Verizon Delivers SD-WAN with Viptela

Verizon will deliver a new software defined networking solution using Viptela’s Software Defined WAN Platform. Viptela also entered into an exclusive managed services arrangement with Verizon in the United States. The new Verizon service, powered by Viptela, allows enterprises to “mix and match” private and public IP connections such as MPLS, wireless LTE, broadband and Ethernet to meet an organization’s unique application requirements based on...

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IBM Cloud Assembles World's Largest Health Data Set

IBM announced its fourth major heal data-related acquisition in the part year: Truven Health Analytics, a leading provider of cloud-based healthcare data, analytics and insights.  The price was $2.6 billion. IBM plans to integrate Truven’s extensive cloud-based data set spanning hundreds of different types of cost, claims, quality and outcomes information with its existing data sets. Upon completion of the acquisition, IBM’s health cloud will...

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Red Hat's Ansible Brings DevOps to Networking

Red Hat introduced new Ansible capabilities, including native agentless support for automating heterogeneous network infrastructure devices using the same simple human and machine readable automation language that Ansible provides to IT teams. At launch, Red Hat's Ansible networking framework provides support for: Arista Networks – Arista EOS  Cisco Systems – Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI); Cisco IOS-XE; Cisco IOS-XR; and...

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Red Hat Gluster Storage Scales Out on Google Cloud Platform

Red Hat has expanded its alliance with Google to deliver Red Hat Gluster Storage on Google Cloud Platform. Red Hat Gluster Storage is a shared-nothing, scale-out solution available to Google Cloud Platform customers seeking elastic and robust file storage across public and hybrid cloud environments. It enables customers to deploy the same storage technology on-premises and on Google Cloud Platform so users can take their existing applications with...

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OIF Approves CFP2 Analog Coherent Optic Module IA

The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) approved an Implementation Agreement (IA) on pluggable coherent optics modules. The CFP2 Analog Coherent Optics (CFP2-ACO) IA contains all functions required to perform bi-directional dual polarization coherent optical signaling over a pair of single mode optical fibers. These modules are expected to be applicable across multiple coherent DSP ASIC generations from various DSP vendors. Faceplate density...

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FCC Opens Set-top Box to Competition

The FCC approved a proposal to "unlock" the set-top box market for pay-TV services. Specifically, the new rules recommend that pay-TV providers be required to deliver three core information streams: • Service discovery: Information about what programming is available to the consumer, such as the channel listing and video-on-demand lineup, and what is on those channels. • Entitlements: Information about what a device is allowed to do with content,...

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NEC and Juniper Showcase NFV Integration at #MWC16

NEC Corporation (NEC) and Juniper Networks have expanded their global alliance to deliver NFV-based solutions for carriers and enterprises. The joint solutions combine the NEC Cloud System (OSS building model), which is an OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure, with NetCracker's OSS/BSS systems, end-to-end service orchestration, systems integration capabilities and consulting options along with Juniper Networks' networking equipment and virtual network...

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Arista Posts Q4 Revenue of $245M, up 42% YoY

Arista Networks reported Q4 2015 revenue of $245.4 million, an increase of 41.5% compared to the fourth quarter of 2014, and an increase of 12.8% from the third quarter of 2015. Net income (GAAP) came in $43.9 million, or $0.60 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net income of $31.0 million, or $0.43 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2014.  Gross margin (GAAP) was 63.6%, compared to GAAP gross margin of 67.1% in the fourth quarter...

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Vera Secures $17 Million for its File Protection System

Vera, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California secured $17 million in Series B funding for its "zero-touch, zero-friction data protection and encryption solution that secures and tracks any digital information across all users, devices, applications, and platforms in real-time." Vera offers a storage agnostic security solution whereby security policies remain with files anywhere they’re stored.  Vera has partnered with Dropbox, Okta, and Centrify,...

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Jana Raises $57 million for Sponsored Mobile Access

Jana, a start-up based in Boston, announced $57 million in Series C funding for its plan "to make the Internet free for the next billion people" Jana's mCent Android app, which launched in July 2014, enables users to use third-party apps that come with free, mobile access thanks to Jana's partnerships with mobile operators. The company says 30 million people have now benefited from its app.  Jana is now the second largest mobile advertising...

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Samsung Releases its IoT Development Platform

Samsung Electronics Co. released its "ARTIK" platform of essential IoT hardware and software components, along with an ecosystem of key industry partners. The platform is aimed at new enterprise, industrial and consumer applications. ARTIK’s support for operating systems include Tizen, Nucleus Real Time OS and the open source Fedora Linux stack. “I’m very proud of the SAMSUNG ARTIK team and the strong momentum they have achieved. In less than 8...

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