Companies that want to be leaders in SDN/NFV need to focus on building partner ecosystems, and the industry as a whole needs companies to step up and fill that

AT&T's capex announcement is still sending ripples through the networking hardware business. Let's face it, right now it's a telco bloodbath for equipment providers. As we noted on Friday,

Just as some large doubts are starting to brew among some key Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) startups, Infonetics research has come out with a

Awards programs are usually a lot of work and a lot of fun. More importantly though, you can gain a lot of insight looking over dozens of awards entries.

In the era of aggressive shareholder activists, it's not much fun to be a technology company with lots of cash and slowing growth. Just ask Riverbed Technology (RVBD), the

In a move to extend the reach and penetration of its Blue Planet management platform, optical networking vendor Cyan Inc. (CYNI) has added support for Cisco and Juniper routers.

Hewlett-Packard's strong cash flow provides the ammunition for it to go out and make some high-profile tech acquisitions other than the much-speculated Rackspace, according to a new report from

There's a little secret inside the networking technology markets: The battle between Cisco, VMware, and a gaggle of startups to take leadership in the Software Defined Networking (SDN) has

Communications equipment suppliers are ready to report on the second quarter. Earnings in the next few quarters will be interesting to watch with major shifts occurring in telecom spending,

Virtualization and Software Defined Networking (SDN) are taking over data-center networks, but many question whether the technology is ready to penetrate deeply into large, global service provider networks. An

Remember how Google was the company would make money without being evil? Google's WiFi snooping may well be the biggest black mark on Google's aspirations of non-evilness.

Facebook's new "Wedge" platform is the chatter of the networking world. Why is that? It encapsulates the new genre of powerful, open networking platforms, including Software Defined Networking (SDN)

Pluribus Networks seems to be stacking up partners as fast as its server switches. Today the Software Defined Networking (SDN) startup announced a deal with Arrow Electronics to co-produce

In a move that demonstrates the growing urgency for traditional networking technology vendors to adopt open approaches to Software Defined Networking (SDN), Extreme Networks (EXTR) has joined the Open

Net neutrality has always been gray to me, not black or white. Wired points this out in a nice article making the rounds today.

If there was any doubt that there's a rush to acquire SDN startups, this morning it's been confirmed. Cisco Systems (CSCO) has announced its intent to acquire Tail-f Systems,

Ciena (CIEN) shares vaulted nearly 20 percent in trading Thursday after the company released earnings that surprised analyst expectations and the company raised its earnings guidance for the year.

Sources on the Wall Street IPO desks expect Arista Networks shares to pop a bit on its IPO, which is now expected tomorrow, Friday, June 6. Arista's last price

With the Arista IPO imminent, one might be wondering what's happening with the next crop off networking vendors. The valuations of many startups the Software Defined Networking (SDN) market

Is AT&T entering some kind of new capital spending (capex) winter, just as summer's getting started? That's the current panic attack circulating through Wall Street.

Another locally driven gigabit (Gbit/s) broadband Ethernet installation shows the growing thirst for big bandwidth in business communities across America.

The Rayno Report has released its first premium report, "The Software Defined Network Revolution: An Ecosystem Report," which details how innovation in Software Defined Networking (SDN) will reshuffle billions

We believe that in order to fully reap the benefits of the technology, organizations have to address the issue of NFV performance.

How will we get to net neutrality? Lots of lawyers.