The company, Hexadite, is a security automation and orchestration provider.
It promises to simplify the process of buying and adding network functionality.
It runs on standard off-the-shelf Intel servers and achieves core network efficiency by packing multiple networking components into a small number of compute cores.
The partnership is announced seven months after a deal with Amazon Web Services.
"This new network will be programmable at its core and will automate the provisioning of new applications and services."
It's part of an effort to make servers more cloud ready.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/11/2017
CEO Satya Nadella focuses on artificial intelligence and "Congitive Services."
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/11/2017
The VMware Pulse IoT Center is in a private beta, and due "sometime" in 2017.
The networking modernization movement is going slowly, so Cisco wants to find out why.
Telecoms such as Vodafone and AT&T are leading the way in network modernization efforts.
The reductions range from 5 percent to 21 percent.
The full solution should be available later this year.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/04/2017
Cloud outsourcing not as rampant as many believe.
Five-year-old startup rival Viptela was founded by former Cisco execs.
Growth for the public cloud platform may have peaked.
"SDN controllers introduced undesired complexity and limit interoperability."
Among the highlights is the release of the new F1 instance family.
It helps organizations spin up SDN/NFV environments for development, evaluation and learning.
Security organization calls situation "egregious."
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure are set to dominate by 2019, the firm says.