They Really Did It: Dell to Acquire EMC for $67B
Cash, debt, and a tracking stock back what might be the biggest tech acquisition ever.
SDxCentral Weekly News Roundup — October 9, 2015
SDxCentral’s editors survived another busy week out in the hot, dusty ol’ Wild West of software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV). Here are a few stray bits we rounded up: As rumors swirled that Dell might acquire EMC, Bloomberg reported Friday that a deal could be close, with a reported price tag of... Read more →
Containers, VMs, Bare Functions — AWS Loves ‘Em All
From Re:Invent, a few tidbits to tickle developers.
Cavium XPliant Chip Powers Accton’s New OCP Switch
Firing a shot across Broadcom's bow, open source style.
SDN & OpenFlow World Congress Gears Up For Düsseldorf
Everything you need to know about SDN and NFV will be at your fingertips during next week's World Congress
Last Chance! Learn From Real Life Uses of SDN for Services Automation with the Network Services DemoFriday.
How are your networks holding up in the market? Citrix helps you automate your services with this special DemoFriday.
Why Operators Will Deploy Virtualized CPE
The world’s largest and most innovative operators are taking the next step toward vCPE
Coriant SDN Controller: Lower Layers Say ‘Howdy’ to Higher Layers
A Coriant CTO says the YANG model is key to its controller enhancements.
AWS Wants an Even Bigger Piece of IoT
IoT has already come to AWS. Amazon wants to take advantage by making the Internet of Things even easier.
Dell & EMC Reportedly Mulling a Merger
Does Dell have an appetite for the biggest acquisition in tech history?
Cisco Opens the Door to DevNet Labs
Cisco opens a developer community hub, taking aim at speeding innovation.
A10 DemoFriday Q&A + Video: Delivering Advanced Security & Application Policies with Cisco ACI & Thunder ADC
The A10 and Cisco teams answer advanced security questions following their presentation on the Thunder ADC and Cisco ACI.
Big Switch, Facebook, & NTT to Demo an Open Source Switch OS
ONL turns into a full-blown OS for the Open Compute Project.
AWS Re:Invent — Analytics, Databases, & One Big Ol’ Box
AWS kicks at Oracle and analytics providers — and flashes new hardware.
Equinix Aims to Satisfy Customer Demand for AWS
90% growth tells Equinix it's time to pay attention to AWS.
Liberate Your Application Deployments with Brocade Services Director
Learn how Brocade’s unique, simple, and intuitive approach to application programmability can empower you with flexibility to support your business needs.
Nokia’s Post-Merger Plan Bodes Well for Nuage Networks, So Far
Basil Alwan will stay close to the throne post-merger.
TeliaSonera Likes Its NFV Session Border Controller on COTS
Metaswitch chalks up another service provider for the Perimeta SBC.
Cisco Strikes a Blow Against Ransomware
A $60M Angler Exploit Kit operation gets cut in half.
Arista Takes a Macro Approach to Physical & Virtual Network Security
It's like microsegmentation, only more 'macro.'