SoftNAS Calculator Targets AWS, Azure Storage Costs
The SD-storage and cloud data provider launched a free calculator that compares costs associated with using its automated storage tiering feature versus public cloud vendors.
Frinx Does Software-Defined Networking for SoftBank
"SoftBank trusted us in 2016, and we’ve been working with them as partners ever since," says Frinx's CEO. "Folks say it is very important who your first customer is.”
Coriant Deal and CenturyLink Spending Fail to Assuage Infinera Investors
The company's CEO attempted to moderate his previous comments about growing pricing pressure from larger rivals, stating "You should assume that I communicated very poorly last quarter."
Why Problems With Service Chaining Are Stalling NFV
Since ETSI set standards for NFV six years ago, the technology has yet to reach its full potential as operators get stuck on physical limitations.
Iran State-Sponsored Hackers Pose Growing Threat, Accenture Says
"It’s somebody’s day job to make sure they exploit you and remain a presence on your network,” said Josh Ray, global cyber defense lead for Accenture Security.
SDN, NFV, 5G Part of AT&T’s 2018 Capex Splurge
“But once you get there those investments you are making to achieve that goal ebb out. They either come down or effectively stabilize,” said CFO John Stephens.
VMware and Mist Collaborate for Wireless LAN, WAN Visibility and Troubleshooting
The joint offering boasts interoperability between Mist’s Learning Wireless LAN and VMware VeloCloud-based NSX SD-WAN to bring AI and open programmability to WLAN and WAN.
Cisco Is Ready To Upgrade a Million Routers With SD-WAN Software
The Viptela software can run on all Cisco ISR and ASR routers, as well as ENCS 5000 routers, that are four years old or younger.
Juniper Networks’ Security Acceleration Card Targets 5G Firewall Performance
The new service processing card can provide up to an 11-fold performance boost to Juniper’s SRX5000 line of firewalls compared to the earlier version, the company claims.
Evolute Container Migration Platform Slices Enterprise Complexity
The automated migration process carves out only the assets needed to operate the application in a container environment.
Deep Packet Inspection: Enable Advanced SD-WAN Analytics and Security Features
Learn how DPI enables advanced SD-WAN analytics and security features.
SDxCentral’s Top 10 Articles — July 2018
Arrcus takes on Cisco, Arista, and Juniper on white boxes; Dell and VMware strike a deal; and AWS gets into white box switches?
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Lumina Networks Helps Cable Operators via OpenDaylight Software
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China Unicom will leverage the cloud prowess of Alibaba to offer cloud and IT services for government and enterprises as Google potentially makes a play to take cloud share from Alibaba in China.
Symantec to Cut Global Workforce Amid Declining Enterprise Security Sales
The layoffs will target about 900 employees and are part of a larger restructuring plan to save about $115 million annually.
Dish Networks to Build Virtualized 5G Network From Scratch
The satellite firm’s plans are in two phases. Phase one will be a NB-IoT network. Phase 2 will be a standalone 5G network.
Containers and Serverless: It’s Not an Either/Or
The rise of Kubernetes has made containers a “have to have” at least in terms of future cloud plans, and serverless has quickly taken on the role of promising up-start.
Spirent Sharpens Its Focus on 5G and Lifecycle Service Assurance
In the first half of 2018, Spirent boasted a number of 5G development wins and partnerships, including one with China Mobile.