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• June 11, 2021 11 Jun'21

  Cisco DNA Center update tackles customer headaches

  The latest DNA Center upgrade simplifies deploying the campus network controller and scaling the platform to handle more endpoints. Cisco plans to release it in mid-June.

• June 04, 2021 04 Jun'21

  Cisco readies portfolio for hybrid cloud, modern data centers

  Cisco tackles hybrid cloud complexity with the introduction of the UCS X-Series unified computing system, ThousandEyes integrations and Intersight advancements.

• June 02, 2021 02 Jun'21

  Microsoft buys ReFirm Labs to bolster IoT firmware security

  Microsoft has bought ReFirm Labs in an IoT security play. The company said Refirm's open source-based products would help it address firmware vulnerabilities in IoT devices.

• May 27, 2021 27 May'21

  Juniper ships first major Apstra release

  Juniper said the latest update to its recently acquired Apstra network automation product sends a message to customers that the company is committed to multi-platform support.

• May 20, 2021 20 May'21

  Demand for Cisco products rises during pandemic recovery

  Cisco reported higher product demand and sales as massive COVID-19 vaccination efforts in the U.S. led companies to prepare for an economic recovery.

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• May 14, 2021 14 May'21

  Cisco's latest acquisition spree nabs three companies

  Cisco's acquisitions, announced this week, would improve event hosting in Webex, boost network speeds for 5G, and enhance its security platform. Deal terms were not released.

• May 12, 2021 12 May'21

  Cisco bolsters CSP portfolio with Sedona Systems acquisition

  Cisco's acquisition of Sedona Systems is expected to add significant carrier technology for 5G slicing and routed optical networking.

• May 04, 2021 04 May'21

  Verizon media group sale brings cash for 5G network

  Verizon's sale of the media group, which includes AOL and Yahoo, comes as it deals with a cash crunch and $129 billion in debt. Verizon competes with AT&T and T-Mobile.

• April 16, 2021 16 Apr'21

  Aruba product integrations advance its SASE strategy

  Aruba's latest SASE-related integrations involve the Silver Peak-based SD-WAN, Threat Defense and the ClearPass Policy Manager. More product integrations are likely.

• April 08, 2021 08 Apr'21

  Arista simplifies network management in latest CloudVision

  Arista's CloudVision 2021 has better analytics for spotting network congestion and a dashboard for monitoring Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Google Workspace and other applications.

• April 06, 2021 06 Apr'21

  Verizon, AWS launch mobile edge computing platform

  The AWS, Verizon mobile edge computing offering is a managed service that combines private 5G connectivity with AWS Outposts.

• April 01, 2021 01 Apr'21

  Cisco integrates ThousandEyes with AppDynamics, Catalyst

  The latest Cisco ThousandEyes integration adds internet intelligence to the AppDynamics application performance dashboard, a plus for AppOps and NetOps teams in Cisco shops.

• March 30, 2021 30 Mar'21

  Cisco network as a service for hybrid clouds on the horizon

  Cisco's first network-as-a-service product will deliver hybrid cloud infrastructure. The company plans to start selling the NaaS offering and an all-in-one SASE product this year.

• March 16, 2021 16 Mar'21

  Nokia to cut up to 10,000 jobs over two years

  The job cuts stem from a major restructuring that formed four business groups, including two focused on emerging technologies like cloud-delivered network infrastructure.

• March 16, 2021 16 Mar'21

  Nokia partners with largest cloud providers on 5G RAN

  Nokia's RAN-related partnership with AWS, Microsoft and Google solidifies its strategy of delivering cloud-based 5G infrastructure to service providers and major enterprises.

• March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21

  News briefs: Koch Industries picks Alkira, Palo Alto

  Koch industries combines Alkira networking and Palo Alto security for remote office connectivity; Cisco promotes three women on International Women's Day; AT&T, Fortinet partner.

