Tazari looks to build on Packet's bare metal cloud model, launching a working edge platform by 2019, and improving on its hardware and software offerings.

Company CEO Rajeev Suri brushed aside market share concerns at the telecom giant but did admit to losing contracts in a “small number” of Verizon markets.

Microsoft's venture fund, M12, is just one of the VC firms pouring money into security startups.

The Israeli-based company is focused on helping mid-sized businesses migrate operations to the cloud as part of their digital transformation.

At the annual Google Next conference the company launched an integrated portfolio of cloud services that combine open source projects with Google’s cloud infrastructure and security services.

Adding Feger is the latest in a number of hires by F5 as it shifts its business model to prepare for 5G, IoT, and the cloud.

“We believe we are the first to come to the market with 400 Gig,” says Juniper’s CTO.

Both vendors were recently labeled as "challengers" by IHS Markit in the optical networking space behind heavyweights Cisco, Ciena, Huawei, and Nokia.

CEO Devesh Garg says the company’s operating system isn’t limited by legacy software or hardware and can take advantage of innovations in the underlying silicon.

There is more interest in training than there is good quality training available, says the Linux Foundation.

Sylabs is offering $2,500 to any non-employee that refers a developer that is eventually hired by the company.

Programmable chips will play a key role in 5G networks because complex processing will be necessary in the baseband and the base station.

Sift’s product, Cloud Hunter, uses machine learning, analytics, and graph visualization capabilities to detect and respond to threats across infrastructure-as-a-service platforms.

A former Huawei employee says he was fired for refusing to use a fake company name to gain access to the private TIP gathering. Huawei says this is just

Following the tumultuous purchase of Brocade (that reportedly led to the layoffs of 1,100 employees) and the blocked purchase of Qualcomm — Broadcom seeks to diversify its portfolio with

“We didn’t know the term SD-WAN,” said SimpleWAN’s CEO. But he needed some way to remotely manage the IT network of branch offices.

The company also purchased a seven-story building in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which it is designating as its North American headquarters.

Randy Pond spent 22 years at Cisco before leaving in 2015. It’s speculated that his hiring means Pensando may soon come out of stealth mode.

A brief look into what six companies are doing with their internal STEM programs to ensure that the next generation of employees are prepared.

Apple snubs Intel's 5G modem for its next-gen iPhone; ZTE names a new CEO; Ericsson opens a 5G lab in Delhi, India; InterDigital shows a 5G control plane.

Diane Bryant leaves Google Cloud after 7 months; Equifax hires former IBM executive to serve as its CTO; Riverbed creates a new position - chief customer officer.

A complete buyout of VMware by Dell Technologies would have likely sparked an employee and shareholder revolt. But that option may still be on the table.

Ericsson prevails in EPC; Kubernetes preps to replace OpenStack, VMware; AT&T dumps its data center assets.

Under the agreement, Dell Technologies will buy VMware tracking stock. This will allow Dell to go public (again) and pay down its debt.