BARCELONA -- Mobile World Congress (MWC) -- The world's largest mobile technology show is chock-full of gadgets, mobile operators, and buzzwords: Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), Software-Defined Networking (SDN), small

Here it is, the vaunted Net Neutrality. More specifically, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has moved to declare Internet broadband a Title II services, bringing it under the umbrella

On February 25, the Rayno Report held another one of our riveting social chats streaming live on CrowdChat and Twitter. This one was on the topic of #whitebox. With

The way this Net Neutrality debate stirs up the Internet zealots, you would think that the U.S. Constitution has an article that says: "Ye should all have a right

Part two of the Open Network Ecosystem Series focuses on how open ecosystems are growing in software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV).

Metro Ethernet Forum president Nan Chen explains the "Third Network" NaaS strategy, why life-cycle service orchestration (LSO) is so crucial to it, and what's good about eating your young.

Washington D.C. -- Guess what: One of the pioneers and inventors of Ethernet technology, Bob Metcalfe, believes that Net Neutrality and the regulation of the Internet is a colossal

Cisco announced a deal to buy Metacloud yesterday, affirming two big trends in cloud computing: 1) Private cloud and 2) OpenStack.

The long speculated tensions among Cisco (CSCO), EMC (EMC) and VMware (VMW) may finally becoming to a head.

A merger of medium-sized data-center providers indicates that use of hybrid cloud services and Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to fuel growth in the data-center market, as larger enterprises

Cisco Systems Inc. reported strong earnings and profit for its fiscal Q4 and FY2014, beating Wall Street expectations by a few pennies for the quarter. But its shares and

Nothing warms the souls of technology enthusiasts like a bunch of dark suits in Washington D.C. marching in to take control of the Internet. As the Federal Communications Commission

Relatively easy year-on-year comparison numbers and expanding gross margins helped Cisco deliver a respectable earnings quarter, suprising analysts and lifting the stock 8% in morning trading.

It's fun watching large techno-conglomerates spin "open source" technology, the free code that could kill them. That's why Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) announcement yesterday that it would invest $1B into cloud

Cumulus Networks is emerging as one of hottest Software Defined Networking (SDN) startups with a valuation recently estimated in the $300 million range, according to research by the Rayno

Today AT&T announced it is in "advanced discussions" with the North Carolina Next Generation Network (NCNGN) to bring gigabit-speed fiber connections to communities in that state, potentially accelerating the

I'm back from Open Networking Summit (ONS), where I was briefed by many companies, did some television with the classy guys over at SiliconANGLE and theCUBE, and heard many

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Open Networking Summit (ONS) -- Last night, having digested some of the first keynote of the Open Networking Summit (along with some decent lamb kebabs

The open revolution continues. Over the past week, there's been another surge of networking and data-center deals focused on open networking, open source, and Software Defined Networking (SDN). It's

Check out our latest interview in our NFV Interview Series. We're speaking with Wes George of Time Warner Cable about how SDN and NFV fit into a cable MSO's

What can a Cisco investor do? Wait, and hope the stock stops dropping. The stock, now in a bad downtrend, dropped again this week both before and after Cisco

Now that everyone in the US has recovered from their Thanksgiving dinners--and hopefully worked all those extra calories off--we're announcing winners of our Turkeys of SDN competition. Read on

With the Thanksgiving season upon us here in the United States, we thought it might be a good time to run a fun little competition at SDNCentral on the

Cisco shares tanked 10% in after-hours trading on Wednesday following an earnings call in which it announced only 2% year-over-year growth and issued a profit warning going forward.