SDxCentral Weekly Wrap

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

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.

Get Smart: EVPN-VXLAN video series.

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

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

March 24, 2019

Plus, Affirmed Networks launches UnityCloud 5G platform, and Nokia's CEO said the vendor remains on track to benefit from 5G

HPE buys Cray for $1.3B; Affirmed claims 5G first; and Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri is bullish on the future.

HPE Buys Supercomputer Company Cray for $1.3B, Boosts Its HPC Business

Affirmed Networks Claims First 5G Standalone Mobile Core

Nokia CEO Claims Vendor Is Leading in 5G

May 17, 2019

Plus, Verizon achieved full virtualization of baseband functions, and Symantec's CEO abruptly quits

Flaws found in Cisco switches, routers, and firewalls; Verizon hits vRAN milestone; and Symantec's rocky road continues.

Thrangrycat Attacks Cisco Switches, Routers, Firewalls

Verizon Virtualizes Baseband Functions Using Intel, Nokia vRAN Gear

Symantec CEO Abruptly Resigns Amid Financial Turmoil

May 10, 2019

Plus, Nutanix nips VMware in Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) revenues, and Juniper calls for more deployment-ready open source

Cisco launches new multi-cloudSD-WAN on-ramps; Nutanix tops in HCI revenues; and Juniper wants more robust open source platforms.

Cisco Routes SD-WAN Through Colocation Facilities for Regional Distributed Offices

Nutanix, VMware Battle for HCI Revenue, Market Share

Juniper Pushes Open Source Past Experimentation to Implementation

Dell EMC and Big Switch team up; Orange taps Dell for 5G plans; and can T-Mobile US pull off 5G alone?

VMware starts from scratch; carrier 5G plans remain fluid; and is a CDN worth maybe $1 billion?