GTT has launched a managed SD-WAN solution, using Velocloud according to SDxCentral. GTT Communications protect their managed services market against the cost erosion from hybrid networks. The managed SD-WAN solution over the top…
The perils of open-source without community – AT&T and Juniper
SDxCentral report that AT&T are moving away from Juniper's Contrail orchestration platform to OpenDaylight, citing that the lack community engagement in the platform. Can Contrail work as open-source without community? According to SDxCentral's…
SDxCentral: Hybrid SD-WAN deployment models rise
SDxCentral are reporting in their article Hybrid SD-WAN Deployment Models Rise that there are increasing moves to deploy SD-WAN based on information from the WAN Summit conference. The information in…
SDxCentral: VMware offloads vCloud Air to Europe’s OVH
SDxCentral are reporting that VMware have announced that OVH are buying the vCloud Air business. This in part makes sense, as although VMware want to be able to provide hybrid…
SDxCentral: Extreme Buys the Brocade Data Center Networking Assets for $55M
SDxCentral is reporting another disposal of Brocade assets following its proposed purchase by Broadcom. Extreme Networks are buying the Brocade data centre elements, 60 days after the Broadcom deal closes. The…
Silver Peak updates SD-WAN with Packet-iQ to make choices from the first packet
A press release from Silver Peak announces recent innovations for their SD-WAN product set. Enhancements to their EdgeConnect environment are Packet-iQ, a stateful firewall, firewall service chaining and Zscaler support.…
SDxCentral: Dutch Provider Selects Juniper’s Virtual MX Edge Router
Yesterday, SDxCentral reported that Dutch ISP A2B Internet have selected Juniper's vMX router as their first VNF. A2B's press release is available
SDxCentral: Arris Expects its Acquisition of Brocade assets to advance it’s growth
SDxCentral reports that Arris are expecting to grow from the Brocade IDX switch and Ruckus Wireless acquisition from Broadcom. I believe that this will almost certainly be the case.. The…