The Workbench product is a desktop development tool that now uses Microsoft Visual Studio Code for direct access to device programming.

eBay ditches OpenStack in favor of Kubernetes and Docker; AT&T awards 5G contracts; Arista makes second acquisition.

Sprint's Aaron Hinkle also weighed in on SDN: “When you move to the edge you have to be able to do a full SDN deployment.”

Paired with the P4 programming language, Barefoot’s Tofino chip gives users the freedom to design what the chip can do.

Vodafone said Juniper’s Contrail Service Orchestrator is a key part of the platform because it provides customers with a self-service portal.

The CCVPN use case allows for the orchestration of an operator’s underlying optical transport network and overlay SD-WAN in a way to support the peering of inter-operator VPN service

The two vendors are offering connectivity and SD-WAN over Ericsson’s private network. The offering looks similar to Aryaka’s.

The company’s SD-WAN network now is available in 30 countries in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Dell EMC brings hardware production in-house, dumps Celestica; Microsoft buys AI firm Lob; and Deutsche Telekom makes updates to Bavaria mobile network.

Both companies were focused on infrastructure, and yet there was very little overlap in their product lines.

Historically, SAP’s in-house team looked after its IT real estate, supported by a variety of different technology companies, including Verizon. But now, it’s sending more work Verizon’s way.

The company is a heavyweight in the Ethernet switch space but has room to make up in 5G and IoT.

The service mesh's 2.0 update is focused on easing deployment for service owners compared to other platforms like Istio.

SDN and NFV are contributing to the growth of interconnection because these technologies make it easier for customers to consume more bandwidth.

Distributed computing with Red Hat OpenStack Platform allows the Contrail Edge Cloud to remotely manage the lifecycle of compute nodes and virtual machines (VMs) from a centralized data center

The SDN company hired Cisco's Avinash Parwaney as VP of engineering.

Microsoft introduces Azure DevOps; OpenDaylight releases Fluorine ; and Sprint and Nokia collaborate on 5G.

The service is targeted to mobile virtual network operators, cable operators that want to provide a mobile service, and traditional mobile operators that want to expand outside of their

Barefoot says its Tofino chip is used for more than just “niche” applications, and the P4 programming language gives it gravitas.

T-Mobile is using Cisco’s virtualized packet core throughout its network today and will use it as it upgrades to a 5G packet core.

For Airship, the most pressing issue is minimizing the impact on network operations during more frequent update cycles.

Its pièce de résistance is to use software-defined networking to take resources from clouds and on-premises data centers and make it look like it’s a single data center, all

Juniper will integrate the Mist Learning WLAN with Juniper’s Contrail SD-WAN technology.

Aryaka names new CEO (again); Former AlienVault CEO will now head AT&T cybersecurity; and Kontron absorbs Inocybe leadership in acquisition.