VMware Warns That 3 Hurdles Prevent Mass Kubernetes Adoption
In order for Kubernetes to infiltrate more than 100,000 organizations, the ecosystem needs to tackle business cases, management, and training.
Pivot3 Adds Encryption, Key Management to HCI Stack
Adding these policy-based security capabilities to the Pivot3 Intelligence Engine enables customers to integrate data encryption and key management into the same workflow for managing applications and storage.
Etcd Joins CNCF’s Growing Cache of Open Source Projects
Etcd is the primary storage location for Kubernetes and needs to be established before Kubernetes can be run on a system.
Ciena, Juniper Lead Data Center Interconnect Market, Dell’Oro Says
Data center interconnect equipment revenue will increase 85 percent over the next five years, from $2.7 billion in 2017 to $5.1 billion in 2022, according to Dell’Oro Group.
Huawei Flags 5G Network Slicing Landmark, Signs New 5G Deal
Amid all the political noise, Huawei ploughs on regardless with a further advance in 5G network slicing and a new 5G network deal with Altice Portugal.
Arista Works With Red Hat and Tigera on Container Environments for Enterprises
The collaboration focuses on the three biggest container pain areas for enterprises: 1) networking; 2) visibility; and 3) security.
Headcount: The Latest in Firings, Hirings, and Retirings — December 11, 2018
Joe Cozzolino departs Cisco to join private equity firm; CenturyLink CTO joins the MEF board of directors.
Dell Wins Shareholder Vote, Will Go Public This Month
More than 61 percent of shareholders approved the deal that allows Dell to buy back the stock that tracks its controlling stake in VMware.
Verizon Entices 10,400 Workers to Take Severance Package
The telecom giant is looking to cut $10 billion in costs from its operations as it positions itself to boost its focus on 5G.
Optanix Launches Monitoring Platform From Internal Software Offering
“Most software that’s used for monitoring comes from software companies. We built this software out of operational need and we built it as users of the technology,” said Optanix CSO Edmond Baydian.
Deutsche Telekom Launches 5G Network in Poland With Huawei Equipment
Things aren’t all bad news for Huawei. T-Mobile Poland confirmed that Huawei is the sole vendor supporting its 5G network.
VMware Rolls Out NSX Service Mesh Based on Istio
The NSX Service Mesh beta will initially support Cloud PKS (formerly known as VMware Kubernetes Engine or VKE), but VMware plans to extend it to any Kubernetes environment.
Lenovo Works With Cumulus to Offer Disaggregated Switch Hardware, Software
Cumulus already offers its NOS on lots of different hardware. But this is Lenovo’s first foray into the disaggregated switch model.
SD-WAN Will Be Fueled By Collaboration Between Cloud Providers and Vendors
The latest numbers from IHS Markit show that SD-WAN revenue grew 23 percent from the previous quarter to $284 million. VMware continues to hold the No. 1 spot.
Pivotal Picks Kubernetes, Knative to Bust Serverless Siloes
The Pivotal Function Service is the first multi-cloud packaging of the Kubernetes-based Knative project and operates alongside the Pivotal Application Service and Pivotal Container Service.
Weekly Top Posts: 2018-12-09
- AT&T’s White Box Cell-Site Routers Go Into Production Carrying Live Traffic
- VMware, Dell Tech Report Revenue Surge Ahead of Tracking Stock Vote
- SDxCentral Weekly Wrap: Amazon Embraces Hardware, Dumps Oracle
- Kubernetes Discloses Major Security Flaw
- Cisco, AT&T, Intel Promote Best Anti-Botnet Practices for Companies
Dell’Oro: SD-WAN Market Consolidation Led to a Resurgence in Access Router Market
As the uncertainty around Cisco’s Viptela integration lifted last quarter, the enterprise access router market saw its first quarter of growth in five quarters.
SDxCentral Weekly Wrap: AT&T White Box Routers Carry Live Traffic
SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for Dec. 7, 2018: Huawei deals with a new scandal, Symantec's shakeup continues, and more of what you missed this week.
Ampere Targets Hyperscalers, Challenges Intel With Arm-Based Chips
The year-old startup, founded by former Intel president Renee James, is also partnering with Packet, Cloudflare, and other companies on 5G and edge computing proof of concepts.
SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup — December 7, 2018
Sprint names its first 5G markets for 2019; Telco Systems and Arm work on uCPE; and IBM sells software assets to HCL Technologies for $1.8 billion.