Cisco will integrate the Citrix NetScaler application delivery controller (ADC) technology into the Cisco Unified Fabric Cloud Network Services portfolio. Specifically, the Citrix NetScaler 1000V will be sold by Cisco...
Cumulus Networks, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, emerged from stealth to unveil its Linux operating system for data center networking. Cumulus Linux, which is already in large-scale commercial deployment...
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Savvis, the data center and IT infrastructure division of CenturyLink, has acquired AppFog, a Platform-as-a-Service provider that is hosting more than 150,000 applications. Financial terms were not disclosed. AppFog, which...
NTT Communications will deploy VMware network virtualization as a core technology for its new cloud service, Enterprise Cloud (EC). Specifically, NTT Com will use VMware network virtualization as a network...
Cyan is conducting a live multi-vendor, SDN demonstration showing how network operators can offer their customers the ability to dynamically spin up data center virtual machines (VMs), along with virtualized...
VMTurbo is rolling out a number of enhancement to its Operations Manager for software-defined control for cloud and virtualized environments. The Operations Manager 4.0 uses an analytic engine to drive...
XO Communications' newly launched cloud service is being hosted from CoreSite's facilities in Northern Virginia and Los Angeles. XO is deploying at CoreSite's One Wilshire campus in Los Angeles, which...
Panzura, a start-up based in San Jose, California, raised $25 million in Series D funding for its cloud storage solution. Panzura offers a cloud-integrated storage system for enterprises with network...
IBM agreed to acquire SoftLayer Technologies, which operates 13 data centers in the United States, Asia and Europe. Financial terms were not disclosed. Bloomberg valued the deal at about $2...
Amazon Web Services has expanded its identity federation capabilities to support web identity federation. AWS said this enables developers to create cloud-backed mobile apps that use public identity providers such...
Colt Technology Services announced "the largest cloud footprint in Europe" via its data centers in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Switzerland. Colt is using a standardised orchestration layer...
A new CloudEthernet Forum has been established to address the specific issues of scaling and applying suitable Ethernet services to meet the stringent demands of delivering cloud services. The CloudEthernet...
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