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The company's Software-Defined Branch is an enterprise offering that reportedly simplifies and optimizes the cost of branch networks and WANs via the consolidation of multiple functions like routing, SD-WAN, firewall, UTM and SaaS optimization.
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OpenContrail is described as a scalable network virtualization control plane that provides both feature-rich software-defined networking and strong security.
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To accommodate emerging application architectures, VMware this week updated its NSX-T platform, based on software-defined networking technologies.
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By Dan Kusnetzky
The company faces challenges with its new direction.
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The company shows strength in software-defined computing and the cloud.
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Microsoft Azure a distant No. 2, but still with solid growth.
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By Trevor Pott
Finding a datacenter role for the humble processor.
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By James Green
IT Infrastructure is always evolving. The next big change will be back toward an old, familiar model, closer to the days of the mainframe than the era of siloed servers that has dominated for decades.
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By Trevor Pott
How it's changing datacenters and the role of the IT admin.
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Gelsinger's take on Dell, cloud computing, his vision for the future and more.
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It will enable consistent SD-WAN assurance, application performance and security policies.
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New service extends reach of SD-WAN-based networking fabric to public cloud platforms.
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Also: Most organizations aren't yet ready for network automation.
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Company seeks to lead scaling of the white-box ecosystem.
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By Trevor Pott
What it is, why it's becoming increasingly important.
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For one thing: "the next big thing on the networking horizon."
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Analyst says it brings SDN to enterprise networking.
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Company says it unifies defense across multivendor environments that can span private and public clouds.
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It provides a pay-as-you-go pricing model for organizations implementing large-scale application deployments.
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It also includes an integrated framework for network functions virtualization (NFV) management.
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By Trevor Pott
Endpoint security with game-changing potential.
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Deal includes network OS, vRouter line of virtual routers, NFV talent and more.
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It promises end-to-end network automation and control across all network domains and layers.
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"The motivation for deploying SD-WAN may have started with cost reduction and improved performance, but that's changing."
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It promises to simplify the process of buying and adding network functionality.