So much for fears about the flash-storage market. Nimble Storage (NMBL) boomed in its IPO on Friday, rising 60% above its initial public offering IPO price. This morning the

What can a Cisco investor do? Wait, and hope the stock stops dropping. The stock, now in a bad downtrend, dropped again this week both before and after Cisco

Violin Memory should serve to refresh investors' own memories of the dangers of technology IPO froth. You know what that means -- among the few gems going public, you

A few weeks ago I caught up with Scott Raney, a partner with Redpoint Ventures focusing on IT and consumer technology. He is knowledgable in cloud computing, on-demand software,

Now that everyone in the US has recovered from their Thanksgiving dinners--and hopefully worked all those extra calories off--we're announcing winners of our Turkeys of SDN competition. Read on

BOSTON -- Plexxi, a data networking company based in the Boston area, may be the zen startup of data networking -- it is both "hot" and quiet at the

Continuing the strong trend of a volatile and aggressively traded optical sector, optical-networking component maker Finisar raised eyebrows with a second-quarter fiscal year earnings release that beat estimates and

How's that for a headline? I work on the Internets, so I need to get Google's attention.

While the frothy world of speculative excess bubbles up in social-media IPOs, Tesla, and Bitcoin, the same cannot be said for the old-school networking business, where hardware margins and

With Microsoft drawing closer to the era of its next CEO, it's becoming clear that its Xbox division is coming under closer scrutiny as a potential spinoff candidate.

With the Thanksgiving season upon us here in the United States, we thought it might be a good time to run a fun little competition at SDNCentral on the

Most digital advertising is bullshit. Especially the ad networks. These stories are everywhere. And I just heard another one, on the phone. Want proof? It's already out there. And

Certain technologies get "hot" and take over the world. Others emerge as over-hyped but then fade back into obscurity. It's clear that WebRTC -- the evolving group of technology

Tell me if this has ever happened to you: Your work in some large inter-galactic corporate empire. The CEO, who has a Ph.D. from MIT and advanced degrees from

Cisco shares tanked 10% in after-hours trading on Wednesday following an earnings call in which it announced only 2% year-over-year growth and issued a profit warning going forward.

In joining the OpenDaylight Project as its first executive director, Neela Jacques got to hear a lot — a whole lot — about why the open-source SDN effort is

As Rayno Report has been reporting, the optical stocks have been on a nice little rollar coaster recently, selling off viciously after what was a pretty spectacular run boosted

Stealthy data startup Jut announced last week it has secured $20 million in series B financing. This is an interesting company to watch with an experienced management and investment

This Twitter IPO. WTF. A giant public celebration of people getting rich on 140 characters or less?

Well, the Insieme Networks folks have been payed off. The startup showed just how important it was, as Cisco announced today that was aquiring Insieme for $860 million as

This is going to be fun. Arista, the current wunderkind of networking technology in Silicon Valley, on Monday launched a series of high-powered data-center switches. It also drafted a

There is a lot of hype about "big data" these days. But the data isn't just big, it's fast. And that means different things to different people. It's got

In the tech world, Big Data and Hadoop are all the rage. You can tell the marketing folks aren't really sure what it all means yet, but know they

Check out our latest interview in our NFV Interview Series! This time, we get the MSO perspective on SDN and NFV as we chat with Chris Donley, Director, Advanced