Australia's Vocus Communications has just completed the acquisition of NextGen's network assets. (Vocus and NextGen - Better Together). The deal is worth AU$861mn (according to ZDNet, Vocus completes AU$861m acquisition of…
AT&T working with Velocloud to deliver SD-WAN
AT&T has unveiled its SD-WAN Hybrid Networking Strategy. They are collaborating with Velocloud to deliver an SD-WAN offering for their customers. In 2017, AT&T will be offering a hybrid networking…
Multi-Gigabit Ethernet is here – IEEE 802.11bz
In June 2015, the IEEE created a working group to bring two industry alliances together to deliver Multi-Gigabit Ethernet. Work done by the NBASE-T and MGBASE-T industry groups is brought…
Silver Peak confirm use in Masergy’s SD-WAN
Following the Masergy announcement of their managed SD-WAN service, Silver Peak confirm that the service uses their technology. It looks like the service uses all of the Silver Peak Unity…
RESTful Server Management with some Redfish
Managing servers is hard enough. Doing it with a rack of servers is more difficult. Maintaining a data centre full of servers can provide a significant challenge. There are lots…
ZDNet: Think Google Fiber’s fast? Nokia to show off tech that’s 1,000 times faster
ZDNet is reporting that Nokia has recently shown off technology that is 1,000 time faster than Google Fiber. This uses Probabilistic Constellation Shaping (PCS), which is an adaption of Quadrature…
Masergy launches SD-WAN solution
Masergy has launched a new managed SD-WAN solution. This solution will enhance their hybrid WAN capability. It will reach General Availability by Q4 2016, and to aid marketing, they have…
HP Inks $1.05bn deal for Samsung’s printer business
HP Inc (the printer and consumer business) has announced a deal to acquire Samsung's printer business. (HP Acquires Samsung Printer Business) HP is looking to disrupt the $55bn copier industry…