In the cloud and security realm, VMware's NSX has landed a notable customer.

Carrier SDN will drive new software called Lifecycle Service Orchestration, the next step beyond OSS/BSS.

HP is taking mobility to the campus with new products it announced today at Interop.

What would it take to watch every frickin' packet on the network?

Winner gets a pair of SDxCentral socks. We're not kidding.

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Acquire or be acquired? That's not how CEO Rami Rahim sees it.

The speed and scope of DevOps just broadens the network security problem.

Francisco Partners offers $240M to acquire the beleagured deep packet inspection (DPI) specialist.

A new spin on the white box turns it into a host for SDN/NFV functions.

An upbeat earnings report overall, featuring NSX, AirWatch, and vCloud Air.

Big Switch Networks and Cyphort have just announced a new partnership that will bring a SDN defense product to market by combining Big Tap and Advanced Threat Defense Platform.

QoS inside a VXLAN tunnel is among the proto-SDN features AlcaLu is touting for its OmniSwitch.

As if VXLAN needed another rival. But labeled BGP, ancient by SDN standards, has carrier appeal, Pica8 claims.

Juniper, DevOps, and RSA itself — it's a packed week at the annual security confab.

Broadcom's Trident II Gets a VXLAN Booster

Nokia hires an ex-Cisco exec; Cyan's 100G win; CradlePoint's Series B; and more.

The Googles and Facebooks aren't necessarily set in their choices of Ethernet switches.

Nokia shoots and scores, with assists from Sprint and the French government.

Well, that was quick. Two days after rumors started, Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent announce a $16.6B hookup.

A megamerger could be trouble for Ericsson and even for Juniper.

Acquisition faces political scrutiny.

A 'single source of truth' for IT.

A massive round for the security startup.