I've been banging the table about how network security is the hottest application for Software Defined Networking (SDN). This week, Big Switch Networks confirms this trend with the release

After years of anticipation, Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers has finally announced his retirement. Cisco's Board of Directors today appointed long-time Cisco executive Chuck Robbins as the company's

Verizon today announced its long-awaited Software Defined Network (SDN) strategy, which includes almost all of its incumbent equipment suppliers but lacks details about how this strategy will be executed.

As the shares of cybersecurity companies zoom to new heights, there may be good reason: The topic of information and network security remains the number one issue for customers

Martin Taylor, the Chief Technical Officer of Metaswitch Networks, has been working in software protocols and networking for more than 20 years. He joined Metaswitch in 2004 after pioneering

When Nokia (NYSE:NOK) announced that it would be acquiring Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU), a curious thing happened: Both stocks fell.

(Warning: Disturbing and potentially offensive analysis of the telco hardware business ahead -- spanning four entire pages! Sedatives or perhaps stimulants may be needed, depending on whom you work

It's happening! Two large organizations supporting service-provider technology efforts, the MEF and the TM Forum, have agreed to collaborate on programs to push new technology for orchestrating and coordinating

Illumio today announced it has raised a $100 million investment round from big-name investors to pursue its security solutions for virtualized environments.

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is gaining traction in mobile networks, and mobile infrastructure startup Affirmed Networks is emerging as one of the leaders.

The white-box world is growing in influence, so it's time to learn about what applications and use cases can take it to the next level. We'll be covering this

Network as a Service (NaaS) provider Aryaka announced this morning that it has closed $16 million in funding, led by Nexus Venture Partners and joined by existing investors Trinity

As I've been pointing out, the optical players have been going after the data-center market with a fervor. And the emergence of 100G optical as a data-center connectivity technology

The open-source craze continues. Cyanogen Inc., a company that builds an open-source flavor of the Android operating system (OS), has announced that it has raised $80 million in Series

Long-time readers of The Rayno Report know that we have a tradition of creating a "model portfolio" for investing every year, in which we pick 12 growing and profitable

The Optical Fiber Conference (OFC) runs next week in Los Angeles, and some Wall Street analysts are looking forward to some peppy activity among the optical networking names, including

The Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) drumbeat continues. CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) and Cyan (Nasdaq: CYNI) today announced that CenturyLink will use Cyan’s Blue Planet NFV Orchestrator to deliver NFV services

Last week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, I launched The Rayno Report's latest premium research report on Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO), a developing market we project to be

BARCELONA -- Mobile World Congress (MWC) -- Yes, 2015 will be a big year for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) technology. Large global service providers are beginning to deploy revenue-driving

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

This week, private co-location and cloud services provider 365 Data Centers announced 2014 milestones that included double-digit and record quarterly sales growth, reflecting the strong demand in the Tier-2

Whitebox networking is all the rage. HP (NYSE: HPQ) last week announced it was teaming with Cumulus to deliver whiteboxes. And Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO) recently explained on a conference