• March 03, 2021 03 Mar'21

  Cisco completes $4.5 billion Acacia deal

  Cisco said it will sell and support Acacia's optical networking products separately. Cisco will also continue selling the technology with its switches and routers.

• February 24, 2021 24 Feb'21

  Juniper adds Mist AIOps to its 128 Technology-based SD-WAN

  Juniper has brought Mist's cloud-based analytics to the 128 Technology SD-WAN that the company acquired late last year. Juniper also launched Mist integration with the SRX gateway.

• February 19, 2021 19 Feb'21

  News briefs: Cisco investigates embezzlement scheme in China

  Cisco has started an investigation of employees in China who allegedly made payments to workers at state-owned enterprises. Cisco disclosed the probe in an SEC filing.

• February 17, 2021 17 Feb'21

  Palo Alto to buy Checkov creator, Bridgecrew

  Palo Alto said it will acquire Bridgecrew, the developer of the static code analysis tool Checkov. DevOps teams use the open source tool to build cloud applications.

• February 10, 2021 10 Feb'21

  Cisco expects revenue to grow as people return to offices

  Cisco forecasts revenue growth between 3.5% and 5.5% this quarter, driven by increased sales of wireless networking products and video conferencing hardware and software.

• February 05, 2021 05 Feb'21

  News briefs: Dell, partners to deliver OneBox MEC

  OneBox MEC is a 5G-enabled mobile edge computing platform. The hardware will contain turnkey technology for deploying a private 5G network and application services.

• February 04, 2021 04 Feb'21

  Arista launches zero-trust security with a Forescout option

  Arista's zero-trust security framework segments devices into groups and sets policies for network access. Forescout integration is available for dynamic device identification.

• January 29, 2021 29 Jan'21

  Cisco adds lower-end routers to Catalyst 8000 line

  The 8200 and 8500L are for branch and aggregation use cases, respectively. The 8200 is for companies requiring an entry-level device for running a Cisco SD-WAN in the branch.

• January 28, 2021 28 Jan'21

  Network startup DriveNets reaches unicorn status

  DriveNets' latest round of funding drove its valuation to $1 billion. The company's plans include developing network services that service providers run as microservices.

• December 29, 2020 29 Dec'20

  Private 5G networks to gain momentum in 2021

  Enterprises using industrial IoT devices are among the early adopters of private 5G networks, which could become an $8 billion market by 2027.

• December 17, 2020 17 Dec'20

  Cloud recasts global data center switch market

  Cloud providers and enterprise cloud makers have dramatically changed the global switch market, dampening traditional networking gear's importance in the modern data center.

• December 09, 2020 09 Dec'20

  Aruba launches orchestration software for CX fabric

  The Aruba Fabric Composer is best suited for a CX switching fabric within a small and midsize data center. The company also introduced the 8360 series of CX hardware.

• December 08, 2020 08 Dec'20

  Juniper snags Apstra in latest acquisition

  The Apstra acquisition could help Juniper sell networking hardware and software to heterogeneous data centers and large-scale public clouds.

• November 18, 2020 18 Nov'20

  VMware adds access control features to Tanzu

  VMware has added attribute-based access control to the Tanzu Service Mesh. VMware is also adding a load balancer for Tanzu-managed containers.

• November 13, 2020 13 Nov'20

  Cisco sees an end to string of quarterly revenue declines

  Cisco is cautiously optimistic that revenues will improve following a 9% drop last quarter. Rising enterprise orders contributed to a positive forecast for the current quarter.

• November 05, 2020 05 Nov'20

  Dell readies server with Sonic SmartNIC for branch offices

  Companies could install and manage the business application server remotely. The product would be small enough to mount on a wall and use open source Sonic for networking.

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  Bye-bye ISR, hello Catalyst 8000 for Cisco SD-WAN

  The new Catalyst 8300 Series of routers replace ISRs that customers said were ill-equipped to run the Cisco SD-WAN. Cisco also introduced Catalyst 8500 aggregation routers.

