This week there were a number of interesting developments in cloud infrastructure circles, including a cloud deal or two and Hewlett-Packard's new strategy to "vaporize" data centers.

The Software Defined Networking (SDN) movement has a few core leaders that have been around since it sprouted from the grass-roots academic environments of Stanford University and Berkeley, where

Software Defined Networking startup Pica8, which was named as one of the leaders in our SDN Revolution Report, has been busy lately. Last week, the company announced $12.5M in

SAN FRANCISCO -- This week I spent some time at Oracle World, marveling at the vast Oracle empire, sipping cappuccino next to the Oracle America's Cup yacht, and watching

Pica8, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup developing "white box" switching systems using Software Defined Networking (SDN) technology, today announced a $12.5M Series B funding round from a group of

You may have heard about the "Webscale" phenonemon, in which large cloud-based service providers, including social networks, are required to build massively scaleable data centers. One of the biggest

Hunter Newby, the CEO of fiber company Allied Fiber, believes the policies of the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States are impeding investment in telecom infrastructure -- and

Last week, the Rayno Report hosted a social chat on #IoTanalytics. For those of you not up to speed on buzzwords and hashtags, that means how analytics technology can

Have you stayed awake late at night, staring at the ceiling, wondering, "What is Facebook's Wedge technology, and what does it mean?"

365 Data Centers, a provider of hosting services and co-location facilities that is planning an expansion, has raised $16 million in Series B funding in addition to a $55

Big telecom players are once again eyeing data-center acquisitions. Word on the street -- or at least on Bloomberg -- is that CenturyLink (CTL) is looking to acquire Rackspace

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

This week is the week of VMworld, VWware's conference baby, the show where the world gathers to see the future of data center and virtualization technologies. I wasn't able

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

A group of VMware alumni have launched Platform9, a cloud networking management platform designed to give private cloud networks the look, feel, and functionality of public cloud networks such

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

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

Flash storage specialist SanDisk (SNDK), a well-performing company whose stock has recently been hitting new highs, will acquire storage system maker Fusion-io (FIO) for $1.1B in cash, adding another

Earlier this week, Ciena launched the 8700 Packetwave, an important new line of optical networking boxes aimed at solving the challenges of handling the boom in cloud applications and

Shares of Arista Networks (ANET) soared on its trading debut today on Nasdaq, jumping 35 percent above a final offering price of $43, giving the company a market capitalization

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