Former Equinix Exec Ihab Tarazi Emerges at Packet With a Plan for the Edge
Tazari looks to build on Packet's bare metal cloud model, launching a working edge platform by 2019, and improving on its hardware and software offerings.
Nokia Stock Sags on Q2 Results, Market Share Concerns at Verizon
Company CEO Rajeev Suri brushed aside market share concerns at the telecom giant but did admit to losing contracts in a “small number” of Verizon markets.
Tenable Could Raise $288M, Making It Largest Security IPO in 5 Years
While it’s not the first security firm to go public this year — Zscaler and Carbon Black also completed successful IPOs — at $288 million it would be the most profitable.
Financial Services Take Containers to the Bank
Big banks find more to like with container technology, which offers security plus tools to innovate and better compete in a dogged marketplace.
Qualcomm Nixes $44B NXP Acquisition
China’s refusal to approve the deal was viewed as part of the growing trade war between the U.S. and China.
Rubrik’s Radar Tackles Ransomware With Machine Learning
Unlike traditional security platforms that target this type of malware from a threat prevention vantage point, the data protection and management company comes at it from a backup perspective.
Windstream Takes Its SD-WAN to the Virtual Edge
Windstream launches SD-WAN Cloud Connect, a virtual edge device that enables enterprises to connect their network locations with their cloud-based applications.
Knative to Unify Serverless, but Twitter Debate Rages
T-Mobile has already used Knative to migrate its store locator application into the Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Security Startups LoginRadius and Siemplify Score Millions More in Funding
Microsoft's venture fund, M12, is just one of the VC firms pouring money into security startups.
EdgeX Foundry Adds Security to IoT Open Source Software
The beauty of EdgeX open source software is that companies can “mix-and-match” components.
AllCloud Puts Money, Actions Behind North American Push
The Israeli-based company is focused on helping mid-sized businesses migrate operations to the cloud as part of their digital transformation.
Google Cloud CEO: Enterprise Table Stakes and Cutting Edge
At the annual Google Next conference the company launched an integrated portfolio of cloud services that combine open source projects with Google’s cloud infrastructure and security services.
James Feger Ditches CenturyLink for F5 Networks
Adding Feger is the latest in a number of hires by F5 as it shifts its business model to prepare for 5G, IoT, and the cloud.
Verizon, AT&T Reveal Additional 5G Launch Markets
Verizon will have four 5G markets launched in 2018. AT&T says it will have a dozen.
CableLabs Snaps Kubernetes Into Its NFV, SDN Platform Stack
The SNAPS-Kubernetes platform helps to deliver virtual network functions that use fewer resources, are more fault-tolerant, and can scale quickly to meet demand.
Open Source: Not Just About AI, Blockchains, and Kubernetes
OSCON 2018 did a great job of highlighting women and people of color in their programming.
Gigamon Dives Deeper Into Security Space With Icebrg Acquisition
Gigamon will combine its network traffic visibility capabilities with Icebrg’s security platform and allow SOC teams to deploy new security technologies as “security applications” on top of it.
Juniper Networks Infuses 400GbE Across Its Portfolio
“We believe we are the first to come to the market with 400 Gig,” says Juniper’s CTO.
Infinera Acquires Optical Transport Rival Coriant for $430M
Both vendors were recently labeled as "challengers" by IHS Markit in the optical networking space behind heavyweights Cisco, Ciena, Huawei, and Nokia.
Is Edge Becoming as Commonplace as the Cloud?
Every day there’s another company touting its “edge” product. Let’s start to separate the hype from reality.