• October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20

  Juniper's 128 acquisition needed to improve SD-WAN

  Juniper Networks plans to 'enhance' its Contrail SD-WAN through the acquisition of 128 Technology. 128 has a more advanced SD-WAN that competes with Cisco and VMware products.

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  Cisco ordered to pay $1.9B in Centripetal security patent suit

  U.S. District Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. ruled that Cisco's infringement of Centripetal Network's patents was 'willful and egregious.' Cisco said it would appeal the ruling.

• October 02, 2020 02 Oct'20

  VMware updates vRealize Network Insight, NSX-T

  Launched at VMworld 2020, the latest version of vRealize Network Insight has verification technology that lets managers see the impact of network changes before deploying them.

• September 30, 2020 30 Sep'20

  VMware unveils rearchitected vSphere as Project Monterey

  At VMworld 2020, VMware unveiled a rearchitected vSphere dubbed Project Monterey. The new product will benefit VMware customers across industries, an analyst said.

• September 18, 2020 18 Sep'20

  Palo Alto SD-WAN gets analytics, Prisma security

  The Prisma integration and root cause analysis in the Palo Alto SD-WAN could help it standout in a market packed with competitors. Palo Alto also launched two SD-WAN appliances.

• September 17, 2020 17 Sep'20

  Extreme launches ExtremeCloud IQ apps, switches

  The latest apps for Extreme's cloud-based network management portal include intrusion prevention , IoT onboarding and compliance testing for the wireless LAN.

• August 20, 2020 20 Aug'20

  Arista will charge a premium for CloudVision as a service

  Arista's CloudVision as a service will have a higher subscription price than the on-premises version. The vendor says the new product will have better network analytics.

• August 14, 2020 14 Aug'20

  Cisco restructuring follows weak revenues, forecast

  The Cisco restructuring includes shifting research and development to different technology areas and offering employees early retirement. An analyst says layoffs are likely.

• August 07, 2020 07 Aug'20

  T-Mobile 5G progresses, Samsung intros 5G tablets

  This week's 5G news includes T-Mobile 5G taking a significant step forward, Samsung releasing tablets and Intel and VMware joining forces on network infrastructure.

• July 30, 2020 30 Jul'20

  Juniper Mist stretches to WAN management

  Jackson Electric Cooperative expects Juniper Mist's new WAN management features to reduce the number of customer trouble tickets and simplify access to network performance data.

• July 22, 2020 22 Jul'20

  VMware load balancing aimed at NSX-T

  Users reacted positively to the latest VMware load-balancing product. The NSX Advanced Load Balancer promises to improve application performance in a VMware NSX-T virtual network.

• July 14, 2020 14 Jul'20

  HPE ups SD-WAN chops with Silver Peak acquisition

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Silver Peak acquisition could significantly improve the software-defined WAN offering that's available today in HPE's Aruba-branded network portfolio.

• July 02, 2020 02 Jul'20

  Tech pros focus on application delivery during pandemic

  Tech pros have added security, automation and session capacity to their application delivery infrastructure to support business operations during the pandemic.

• June 26, 2020 26 Jun'20

  COVID-19 tech will fail without employee privacy

  Businesses can choose from a growing number of mobile apps and Wi-Fi software to protect workers from COVID-19. But tech won't succeed without top-of-the-line privacy protection.

• June 09, 2020 09 Jun'20

  Aruba Central touches more devices, gets better analytics

  A new version of Aruba Central will include features for managing as many as 50,000 network devices from the cloud. The upgrade also includes better analytics for troubleshooting.

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  Cisco DNA Center's new features may mean more user headaches

  Cisco continues to add features to DNA Center to centralize more network control within the software. But as the product grows more complex, users struggle to deploy it.

