Yes, it's very early to be sizing up NFV. But you've got to start somewhere, and the process can highlight what questions are still lingering, as Dell'Oro Group found

Telecom equipment vendor BTI had an eventful 2013 as it started targeting data-center interconnect and plowed money into R&D. Now the company has another infusion of cash, its third

Shaygan Kheradpir is getting high marks from analysts, some of whom met the Juniper CEO for the first time just before Mobile World Congress. They think he's got a

The Shaygan Kheradpir era kicks into gear, as the new Juniper CEO announces his new operating plan. A new product philosophy, a tightened customer focus, and of course, cost

Bethany Mayer has been highly visible as the head of HP's networking business and its aggressive push into SDN and OpenFlow. Now, HP is reportedly calling on her to

Lanham Napier is walking way from Rackspace after about 14 years, saying the job of running the $1.5B-a-year company was wearing him down. His departure means we'll see the

As IT changes, so must its culture — so said a panel of experts convened at a Dell event last week. Replacing the former hordes of computer science majors

Three weeks into his new job, Juniper CEO Shaygan Kheradpir delivers his first earnings call and outlines a restrucutring plan to come. More layoffs seem to be in the

After stepping down as CEO, Guido Appenzeller was supposed to take the title of CTO. Plans change, though, and it's now Rob Sherwood taking the CTO role, with Appenzeller

VMware finally gets a CTO, a year after Steve Herrod left; Cyan and Procera won't bring post-holiday cheer to Q4 results; CloudNFV expands its potential 'as-a-service' arsenal; Microsoft might

Kevin Johnson's successor will be Shaygan Keradpir, who's taking the CEO spot on Jan. 1. He's been at Barclays, the kind of high-powered enterprise that companies like Juniper want

We've picked a handful of industry names (some more seriously than others) to fill Kevin Johnson's shoes. The key is that Juniper has to choose a leader — and

Actually, is it really NFV's fault that MobileNext tanked? Analysts didn't think Juniper's product for the LTE mobile-network core ever had much of a chance, but Juniper can now

SDN: Are You Sure You Want Applications To Program The Network?

BlueKai CEO Omar Tawakol, who just landed $21 million in financing and whose company has an interesting vision for the future of the Internet advertising industry, spoke with The