Cisco’s 400G Data Center Switches Extend Intent-Based Networking
The Nexus 400 gigabit Ethernet switches target hyperscale cloud providers, large enterprise data centers, and telecommunications providers moving to 5G.
MTN Consulting Names AWS’ Infrastructure Vendors
In addition to using vendors, AWS manufactures a range of equipment from routers, chips, network interface cards, and network gear for high-speed data transfers.
IBM’s Acquisition of Red Hat Hinges on Integration
Red Hat is viewed as an open source software beacon and some worry a heavy-handed integration from IBM could snuff out that light.
Ciena Optimizes Its Packet Optical Networks With Analytics Service
The offering is sold as a subscription service in three tiers to provide different levels of visibility and data analysis based on an organization’s needs.
Google Does Good While Other Cloud Providers Battle for JEDI
It’s not all rainbows and flowers at Google. Hundreds of employees are planning a walkout following a report that the cloud giant rewarded a top exec accused of sexual misconduct.
MEF Releases SD-WAN Technical Specification to Its Members
MEF aims for its SD-WAN service standardization to accelerate sales of SD-WAN products and services like MEF accomplished with Carrier Ethernet service standardization.
Russia Will Launch 5G in 2020, GSMA Says
Mobile broadband is expected to be the first use case for 5G in Russia. Specifically, operators are looking at ways to ease network congestion in urban areas.
Deploying Secure Kubernetes Containers in Production: Thwarting the Threats
Once you have containers in production certain security measures must be put in place to cover network filtering, container inspection, and host security.
Oracle Cloud Tech Seems Solid. But Is It Too Late?
The company’s got about a year to turn around its Oracle cloud business if it’s going to meet its lofty goals.
Nokia WaveSuite Taps SDN to Boost Optical Network Control
The platform uses the MEF 63 Optical Transport Services specification focused on Layer 1 orchestration but is not intended as an end-to-end orchestrator.
Microsoft Offers to Move Employees Averse to JEDI Bid
Employees recently posted a blog protesting the company's plans to bid on the $10 billion, 10-year contract to provide cloud services for all branches of the military.
Ericsson Collaborates With Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel in India
The work is part of a wider drive to develop 5G in India, boosted by the Centre of Excellence and Innovation Lab for 5G at the Indian Institute of Technology, which Ericsson established in Delhi in July.
IBM Gobbles Up Red Hat for $34B in Hybrid Cloud, Container Push
Red Hat will maintain its independence to work with other public cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.
Accedian Launches Analytics Platform to Provide Front-End View of Its Data
Previously, the performance monitoring company had no way to take the test data it was creating and analyze it to detect anomalies and predict network issues.
Weekly Wrap Podcast: Nokia to Slash Thousands of Jobs Amid 5G Transformation
SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for Oct. 26, 2018. Nokia to Slash Thousands of Jobs Amid 5G Transformation
Google Cloud Revenue Boosts Alphabet’s Earnings
When it comes to hybrid cloud, “we are thinking about how to do that better,” said Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
Ericsson and Fujitsu Are the Latest Vendors to Partner on 5G
One expert thinks these deals are being made at the behest of Japanese operators and won't resonate much outside of Japan.
Modern Networks Enable Programmability by Interfacing via APIs Instead of CLIs
As technology domains shift to support agile-based methodologies, DevOps processes, and programmability, the network must undergo this same transformative shift.
AWS Cloud Revenues Grow 46% During the Third Quarter 2018
AWS cloud revenues are slightly down, but they're at an annualized run rate above $26 billion, compared to about $18 billion this time last year.
L’Oreal Deploys Catchpoint to Manage, Monitor the Breadth of Its Digital Business
The cosmetic company’s digital business includes 35 brands across 140 countries. Prior to deploying Catchpoint, it didn’t have a way to diagnose network issues and sought a consolidated view of this business.