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InterCloud Orchestrates Network Functions Virtualization

Next-generation networking company InterCloud Systems Inc. launched a new platform to orchestrate NFV technologies.

OpenStack Releases Next Version, known as 'Kilo'

Its main new features revolve around greater scalability.

Skype Integration Heads Extreme Networks SDN Enhancements

Extreme Networks this week announced enhancements to its software-defined networking portfolio, including integration with Skype for Business.

Cisco Adding Threat Detection to ACI

Cisco Systems Inc. will add threat detection to its Application Centric Infrastructure, the company's alternative to the new software-defined networking movement.

Microsoft Wants Windows 10 on 1 Billion Devices

The key to that future is Universal Windows apps.

Should Amazon Web Services Become a Separate Company?

AWS is worth between $48 billion - $69 billion, according to some estimates.

Verizon Switching to Software-Defined Networking

Telecommunications giant Verizon announced today it's evolving its network by implementing a new software-defined networking (SDN) architecture.

HP Offers SDN for Mobile-Ready Workplaces

HP unveiled hardware and software to bring the benefits of software-defined networking (SDN) to campus systems supporting the demands of mobile-ready workplaces.

Latest Windows 10 Build Adds New Features -- and Bugs

Microsoft is also ramping up for big events, like Build and Ignite.

The Cloud Now Accounts for One-Third of Total IT Infrastructure Spending

The ubquitious cloud continues to conquer the datacenter, now accounting for one-third of all IT infrastructure spending, according to new research from IDC.

Freescale Adds White-Box Switching Platform for SDN

For today's increasingly virtualized networks, Freescale Semiconductor announced a network services switching platform to meld the benefits of traditional hardware with the advantages afforded by new-age technologies such as software-defined networking.

New Ethernet Switches Fill Out Avaya SDN Offering

Two months after Avaya Inc. introduced its software-defined networking (SDN) architecture, the company is adding new Ethernet switches to fill out the offering.

VMware Earnings Up 11 Percent in Q1 2015

CEO Pat Gelsinger called the results "solid."

VMware Launches Two Open Source Container Projects

Called Project Photon and Project Lightwave, they provide an infrastructure and security model for containers in the cloud.

Windows 10 in July? Yes, Says Tech Exec

Microsoft does not confirm that date.

Research Explores Adoption of SDN in Local Networks

New report indicates 72 percent of enterprises planning SDN deployments in local campus networks by the end of 2017.

Supercharged Azure Storage Plan Now Available

Up to 64,000 IOPS per VM is supported at the new tier.

Open Source Offshoot Is Closed by Microsoft

The company feels it's no longer relevant.

Install Problems Put SQL Server 2014 SP1 on the Shelf

Microsoft will push out again within the next few weeks.

Microsoft Pushes Out Docker Windows Client

It comes the same week that Docker got a round of funding that may have made it a $1 billion company.

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