Following the Masergy announcement of their managed SD-WAN service, Silver Peak confirm that the service uses their technology. It looks like the service uses all of the Silver Peak Unity…
Silver Peak confirm use in Masergy’s SD-WAN
ZDNet: Think Google Fiber’s fast? Nokia to show off tech that’s 1,000 times faster
ZDNet is reporting that Nokia has recently shown off technology that is 1,000 time faster than Google Fiber. This uses Probabilistic Constellation Shaping (PCS), which is an adaption of Quadrature…
Masergy launches SD-WAN solution
Masergy has launched a new managed SD-WAN solution. This solution will enhance their hybrid WAN capability. It will reach General Availability by Q4 2016, and to aid marketing, they have…
What is the Blockchain, and how does it work?
In a digital world, managing individual items is a challenge, as it is far to easy to copy them creating copies (and reducing the value of each). The blockchain provides…
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…
SDxCentral: Centurylink offers SD-WAN with Versa Networks Technology
SDxCentral reports that CenturyLink is offering an SD-WAN managed service to their customers. Deployed using the Versa Networks platform, this will offer their customers a managed service that reduces the…
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…