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- October 26, 2017
26 Oct'17
Capital One, General Electric seek hybrid WAN benefits at scale
Capital One and General Electric are pushing the scalability of hybrid WAN. The companies are using the technology to cut networking costs. GE plans to save millions of dollars.
- October 26, 2017
26 Oct'17
Singtel taps Versa for software-defined branch service
Singtel anchors its managed software-defined branch service with technology from Versa Networks; MegaPath looks to Fortinet to bolster security for its managed SD-WAN service.
- October 24, 2017
24 Oct'17
To buy or build IT infrastructure focus of ONUG 2017 panel
During ONUG's fall conference, panelists debated whether to buy or build IT infrastructure. Company IT execs say the final decision depends on a company's culture and talent.
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- October 20, 2017
20 Oct'17
New Cisco managed services seek to ease IT talent shortage
New Cisco managed services take away mundane tasks from network engineers, so they can spend more time on high-value projects. Also, Cisco buys machine learning firm Perspica.
- October 20, 2017
20 Oct'17
Why open network systems are so difficult to find
Bloggers explore open network systems, look into the development of unified security operations and analytics, and recommend how to tweak an Ansible playbook.
- October 16, 2017
16 Oct'17
SD-WAN-only devices disappearing as market matures
Companies want SD-WAN to become a piece of a multifunction network appliance for the branch. Therefore, SD-WAN vendors are adding WAN optimization, firewalls and IP services.
- October 13, 2017
13 Oct'17
Cybersecurity evolution brings shifts for network security
Bloggers explore cybersecurity evolution and its impact on network security, new network fabrics from Extreme and take a deep dive on routing protocols, such as BFD.
- October 12, 2017
12 Oct'17
New Cisco ACI fabric stretches across multiple data centers
The latest major release of the Cisco ACI fabric, ACI 3.0, is aimed at large enterprises looking for a single console to deliver policy-driven network services across multiple data centers.
- October 11, 2017
11 Oct'17
MEF releases Sonata and Presto APIs, partners with ONAP
MEF published the Sonata and Presto APIs and also said it will work with ONAP to govern how service providers can automate and orchestrate their software-based networks.
- October 06, 2017
06 Oct'17
Network redundancy design does not always equal resiliency
Bloggers explore network redundancy design, WLAN setup using IBwave and creating a secure cloud management plane.
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- October 06, 2017
06 Oct'17
ETSI industry group publishes six NFV specifications
The ETSI Industry Specification Group for NFV is living up to its name with the publishing of six new NFV specifications. Also, NSS Labs puts SD-WAN products to the test.
- October 06, 2017
06 Oct'17
Dell open networking gets more 25 GbE switches, SD-WAN appliances
An expanded Dell open networking portfolio includes a high-performing switch for connecting data centers and a 25 GbE model with a new OS for managing network fabrics.
- October 04, 2017
04 Oct'17
Global Ethernet switch market grows 8% in Q2, IDC report says
IDC follows Ethernet switch market growth in 2017, Extreme lines up purchase of Brocade IP data unit, Purdue University uses wireless to gather plant data and Gartner tracks changes for CIOs.
- October 03, 2017
03 Oct'17
Apstra Operating System receives Layer 2 data center network support
Apstra has introduced the second iteration of its network operating system. The latest version of AOS extends network automation to Layer 2 networks running legacy software.
- September 29, 2017
29 Sep'17
Cloud-based infrastructure meets networking at ONUG fall conference
Cloud-based infrastructure is reshaping the networking industry -- an issue ONUG has seen within its user community and will address at its upcoming fall conference in New York City.