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Oracle faces Talari SD-WAN strengths and weaknesses

With the Talari acquisition, Oracle's communications unit gets SD-WAN technology that improves VoIP reliability. But the Talari SD-WAN also lacks important enterprise features.

By Antone Gonsalves • Nov. 21, 2018

Cato SD-WAN service targets last-mile management

In networking news, Cato Networks unveils an SD-WAN tool to detect network outages; SolarWinds spotlights DevOps features; and Kaloom gets $10 million.

By Luke O'Neill • Nov. 21, 2018

What are the pros and cons of blockchain in networking?

While blockchain could be a valuable network management tool, enterprises don't exactly have a driving need for the ledger technology in the networking arena.

By Amy DeCarlo • Nov. 20, 2018

Cisco earnings, revenue up as sales rise across product lines

Cisco earnings and revenues grew in the quarter ended Oct. 27 as sales increased across product lines, geographies and customer segments.

By Antone Gonsalves • Nov. 16, 2018

Aruba 802.11ax APs, switches address niche market

Aruba has launched access points and switches aimed at early adopters of the next-generation Wi-Fi standard. The Aruba 802.11ax gear is aimed at colleges, retailers and hotels.

By Antone Gonsalves • Nov. 16, 2018

What are today’s top 3 network security challenges?

A significant shortage of cybersecurity staff, poorly configured firewalls and unmanaged end-user mobile devices are some of the top network security threats.

By Amy DeCarlo • Nov. 16, 2018

LiveAction updates LiveNX network management service

In networking news, LiveAction launches LiveNX 8 and LiveWire; Kaloom and Red Hat collaborate for a virtualized central office; and Siemens and Aruba bridge the IT-OT gap.

By Michaela Goss • Nov. 16, 2018

A quick guide to important SDN security issues

Lock down your knowledge of SDN security issues using this compilation that includes expert advice, common pain points and helpful best practices.

By Jennifer English • Nov. 16, 2018

SonicWall bakes SD-WAN software into Capture Cloud Platform

Security vendor SonicWall added SD-WAN software to its firewall appliances while retail companies are hoping SD-WAN can reduce network complexity, according to a Forrester report.

By Jennifer English • Nov. 15, 2018

Viptela SD-WAN security unveiled at Cisco Partner Summit

At Cisco Partner Summit this week, Cisco announced better security for the Viptela SD-WAN, two ISRs, a Catalyst wireless LAN controller and a Catalyst midmarket switch.

By Antone Gonsalves • Nov. 14, 2018

How NFV and SDN could shape the future of telecom

Looking to the future of telecom, NFV and SDN can help generate new services revenue and lower operating costs using cloud principles, rather a traditional network standards approach.

By Tom Nolle • Nov. 13, 2018

How 3 benefits of SDN can help small businesses

As SDN matures and evolves from its original definition, it's getting harder for small businesses to ignore the benefits of SDN, like better visibility, security and efficiency.

By John Fruehe • Nov. 12, 2018

NetOps, SecOps, DevOps concepts merge to automate security testing

By adopting DevOps concepts, network teams can automate security testing. But, as development, network and security tasks mingle, some staffing challenges can arise.

By John Burke • Nov. 9, 2018

Cisco layoffs mark Customer Experience restructuring

Cisco is laying off hundreds of employees as it restructures its Customer Experience unit led by new-hire Maria Martinez. The Cisco layoffs come the week before its Partner Summit.

By Antone Gonsalves • Nov. 9, 2018

Teridion intros cloud-based WAN for enterprises

Teridion plans to launch next year a cloud-based WAN for enterprises that includes a carrier-grade service-level agreement. The service connects to SaaS, IaaS and branch offices.

By Antone Gonsalves • Nov. 9, 2018

Adobe adopts Versa SD-WAN architecture for cloud performance

After moving its business to the cloud, Adobe chose to deploy Versa SD-WAN architecture when it needed four-nines availability for critical services -- all on a smaller budget.

By Jennifer English • Nov. 9, 2018

How the right network automation tools can modernize your network

In this roundup of networking blogs, industry experts examine network automation innovation, the partnership between networking and DevOps, and the importance of data sheet specs.

By Michaela Goss • Nov. 8, 2018

Automation added to Extreme SLX data center networking

Extreme Networks has introduced network automation and a single console for managing data center and campus networks. The technology is part of the Extreme SLX Agile Data Center.

By Antone Gonsalves • Nov. 7, 2018

5 types of network diagnostics tools and what they can do

Vendors of network analytics tools are improving older products and introducing new ones to bring network managers the information a smooth-running network now requires.

By Alan Earls • Nov. 7, 2018

Using AI, machine learning in networking to improve analytics

The barrage of alerts modern network analytics tools create is problematic, but the capabilities advanced tech like AI provides can help ease the burden to network operations.

By Craig Mathias • Nov. 7, 2018

Cisco Enterprise Agreement (EA)

Cisco Enterprise Agreement (EA) is a software buying program that digitizes and simplifies license management for Cisco suite customers.

By Sarah Lewis • Nov. 6, 2018

Wi-Fi 6 to spur industry confidence in Wi-Fi, report says

In networking news, a report shows increased confidence in Wi-Fi; Ciena releases an analytics-as-a-service product; and Avi Networks targets multi-cloud load balancing.

By Luke O'Neill and Michaela Goss • Nov. 2, 2018

How do last-mile connections work for SD-WAN deployments?

SD-WAN technology plays well with existing last-mile connections, and it allows enterprises to use more than one type of transport link. But beware of provider sprawl.

By John Burke • Nov. 2, 2018

How Cisco 400 GbE switches compare with Arista’s

The introduction of Cisco's 400 GbE switches comes a week after Arista unveiled its hardware. The products differ in merchant silicon, optical connectors and backward compatibility.

By Antone Gonsalves • Nov. 1, 2018

MEF’s new SD-WAN standard too low-level, according to analysts

MEF is making its SD-WAN standard available to members, with public availability expected in 2019. But analysts deem the specifications too low-level to effect change.

By Jennifer English • Nov. 1, 2018