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  Cisco acquisition of ThousandEyes has many user benefits

  Cisco's acquisition of ThousandEyes could benefit companies using Cisco's SD-WAN, AppDynamics, Duo Security and AnyConnect. Cisco plans to close the deal by the end of October.

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  Wi-Fi vendors pitch people tracking for COVID-19 safety

  Wi-Fi vendors Aruba and Juniper Networks work with partners to offer in-office people tracking to defend against a COVID-19 outbreak. Cisco focuses on managing gatherings in physical spaces.

• May 21, 2020 21 May'20

  Small vendors that stand out in network automation

  When incumbent vendors fall short, enterprises should consider these small vendors for new approaches to analytics and network automation.

• May 15, 2020 15 May'20

  Cisco says IT spending uptick possible despite pandemic

  Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said some industries could resume IT spending soon, despite the pandemic. Robbins' comments came after the company reported an 8% drop in quarterly revenue.

• May 14, 2020 14 May'20

  Enterprises struggle to learn Microsoft Sonic networking

  Problems with Microsoft Sonic include a lack of management tools, weak support from hardware vendors and a steep learning curve for engineers, companies said at the OCP Virtual Summit.

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  Nvidia acquisitions open up AI opportunities

  Nvidia's recent acquisition of Cumulus Networks and Mellanox provide the components for building systems to power future AI applications.

• April 28, 2020 28 Apr'20

  How telemedicine, SD-WAN helped two firms get back to work

  COVID-19 is forcing companies to rethink their workplaces. Medical companies TrialCard and Vohra have turned to SD-WAN and telemedicine, respectively, to keep employees productive.

• April 22, 2020 22 Apr'20

  Cisco SD-WAN to use Google Cloud backbone

  Cisco plans to launch next year SD-WAN technology that improves WAN performance by directing traffic over Google Cloud's low-latency network backbone.

• April 17, 2020 17 Apr'20

  Cisco online certification tests are now available

  Cisco online certification testing launched April 15. To prevent cheating, the Pearson VUE testing software commandeers the video cameras and microphones on candidates' home PCs.

• April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20

  Cisco, HPE counter COVID-19 impact with tech financing

  Cisco and HPE are offering special tech financing to businesses struggling to keep IT projects going in an economy rocked by the COVID-19 crisis.

• April 15, 2020 15 Apr'20

  Short-depth Supermicro SuperServer targets 5G telecoms

  New 2U Supermicro SuperServer provides compute in micro data centers. The vendor said it aims to help telecommunications firms adopt open systems to support edge computing.

• April 10, 2020 10 Apr'20

  NSX-T 3.0 enriches VMware's hybrid IT offering

  VMware's new NSX-T 3.0 brings important tools to customers modernizing data centers for the cloud era.

• April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20

  Fluidmesh-Cisco deal fills gap in Cisco IIoT

  The recently announced Fluidmesh-Cisco deal would fill a gap in Cisco's industrial IoT portfolio. It would provide onboard Wi-Fi for high-speed public transportation systems.

• April 03, 2020 03 Apr'20

  Tech users weigh in on upcoming approval of more Wi-Fi 6 spectrum

  Technology users say the pending Federal Communications approval of additional spectrum for Wi-Fi 6 should bring much higher wireless performance than available today.

• April 01, 2020 01 Apr'20

  CloudGenix-Palo Alto buy combines SD-WAN with cloud security

  The CloudGenix-Palo Alto Networks acquisition will combine the Prisma cloud security suite with CloudGenix's software-defined WAN.

• March 26, 2020 26 Mar'20

  U-turn in network market forecast amid coronavirus pandemic

  IDC predicts the global market for switches and wireless LAN products will fall in 2020, with revenues from switches below last year and wireless LAN sales rising less than 1%.

• March 20, 2020 20 Mar'20

  Coronavirus: VPN hardware becomes a chokepoint for remote workers

  VPN hardware has become a bottleneck for companies with a high number of employees working from home as a result of efforts to combat the coronavirus.

