Steve Herrod is a pioneer in cloud computing and virtualization. He's probably best known as the former Senior Vice President of Research and Development at VMware, the fast-growing virtualization

Networking technology provider Infinera (INFN) today announced that it is shipping its Cloud Xpress product, a small optical networking platform targeted at datacenter connectivity. Cloud Express is part of

Riverbed Technology Inc. (RVBD), which earlier in the year fell prey to activist investor Elliott Management Corp., has agreed to be acquired for $3.6 billion by private-equity firm Thoma

Networking technology provider Ciena (CIEN) reported a fourth quarter 2014 loss of 16 cents per share on Thursday night, but its shares responded positively, with much of the bad

Network security specialist Palo Alto Networks (PANW) is rapidly climbing the market-share charts, enjoying quick revenue growth as cloud operations drive new network security installations, according to networking hardware

Networking is on the verge of big changes in Palo Alto Networks' favor, co-founder Nir Zuk says in this discussion about firewall virtualization, cloud security, and the future of

In filing a major lawsuit against rival networking technology company Arista Networks (ANET) on Friday, Cisco (CSCO) has done some initial damage in what is likely to be a

Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) today announced that it is suing Arista Networks Inc. (ANET), the data-center switching company that was founded by Cisco alumni and recently went public.

Pluribus has released the next iteration of its network virtualization software, Netvisor 2.2, as well as results from the Securities Technologies Analysis Center (STAC) benchmark associated with one of

Networking technology provider Ciena (CIEN) is looking to step up the development of the Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) market with the introduction of Agility Matrix, a broad platform for

As my monthly communcations bills start to approach my mortgage payments, I was wondering whether I was the only one that had this unique financial problem. Apparently not. Spending

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.

F5 veteran Karl Triebes gives a wide-ranging interview on the biggest network security threats of the moment, and the evolving approaches to combatting them.

As you may know, sustainability is emerging as a key component of cloud technology and data centers. Whether it's Facebook, Amazon, or BMW, companies are in search of more

Washington D.C. -- Wedge Networks, a cloud security startup based in Calgary, Alberta, this week launched Cloud Network Defense, a cloud-based security platform that uses deep packet inspection (DPI)

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Verizon is working on a large trial of "white boxes" that use commodity server technology to deliver next-generation networking and telecom services, according to several sources.

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

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

The rumor mills of Silicon Valley are working overtime speculating about why Juniper Networks CEO Shaygan Kheradpir suddenly resigned last week from a corner-office job that could have paid

Not a bad quarter for Cisco, given that the bottom has fallen out of the emerging markets and service provider business.

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,

Sneaky AT&T. On Friday afternoon, after markets had closed and many business participants had moved on to either cocktails or other weekend plans, the global service provider announced in

It has not been a great earnings season for the networking hardware equipment makers, especially those in the service provider segment. All through the food chain, from chips to