With lots of different devices now using our networks, we would like to keep them safe. We can prevent users from being a risk to themselves and others while attached…
IPv6 – 5 years after World IPv6 Launch Day – where are we now?
A long time back, the Internet was small. It had addresses, but only 4.29 billion of them. Back in 1979, when the addressing was being solidified, that must have seemed…
AT&T buys Vyatta assets from Brocade
AT&T are buying from Brocade their Vyatta assets. Brocade's IP network assets are being split out and sold off as part of their impending sale to Broadcom . The Vyatta…
SD-WAN: What are the business benefits?
What are the business benefits of SD-WAN deployment? SD-WAN stands for a Software-Defined Wide Area Network. It simplifies network management. It reduces the cost of the network infrastructure. It provides…
Masergy Adds SD-WAN Go Managed Service
Masergy has launched their in-house developed SD-WAN Go service. This complements their Silver Peak based SD-WAN Pro service delivered last year. Deployed as just a single site, or across wider networks,…
Whatever happened to Blackberry?
A few years ago, you couldn't move in London on the Tube for businessmen checking and answering email on their Blackberry device. Now they have disappeared, being replaced by Apple…
ZDNet: BT unveils bandwidth on demand under Dynamic Network Services
ZDNet is reporting that BT has unveiled their Dynamic Network Services. This has three prongs, one using SDN to manage bandwidth into the core, one supporting Network Function Virtualisation and…
Comcast embarks on Enterprise SD-WAN journey
Comcast is embarking on an SD-WAN journey using Versa Networks to provide for their enterprise customers. They announced their SD-WAN beta for mid-market and enterprise customers at Interop ITX. "Our…