• March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20

  Dell warns of order delays; tech buyers worry about IT supply chain

  Tech buyers feared the coronavirus pandemic could rattle IT supply chains. Meanwhile, Dell warned customers of delays in fulfilling orders on time.

• March 13, 2020 13 Mar'20

  HPE touts pricing, tech flexibility of 5G Core Stack

  HPE has unveiled carrier software for the 5G Core. HPE touts flexibility in pricing and tech in its 5G Core Stack, which would compete in a market dominated by six vendors.

• March 11, 2020 11 Mar'20

  Cisco restructuring follows Goeckeler departure

  The Cisco restructuring that follows the departure of executive VP David Goeckeler has reshuffled the company's executive team among five newly created product groups.

• March 06, 2020 06 Mar'20

  COVID-19 depresses 5G smartphone shipments

  Omdia is the latest analyst firm to lower its projections for 5G smartphone shipments because of the COVID-19 outbreak. The firm expects 20% fewer phones in 2020.

• February 28, 2020 28 Feb'20

  RSA 2020: US needs allies to battle China's 5G threat

  Experts at RSA 2020 said the United States and its allies have to solve trade disputes and combine resources to secure global 5G infrastructure against Chinese threats.

• February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20

  RSA 2020: Experts say US is too slow in deploying 5G

  At the RSA 2020 conference, experts said enterprise-class 5G services are years away. Obstacles include security and doubts about profitability.

• February 26, 2020 26 Feb'20

  CISA chief can't guarantee election security

  CISA Chief Christopher Krebs told RSA attendees he can't guarantee election security. Krebs also discussed CISA's efforts against Iranian hackers and ransomware attacks.

• February 24, 2020 24 Feb'20

  Cisco SecureX provides front end for all security tools

  Cisco SecureX, unveiled at RSA, provides centralized intelligence from all the vendor's security products. Also at RSA, Juniper adds encrypted traffic analysis to the Juniper ATP Cloud.

• February 14, 2020 14 Feb'20

  Arista's Big Switch buy adds customers, engineers, network software

  The Arista-Big Switch deal adds significant software-defined networking technology to Arista's EOS operating system. Also, Arista will acquire 300 customers and dozens of engineers.

• February 14, 2020 14 Feb'20

  Latest Cisco earnings show tech buyers remain skittish

  The latest Cisco earnings report shows customers paused tech spending despite a stabler global economy, while the impact of the coronavirus outbreak in China was a looming unknown.

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  Network software subscription models befuddle tech buyers

  Tech buyers are frustrated and confused over network vendors' software subscription models. Some buyers say they're unconvinced the pricing models favor them.

• January 28, 2020 28 Jan'20

  Cisco Cyber Vision targets industrial IoT security

  Cisco Cyber Vision is the networking company's latest product for industrial IoT security. The technology is based on software Cisco acquired last year when it bought Sentryo.

• January 22, 2020 22 Jan'20

  VMware acquisition of Nyansa combines LAN, WAN analytics

  The VMware acquisition of Nyansa is expected to provide network traffic analytics that cover the SD-WAN and the wired and wireless LAN.

• January 17, 2020 17 Jan'20

  5G vs. Wi-Fi: Verizon says cellular will win

  In the not-too-distant future, businesses could find themselves weighing 5G vs. Wi-Fi in the campus and office. Verizon has already named 5G the winner.

• January 10, 2020 10 Jan'20

  Cradlepoint NetCloud update avoids unnecessary data usage

  Cradlepoint Netcloud has new analytics that help companies avoid the cost of exceeding the limits of their data plans for wireless links on the vendor's SD-WAN.

• January 09, 2020 09 Jan'20

  Aruba SD-Branch gets intrusion detection, prevention software

  The latest update of the Aruba SD-Branch includes intrusion detection and prevention software built into the product's gateway appliance.

