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Network Security Best Practices and Products
- September 10, 2018
10 Sep'18
Network functions morph with SD-WAN deployment strategy
Companies are approaching network infrastructure upgrades with SD-WAN deployment, but a new survey shows they're weighing issues like service chaining and integrated functionality.
- September 07, 2018
07 Sep'18
Juniper-Ericsson partnership aimed at 5G market
Juniper Networks has partnered with Ericsson to sell 5G gear and software to carriers. The Juniper-Ericsson alliance arrives as Cisco's partnership with Ericsson weakens.
- September 06, 2018
06 Sep'18
VMware Project Dimension to deliver managed HCI, edge networking
VMware's lightweight hyper-converged infrastructure system, called Project Dimension, includes the vendor's SD-WAN. The HCI appliance is aimed at retailers and manufacturers.
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- September 05, 2018
05 Sep'18
5G services to headline Mobile World Congress Americas 2018
In a roundup of industry insights, 5G services will be a hot topic at Mobile World Congress, VMware embraces multi-cloud and cybersecurity platforms require key features.
- August 31, 2018
31 Aug'18
NSS Labs-Cisco spat raises licensing restriction enforceability
The NSS Labs-Cisco tiff raises questions on the validity of licensing that prohibits customers from testing software performance and publishing the results.
- August 30, 2018
30 Aug'18
VMware takes NSX security to AWS workloads
VMware has brought NSX microsegmentation to workloads running on Amazon Web Services. Also, at VMworld 2018, VMware said NSX security is now enforceable on Arista switches.
- August 29, 2018
29 Aug'18
Cisco adds LTE modem to Meraki MX security appliance
Cisco adds a built-in 4G wireless broadband modem to two Meraki MX security appliances. Cisco launched the Meraki MX67C and the MX68CW devices with an integrated CAT 6 LTE cellular modem. The company also introduced four faster MX models without LTE.
- August 29, 2018
29 Aug'18
Talari SD-WAN targets mobile with Meta Networks integration
Talari combined its SD-WAN service with Meta Networks' NaaS platform, and California Telecom chose Versa Networks for managed SD-WAN.
- August 28, 2018
28 Aug'18
Cambium Networks certified in Express Wi-Fi by Facebook program
In networking news, Cambium gets certified in Facebook's Express Wi-Fi program, Nyansa frees up network data worldwide and SevOne will support VMware NSX SD-WAN.
- August 23, 2018
23 Aug'18
Cisco refused to participate in NSS Labs report on SD-WAN
Cisco wouldn't activate NSS Labs' Viptela license after the testing firm paid between $30,000 and $40,000 for the technology for a comparative NSS Labs report on SD-WAN products.
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- August 22, 2018
22 Aug'18
Arista CloudVision gets multi-cloud, NSX security features
Arista CloudVision will soon be able to distribute security policies across Amazon, Google and Microsoft public clouds. Other upcoming features include VMware NSX integration.
- August 16, 2018
16 Aug'18
Cisco revenues up, customers warming to new products
Cisco revenues in the last quarter rose 6% as businesses took advantage of a strong economy to refresh networks and deploy new products.
- August 15, 2018
15 Aug'18
New Dell EMC 100 GbE switch tailored for east-west traffic
The latest Dell EMC 100 GbE switch is an open system aimed at service providers and large enterprises. The Z9264F is a 2RU system, with 64 100 GbE ports. Pricing starts at $45,000.
- August 14, 2018
14 Aug'18
Array bolsters throughput, security in NFV appliance
Array Networks has added support for 40 GbE interfaces in its NFV appliance. The AVX hardware also has higher throughput for encrypted traffic.
- August 10, 2018
10 Aug'18
Mist Systems gives VMware NSX SD-WAN a boost
Arista Networks and VMware are focusing on Wi-Fi to bolster products for the wireless LAN. Wi-Fi vendor Mist is strengthening VMware's NSX SD-WAN and Arista has acquired Mojo.