In March, The Rayno Report told you about an exciting new market developing for service-provider software called Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO). We projected the total opportunity for LSO technologies

The Rayno Report held another one of our social events on CrowdChat, LinkedIn, and Twitter on July 27. The topic was #NFV, or Network Functions Virtualization. The event covered

Plexxi Inc., a Nashua, N.H.-based startup that is building a Software Defined Networking (SDN) optical switch, is back in the spotlight with the release of a new product, the

Last week Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) announced it is buying OpenDNS for the healthy price tag of $625 million. It's nice if you can get it. The deal shows Cisco

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) startup Pica8 has won a deal to supply white-box switches to build the network fabric at the TouIX Internet exchange, based in Toulouse, France. The Pica8

Silver Peak Systems, which has been known primarily as a Wide-Area Network (WAN) optimization player over the past few years, is adding Software-Defined WAN technology to its portfolio with

Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) startup Viptela has landed Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel) as a customer, where Viptela's technology will be used to deliver the Singtel ConnectPlus SD-WAN service.

This week in San Francisco, Apple is running its Worldwide Developers Conference, which affords it even more ways to hog the technology news cycle by announcing many new tech

This week, the Rayno Report hosted another social chat on the rise of Software Defined Networking (SDN) technology in service-provider networks, referred to on Twitter as #carrierSDN. The goal

Alcatel-Lucent today introduced its Network Services Platform (NSP), a Software Defined Networking (SDN) provisioning and control system that automatically manages and balances bandwidth and network services over several different

BOSTON -- NEC's Netcracker division today released an upgrade of its telecom software suite, Netcracker 10, which is tackling the evolving convergence of Operations Support Systems (OSS), Billing Support

Last night was the last call -- the last quarterly earnings call for Cisco CEO John Chambers. His legacy on Wall Street will be a masterful management of earnings

Verizon is buying AOL for $4.4 billion. The offer of $50 per share represents a premium of 17.4 percent on AOL's Monday close of $42.59. The deal has been

The optical equipment consolidation predicted by many is continuing, as key optical players reposition themselves for Software Defined Networking (SDN) and growth in the data center. This week's big

The Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) players are tanking up for what is likely to be an epic fight. CloudGenix today announced that it has closed $25 million in Series

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

[Editor: This story was updated to add more details about sales of Cisco white-box Nexus switches to Facebook.]

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

(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.