Cisco’s Robbins: Cloud, Containers Will Play Prominent Role in Networking’s Future
Google’s Diane Greene joined Robbins on stage at Cisco Live to talk about the Cisco-Google hybrid cloud that is currently available to a handful of cloud customers for refinement.
A10 Throws Kubernetes Load Balancing, Analytics Into ADC Platform
The support comes from an ingress controller that can automatically provision application delivery configuration and policies for a container.
Aviatrix Challenges Cisco, VMware With Public Cloud Networking Service
The new hosted service builds and manages virtual private cloud networks in all three major public clouds: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
Headcount: The Latest in Hirings, Firings, and Retirings — June 11, 2018
The Open Compute Project replaces Incubation Committee leadership; Cisco's head of sales for the Americas departs; and HPE replaces its chief marketing officer.
Deutsche Telekom Creates Blockchain App to Protect Mobile Phone Data
DT created its application based on the SAP Cloud Platform Blockchain, SAP’s blockchain as a service offering.
How SD-WAN Makes Wireless Branch Connectivity a Reality
SD-WAN is at the heart of digital transformation —particularly when it comes to branch operations. The white paper from Cradlepoint discusses the importance of the wireless software-defined branch.
Cisco, HPE Invest in Cohesity’s $250 Million Series D
This brings the secondary storage and data management company’s total funding to $410 million, which Cohesity says laps all other Series D enterprise software investments in the U.S. over the last 18 months.
SevOne Supports Move From MPLS to SD-WAN With New Monitoring Tool
The initial release of the SevOne SD-WAN Monitoring software will give insights into Cisco-Viptela SD-WAN environments, but it will soon be extended to support other SD-WAN vendors.
Data Center Server Buyers Choose White Box Over Dell EMC, IHS Says
White box beat Dell EMC in terms of data center server revenue and units shipped in the first quarter of 2018.
Linux Foundation Acknowledges Concerns About Microsoft’s Purchase of GitHub
The Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin acknowledges that there are “still small pockets of deep mistrust of Microsoft in the open source community.”
Vodafone Optical Trials With Ciena Hit 400 Gb/s Over a Single Wavelength
One trial used the OIF's FlexEthernet client interface standard, the other was based on Ciena's WaveLogic Ai platform.
BT Axes Top Exec Gavin Patterson
The BT executive just last month announced plans to slash 13,000 jobs as part of a broader corporate restructuring. Investors were not happy.
SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup — June 7, 2018
Verizon debuts software-defined secure branch; Microsoft takes data centers underwater; and T-Mobile, Nokia complete 5G data session.
LiveAction Acquires Packet Monitoring Software Provider Savvius
Savvius’ suite of packet monitoring technology will be integrated with LiveAction’s monitoring platforms to give a more complete view into network environments.
Vestberg Will Replace Lowell McAdam as Verizon CEO
Vestberg is a relative newcomer to Verizon but as the former CEO of Ericsson he has a long history in the telecom industry.
The $449M Price VMware Paid for VeloCloud Could Be Misleading
IHS Markit also reported drops in SD-WAN revenue for Huawei and InfoVista, but these could simply be reflections of quarterly variations in contracts.
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AT&T Selects Nokia’s WING Platform for Enterprise IoT
AT&T said it will still use its own cloud-based connectivity platform but it will work with WING so IoT customers have a single portal to manage their devices.
Cisco Says VPNFilter Attacks Bigger and Badder Than Originally Thought
Newly discovered capabilities mean hackers can snoop on web traffic and execute man-in-the-middle attacks before killing the device.
Edge Learning is Enhanced With Digital Twins
Having digital twins that learn at the edge can help ease concerns over data custody, confidentiality, and privacy as major cloud vendors deliver more machine learning-based insights to the edge.