Juniper Virtualizes its Flagship MX Edge Router

Juniper Networks introduced a virtualized version of its flagship MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routing platform, enabling it to operate as software on x86 servers.  The move brings the full feature set and functionality of the company's edge routers to cloud infrastructure. Juniper said it expects customers will combine the new vMX with its existing physical router portfolio in a common operations model. The virtualized MX implementations bring...

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Juniper Intros OpenStack-based Contrail Cloud

Juniper Networks introduced Contrail Cloud, a new OpenStack-based software platform for cloud resource orchestration and lifecycle management that brings together compute, network, storage and virtualization. Contrail Cloud works with Contrail Networking, formerly known as Juniper Networks Contrail SDN Controller, to provide the foundation, framework and ecosystem that enables the delivery of a turnkey NFV solution. It delivers virtual network functions...

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Dell, Brocade and Intel Collaborate on Open-standard NFV

Dell, Brocade and Intel have collaborated to deliver new NFV solutions for telecom service providers. Specifically, Dell has added the Brocade Vyatta vRouter software to its newly introduced NFV platform, which is powered by Intel’s Data Plane Developers Kit (DPDK) and the Xeon E5-2600v3 processor. Brocade’s latest vRouter (v5600) is the first 10Gbps+ virtual router capable of providing advanced routing in software.  It leverages the Intel...

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Zayo Plans Low-Latency Fiber from NYSE to NJ Data Centers

Zayo announced the availability of a dark fiber route between the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Data Center facility at 1700 MacArthur Blvd in Mahwah, New Jersey and 755 Secaucus Road, outside of New York City. The new route is the shortest, lowest latency fiber route currently available between the two key facilities, providing financial institutions with the reliable, high-bandwidth connectivity required for trading and transporting financial...

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Infonetics: Carrier SDN and NFV to reach $11 billion by 2018

The global carrier SDN and NFV hardware and software is forecast to grow from less than $500 million in 2013 to over $11 billion in 2018, according to a new report from Infonetics Research. The new 46-page report provides detailed analysis of the SDN and NFV markets and their many facets—from SDN router and switch hardware and software, to the many categories of NFV, particularly the virtualized network functions (VNFs) comprising policy (policy...

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Arista Posts Q3 Sales of $155.5 Million, up 53% YoY

Arista Networks reported Q3 revenue of $155.5 million, an increase of 53.0% compared to the third quarter of 2013, and an increase of 12.7% from the second quarter of 2014. GAAP gross margin was 64.9%. GAAP net income came in at $21.9 million, or $0.30 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net income of $11.9 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2013. “We had good performance in Q3 2014 as we shipped our three millionth port...

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Radisys Posts Q3 Revenue of $51 Million, Non-GAAP Profitability

Radisys reported third quarter 2014 revenues of $50.8 million and a GAAP net loss of $4.5 million or $0.12 per diluted share. Third quarter non-GAAP profit was $0.7 million or $0.02 per diluted share. “As we continue the transformation of Radisys, I’m pleased we met the guidance set in August and returned the company to non-GAAP profitability. Our continued progress in driving our strategy combined with a relentless focus on improving operational...

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Brocade Appoints Kevin Shatzkamer as CTO Mobile Networking

Brocade announced the appointment of Kevin Shatzkamer as Distinguished Engineer and CTO Mobile Networking. He joins other high-profile hires in the Brocade Office of the CTO, including David Meyer, Tom Nadeau, and Benson Schliesser. Previously, Shatzkamer served as a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco. He also currently serves as a board advisor for a number of companies, including DataRPM, Voltserver, and Penthera Partners. http://www.brocade....

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Shippable Raises $8 Million for Containerized Continuous Delivery Platform

Shippable, a start-up based in Seattle, raised $8 million in Series A funding for its containerized continuous integration and delivery platform. The idea is to accelerate application development testing. Shippable runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and is natively built on Docker, an open source project that is rapidly driving adoption of “containerization.”  The Shippable platform can abstract containerization, thus not requiring any changes...

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Docker Hires VMware Exec for Key Engineering Role

Docker has hired Marianna Tessel to serve as senior vice president of engineering. Tessel will be responsible for rapidly growing the global engineering team, supporting and expanding the thriving partner ecosystem, and addressing the technology demands put forth by Docker’s customers and partners. She joins Docker from her former position as a long time vice president of engineering at VMware, where she was responsible for technology collaborations...

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