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…
Silver Peak confirm use in Masergy’s SD-WAN
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…
Symantec now wears a Blue Coat
Symantec has completed it's purchase of Blue Coat Systems, announced a couple of months ago. Their press-release quotes the new CEO, Greg Clark (previously CEO of Blue Coat). “At a…
The Register: 40 years ago Vikings plundered Mars
An anniversary is marked by The Register, that of the NASA Viking missions to Mars, the first of which landed on July 20, 1976. And since I can just about…
SDxCentral: Centurylink offers SD-WAN with Versa Networks Technology
SDxCentral reports that CenturyLink is offering an SD-WAN managed service to their customers. Deployed using the Versa Networks platform, this will offer their customers a managed service that reduces the…
Bluecoat to be gobbled by Symantec
Symantec have made a grab for BlueCoat Systems. Symantec's press release wants to portray this as an attempt to redefine cybersecurity for the future. The boards of both companies agree…
IBM/Cisco Edge Analytics
IBM and Cisco are working together on the Internet of Things. Their latest collaboration is on the use of Edge Analytics. (IBM's announcement, on partnering with Cisco, and Cisco's covering…