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Microsoft Announces Availability of Azure Stack HCI Solutions

"Azure in a box" gets hyperconverged infrastructure capabilities with new Azure Stack HCI solutions.

Cisco Aims New Intent-Based Networking Wares at SD-WAN

Cisco Systems this month announced new solutions that take its intent-based networking technology to the software-defined wide-area network, promising increased visibility and control for disparate branches.

Container Stack

New Kubernetes Update Graduates Windows Node Support from Beta

Support for using the Kubernetes open source container orchestration system to wrangle Windows containers has been graduated from beta and is now a baked-in production-level feature of Kubernetes 1.4, out today as the first release of the year.

Infovista Targets Application Quality in Ipanema SD-WAN

The benefits of software-defined wide-area networks typically start with cost savings, but Infovista says it's focusing on a neglected aspect of the next-gen SD-WAN transformation: the quality of application experiences.

SONiC Powers Big Switch Open Source Network OS Demo

Big Switch Networks is the latest industry player to showcase new-age networking wares based on integration with the Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) project.

F5 Looks to 'Bridge NetOps and DevOps' with Acquisition of NGINX

F5 Networks Inc. announced Monday (March 11) that it will acquire privately held NGINX Inc. for a total of $670 million.

Juniper Networks Integrates with 'Software for Open Networking in the Cloud' Platform

Juniper Networks, known for software-defined networking (SDN) and other networking offerings, today announced the native integration of its platform with Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC).

Cloud Comparison Tool To Simplify Cloud Provider Decision-Making Process

Last week Wire19.com released its new Cloud Comparison Tool, which evaluates and compares services from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, IBM Cloud and Microsoft Azure.

VMware's Service-Defined Firewall Aims to 'Massively Reduce the Attack Surface'

VMware Inc. announced it was launching a new VMware Service-Defined Firewall, a first of its kind in the industry, according to the company.

Citrix Touts Its SD-WAN Security After Hackers Breach Internal Network

Citrix touted the enhanced security capabilities of its software-defined wide-area network solution only days after "international cyber criminals gained access to the internal Citrix network."

Untangle Intros SD-WAN Router in New Security Framework

Network security firm Untangle announced a new security framework that leverages new-age technologies such as software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) for its approach to provide security orchestration across the enterprise.

Spectrum Enterprise Rolls Out Managed SD-WAN Service

Spectrum Enterprise announced the national rollout of a managed software-defined wide-area network service that leverages several next-gen technologies to serve enterprises and service providers.

FatPipe SD-WAN Offered on Azure Cloud

FatPipe Networks announced a new software-defined wide-area network offering for the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, promising better performance for enterprise users of cloud-hosted Office 365 and other applications.

Zadara VPSA on AWS Marketplace Gets Improved Features, Flexibility

Today, Zadara Storage Inc. announced new upgrades to its Virtual Private Storage Array (VPSA), available in the AWS Marketplace.

Pluribus Pivots to the Distributed Cloud Edge

Pluribus Networks, firmly ensconced in the next-gen networking camp with software-centric, open networking offerings on bare-metal (or white-box) hardware, has updated those offerings with a distinct focus on the edge of distributed cloud implementations.

Verizon, Cisco Announce 5G/SD-WAN Pact

Two more major networking players have signed an agreement to combine two promising, game-changing technologies: 5G wireless and software-defined wide-area-networking (SD-WAN).

AT&T Partnership Combines SD-WAN with 5G

With 5G mobile networks just coming online in the U.S., forerunner AT&T is already pairing the game-changing technology with another transformative technology, software-defined wide-area-networks (SD-WAN).

VMware, Ericsson Partner for Service Provider Virtualization

VMware's vCloud NFV platform, featuring new-age network functions virtualization, is the centerpiece of a new partnership with Ericsson formed to simplify network virtualization for Communication Service Providers.

New 'Managed Databases' Service Available from DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean launches Managed Databases service for developers.

Dell EMC: Open Networking's Next Evolution Is SD-WAN

Dell EMC is the latest networking vendor to point to SD-WAN as the future for the evolution of the open networking movement, which emphasizes disaggregated, modular, software-centric systems over closed, proprietary, hardware-based legacy implementations.

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