Here are the top stories SDxCentral wrangled this week related to SDN, NFV, 5G, IoT, cloud, and more:
Verizon‘s Exponent Acts as a Software Company Inside the Carrier — Verizon is selling software it’s developed for its own networks to other carriers.
Jonathan Davidson Joins Cisco‘s Service Provider Business — Cisco has been in discussions with Davidson for months.
Vodafone Selects Nuage for Its ‘Project Ocean’ Data Center Virtualization — Nuage’s Virtualized Services Platform (VSP) is at the heart of the efforts.
Here are the week’s strays and stragglers we roped for you:
Security company Fortinet is adding eight technology providers to its Fabric-Ready Partner Program.
NodeSource released its certified modules to provide a more secure way to take advantage of over 400,000 modules in the Node.js ecosystem.
BlueData’s EPIC software platform shows comparable performance for Hadoop when running in a bare-metal environment or in a containerized environment.
Accenture and Docker announced an expanded alliance and the availability of container services within the Accenture Cloud Factory.
Schneider Electric introduced the Micro Data Center Xpress line of connected products making it easier to build and deploy micro data centers at the network edge.
Security companies ProtectWise and Demisto established an integration partnership to help security teams move from breach detection to response and resolution.
Automic Software, an automation software company acquired by CA Technologies, announced a new Automic Action Pack for Puppet.
VMware introduced updates to its Workspace ONE system by simplifying the experience for both IT and end-users.
Fisher-Titus Medical Center, a non-profit community hospital in North Central Ohio, selected Palo Alto Networks‘ next-generation security platform.
Iguazio is demonstrating its continuous analytics platform to help enterprises solve big data challenges and generate real-time insights.
Vocus Communications is updating its technology infrastructure with the Dell EMC XC Series appliance running in the Nutanix enterprise cloud platform.
Ixia announced a new radio access network (RAN) test product specifically designed for service providers, equipment and chip-set makers, as well as enterprises.
Chunghwa Telecom Global launched its software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN).
According to Dell EMC’s State of IT Trends federal extension, 64 percent of respondents said their organization had deployed software-defined solutions and 85 percent reported progress adopting software-defined data centers SDDCs.
The OpenDaylight Project announced that ZTE has upgraded its membership to the Platinum level.
Huawei was elected as a platinum member of the OpenStack Foundation.
Here are the other stories SDxCentral covered this week:
- CoreOS Donates its rkt Container Technology to CNCF
- Wind River’s Titanium Control Platform Eases IoT Transition
- Facebook Tests its White Box Transponder in Europe
- Oracle Stock Up 7% After Q3 Earnings, Cloud Continues to Impress
- ETSI is Bullish on the Results of Its First NFV Interoperability Tests
- AT&T Eyes Late 2018 for Commercial 5G Services
- Ciena to Launch Tools for its Optical Networking Customers
- Docker Donates Containerd to Cloud Native Computing Foundation
- IT Workers Say Their Companies Are Migrating to Virtual Infrastructures, Study Says
- Google: Try Google Functions, Please
- Amid U.S. Sanctions Breach, ZTE Appoints New Chairman
- Navisite Deploys Cisco’s ACI to Increase Network Performance
- VMware Struts its NFV Infrastructure Stuff for Telcos
- The Top Tech Companies With Billions of Dollars Held Offshore
- Intel‘s $15B Mobileye Purchase Pushes Company’s Autonomous Car Focus
- Web Titans Have Big Influence on Data Center Networking Efforts
- Sonera Selects Nuage for Enterprise SD-WAN in Europe
- Facebook Updates Its Server Designs, Open Compute Platforms
- Why the 3.5 GHz Band Could Be a Breakthrough for 5G
- How Equinix Uses Software-Defined Networking