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- March 02, 2017
02 Mar'17
SDN service for sale ... from a healthcare provider?
Early NSX adopter BayState Health is weighing the possibility of a future as an SDN service provider -- using multi-tenancy to run other organizations' networks parallel to its own.
- March 02, 2017
02 Mar'17
The connected stadium: If you build it, they will come
In the next-generation sports venue, the home team's stadium network can serve as a strategic resource, driving fan engagement, concession sales and more.
- March 02, 2017
02 Mar'17
With new IEEE Ethernet standard, old cables learn new tricks
The new IEEE Ethernet standard offers some much-needed flexibility for network managers trying to keep up with skyrocketing bandwidth demand while working under long refresh cycles that prevent frequent rip-and-replace upgrades. With 802.3bz, or ...
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- February 28, 2017
28 Feb'17
How leaf-spine architecture differs from fabric extenders
This week, bloggers compare leaf-spine architecture and fabric extenders, look into HPE's acquisition of SimpliVity and discuss the need for AI in SDDCs.
- February 24, 2017
24 Feb'17
ARRIS expected to go after large campuses with Brocade networking buy
ARRIS plans to buy a portion of the Brocade networking portfolio that includes Ruckus Wireless. ARRIS is expected to target large public venues, education and hospitality.
- February 23, 2017
23 Feb'17
Higher spending on public cloud service providers bad news for Cisco
Enterprise spending on public cloud service providers will increase almost 22% annually through 2020, depressing sales of data center switches from Cisco and other suppliers.
- February 22, 2017
22 Feb'17
New Cisco VNF hardware designed for data centers, branch offices
Cisco has introduced hardware that contains all the components for running virtual network functions. The new gear delivers Cisco VNFs in the data center and branch office.
- February 22, 2017
22 Feb'17
Cybersecurity policies take center stage at RSA 2017
This week, bloggers look into cybersecurity policies presented at RSA 2017, how to confront hybrid cloud challenges and the meaning of the SMS-Curvature merger.
- February 17, 2017
17 Feb'17
Arista Networks' revenue rises, while rival Cisco stumbles
Arista Networks' revenue rose more than 33% on strong sales of switches and routers. Arista released results a day after Cisco reported a decline in sales of networking gear.
- February 16, 2017
16 Feb'17
Cisco revenue continues to fall from weak sales in switches, routers
Cisco revenue dropped for the fifth consecutive quarter due to declining sales of switches and routers. The company is expected to counter the drop with more acquisitions of network software makers.
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- February 16, 2017
16 Feb'17
Will automation define the future of network technology?
This week, bloggers look at automation as the future of network technology, weigh in on Cumulus' EVPN features and examine ExtraHop's Addy machine learning analytics.
- February 16, 2017
16 Feb'17
Cisco opens Umbrella, a cloud-based secure internet gateway
Cisco premieres a cloud-based secure internet gateway; Extreme Networks to provide wireless services to the World Series champion Chicago Cubs; mobile data traffic soars in 2016.
- February 15, 2017
15 Feb'17
ExtraHop intros Addy, machine learning as a service
ExtraHop integrates machine learning and artificial intelligence with Addy, its new machine-learning-as-a-service offering.
- February 14, 2017
14 Feb'17
Riverbed bolsters SteelHead WAN optimization appliance with SD-WAN
Riverbed cloaks its SteelHead SD-WAN optimization appliance with SteelConnect features to provide security and application acceleration.
- February 10, 2017
10 Feb'17
Cisco joins Microsoft in providing Azure Stack services in UCS server
Cisco and Microsoft have worked together in delivering Azure Stack services through Cisco's UCS server. The new product ships in the third quarter.