Amazon have a service called AWS Snowball, but if you're importing a large dataset into the cloud, 80TB might simply not be enough. So now you can upgrade your transfers…
GTT to buy Hibernia Networks
GTT are to buy Hibernia Networks from Columbia Ventures Corporation for $590mn. This is made up of $515 million in cash and approximately 3.3 million shares of GTT common stock.…
IBM acquires Sanovi for Cloud DR Orchestration
IBM is acquiring disaster recovery orchestration specialist Sanovi. Based in Banglore, India, Sanovi created Sanovi Cloud Continuity, a platform providing automated backup, testing and DR. This has been used on…
What is the difference between a virtualised network and network virtualisation?
With the advent of compute virtualisation, it was necessary to extend the physical network from outside the host into the virtualised environment within the host. This is achieved with the…
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…
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…
Microsoft buys LinkedIn for the data?
In an unusual move, Microsoft has announced that it will acquire LinkedIn. The deal announced yesterday (13 June 2016) for $26.2bn. LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner posted the update to his…
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…