Making a change to the usual SDN acronym, "Siemens Digitalisation Network" is provided by Orange Business Services. Covering 1500 sites, 94 countries and preparing Siemens for "Industry 4.0", the network…
Orange delivers SD-WAN for Siemens
Approvals delay Qualcomm acquisition of NXP
Qualcomm has announced an extension of its deal to purchase NXP . The agreement is subject to regulatory approval in multiple jurisdictions. Similar to Broadcom's recent purchase of Brocade this…
Elliott Management Acquires Gigamon for $1.6 Billion
Investment agitator and vulture Elliott Management have acquired network monitoring firm Gigamon for $1.6bn. Gigamon have recently posted third quarter results (Gigamon Third Quarter 2017 Financial Highlights). These show revenue…
Thanks Silver Peak!
A bit of recognition from Silver Peak, as they've used my post (SDxCentral: Hybrid SD-WAN deployment models rise). Thanks for the mention, Silver Peak! Expect the use of #SDWAN to…
SDxCentral: SD-WAN Vendors Market Share 2Q2017
The post SDxCentral: Top SD-WAN Vendors Based on Revenue in Q1 2017 has been getting a lot of views recently. So here's an update. SDxCentral yesterday posted their analysis of the Q2…
SDxCentral: Physical SD-WAN appliances aren’t going anywhere
SDxCentral has a piece on the current state of SD-WAN appliances. It distinguishes the three different forms SD-WAN can take (or at least for the purposes of their article). They…
SDxCentral: CenturyLink Releases New Flavours of SD-WAN connectivity
SDxCentral are reporting the CenturyLink have launched new flavours of their SD-WAN service. This continues the Versa Networks service originally deployed. It now looks like they have optimised the bundling…
SDxCentral: Sandvine brought by Private Equity to be merged with Procera
SDxCentral reports that the venture capital company which owns Procera Networks is purchasing all remaining stock in Sandvine Networks to merge them together. Francisco Partners and PNI, affiliate companies are…