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AT&T Submits White-Box Router Spec for Open Computing

AT&T submitted specifications for a new white-box architecture to the Open Compute Project, targeting service provider-class routers with chips optimized for 400G speeds to meet evolving network demands.

ADTRAN Targets SMBs, Distributed Enterprises with SD-WAN

Network access products specialist ADTRAN announced a new software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) offering that targets the small and medium-sized business (SMB) and distributed enterprise markets.

Firms Tap Cisco, Juniper, VMware for SD-WAN Functionality

In the growing software-defined wide-area network space, vendors are tapping products from leading powerhouses such as Cisco, Juniper and VMware to augment their offerings.

Aryaka Adds 'HybridWAN' Functionality to its SD-WAN Service

Aryaka, known for its managed software-defined wide-area network offering, has added connectivity options with what it calls HybridWAN.

Firm Offers Software-Defined Network Connectivity

Since its inception, the bailiwick of the disruptive software-defined networking movement has expanded to all sorts of use cases, with network connectivity now joining the crowd, offered by the firm Stateless Inc.

Oracle, VMware in Hybrid Cloud Partnership

In a move targeting enterprise hybrid cloud customers, Oracle and VMware are teaming up to enable organizations to run VMware Cloud Foundation on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Illumio Boosts Container Functionality in Cybersecurity Platform

Cybersecurity specialist Illumio boosted its flagship platform with new functionality addressing containerized workloads.

NEC, Infovista Team Up for SD-WAN/UC-SDN Solution

A new partnership in the burgeoning software-defined networking space sees NEC Corp. wedding its software-defined network-based unified communication offering with Infovista's Ipanema (software-defined wide-area network.

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Open Networking Foundation Releases Stratum, Next-Gen SDN Platform

The ONF says Stratum is an open source, silicon-independent switch operating system for software-defined networks that runs on a variety of switching silicon and various whitebox switch platforms.

AWS Offering Highlights Software Defined Perimeter Space

After an uneven start, the software-defined networking movement has matured and evolved to include fast-growing initiatives such as software-defined wide-area-networking (SD-WAN) and the security-oriented Software Defined Perimeter.

NetApp Updates Virt and Cloud Products with VMware Integrations

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company unveiled four new products and a service in connection with the VMworld 2019 conference held late last month.

Report: Security Concerns Spark Rise of SD-WANs in Small, Medium-Sized Businesses

Untangle Inc. published a study on IT security in small and medium-size businesses, concluding that cloud-based services and the increasing number of branch office networks are promoting the rise of software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN).

Dell EMC Unveils New SD-WAN Offerings

Dell Technologies has unveiled new offerings in the software-defined wide-area-networking space, incorporating hardware from Dell EMC and VMware-based software.

VMware Workstation Gets Hyper-V Support

VMware is adding support for Microsoft's Hyper-V to its Workstation product, allowing it to tap other Microsoft technologies that depend on the Windows hypervisor.

VMware Lays Out Plan for Integrating Carbon Black

VMware already has extensive plans for repurposing Carbon Black's technology to improve security in vSphere, Workspace ONE, NSX and other products over the next few years.

VMware Widens Availability of Microsoft Azure Service

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger described plans to expand the VMware-Microsoft cloud offering during his VMworld 2019 keynote on Monday.

Kubernetes Takes Center Stage at VMworld

All the best new product names and code names spoken during the VMworld kickoff keynote had to do with Kubernetes.

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CenturyLink to Offer VMware Cloud on AWS

Ahead of this week's VMworld conference, telecommunications provider CenturyLink pre-emptively announced some VMware news of its own with the unveiling of an upcoming VMware-based private cloud service on the Amazon Web Services.

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MEF Finalizes SD-WAN Definition Standard

Industry association MEF has completed what it claims to be the first global standard defining a software-defined wide-area network, along with its service attributes.

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Open Source flexiWAN SD-WAN Software Beta Ships

Israeli start-up flexiWAN announced a beta version of its open source, open architecture software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) software is available for download.

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