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Enterprise network architectures are being reshaped using tenets popularized by the major cloud properties. How will the emergence of cloud, edge cloud, and multi-cloud shape networks? We explore this evolution and look at the ways that real-time streaming telemetry, machine learning, and artificial intelligence affect how networks are designed and operated.

In this video, you’ll hear from Gavin Cato, SVP, Development Engineering for Networking at Dell EMC, Kireeti Kompella, CTO & SVP, Engineering at Juniper Networks and Russ White, Infrastructure Architect at LinkedIn.

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November 30, 2018 

Plus, Nokia Creates Access Networks Group and Cisco Reveals Executive Salaries

Amazon stretched its tentacles into the on-premises data center and dumped Oracle at its re:Invent conference. Nokia announced plans to create a new Access Networks organization that will include its fixed and mobile network operations. Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins took home more than $21 million in total compensation during the company’s last fiscal year.

AWS Sells Hardware to Enterprises to Use in Their Private Data Centers

AWS Beefs Up Its Database Portfolio to Escape ‘Abusive’ Relationships

Nokia Merges Mobile, Fixed Network Groups as Another Exec Is Shown the Door

Cisco Files SEC Documents Revealing Its Top Executive Salaries

This podcast episode is presented by Juniper Networks

Get the inside edge from industry experts.

While the recent movement toward network disaggregation has largely been associated with whitebox switches, the notion of modularizing monolithic systems is neither new nor confined to hardware and software. In this podcast, we look at the network disaggregation landscape, exploring some top-of-mind issues: vendor designs for disaggregation; support for integration and underlying hardware changes; likely targets for modularization, and what it will take to unlock them; and big network disruptors on the horizon.

In this podcast, you’ll hear from JR Rivers (Co-founder and CTO at Cumulus Networks), AE Natarajan (SVP of Engineering at Juniper Networks), and Keith Shinn (SVP, Head of Infrastructure at Caliber Home Loans

View the entire Get Smart: The Future of Enterprise Networking Video Series

This podcast episode is presented by Juniper Networks

Get the inside edge from industry experts.

While the recent movement toward network disaggregation has largely been associated with whitebox switches, the notion of modularizing monolithic systems is neither new nor confined to hardware and software. In this podcast, we look at the network disaggregation landscape, exploring some top-of-mind issues: vendor designs for disaggregation; support for integration and underlying hardware changes; likely targets for modularization, and what it will take to unlock them; and big network disruptors on the horizon.

In this podcast, you’ll hear from JR Rivers (Co-founder and CTO at Cumulus Networks), AE Natarajan (SVP of Engineering at Juniper Networks), and Keith Shinn (SVP, Head of Infrastructure at Caliber Home Loans

View the entire Get Smart: The Future of Enterprise Networking Video Series

November 16, 2018

Plus, Cisco Combines SD-WAN and Security; Xilinx Eyes MellanoxGermany joins the U.S. and Australia in looking to bar its telecom operators from using network equipment from Chinese vendor Huawei due to national security concerns. Cisco combines its SD-WAN and security technologies. Xilinx is in negotiations to buy Mellanox Technologies, a leader in the high-performance Ethernet network interface card (NIC) market.

Germany Jumps on Huawei 5G Ban Plans, Says Report

Cisco Combines SD-WAN and Security, Extends Intent-Based Networking to Wireless

Xilinx, Under a New CEO, Mulls Acquisition of Mellanox

November 9, 2018

Plus, Verizon CEO Announces Restructuring; VMware Buys Heptio; and Ericsson Sees Brighter Days Ahead

Cisco axes hundreds of jobs from several California and global offices. Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg announces a new operating structure that focuses on its consumer, enterprise, and media businesses. VMware buys Heptio to meet a growing demand from enterprise customers that want to use Kubernetes and containers in their infrastructure. Ericsson finally has good news for investors as CEO Borje Ekholm says its turnaround strategy is working.

Cisco Axes Hundreds of Jobs

Vestberg Revamps Verizon to Focus on Consumers, Enterprise, and Media

VMware Snaps Up Heptio to Boost Its Kubernetes Cred

Ericsson Forecasts Brighter Days Ahead

November 2, 2018

Plus, VMware, Cisco, and Silver Peak Top WAN Edge Rankings; Microsoft Offers Alternative Positions; T-Mobile and Sprint Quiet on 5GIBM is acquiring Red Hat for $34 billion in a move to boost its presence in the hybrid cloud and open source software space. VMware, Cisco, and Silver Peak all scored top marks in Gartner’s latest ranking of top WAN Edge infrastructure vendors. Microsoft said it would offer alternative employment options for employees opposed to its recent bid on the Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud computing contract. T-Mobile and Sprint posted positive financial results but didn’t provide any new insight into their 5G plans.

IBM Gobbles Up Red Hat for $34B in Hybrid Cloud, Container Push

Gartner Ranks VMware Highest in Its Inaugural WAN Edge Magic Quadrant

Microsoft Offers to Move Employees Averse to JEDI Bid

T-Mobile, Sprint Talk 5G as Rivals Launch

October 26, 2018

Plus, Bell Canada Selects Cisco’s Viptela SD-WAN for Its VNS Platform; Arista Updates to 400G; Trump Administration Wants a 5G PolicyNokia will cut thousands of jobs as part of a major restructuring it hopes will cut $800 million in operating costs by 2020. Bell Canada picked Cisco’s Viptela SD-WAN platform as the first service to be offered on its newly launched Virtual Network Services (VNS) Platform. Arista Networks launched a new switching line that support 400 Gigabit Ethernet. The Trump administration is pushing for a national 5G spectrum policy.

Nokia Will Cut Thousands of Jobs Amid 5G Transformation

Cisco’s Viptela SD-WAN Is the First VNF on Bell Canada’s VNS

Arista Networks Introduces 400 Gigabit Ethernet Platforms

Trump Wants a National 5G Spectrum Policy

October 19, 2018 

Plus, Ericsson Deals With Corruption Scandal Fallout and Arista Battles Cisco for the Campus

 

WikiLeaks released documents showing the location of more than 100 Amazon Web Services data centers around the world. Ericsson has fired 50 people tied to an ongoing investigation by U.S. regulators into possible kickback schemes and warned that fines could be next. A handful of large telecom operators are partnering with the Telecom Infra Project on a white box gateway device for mobile cell sites. Arista bolstered its Cloud Vision platform as it battles Cisco for market share in the enterprise campus networking space.

WikiLeaks Publishes the Location of Amazon’s Data Centers

Ericsson Fired 50 People in Corruption Scandal Fallout

Major Operations Collaborate on TIP White Box Gateway Device

Arista Embraces Its Mojo in Campus Battle With Cisco

October 12, 2018

Plus, Verizon Slashes Headcount as Part of $10 Billion Savings Goal; Google Updates Cloud Platform Networking 

Apple, Amazon, and other giant U.S. tech companies deny they were the victims of an elaborate spying plan by the Chinese government. Verizon offered severance packages and has signed an IT outsourcing deal in a move to try to slash $10 billion in operating costs. Google unveiled networking updates to its cloud platform that tap its Andromeda SDN platform and Kubernetes.

Bloomberg China Chip-Hack Controversy Highlights Fake News, National Security Fears

How Verizon’s $700M Outsourcing Deal May Impact Its Competitiveness

Google Bumps Up Enterprise Cloud Networking