Following reports that Dell Technologies is evaluating a reverse merger with VMware, the latter company's CEO Pat Gelsinger on Friday commented on the evolving situation.
"We are not in a position to speculate on the outcome of Dell’s evaluation of potential business opportunities. Dell has...
Broadcom makes available open source software development kit
Broadcom recently announced the immediate availability of an open source software development kit (SDK), dubbed SDKLT, for Ethernet switch application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs).
Based on the BCM56960 Tomahawk switch, the SDKLT provides a way to configure Ethernet switch...
Aryaka and Radware announce partnership
Global SD-WAN provider Aryaka and cyber security services provider Radware are teaming up to implement Distributed-Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack detection and mitigation for its global enterprise services.
DDoS is a kind of attack that attempts to prevent a service from being delivered...
A buzzword among coders
Microservices is a coding buzzword, which has come to prominence over the last few years. The technology rose to fame as a way to help developers who were having difficulties managing large scale, monolithic applications. While much ink has been spilled...
LiveAction releases network monitoring platform LiveSP
Private network monitoring software company LiveAction recently unveiled a network monitoring platform, LiveSP (Service Provider), made with an eye toward global network service providers. The platform supports multi-vendor software-defined wide-area networks (SD-WANs), and comes with built-in network analytics for...
Red Hat to acquire CoreOS for $250 million
Red Hat announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire container management startup CoreOS for $250 million.
CoreOS was founded in 2013, concentrating on containerized software. The startup is recognized as a leader in the Kubernetes community....
Cisco launches open container platform for hybrid cloud deployments
Cisco is taking aim at the multi-cloud market with the introduction of an open and production-grade Cisco Container Platform. Announced at Cisco Live in Barcelona, the purpose of the platform is to help customers launch and...
Cisco and Microsoft announce new network practice
Cisco announced it is extending its partnership with Microsoft by creating a new network practice that brings Cisco Solution Support to Azure ExpressRoute.
The purpose of the partnership is to help customers address technical issues coupled to hybrid architectures....
AT&T brings dNOS project to open source community
AT&T announced it is open sourcing its Disaggregated Network Operating System (dNOS) project, which will be hosted by The Linux Foundation.
The purpose of the project is to provide a software framework to accelerate the adoption and use...
CNCF announces 15th project
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), a non profit organization dedicated to the development of cloud native applications, announced it has voted to accept Rook as its 15th hosted project, following Kubernetes, Prometheus, OpenTracing, Fluentd, Linkerd, gRPC, CoreDNS, containerd, rkt, CNI,...
Mobile customers are increasingly worried about the security of their devices, and operators which cater to them with a network-based mobile security solution have higher customer satisfaction, according to a new report from Allot Communications. But the strategy on how security is positioned --...
Dell reportedly flirting with making a VMware initial public offering (IPO)
CNBC sources report that Dell Technologies is considering a reverse merger with VMware in which the latter company would purchase the former parent company. Dell originally agreed to purchase EMC for $67 billion in...
Alphabet unveils new cyber security business
Google parent company Alphabet announced it is deploying a new security firm dubbed Chronicle, with the aim of helping businesses recognize and thwart cyber attacks. The company will leverage Google’s computing and storage infrastructure, as well as machine learning...
IBM and Mendix announce global reseller agreement
IBM and Mendix are joining forces in a global reseller agreement in an effort to bring cloud technologies to low-code environments. Under the deal, IBM will resell and support the Mendix platform on IBM Cloud.
Low-code refers to a...
Nokia to open three cloud collaboration hubs
In an effort to bolster its cloud initiative, Nokia announced it will open three new cloud collaboration hubs. One hub is currently open in Singapore, which will be followed by a hub in Irving, Texas in February and...
Linux Foundation announces LF Networking Fund
The Linux Foundation recently announced a new project called the LF Networking Fund (LFN), a platform for cross-project collaboration. Among the founding projects of the LFN include FD.io, OpenDaylight, ONAP, OPNFV, PNDA and SNAS.
The Linux Foundation is a non-project organization...
Lloyd’s, AIR release report explores economic impact of a major cloud service outage
A cyber security incident that takes a top three cloud provider offline for three to six days could cause anywhere between $6.9 to $14.7 billion in economic losses and between $1.5 and...
Cisco announces HyperFlex 3.0
Cisco announced updates to its HyperFlex hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), version 3.0, in a push to ease businesses into a hybrid, multi-cloud environment.
While several companies are embracing the cloud as a means of fulfilling business objectives, several are not yet ready to...
New report highlights SDN orchestration market growth
A new report published by MarketsandMarkets projects the software-defined networking (SDN) orchestration market to swell from $214.7 million in 2017 to $4,458.5 million by 2022, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 83.4%. Key vendors profiled included...
Tech Mahindra and AT&T strengthen camaraderie
IT company Tech Mahindra and AT&T are building on their relationship with a deal that will make the latter company’s FlexWare (SM) available to the former company’s global clientele.
AT&T Flexware, previously known as AT&T Network Functions on Demand, is...
Netronome and Dell EMC tag team NFV server solution
Cloud computing company Netronome is teaming up with Dell EMC to provide a turnkey network functions virtualization (NFV) server solution, which can reportedly accelerate NFV infrastructure and applications by as much as 600%. As part of...
HKA and ASN sign turnkey contract for trans-Pacific cable system
The Hong Kong-Americas (HKA) consortium and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) announced they have signed a turnkey contract to build a submarine cable network connecting the U.S. to Hong Kong spanning over 13,000 kilometers.
Dubbed the HKA...
AT&T and Equinix build on relationship
AT&T and Equinix announced they are strengthening their relationship by making AT&T’s Switched Ethernet Service with Network On-Demand available to businesses in Equinix International Business Exchange data centers.
AT&T and Equinix have been working together for over a decade. In...
VMware announces general availability of NSX for vSphere 6.4
VMware announced updates to the latest version of its network virtualization software platform, NSX for vSphere 6.4, with a focus on micro-segmentation.
VMware has been working to break into use cases with NSX beyond security by combining...
