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- 05/04/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    It's cloud optimized, and 20 times smaller than Server Core.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Next-generation networking company InterCloud Systems Inc. launched a new platform to orchestrate NFV technologies.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Its main new features revolve around greater scalability.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Extreme Networks this week announced enhancements to its software-defined networking portfolio, including integration with Skype for Business.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco Systems Inc. will add threat detection to its Application Centric Infrastructure, the company's alternative to the new software-defined networking movement. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The key to that future is Universal Windows apps.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/29/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    AWS is worth between $48 billion - $69 billion, according to some estimates.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/29/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Telecommunications giant Verizon announced today it's evolving its network by implementing  a new software-defined networking (SDN) architecture.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    HP unveiled hardware and software to bring the benefits of software-defined networking (SDN) to campus systems supporting the demands of mobile-ready workplaces.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is also ramping up for big events, like Build and Ignite.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The ubquitious cloud continues to conquer the datacenter, now accounting for one-third of all IT infrastructure spending, according to new research from IDC.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Two months after Avaya Inc. introduced its software-defined networking (SDN) architecture, the company is adding new Ethernet switches to fill out the offering.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    CEO Pat Gelsinger called the results "solid."
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Called Project Photon and Project Lightwave, they provide an infrastructure and security model for containers in the cloud.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft does not confirm that date.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    New report indicates 72 percent of enterprises planning SDN deployments in local campus networks by the end of 2017.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Up to 64,000 IOPS per VM is supported at the new tier.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company feels it's no longer relevant.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/20/2015