Having worked with Ipanema for a while, I can recognise an intuitive user experience for controlling bandwidth. But none is as intuitive as a solution which uses a technology almost…
Optus uses Riverbed Steel connect for SD-WAN
Optus are launching their Fusion SD-WAN service using Riverbed's SteelConnect technology. Optus Fusion SD-WAN operates as an "over-the-top" SD-WAN service allow its use on any other network providers platform. They…
Digital Realty Completes DFT merger
A press release from Digital Realty completes the merger announced in July. (Digital Realty to acquire DuPont Fabros Technology). The announcement (Digital Realty Completes Merger With DuPont Fabros) also moves two…
Robot Conductor and the Tenor
A concert with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and soprano Maria Luigia Borsi in the decorated Teatro Verdi, in Florence, would not normally be something that I would cover. But they weren't the ones people…
UK Government launch Fibre to the premises (FTTP) trial
The UK government has announced the six areas that are to pilot a fast broadband trial. The pilot will spend £10mn to stimulate the market place for full fibre delivery…
Sputtered tape capacity boosts from IBM and Sony
The most cost and energy-efficient way of storing data is still tape. Offline data storage is still a major requirement for many organisations. For the fifth time since 2006, IBM…
Viptela to accelerate Cisco’s intent vision.
Cisco have announced that they have completed Viptela's acquisition, with a press-release that indicates this fits within their intent-based networking strategy announced last week. As predicted, the value of the…
Cisco joins Hyperledger Blockchain as Premier Member
The Hyperledger project managed by the Linux Foundation announced that Cisco is joining as a Premier Member of the project. Thier press-release (Hyperledger Adds Cisco as a Premier Member) states…