AT&T, one of the companies at the forefront of the modern software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) movements, said it will open source a homegrown project that champions the use of white-box hardware in such new-age installations.
VMware has taken the wraps off a new appliance that lets users of its vSphere cloud computing virtualization platform perform analytics, serverless computing and even machine learning on Internet of Things edge devices via the AWS Greengrass service.
It might be tempting to assume that 2018 will be smooth sailing for the containerization movement. However, things aren't quite that simple.
Microsoft's relentless focus on transitioning to the cloud have resulted in strong financial results for the second quarter of its fiscal 2018.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/02/2018
Red Hat Inc. this week announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire enterprise-ready Kubernetes platform and container-native solutions provider CoreOS for the reported purchase price of $250 million.
- By Wendy A. Hernandez
- 01/31/2018
VMware Inc. announced the 1.3 version release of its enterprise container infrastructure technology, vSphere Integrated Containers.
- By Wendy A. Hernandez
- 01/30/2018
The fourth article of a five-part series on Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
The Linux Foundation, said to host nine of the top 10 open source networking projects, is seeking to foster collaboration among those disparate offerings with a new "administrative structure" called the LF Networking Fund.
The Cloud IP Platform from Versa Networks can help organizations implement SD-WANs on the Amazon Web Services cloud, according to research commissioned by the cloud giant.
According to several news reports, it appears there might be a reverse merger of Dell and VMware.
- By Wendy A. Hernandez
- 01/29/2018
In its "Most Promising Jobs 2018" report published in mid-January, LinkedIn includes a list of the most in-demand skills, with Cloud and Distributed Computing landing at the top.
The third article of a five-part series on Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
Brien Posey drills down on how to set up termination protection in the Amazon EC2 dashboard to prevent mission-critical instances from being accidentally deleted.
Whether you're using an on-premises or off-premises VDI solution, there are specific qualities to consider when selecting an endpoint client for your users.
Verizon joined the Open Network Automation Platform, under the direction of The Linux Foundation, to boost industry efforts around software-defined networking and network functions virtualization.
The all-cash deal valued at $42.5 million is the first acquisition for the company in almost a decade.
- By Wendy A. Hernandez
- 01/18/2018
Cartesian says network virtualization efforts led by software-defined networking and network functions virtualization haven't lived up to their hype, hampered by a skills shortage, organizational/operational problems, multi-vendor integration issues and more.
Because things can go wrong with the cloud service, an easy way to determine where the problem is occurring is to use the Service Health Dashboard.
The second of a five-part series on Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), now a fully supported feature of Windows 10.
Due to the dynamic nature of containers and their ability to scale, they present unique security challenges and, predictably, various companies have emerged to address these challenges.