The Register is reporting that today is the 7th World Backup Day. I'll bet you didn't know that. It is a good time to dust of the backup/restore procedure manual…
Upgrading VMware ESXi from 5.5U3 to 6.5 on-line
Today I upgraded my physical host from VMware ESXi 5.5U3 to 6.5 using the online update method. There were a couple of gotcha's that needed to be taken care of…
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.…
The Motley Fool: CenturyLink and Level3 shareholders approve merger
The upcoming merger of CenturyLink and Level3 has gained shareholder approval, stock and investment site The Motley Fool reports. Having also gained approval from various state authorities, it now only…
ARM University Program launches Embedded Linux Education Kit
As part of the education and outreach that the ARM project deliver, the ARM University have launched their ninth Embedded Linux Education Kit. The kit comprises both lecture notes and…
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
VMware closing the virtual switch infrastructure to third parties
VMware is closing down the APIs that third parties use to access the virtual network within the VMware ecosystem. This means that if you are using one of the third…