News, Analysis and Opinion for Networking

February 15, 2019 15 Feb'19

Cisco earnings, revenue show strength of product roadmap

Cisco earnings and revenue show customers are putting aside global uncertainties and buying into the company's shift toward a more software-centric form of networking.

February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19

SnapRoute cloud NOS leans on Kubernetes for orchestration

SnapRoute has introduced a network operating system for cloud environments. The cloud NOS, called Cloud Native Network OS, uses Kubernetes for network orchestration.

February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

Netsurion intros low-maintenance SD-branch

Netsurion has introduced a software-defined branch product for retailers, hotels and restaurants. The managed SD-branch, called BranchSDO, includes networking and security.

February 08, 2019 08 Feb'19

WAN access focus of Cisco Viptela-DNA Center integration

The first phase of integration between the Cisco Viptela SD-WAN and DNA Center is aimed at providing WAN access from branch offices.

February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

Cisco DNA Center takes intent-based networking to IoT

Cisco has introduced IoT-enabled hardware that companies can manage through Cisco DNA Center. The connection between products takes intent-based networking to IoT deployments.

January 30, 2019 30 Jan'19

Cisco APIC controller heading for AWS, Azure

The latest version of the Cisco APIC controller is designed to bring consistency to managing network fabrics on AWS, Microsoft Azure and private data centers.

January 30, 2019 30 Jan'19

Automation potential outweighs SDN deployment risks

SDN deployment varies among service providers and enterprises due to risks, costs and use cases. But, when it comes to SD-WAN, both groups appear to agree about the potential.

January 25, 2019 25 Jan'19

Arrcus chasing larger rivals with 400 GbE NOS

Arrcus has introduced a 400 GbE network operating system, demonstrating a maker of a stand-alone NOS can keep pace with the largest networking companies.

January 25, 2019 25 Jan'19

Unity EdgeConnect SD-WAN certified for AWS, Google, Microsoft

Silver Peak's Unity EdgeConnect SD-WAN is certified for AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. Companies can deploy the product from the cloud providers' marketplaces.

January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

Cisco launches AppDynamics integration with ACI

Cisco has provided AppDynamics integration with ACI, the company's software-defined networking architecture. Cisco expects the integration to help DevOps teams.

January 17, 2019 17 Jan'19

Look back at top IT infrastructure spending trends of 2018

Enterprise IT infrastructure spending trends in 2018 focused on data center servers and hosted and cloud collaboration, driving an increase in annual vendor revenue.

January 16, 2019 16 Jan'19

Shopper privacy critical when using new Cisco DNA Spaces

Software like the new Cisco DNA Spaces can help retailers improve their merchandising and supply chains. But the first priority should be protecting shopper privacy, an expert says.

January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

Cisco ACI controller headed for AWS

An AWS version of the Cisco ACI controller set to launch this quarter brings consistency in fabric management between private data centers and Amazon's public cloud.

January 04, 2019 04 Jan'19

Mobile 5G hype vs. reality in 2019

Hype will likely drown out the progress the mobile 5G industry is expected to make this year in preparing for augmented reality applications and other unique services in 2020.

December 21, 2018 21 Dec'18

100 GbE switch market shifting to large enterprises

The 100 GbE switch market is shifting away from webscale data center operators, as Arista and Cisco benefit from large enterprises buying more of the faster ports to replace 40 GbE.