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Virtual Network Functions Going Cloud Native in Containers

Remember VNFs, which seemingly only just arrived along with other disruptive, next-gen networking advances like software-defined networking to shake up the once-staid networking space? Now they're already moving on, going cloud-native in containers.

Survey Shows Service Provider Confidence in Open Source, SDN

The Linux Foundation published results of an industry survey that revealed strong confidence among communication services providers in open source networking, and software-defined networking in particular.

Enforce Instance Compliance in Amazon EC2 with State Manager

The State Manager allows you to specify various actions that should be performed against an Amazon EC2 instance.

RedLock Cloud 360 Security Enhancements Aimed at Microsoft Azure Users

New security enhancements from RedLock for Microsoft Azure users include automated remediation, holistic threat defense, advanced user behavioral analytics and comprehensive compliance.

Partnership Weds Software-Defined WAN, CORE Offerings

Established software-defined wide-area-network (SD-WAN) vendor Versa Networks is teaming up with software-defined core network (SD-CORE) startup Mode for a new take on enterprise networking.

VMware Announces Availability of Workstation 15 and Fusion 11

Today VMware Inc. announced the availability of the newest versions of its virtual platforms VMware Workstation 15 and VMware Fusion 11.

Nuage Updates 'SD-WAN 2.0' Virtualized Network Services Platform

Nuage Networks claimed several industry "firsts" in announcing an update to its Virtualized Network Services platform, which it characterizes as an SD-WAN 2.0 offering.

Beyond IaaS with Microsoft Azure

Paul takes you beyond IaaS and shows how you can modernize your approach to IT with Microsoft Azure for true digital transformation.

Top Takeaways from VMworld 2018

Tom Fenton shares his top takeaways from attending and speaking at VMworld 2018.

Azure Data Family Expands with Edge and Gateway Offerings

Azure Data Box is now generally available, with new Data Box Edge and Data Box Gateway offerings in preview.

Macro Scanner To Block Malware Now Available with Office 365 ProPlus

Antimalware Scan Interface now integrated with Office 365 ProPlus

Talari Offers New SD-WAN Solution for Connecting Multiple Cloud Services

Talari Networks announced a new offering targeting the growing software-defined wide-area-network space, highlighting connectivity to multiple cloud services.

Q&A: Using VAMI and vimptop To Monitor Your VCSA

Tom Fenton shares some of the Q&As that went on after his VMworld session where he discussed using the vCenter Management Interface and vimtopo to do real-time monitoring of the health of a vCenter Server Appliance.

Creating a Snapshot Lifecycle Policy in AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) helps you automate the snapshot process by allowing you to create snapshot lifecycle policies. Here's a look at how these policies work.

OpenDaylight SDN Controller Marks Adoption Gains with 9th Release

The ninth release of the OpenDaylight software-defined networking and network functions virtualization platform is out, adding new functionality and marking adoption gains.

VMware Publishes NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.3 Release Notes

VMware Inc. quietly released NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.3 yesterday.

New Initiative Reimagines Data Architectures with Hybrid Model

A new initiative backed by several industry heavyweights aims to reimagine existing data architectures with a hybrid focus, providing a unified architecture for on-premises, multi-cloud and edge environments.

Survey: Firms Struggle to Keep Pace with SDN, Other Networking Changes

Network analytics firm Kentik recently published a study on network management, finding that firms are struggling to keep pace with new developments in the industry.

Creating a Custom Windows AMI in AWS

Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) are the mechanism that makes it possible to create Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) virtual machine (VM) instances -- here's how to create a custom Windows AMI.

VMware Tools 10.3.0 Recalled

Last week VMware Inc. recalled VMware Tools 10.3.0 due to a "functional issue with 10.3.0 in ESXi 6.5."

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