SD-WAN Startup’s Routing System Runs on Tech Created at Cornell University
Mode uses a mathematically optimal routing system to intelligently move traffic around the network.
Knative, Red Hat Remind Us That Names Are Hard
The Knative GitHub page begins with a pronunciation guide because no one understands how to pronounce the platform's name.
Cisco Says Its Open vRAN Alliance Is Behind the Latest xRAN Forum Spec
There is a lot of work required to virtualize the RAN and standards groups like the xRAN/O-RAN Alliance and the 3GPP can’t do it all, says Cisco.
Instana Tailors Its APM to Each Enterprise User
More users need access to APM tools because of the growing complexity of architectures. Instana developed a tool to personalize APM tools for specific users.
Cisco Execs: Cryptomining, Election Security Threats Loom Large
When asked to rank U.S. election security preparedness, Cisco’s director of threat management and incident response said “little to none.”
H3C Among Top Data Center Ethernet Switch Vendors, Says IHS Markit
Respondents to IHS Markit’s survey indicated they expect a 1.5x increase in the average number of physical servers in their data centers by 2019.
Ericsson Throws 5G Investment Fuel on U.S. Market That’s ‘On Fire’
The investment plans include producing equipment stateside to be closer to its customers, opening a new software development center, and hiring several hundred employees.
SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup — August 10, 2018
Oracle debuts another autonomous database cloud service; Facebook open sources its transport layer security library; and AWS rolls out serverless option for Amazon Aurora.
Alphabet’s Chronicle Exec Talks IoT Security
The security company that spun out of Alphabet’s secretive X research lab in January still hasn’t set a release date for its analytics platform.
Extreme Networks Stock Drops After Its Brocade, Avaya Acquisitions Disappoint in Revenues
Extreme had predicted the Brocade assets would generate over $230 million in annual revenue and that the Avaya assets would generate a minimum of $200 million in revenue in fiscal 2018.
Quality of Experience Is What Distinguishes SD-WAN Products, Says NSS Labs
Fortinet bragged today that it was the only vendor with security capabilities to receive an SD-WAN recommended rating in the first NSS Labs software-defined wide area networking test report.
VMware Acquires Dell EMC’s Service Assurance Suite to Boost 5G Support
The platform will be integrated into VMware's Telco NFV portfolio. This will add automated service assurance capabilities to support virtual network function deployments.
Microsoft- and Facebook-Led Cybersecurity Tech Accord Tackles Router Security
On the sidelines at Black Hat, a Microsoft exec said the Tech Accord is an example of how the company works with other technology vendors to advance security.
Two Cisco Senior Vice Presidents Depart the Company
Cisco Senior Vice President Christine Heckart has left the company. The marketing executive hailed from Brocade.
Prometheus Joins Kubernetes on CNCF Graduation Stage
The project is an open source monitoring tool, which is now seen as table stakes for cloud native and container deployments.
Eight Scenarios Where NV Overlays Make Sense
There are many reasons to deploy a network virtualization overlay. But the biggest advantage to an NV overlay is that it can extend the capabilities of legacy networks.
Google’s Project Zero Chief: Stop Playing Security Whack-A-Mole
During the Black Hat Keynote, Google’s Parisa Tabriz, who manages the Project Zero bug hunting team, urged tech companies to build coalitions to solve complex security problems.
Capsule8 Rides 1.0 Platform Launch to $15M Series B Funding
The company's CEO said the firm was not looking just yet at a Series B, but that reception to its platform sped up the process.
New Relic Broadens Its APM For Kubernetes, Microservices, and Infrastructure
In New Relic's fiscal first quarter earnings call with investors, CEO Lew Cirne said that its business continues to grow as it adds new points of visibility to its core APM platform.
AWS Eyes the 6,000 Enterprise Clients of DXC Technology as Public Cloud Prospects
AWS and DXC Technology have agreed to build a new multibillion-dollar DXC-AWS Integrated Practice that will help DXC clients migrate their existing IT environments to AWS.