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Cisco moves Catalyst, Nexus management to the cloud

Cisco is adding a cloud-based option to its on premises management offering for its Catalyst networking and Nexus data centre gear.

Cisco's ThousandEyes predicts SD-WAN problems

Cisco's ThousandEyes WAN Insights service provides forecasts and SD-WAN policy recommendations for optimising enterprise network sites.

AWS turns-up mainframe migration service

Amazon Web Services has officially opened its mainframe-migration service that promises to help Big Iron customers move apps to the cloud.

Cisco adds to network training line-up with Cisco U. launch

New educational unit lets network pros follow goal-based learning paths to earn Cisco certifications or build specific skill sets to prepare for new roles.

Extreme Networks unveils high-end Universal Switch, SD-WAN service

Extreme Networks has extended its Universal Switch subscription package aimed at offering customers more flexible enterprise networking options.

Cisco launches SASE service, offers cloud roadmap

Cisco has made a variety of security upgrades to move security operation to the cloud and improve its Secure Access Service Edge offering.

How network service mesh links multi-cloud workloads

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation is developing technology to link multi-cloud enterprise workloads at the network layer regardless of where they are running.

Kyndryl teams up with Cisco on edge networking, private cloud, managed services

Kyndryl has partnered with Cisco to help enterprise customers implement a broad range of technologies from private 5G to data centre gear to edge devices.

Arista switches target low-latency, high-density networks

Arista’s new switches are aimed helping customers consolidate servers, network and FPGA devices to reduce footprint, cabling, and power consumption.

How will Broadcom and VMware move enterprise networking forward?

Broadcom's planned acquisition of VMware might open opportunities to reach enterprise and telco companies alike with innovative technology.

Enterprises grapple with security, operational complexity in hybrid cloud environments

Greater collaboration between networking and cloud teams can increase security, efficiency, and cloud application performance, according to a new report.

Rumoured Broadcom purchase of VMware could raise enterprise concerns

If chipmaker Broadcom buys VMware, enterprise customers should watch out for whether the deal hampers the software vendor’s innovation.

Cisco problems: $15B backlog, China COVID worries, impact of war in Ukraine

Global uncertainties created by ongoing COVID closures and the war in Ukraine continues to impact business for Cisco and its networking competitors.

Juniper's enterprise networking business is on a roll

Enterprise networking led the company in Q1 revenue for first time in Juniper's history, surpassing its service provider and cloud segments.

Intel details IPU roadmap in the data centre

Intel is betting that future data centre operations will depend on increasingly powerful servers running ASIC-based, programable CPUs.

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