Dell EMC recently launched PowerEdge MX, new hardware that supports both traditional and emerging workloads, such as software-defined networking and storage, plus artifiical intelligence, machine learning and Internet of Things (IoT) workloads.
- By Wendy A. Hernandez
- 08/28/2018
With an emphasis on artificial intelligence and machine learning, CEO Pat Gelsinger discussed innovations in networking and security, framing new announcements in the context of four "technology superpowers," which he categorized into the areas of cloud, mobile, AI/ML and Edge/AI.
VMware Cloud on AWS in now available in the Asia-Pacific (Sydney) region and includes new capabilities for migrating enterprise datacenters and applications to secure cloud services.
- By Wendy A. Hernandez
- 08/27/2018
Dell EMC unveiled a new switch that it says embraces the world of modern networking, which is seeing an architectural shift toward technology disaggregation and SDN.
F5 Networks unveiled a new VNF Manager that it says is designed to simplify network functions virtualization for service providers and mobile operators moving to software-defined networking environments.
In highlighting the top 10 networking features of the upcoming Windows Server 2019, Microsoft claimed software-defined networking has gone mainstream.
One thing common to all three "leaders" named in Gartner's July datacenter networking research report is that they all offer software-defined networking.
IBN pioneer Apstra has offered up a taxonomy and maturity model for the young, game-changing technology, described by many as the next big thing in the networking industry.
With NFV and SDN maturing, evolving and branching out into new industries, a new open source offering has emerged targeting the cable operator space with the help of Kubernetes.
Big Switch Networks is taking "as-a-Service" virtual networking functionality available in public cloud platforms to on-premises implementations.
This week Microsoft announced that it has added a graphical code editor (in preview) to its Azure Cloud Shell developer tools.
Google Inc. and VMware Inc. announced a preview version of a plug-in for VMware vRealize Orchestrator.
- By Wendy A. Hernandez
- 07/19/2018
A report that Amazon Web Services is considering entering the enterprise networking market sent incumbent stock prices lower and is roiling the industry.
The software-defined networking movement continues to expand, with software-defined branches being among the latest offshoots of the new-age networking approach.
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.
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.
This week VMware Inc. and Pivotal Software Inc. announced the general availability of the next iteration of their Pivotal Container Service (PKS).
- By Wendy A. Hernandez
- 06/29/2018
Key announcements about Storage Spaces Direct and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) in Windows Server 2019 from the Windows Server Summit.
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 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.