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Software-Defined Branch Growth Picks Up Pace

The software-defined networking movement continues to expand, with software-defined branches being among the latest offshoots of the new-age networking approach.

MEF Adds to Existing SDN/NFV Training, Certification

With software-defined networking and network functions virtualization steadily gaining traction in the new-age networking space, industry association MEF has announced a new certification program to prove expertise in those areas.

Juniper SD-WAN Update Furthers Multicloud Vision

By updating its SD-WAN offering, Juniper Networks said it has taken another incremental step to help organizations reach multicloud nirvana: managing disparate networks as one cohesive set of resources.

Pivotal Container Service 1.1 GA Aims to Simplify Kubernetes Management

This week VMware Inc. and Pivotal Software Inc. announced the general availability of the next iteration of their Pivotal Container Service (PKS).

Storage Spaces Direct Takes Center Stage in Windows Server 2019

Key announcements about Storage Spaces Direct and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) in Windows Server 2019 from the Windows Server Summit.

OneDrive Data: You Might Need It Later!

Many administrators don't know that OneDrive for Business data is removed 30 days after the user account is deleted. There's a way to fix that.

Kubernetes 1.11 Released for Improved Container Orchestration

Kubernetes, a rising star in the open source ecosystem for containers, has improved its orchestration capabilities on a number of fronts in its latest release, version 1.11

Microsoft Ships and Open Sources Azure IoT Edge

Microsoft this week shipped Azure IoT Edge -- its cloud-based solution for bringing local intelligence to distributed Internet of Things devices -- while making it open source.

How IBM Became the First Server Company to Support VMware

It all started when original founder Mendel Rosenblum spoke with Sequent Computer Systems about his ideas.

VMware Releases Public Beta of Kubernetes-as-a-Service Offering

Public beta of VMware Kubernetes Engine (VKE) released.

ONF Unveils SDN, NFV Reference Designs for Service Providers

The Open Networking Foundation unveiled reference designs to help service providers and operators leverage software-defined networking and network functions virtualization in their modern networks.

Research Firm Says 5G Drives Wireless Network Functions Virtualization

New research from Dell'Oro Group indicates next-generation 5G wireless technology is boosting the use of NFV.

Getting to Know the Basic AWS CLI Command Syntax

Although similar to PowerShell, the AWS command structure does have its own nuances.

The Rise of Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

What HCI means to your data storage plan.

Hands-On with WSL: Installing Kali Linux

Tom Fenton outlines the steps to take to install Kali on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), and discusses some of the issues he encountered and how he worked around them.

Second ONAP Open Source Network Automation Release Ships

The Linux Foundation announced the second software release from the Open Network Automation Platform project, a unified platform for end-to-end, closed-loop network automation

VMware Updates NFV Platform for 5G, Multi-Cloud Networks

VMware announced vCloud NFV-OpenStack Edition 3.0, with new network functions virtualization features purpose-built for communications service providers running modern 5G and multi-cloud networks.

Data Fabrics and Their Role in the Storage Hardware Refresh

Data fabrics allow organizations to go a step further and spread data across multiple arrays such that entire storage arrays become redundant.

Putting CLI Skeletons to Work in AWS

You can script Amazon Web Services tasks using the command-line interface to build a skeleton script.

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