SDxCentral 2-Minute Weekly Wrap

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for July 26, 2019

Plus, $1 billion Apple deal boosts Intel's 5G opportunity, and Arrcus rolls out its 5G networking products

VMware bites Bitfusion’s virtualization technology to bolster computing power; Intel is now free to chase other 5G opportunities; and Arrcus inhales $30M VC haul, exhales 5G networking products.

VMware Gobbles Up AI, ML Accelerator Bitfusion

$1B Apple Deal Boosts Intel’s 5G Opportunity, CEO Says

Arrcus Raises $30M Series B, Rolls Out 5G Networking Products

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July 19, 2019

Plus, AT&T scores cloud contracts with Microsoft and IBM, and VMware and Cisco top IHS Markit's most recent SDN and SD-WAN revenue rankings

Verizon and Ericsson trial a cloud-native core; AT&T wants to be public-cloud first by 2024; and VMware and Cisco top SDN and SD-WAN rankings.

Ericsson and Verizon Claim World’s First Cloud-Native Tech on Live Core

Microsoft Scores Multi-Year, Multi-Billion-Dollar Cloud Deal With AT&T

AT&T and IBM Collaborate on Open Source, Edge, SDN, IoT

VMware Beats Cisco for SDN Revenue, IHS Markit Says

VMware Leads Healthy SD-WAN Pack as Market Surges

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July 12, 2019

Plus, Cisco Buys Acacia Communications for and Sony Taps Orange for SD-WAN

MapR missed its self-imposed deadline to find a buyer or another funding source. Cisco agreed to acquire Acacia Communications for about $2.6 billion in a move to boost its optical networking portfolio. Sony Group inked a new contract with Orange Business Services to implement its SD-WAN offering on a global basis.

MapR Misses Deadline to Find a Buyer or New Funding

Cisco Buys Acacia Communications in $2.6B Optical Networking Deal

Sony Taps Orange for SD-WAN Overhaul

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June 28, 2019

Plus, Amazon Web Services updates its security options, and Extreme Networks buys Aerohive for $272 million

Cumulus loses its co-founder and CTO JR Rivers; AWS asks security vendors to "dial down the fear"; and Extreme buys Aerohive.

Co-Founder and CTO JR Rivers Leaves Cumulus Networks

AWS Sets Up Control Tower, Urges Security Industry to ‘Dial Down the Fear’

Extreme Touts Cloud Native, SD-WAN in $272M Aerohive Deal

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June 21, 2019

Plus, HPE will offer its entire services portfolio through an as-a-service model by 2022, and Huawei says it's taking a $30B hit from U.S.-led sanctions

VMware is brining together past security acquisitions; HPE pledges its portfolio to an as-a-service model; and Huawei expects a $30B hit.

With Secure State VMware Dives Deeper Into Multi-Cloud Security

HPE Partners With Google Cloud, Pledges Entire Portfolio ‘as-a-service’ by 2022

Huawei Predicts $30 Billion Slide From US-Led Ban

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After covering the foundation of EVPN-VXLAN in the first episode, this episode will cover EVPN building blocks with an emphasis on the data center. Learn from the RFC authors themselves why network virtualization simplifies the management of your infrastructure and how to increase the performance and efficiency of your applications and workloads. You’ll also find out what EVPN-VXLAN business outcomes a CTO is looking for and how network virtualization can reduce CapEx/OpEx, especially in a multi-vendor data center.

In this episode, you’ll hear from Keith Townsend, Co-founder, The CTO Advisor; Rahul Aggarwal, Founder & CEO, Augtera Networks; Aldrin Isaac, Senior Director, Portfolio Product, Juniper Networks.

Get Smart: EVPN-VXLAN video series.

June 14, 2019

Plus, Intel scoops up chip rival Barefoot Networks, and Salesforce spends nearly $16 billion for Tableau

Cisco stays above the Huawei fray; Intel puts its shoes on Barefoot; and Salesforce bolsters its position against Microsoft and Google.

Cisco CEO Takes High Road on 5G, China

Intel Buys Barefoot Networks, Boosts Data Center Interconnect

Salesforce Plunks Billions on the Table for Tableau

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Is EVPN-VXLAN new to you? Are you trying to sort through what it can mean to your business? Perhaps you’re looking for a refresher?

This episode will lay the foundation for EVPN-VXLAN, a widely supported open standard that is evolving into the best answer to multi-vendor network virtualization for enterprise networks. In this session, we talk to industry experts and RFC authors to determine why this open standard is integral to your success and how to make it relevant to your leadership. Like other technologies, EVPN-VXLAN started out as a proprietary set of vendor specific solutions that evolved into a standard to address several business and technical challenges. This EVPN-VXLAN primer will cover the history of EVPN and the problems it set out to solve.

In this episode, you’ll hear from Andre Kindness, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research; Jeff Tantsura, Head of Networking Strategy, Apstra; Aldrin Isaac, Senior Director, Portfolio Product, Juniper Networks.

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June 7, 2019

Plus, Juniper trumpets U.K. 5G win, and Equinix unveiled its new Network Edge platform

Nutanix is the latest to lose an exec to Google; BT taps Juniper's Contrail, AppFormix, and QFX Ethernet switches; and Equninix supports a range of VNFs.

Nutanix’s Sunil Potti Leaves for Google Amid Revenue Miss

Juniper Scores Deal to Power BT’s Unified Cloud Network, 5G

Equinix Rolls Out Network Edge VNFs With Cisco, Juniper, and Palo Alto Networks

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May 31, 2019

Plus, Palo Alto Networks buys Twistlock and PureSec, and Sprint launches 5G in four markets.

Huawei wants a quick resolution; Palo Alto bolsters its container and serverless focus; and Sprint launches 5G.

Huawei Revs Up Battle With US Government

Palo Alto Networks Buys Twistlock, PureSec in $410M+ Deal

Sprint’s 5G Network Goes Live in 4 Cities

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