Big Switch Networks is taking "as-a-Service" virtual networking functionality available in public cloud platforms to on-premises implementations.
This week Microsoft announced that it has added a graphical code editor (in preview) to its Azure Cloud Shell developer tools.
Google Inc. and VMware Inc. announced a preview version of a plug-in for VMware vRealize Orchestrator.
- By Wendy A. Hernandez
- 07/19/2018
A report that Amazon Web Services is considering entering the enterprise networking market sent incumbent stock prices lower and is roiling the industry.
The software-defined networking movement continues to expand, with software-defined branches being among the latest offshoots of the new-age networking approach.
With software-defined networking and network functions virtualization steadily gaining traction in the new-age networking space, industry association MEF has announced a new certification program to prove expertise in those areas.
By updating its SD-WAN offering, Juniper Networks said it has taken another incremental step to help organizations reach multicloud nirvana: managing disparate networks as one cohesive set of resources.
This week VMware Inc. and Pivotal Software Inc. announced the general availability of the next iteration of their Pivotal Container Service (PKS).
- By Wendy A. Hernandez
- 06/29/2018
Key announcements about Storage Spaces Direct and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) in Windows Server 2019 from the Windows Server Summit.
Kubernetes, a rising star in the open source ecosystem for containers, has improved its orchestration capabilities on a number of fronts in its latest release, version 1.11
Microsoft this week shipped Azure IoT Edge -- its cloud-based solution for bringing local intelligence to distributed Internet of Things devices -- while making it open source.
Public beta of VMware Kubernetes Engine (VKE) released.
- By Wendy A. Hernandez
- 06/26/2018
The Open Networking Foundation unveiled reference designs to help service providers and operators leverage software-defined networking and network functions virtualization in their modern networks.
New research from Dell'Oro Group indicates next-generation 5G wireless technology is boosting the use of NFV.
- By Wendy A. Hernandez
- 06/19/2018
The Linux Foundation announced the second software release from the Open Network Automation Platform project, a unified platform for end-to-end, closed-loop network automation
VMware announced vCloud NFV-OpenStack Edition 3.0, with new network functions virtualization features purpose-built for communications service providers running modern 5G and multi-cloud networks.
Now available in 10 Azure regions, yesterday Microsoft announced the general availability of its Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Last week, multi-domain master data management (MDM) and product information management (PIM) solution provider <a href="http://www.enterworks.com" target="_blank">EnterWorks</a> announced the release of its Enable Agile Data Fabric (ADF) framework.
- By Wendy A. Hernandez
- 06/12/2018
Kubernetes is increasingly becoming the tool of choice for container orchestration, to the point where Microsoft has announced a Kubernetes tool for use in its flagship IDE, Visual Studio.