HPE Expands its Cloud Portfolio

Hewlett Packard Enterprise rolled out a set of major updates to its cloud portfolio, including: HPE Helion Cloud Suite, a new software suite enabling customers to deliver and manage their full spectrum of applications -- from traditional, virtualized, cloud native and containers -- across a broad range of infrastructure environments. HPE Helion Cloud Suite includes full-stack automation to enable rapid delivery of IT services and applications,...

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IEEE SDN and EIT Digital Plan 5G Open Testbed Community

A new Open Testbed Community (OTC) aimed at stimulating 5G innovation is getting underway with the backing of IEEE Software Defined Networks (IEEE SDN), a cross-society IEEE worldwide program addressing the main techno-economic aspects concerning SDN and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), and EIT Digital, the leading European digital innovation and entrepreneurial education organization. The organizers hope the testing will spur important...

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Progress for 25, 50 and 100G Ethernet

The 2550100 Alliance, an industry group working together to bring solutions to market based on new 25, 50 and 100Gb Ethernet technology, announced the following six milestones: Dell became the first company with general availability of 25GbE solutions spanning servers and networks. Dell will be marketing their PowerEdge servers with QLogic 25GbE adapters and Dell Z9100-ON top-of-rack switches, The alliance completed its first SolutionFest on April...

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Embotics Raises $12 Million for Multi-Cloud Software

Embotics, a start-up based in Ottawa, raised $12.1 million for its multi-cloud management software for public and private cloud environments. The Embotics vCommander integrates into private, public or hybrid infrastructure to empower enterprises and service providers to deliver ITaaS, intelligent automation and enhanced IT governance and control, without locking them into a single platform. The funding came from Arrowroot Capital. “We are thrilled...

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Midokura Secures $20 Million for Network Abstraction

Midokura announced $20.4 million in Series B funding for its software network virtualization solutions. Midokura Enterprise MidoNet (MEM)  technology offers an intelligent, software-based network abstraction layer between the hosts and the physical network, thereby decoupling the IaaS cloud from the network hardware. The Series B funding participation came from Japanese Fintech company Simplex Inc., and existing investors Innovation Network...

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Solarwinds Brings Visibility in Hybrid IT

SolarWinds release a major update to its flagship Network Performance Monitor (NPM) tool that now gives network administrators the hybrid IT visual insights and analysis needed for visibility into the performance of services across not only the networks they own—but those of their service providers and cloud vendors as well. Specifically, SolarWinds NPM 12 now features NetPath and Network Insight, providing the ability to view the performance details...

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Skyport Appoints Kelly Seelig as CMO

Skyport Systems, a start-up offering secure infrastructure solutions, has appointed Kelly Seelig to the position of chief marketing officer (CMO). Previously, Seelig served as vice president of marketing and communications for BlueJeans Network and as senior vice president of global marketing for BlueSnap. She formerly held marketing positions at two other notable Silicon Valley startups, including cleantech company Bloom Energy. http://www.skyportsystems.com Skyport...

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