Dell Raises VMware Offer, Secures Binding Agreements From Shareholders
Dell Technologies raised its offer to buy back the stock that tracks Dell’s controlling stake in VMware. Dell previously offered $109 per share. Today the company said it will pay $14 billion, or $120 per share. If shareholders approve this deal, Dell would again become a publicly traded company...
Gartner Report Highlights Different Vendor SD-WAN Strategies
The analyst firm also predicts that by 2023 more than 90 percent of WAN edge infrastructure initiatives will be based on SD-WAN.
LiveAction Unifies Data Sources With Network Monitoring Platform Update
The platform integrates flow, packet, simple network management protocol, and API data sources to gain better insight into “dark environments,” including SD-WAN.
The IBM-Red Hat Deal Cuts Both Ways for Canonical
“We haven’t seen the full impact on our relationship with IBM,” said Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth. “IBM is still saying they want to work with us.”
Seven New Spectre, Meltdown-Type Attacks Discovered
Intel says not to worry and that the earlier patches it issued address these new security flaws as well as the older hardware bugs.
Scalyr Extends Log Management and Monitoring to Kubernetes
Scalyr’s technology centralizes server monitoring, log management, and visualization and analysis tools to monitor and manage modern architectures.
Riverbed SD-WAN Gets Security, Enterprise-Routing Upgrade
The vendor integrated SD-WAN, application acceleration, visibility, and security in a single device and says its SD-WAN now has more than 1,000 customers.
Germany Jumps on Huawei 5G Ban Plans, Says Report
Government officials want to prevent German telecom operators from using equipment from Chinese firms to construct their 5G networks. This would be similar to moves made by the U.S. and Australia.
Research Brief: Achieving Success in Modern Network Automation
This new Research Brief from AvidThink is aimed at providing enterprises and service providers with a view of the challenges in modern networking, and detailed strategies on how to overcome them by laying the right foundation for network automation.
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How Cities Should be Preparing for 5G Deployments
Municipalities that catalog their wireless assets and streamline their cell site approvals will be more appealing to wireless operators that are plotting their 5G deployments.
Nokia Cleaves Customer Operations With Focus on 5G
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Disastrous Cloud Transformation? Change Management Could Be the Answer
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Cisco Combines SD-WAN and Security, Extends Intent-Based Networking to Wireless
The new Cisco SD-WAN Security product combines Viptela’s technology with Meraki, Cisco’s cloud-managed IT service and wireless LAN product, plus Cisco security software.
VMware’s Heptio Deal Shows the Open Source Water Is Warm and Inviting
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