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Azure VM Recovery Tool Previewed by Microsoft

Microsoft released a preview on Monday of a new Serial Console command-line tool that's designed to help recover Linux and Windows virtual machines (VMs) running on Azure infrastructure.

New Open Source Efforts Seek to Boost SDN/NFV

It's a busy time in the software-defined networking and network functions virtualization arena, as multiple open source organizations backed by industry heavyweights recently announced new initiatives to foster their growth.

Google Trials 'Command Center' To Monitor Cloud Security

As part of a wider effort to bolster the security of its cloud platform, Google this week unveiled a new dashboard-type solution to help organizations monitor their cloud environments.

SDN Network Orchestration 'Industry First' Demoed

Verizon and Colt have demonstrated what they say is an industry-first breakthrough in software-defined networking orchestration in which they made near-real-time changes to bandwidth in each other's production networks.

Microsoft Takes Its Cloud Infrastructure Buildout To Middle East, China

Microsoft this week described its plans to increase its number of cloud datacenter regions, expanding the global reach of its Azure and Office 365 services.

Microsoft Expands Azure Virtual Machine E-Series and N-Series Options

Microsoft recently added new Azure Virtual Machine sizes, with options for running isolated and GPU-based workloads.

Backed by Industry Heavyweights, ONF Announces Next-Gen SDN Platform

The Open Networking Foundation today announced next-generation software-defined networking interfaces and a new open source reference implementation for white-box switches to support them.

VMware Boosts Cloud Services, Simplifies Multi-Cloud Adoption

VMware announced a wide-ranging initiative to simplify multi-cloud adoption and expand its Cloud Services portfolio.

Hundreds of Enterprise Services Reportedly Hit by AWS Outage

Hundreds of critical enterprise services were reportedly affected by an Amazon Web Services cloud platform outage on Friday.

Survey Says SD-WAN Adoption Fueled by Security Concerns

Implementations of SD-WAN, one of the hottest areas of software-defined networking, are growing rapidly and are primarily driven by security concerns, according to new research from Versa Networks.

Microsoft Releases Planning Tool for VMware Moves to Azure Infrastructure

Microsoft has released its Azure Migrate planning tool for moving on-premises virtual machines and applications to Azure datacenters.

Oracle to Quadruple Datacenter Operations

In a move widely seen as a direct challenge to current cloud-infrastructure leaders Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), Google Inc. and Microsoft, Oracle Corp. announced plans this week to quadruple its current datacenter operations across Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Study: Most Orgs Over-Estimate Their Cloud Resource Needs

A recent study by migration analytics firm TSO Logic tries to pin down exactly why and how most organizations end up overpaying for cloud services.

Production-Ready Azure Migrate Solution Expected in First Half of 2018

The Azure Migrate solution is expected to be production-ready for organizations in the next six months.

Oracle Cloud Growth Falls Shy of Estimates

Oracle's total cloud revenues grew at a healthy rate in its latest financial quarter, but it wasn't enough to assuage Wall Street concerns.

AWS Releases Prelim Amazon Linux 2 Server

Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) this week announced the release of its next Linux server OS, Amazon Linux 2.

Versa Adds Unified Communications Services to Software-Defined Branch

The company's Software-Defined Branch is an enterprise offering that reportedly simplifies and optimizes the cost of branch networks and WANs via the consolidation of multiple functions like routing, SD-WAN, firewall, UTM and SaaS optimization.

Driven by Cloud, Worldwide Server Revenue Grows 16 Percent in Third Quarter

Gartner Inc. is reporting this week that worldwide server revenue is up 16 percent in Q3 2017, mainly due to the drive to build the "infrastructure to support cloud and hybrid-cloud implementations," as stated by Research Vice President Jeffrey Hewitt.

Juniper Moves SDN-Based OpenContrail Project to The Linux Foundation

OpenContrail is described as a scalable network virtualization control plane that provides both feature-rich software-defined networking and strong security.

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