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MEF's SD-WAN Service Standard Nears Finalization

General availability of the final draft standard developed by the industry association in order to facilitate market growth is the last step before the comprehensive document is finalized and published, which is expected in mid-July.

Veeam Availability Orchestrator v2 Reaches GA

This week during the VeeamON 2019 conference in Miami Veeam Software announced the general availability of Veeam Availability Orchestrator v2.

Riverbed Updates SD-WAN, Announces SaaS Accelerator

Riverbed, known for its Digital Performance Platform, has updated its software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) offerings, while also announcing SaaS Accelerator, targeting Software-as-a-Service apps such as O365, Salesforce, ServiceNow and Box.

New Cloud-Native Platform DataStax Constellation Expected Q4 2019

This week DataStax used its first user conference, DataStax Accelerate, to announce its plans to launch a new cloud data platform, DataStax Constellation, which includes two cloud services: DataStax Apache Cassandra as a Service and DataStax Insights.

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Tata Cloud Platform Combines with Cisco SD-WAN to Simplify Enterprise Networking

Tata Communications, a digital infrastructure provider, announced a new managed service that it says can help enterprises simplify their complex legacy networks by transforming them into customized multi-cloud native hybrid networks.

Virtustream Launches xStreamCare Services for Optimized Cloud Migration

Today cloud services provider Virtustream, a Dell Technologies business, announced the expansion of its cloud migration services suite with the launch of Virtustream xStreamCare.

VMware to Acquire Bitnami to 'Accelerate Multi-Cloud and Kubernetes Offerings'

Today VMware Inc. announced its intent to acquire Bitnami, an application packaging provider for multi-cloud and Kubernetes environments, for an unspecified sum.

Dell Technologies Partners with Orange for New-Age Software-Defined Mobility Coming with 5G

Dell Technologies and Orange are exploring new technology areas -- such as near real-time edge computing and IoT services -- to meet the demands coming with 5G.

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Colt Expands On Demand SDN Services to U.S.

London-based Colt Technology Services expanded its software-defined networking-based On Demand networking solutions to the United States and other new markets.

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ADARA Going Mobile with Cloud SD-WAN Platform

ADARA announced a new beta offering that takes its software-defined wide-area network for personal clouds and Internet of Things (IoT) implementations to the mobile arena.

Cisco Patches Elastic Services Controller to Address Critical REST API Vulnerability

This week Cisco Systems Inc. posted a critical security advisory addressing a vulnerability in the REST API of its Elastic Services Controller (ESC).

Cisco Offers CoLocation Bundling for SD-WAN Branches

Cisco Systems announced SD-WAN Cloud onRamp for CoLocation, designed to simplify deploying and managing software-defined wide-area networks for multiple branches distributed over several regions.

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Cloud-Based SD-WAN Tool Sheds Light on Remote Networks

A new cloud-based management tool from software-defined wide-area network specialist Cybera aims to increase visibility of operations on remote site networks.

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Canonical Sets 'New Bar for Efficiency' with Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure

Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, introduced Ubuntu Advantage (UA) for Infrastructure, which consolidates open infrastructure support and security offerings and "covers the full range of open source infrastructure capabilities for up to 10 years."

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VMware Integrates Software-Defined-Data-Center Offering with Dell Technologies Hardware

VMware Inc. announced a deal to integrate its SDDC platform with VxRail hyper-converged infrastructure from Dell Technologies, targeting on-premises datacenters and edge locations.

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Cologix Announces SDN Connectivity Platform

Cologix announced a new self-service tool to ease enterprise software-defined networking connectivity to the cloud.

Dell Technologies and Microsoft Partner to Bring VMware Cloud Infrastructure to Azure

VMware customers will be able to extend their VMware infrastructure investments to the Microsoft Azure cloud with new Dell Technologies and Microsoft partnership.

Xilinx Pushes Forward with 'Datacenter First' Strategy with Solarflare Acquisition

Irvine, Calif.-based Solarflare -- known for its high-speed Ethernet and "ultra low latency" application acceleration offerings -- is being acquired by San Jose, Calif.-based Xilinx, according to an announcement made April 24.

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Fortinet Claims Industry's First SD-WAN ASIC

Security specialist Fortinet announced what it claims is the industry's first application-specific integrated circuit for the burgeoning software-defined wide-area networking space.

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NFV Specialist netElastic Bakes SD-WAN Into Enterprise Branch Router

netElastic unveiled an enterprise branch router featuring software-defined wide-area networking to ensure mission-critical business applications are identified and prioritized over less important traffic.

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