• December 30, 2019 30 Dec'19

  Cisco 2020: Challenges, prospects shape the new year

  Cisco 2020: The networking giant begins the new year with an overhauled service provider business, and SD-WAN and customer challenges in the enterprise.

• December 17, 2019 17 Dec'19

  Cisco to acquire Exablaze for high-performance switching

  Cisco plans to acquire Australia-based Exablaze and eventually use its technology in AI applicatons. The acquisition is similar to rival Arista's 2018 purchase of Metamoko.

• December 12, 2019 12 Dec'19

  Cisco's Silicon One networking chip targets cloud data centers

  Cisco's Silicon One chip launch demonstrates a willingness to embrace white box routers in the hyperscale data centers of cloud providers.

• December 11, 2019 11 Dec'19

  Silver Peak SD-WAN orchestrator scales to thousands of sites

  Silver Peak has launched a cloud-based SD-WAN orchestrator that provides centralized control of multiple Unity Orchestrators deployed in separate locations.

• December 06, 2019 06 Dec'19

  4 SD-WAN vendors integrate with AWS Transit Gateway

  Aruba, Cisco, Citrix and Silver Peak are among the first SD-WAN vendors to integrate their products with the AWS Transit Gateway.

• December 04, 2019 04 Dec'19

  3 networking startups rearchitect routing

  Networking startups Arrcus, DriveNets and Volta Networks help service providers redefine routing in the data center and at the edge.

• November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19

  Extreme makes Fabric Automation friendlier to developers

  Extreme Networks adds Fabric Automation features that make the company's virtualized data center networks more adaptive to changes by application developers.

• November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19

  Juniper Mist roadmap includes SD-WAN, security integrations

  The Juniper Mist roadmap includes integrating the wireless LAN's cloud AI engine with Juniper's SD-WAN and malware detection service.

• November 14, 2019 14 Nov'19

  Cisco earnings foreshadow slowdown in tech spending

  The latest Cisco earnings report indicated a weakening in business confidence as economic uncertainties lowered tech spending by enterprises and other segments.

• November 14, 2019 14 Nov'19

  Google cloud network tools check links, firewalls, packet loss

  The latest Google cloud network monitoring tools perform connectivity testing and provide firewall and performance metrics.

• November 12, 2019 12 Nov'19

  Juniper taps Mist Systems for wired, wireless LAN analytics

  Juniper Networks is using its Mist Systems acquisition to provide cloud-based analytics for a wired and wireless LAN built with Mist and Juniper hardware.

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Cisco Meraki Go chasing Best Buy customers

  The latest Cisco Meraki Go products cost as little as $149 -- a price that could attract Best Buy customers.

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  Latest Cisco switch uses Meraki software, Catalyst hardware

  The MS390 is the first Cisco switch built using Meraki software and Catalyst hardware.

• November 05, 2019 05 Nov'19

  Arista CloudEOS addresses multi-cloud networking

  Arista joins Cisco, Juniper and VMware in the multi-cloud networking market. The new Arista CloudEOS leverages CloudVision for multi-cloud monitoring, automation and management.

• November 01, 2019 01 Nov'19

  Cisco's picks for top 4 emerging networking technologies

  Cisco's picks for top emerging networking technologies include machine reasoning, optical networking, cognitive radio and Citizens Broadband Radio Service.

• October 24, 2019 24 Oct'19

  ArubaOS-CX upgrade unifies campus, data center networks

  Aruba's latest switches and ArubaOS-CX upgrade join campus and data center networking as Cisco heads in a similar direction with DNA Center.

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  Gluware network automation update addresses OS changes

  Gluware adds to its network automation platform easier management of changes to device configurations and operating systems.

• October 11, 2019 11 Oct'19

  Enterprises choosing SD-WAN routing over edge routers

  Revenue from SD-WAN sales surged by 23% in the second quarter as enterprises opted to replace traditional edge routers with SD-WAN routing.