Donovan's departure follows a busy summer where he played a key role in landing major deals with Microsoft and IBM to advance AT&T’s push into the cloud.

Big Switch says its software-defined networking products are “ideally suited” for cloud providers’ on-premises plays such as AWS Outposts.

MEF unveiled the first standardized definition for SD-WAN

The jClarity team has been a contributor to the AdoptOpenJDK project that helps users build binaries of OpenJDK for platforms like Linux and Windows.

Adtran upgraded its Mosaic software-defined access suite with new features aimed at improving network visibility into the home with WiFi analytics and equipment monitoring from SmartRG.

Pureport’s SDN-based platform with its layer 3 connections to public clouds “sits between the lanes of a cloud on ramp and an SD-WAN vendor,” says VP Gary McAuliffe.

5G opens the window for Cisco, Juniper, and VMware; Splunk killers unite; and VMware tops SDN revenues.

Dish Network's vision for a completely software-defined network using virtualized network functions and equipment and software from less traditional vendors is relatively unproven.

Software-Defined Interconnect (SDI) allows Verizon customers to connect their private networks to an Equinix data center via API.

AT&T Business will become IBM’s primary provider of SDN and IBM will help AT&T improve and migrate its business applications to IBM Cloud.

VMware took first with 22% of in-use SDN revenue and Cisco second with 19%. Arista, white box vendors, and Huawei rounded out the top five.

Coherent technology allows you to send optical signals over long distances, such as between two data centers in a city, or even across a country

The ONEx technology uses a patented algorithm designed to improve the exchange and transmission of data across global enterprise networks.

Acacia, an existing Cisco supplier, makes high-speed optical interconnect products for cloud and service providers and data center operators.

The updates ensure interoperability between a 3GPP-defined management system and ETSI’s NFV Management and Orchestration (MANO) system.

CenturyLink also connects to Microsoft Azure and Equinix expands its collaboration with IBM Cloud to support hybrid cloud deployments.

The joint product, which combines AT&T multi-access edge compute services and HPE’s converged edge systems, targets customers in manufacturing, healthcare, and stadiums.

The vendor also introduced a new high-end, mission-critical storage platform called Primera. It comes with a 100% availability guaranteed.

The enhanced performance now matches that of its hyperscaler-focused Tomahawk line, though the vendor hinted at performance update to that chip coming soon.

The acquisition follows a spate of recent silicon vendor acquisitions and comes as Intel exited the 5G business — and reportedly lost a bidding war with rival Nvidia for

Cisco kicked off Cisco Live with a series of updates to its intent-based networking architecture to resolve IT challenges across every domain of the network.

The vendor also launched a new security program that builds on its earlier Design For Security process, which tests each product prior to commercial release.

The companies won’t reveal the purchase price, but Cisco has paid billions for IoT startups in the past.

BT will use Juniper’s Contrail SDN, AppFormix monitoring software, and QFX Series ethernet switches.