Juniper is moving their OpenContrail codebase to the Linux Foundation. OpenContrail is Juniper's open-source version of their Contrail SDN orchestrator. Provided as an open-source offering, OpenContrail doesn't have the support…
Marvell has designs on Cavium
Chipmaker Marvell has announced its intention to acquire smaller rival Cavium for $6bn. (Marvell and Cavium to Combine Creating an Infrastructure Solutions Powerhouse.) This deal is dwarfed by the recent…
Qualcomm doesn’t like Broadcom’s bid
Qualcomm has firmly rebuffed Broadcom's bid for them. (Broadcom plans $103bn takeover of Qualcomm.) In a strongly worded press-release Qualcomm's Board of Directors have rejected Broadcom's unsolicited bid, and stood…
Extreme buys Brocade data centre switching assets direct
Extreme has announced that they have closed a deal direct with Brocade , rather than wait for the Broadcom acquisition. (Extreme Networks Completes Acquisition of Brocade's Data Center Networking Business). This…
Uber Adopts IPv6, the Next-Gen Internet Protocol
Uber, the taxi company with no vehicles, has provided an interesting insight into their network infrastructure. Being a global company, they need to be accessible by those locations that are…
CenturyLink focuses on Enterprise with Level3
CenturyLink is adapting their Enterprise level offerings in preparation to bring Level3 into the fold. This follows their announcement last week of the management team for new combined CenturyLink organisation.…
Viptela plans for acquisition by Cisco
Viptela's Blog contains the following Thank you Viptela Customers, Partners and Employees post. This is CEO Praveen Akkiraju's post to announce that Viptela has signed a definitive agreement to sell…
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…