Composability: Are We There Yet?
When full composability is achieved, data centers will be defined by the needs of applications. This will require simple, open, standards-based, and scalable solutions.
Juniper Partners With Nutanix for Contrail Multi-Cloud Integration
Contrail’s enterprise multi-cloud platform is integrated with Nutanix APIs to give enterprises better visibility into virtualized workloads. It also paves the way for more automation.
5G Will Grow Self-Organizing Networks Into a $5.5B Market by 2022, Says SNS Research
AirHop Communications joined the SK Telecom and TIP hosted accelerator center in Seoul to develop its self-organizing network platform for 5G NR use cases.
Riverbed SteelCentral Peers Deeper Into Containers
The application performance management (APM) platform provides native visibility into containers running on Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, and Pivotal Cloud Foundry.
SD-WAN Adolescence Is About Interoperability and Scalability
European test lab EANTC tested several SD-WAN vendors solutions and compared their scalability and performance.
What’s More Beneficial to CIOs: Containers or the Container Management System?
Perhaps the biggest benefit of containers is that they can be managed by Kubernetes, which is a pre-defined operational model.
6WIND Snags vRouter Contract With Publishing Platform Sovrn
6WIND has been gaining customers by offering a replacement to Brocade’s vRouter, which was purchased by AT&T and taken off the market.
SevOne SD-WAN Monitoring Tool Adds Support for Versa Networks
The monitoring tool already offers out-of-box support for VMware's and Cisco’s SD-WAN services.
Carbon Black Adds Threat Hunting to Its Security Cloud
The new service, called Cb ThreatHunter, is essentially a cloud-delivered version of the company’s on-premises endpoint detection and response device.
Cloud Foundry Adopts a Pair of Kubernetes-Based Projects
The Eirini and CF Containerization projects build on the Cloud Foundry Foundation's paced adoption of Kubernetes.
Dell, Microsoft Back CNEX Labs’ $23M Series D Round
The company makes solid-state drive (SSD) controllers and software for cloud and hyperscale data centers.
Red Hat OpenShift Update Is Heavy on Integration of CoreOS Features
The CoreOS integration work will culminate with the next OpenShift 4.0 update. That platform will sit alongside Red Hat’s legacy Enterprise Linux and provide users with a choice of operating systems.
Juniper Jumps On the Automation Bandwagon With EngNet
The company says its approach is different from Cisco’s because it is focused on training the engineers behind the technology, not just releasing new products.
Will Cloud Security Expansion Lift Symantec Back Into the Black?
After a disappointing first quarter Symantec needs these cloud security updates to boost its bottom line and clout with enterprise customers.
Radcom Lowers Guidance for 2018 Following Exec Departures, Rough Quarter
In a business update conference call with investors the firm's CEO said Radcom is dealing with the challenges of a lengthy NFV sales cycle and the immaturity of the NFV ecosystem.
How Verizon’s $700M Outsourcing Deal May Impact Its Competitiveness
The service provider prides itself on its network superiority but can it maintain its competitive edge and still outsource its IT department?
Microsoft Boosts Government Cloud Support as JEDI Looms
The company currently supports 50 services at the FedRAMP Moderate level with plans to push that to the FedRAMP High level by year-end.
Google Won’t Compete for Pentagon’s $10B JEDI Cloud Deal
Google on Monday also said it would shut down its Google+ social network after a vulnerability exposed the personal data of approximately 500,000 users.
CenturyLink Provides On-Demand Ethernet Connections to AWS
The Layer 2 service is provisioned over CenturyLink’s owned and operated global fiber as opposed to a leased backbone.
Cisco Extends AI-Powered Predictive Services to Third-Party Tech
Like Cisco's intent-based networking its Business Critical Services use analytics and automation.