During the webinar Nuage Networks discussed how their VSP delivers an SDN solution with built-in security capabilities that combines scale, performance and flexibility in a single, boundary-less platform without compromising security or... Read more →
Google Cloud acquires Bitium; Cisco completes acquisition of Springpath; AWS plans to open a new infrastructure region.
CenturyLink and Cisco Meraki team up on WiFi; GTT completes $100M Global Capacity purchase.
Networking technologies are now starting to be incorporated into DevOps making it easier for DevOps and IT to work together.