SD-WAN

  There has been a lot of talk in the industry in last couple of years around SMART-NICs. In this blog, we share our perspective on this new class of …

Wi-Fi provider Extreme Networks is buying Aerohive for $210 million, bringing some consolidation to the Wi-Fi market as the industry starts to ramp toward Wi-Fi 6 adoption and bolstering the …

Cisco inks deals with Verizon, Sprint, KT, Rakuten, Softbank and Airtel BARCELONA–Cisco kicked off Mobile World Congress by touting its 5G prowess, both in terms of technology and operator contract …

Windstream bought Earthlink in 2017 for $1.1 billion After buying Earthlink less than two years ago for $1.1 billion, Windstream has jettisoned the consumer business, selling it to a private …

The vision of extreme telecom automation powered by cloud-native virtualized networks is still alive, but the industry has realized it’s going to take much longer than expected. At the same …

It’s well accepted that quality of service (QoS) is essential in a network environment, allowing network managers to “provide different priority to different applications, users, or data flows, or to …

The benefits of SD-WAN for enterprise networks are now well understood. By creating a managed overlay network with centralized control, enterprises have transformed their WAN into an intelligent and automated …

Networking and security IT infrastructures have evolved to a level of complexity unmanageable by operators and enterprises using a conventional approach. The ongoing reliance upon legacy network hardware and disjointed …

Verizon deploys VNS bundles Verizon continues to push virtualization with the launch of its Virtual Network Services (VNS) Solution Bundles. Verizon originally introduced a pricing model for its VNS platform last …

KDDI Europe selects Silver Peak’s Unity EdgeConnect SD-WAN solution KDDI Europe, a London-based subsidiary of KDDI Corporation, is adopting and providing Silver Peak’s SD-WAN solution to its enterprise customers. KDDI …

MEF announces two new specifications for MEF 3.0 framework The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), a nonprofit international industry consortium, recently released two new specifications related to the MEF 3.0 framework. …

Apcela aims to improve machine learning with Enhanced Analytics Platform Application delivery company Apcela is breaking into machine learning with the deployment of its Enhanced Analytics Platform (EAP). Accompanying the …

Aryaka lands deal with China Mobile Aryaka announced a partnership with China Mobile International (CMI) to deliver what the company claims to be the first compliant global SD-WAN service for …

NetElastic enters SD-WAN market California-based startup NetElastic recently rolled out an integrated suite of network functions virtualization (NFV) software products specifically geared toward telecom carriers. NFV is a process of …

Two years ago, I was welcoming our customers to the era of Software-Defined IT (SDIT). Today, that warm welcome still stands as more and more companies are embracing software-defined networking (SDN), SD-WAN, cloud migration, and software as a …

Siemens extends contract with Orange Siemens AG has extended its contract with Orange Business Services to help it migrate to a software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) infrastructure that will connect 1,500 …

Dell EMC announces Virtual Edge Platform (VEP) family Dell EMC is taking open networking to the edge for next-generation access with the introduction of a new family of products, referred …

Your company has just acquired or agreed to merge with another firm. Exciting times are ahead, as your group is taking the lead in combining the IT functions. You have …

Aryaka unveils multi-layered security platform Passport SD-WAN provider Aryaka rolled out a new platform, called Passport, providing its customers with as many as six layers of security. The added layers …

Nokia announces Enterprise Session Border Controller Nokia introduced a new cloud-native Enterprise Session Border Controller (eSBC), which the company said provides high-quality IP voice and video services. Nokia’s eSBC is …

Netsurion launches SD-WAN platform Netsurion Connect Network security services company Netsurion is rolling into the SD-WAN market with the launch of Netsurion Connect, which the company said combines network connectivity, …

Different WAN technologies Software-defined networking (SDN) has played a major role in reshaping wide-area networks (WANs). So much so that other WAN technologies, such virtual WAN and hybrid WAN, are …

Versa Networks publishes global SD-WAN survey Versa Networks recently published a report that found software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) adoption is on the rise as a way to improve security. …

VMware announces vCloud NFV 2.0 updates VMware is building upon its telco NFV platform with a host of features specifically targeted at communications service providers (CSPs). VMware rolled out its …