Aryaka released their State of the WAN report for 2017 today. This is a report that uses data gathered from over 5000 locations in 63 countries, and reports on the…
Riverbed to acquire Xirrus targets SD-Branch?
Riverbed will acquire WiFi vendor Xirrus, expanding their SD-WAN and WiFi offerings. Both private companies will conclude the deal later this year. This acquisition will broaden Riverbed's SD-WAN portfolio, providing…
On my way to Cisco Live 2017
So I'm sitting in the hotel, taking advantage of the free Wifi, and using the time to wonder what this week might hold. After many years in the networking industry,…
Cisco buys AppDynamics
AppDynamics provide an application performance monitoring platform, using tools to monitor application transactions and store this data in the cloud for analysis. By utilising the AppDynamics API within the program,…
Juniper to buy cloud monitoring Appformix
Juniper issued a press release stating Juniper's intent to buy cloud operations tool Appformix. Appformix uses machine-learning and big data to give an deeper understanding of the software-defined infrastructure. "The…
Amazon carry lots of Snowballs in their SnowMobile
Amazon have a service called AWS Snowball, but if you're importing a large dataset into the cloud, 80TB might simply not be enough. So now you can upgrade your transfers…
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…
IBM buys The Weather Company..
After announcing a partnership earlier this year, IBM now announces it's intent to acquire the business and prediction elements of the Weather Company. The Weather Channel, the TV presence that…