Security for Cloud and IoT is a Growing Concern for IT and Executives
Global cloud security spend predicted to hit $3.5B by 2021.
API Security Startup Elastic Beam Uses AI to Block Attacks
The company is likely an acquisition target.
SDxCentral Weekly News Roundup — July 7, 2017
China Telecom and Ericsson launch an IoT platform; QualiTest Group acquires Experior Group.
Apple Engineers Founded SnapRoute, Which Now Helps AT&T
Nick McKeown helped SnapRoute get off the ground.
Kubernetes, Swarm, and Mesos Central in Container Orchestration Space
Kubernetes may have the most users, but it's not considered the de facto standard.
Competing IT Models in the Age of the Enterprise
The problem is that the security and policy features are provider specific.
3-D Chip Integrates Computing and Data Storage
It uses nanotechnologies instead of silicon.
Cloud Infrastructure Spending to Reach $40B in 2017, IDC Says
Public cloud data centers account for 61 percent of this spending.
AT&T Invests Up to $200M in ONAP-Focused Venture Capital Fund
Some view ONAP as "horrendously complex" to implement.
NTT to use Rancher Labs Container Management for Enterprise Cloud
Rancher said the deal is its first managed service provider licensing model to a cloud service provider in Japan.
ETSI Releases APIs to Promote MEC Interoperability
MEC is considered a key element of 5G.
Fragmentation, Standards Remain Challenges to Open Optical Networks
Vendor community looks to avoid standards being forced onto the market.
FTC Worries that Broadcom’s Purchase of Brocade Creates a Fibre Channel Switch Monopoly
The FTC doesn’t want the deal to quash competition with Cisco.
SK Telecom, NTT DoCoMo Beat AT&T in ‘Most Promising’ 5G Operator List
Juniper Research also predicts 5G revenue could top $269 billion by 2025.
ADVA Optical Networking to Acquire Rival MRV for $69M
ADVA has been on a streak of bolstering its optical networking and virtualization platforms.
Microsoft Reorganization Aims to Boost Cloud Business
The reshuffling could result in layoffs.
How Customers Use VMware’s NSX (Hint: It’s Not Just a Security Use Case)
Nike used VMware Integrated OpenStack in conjunction with NSX to deploy applications in minutes.
SDxCentral’s Top 10 Articles — June 2017
AT&T buys Brocade's Vyatta assets; Cisco puts more focus on 'Meraki-fying' its software business.
Security Startup Taps Blockchain to Assign Unhackable Digital IDs
Block Armour built its security using Hyperledger code.
HPE, Wipro Bet on Pay-Per-Use IT
UK-based insurance group RSA is a customer.