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After an uneven start, the software-defined networking movement has matured and evolved to include fast-growing initiatives such as software-defined wide-area-networking (SD-WAN) and the security-oriented Software Defined Perimeter.
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Untangle Inc. published a study on IT security in small and medium-size businesses, concluding that cloud-based services and the increasing number of branch office networks are promoting the rise of software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN).
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Dell Technologies has unveiled new offerings in the software-defined wide-area-networking space, incorporating hardware from Dell EMC and VMware-based software.
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Ahead of this week's VMworld conference, telecommunications provider CenturyLink pre-emptively announced some VMware news of its own with the unveiling of an upcoming VMware-based private cloud service on the Amazon Web Services.
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Industry association MEF has completed what it claims to be the first global standard defining a software-defined wide-area network, along with its service attributes.
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Israeli start-up flexiWAN announced a beta version of its open source, open architecture software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) software is available for download.
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Software-defined networking specialist Masergy updated its portal for managing software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) and Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) applications.
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Today multicloud networking provider Pureport and PacketFabric, a Network-as-a-Service platform provider, announced a partnership that will enable enterprises to use PacketFabric datacenters to access Pureport's Multicloud Fabric platform.
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A new report on the software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) space shows Cisco dominates the growing infrastructure market.
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News from Canonical, ReactorWorks, NAKIVO, VMware, Storware, StoreONE and Microsoft/AT&T.
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Although the software-defined wide-area network movement has taken the point position in the penetration of new-age, software-defined networking (SDN) into the enterprise, it has been slowed by cost concerns and a skills gap, says a new study.
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Recent buzz in the growing software-defined networking space has been all about SD-WANs, but a new pact between Orange Business Services and Cisco Systems shows the enterprise LAN is also getting more software-defined attention.
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Riverbed and Versa Networks, two players in the burgeoning software-defined wide-area network arena, have entered into a partnership that targets large enterprise penetration.
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Security specialist Fortinet announced a new solution to extend protection to branch networks and devices on the network access edge for enterprises with software-defined wide-area network implementations.
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AT&T tops what research firm claims to be the first benchmark for U.S. Software-Defined Wide-Area-Networking services.
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Software-Defined Wide-Area Networking is arguably the hottest topic in the software-centric enterprise networking transformation, but recent research shows the industry is still struggling to define the wide-ranging space.
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A new survey by Juniper Networks reveals a software-defined future for the industry, with software-defined wide-area-networking serving as the entry point for many organizations.
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Interconnection specialist Equinix has debuted a software-centric service leveraging network functions virtualization (NFV) to help its customers moving IT to the edge connect digital supply chains.
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Spirent Communications, specializing in testing solutions for the evolving software-defined networking space, announced what it claims to be the first standards-based network functions virtualization cloud testing platform.
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General availability of the final draft standard developed by the industry association in order to facilitate market growth is the last step before the comprehensive document is finalized and published, which is expected in mid-July.
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Riverbed, known for its Digital Performance Platform, has updated its software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) offerings, while also announcing SaaS Accelerator, targeting Software-as-a-Service apps such as O365, Salesforce, ServiceNow and Box.
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Tata Communications, a digital infrastructure provider, announced a new managed service that it says can help enterprises simplify their complex legacy networks by transforming them into customized multi-cloud native hybrid networks.
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Dell Technologies and Orange are exploring new technology areas -- such as near real-time edge computing and IoT services -- to meet the demands coming with 5G.
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London-based Colt Technology Services expanded its software-defined networking-based On Demand networking solutions to the United States and other new markets.
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ADARA announced a new beta offering that takes its software-defined wide-area network for personal clouds and Internet of Things (IoT) implementations to the mobile arena.