Clouds and Carriers

Huawei introduced its CE12816 CloudEngine (CE) switch for the data center core, boasting the largest capacity in the industry at 64 Tbps. The new switch uses Huawei's next-generation VRP8 software...

Riverbed introduced the ability for cloud providers to deliver application delivery controller-as-a-service (ADCaaS) via its Stingray Services Controller.  The idea is to enable an "ADC per application" deployment model instead...

Juniper Networks introduced its JunosV Contrail Contrail Controller for software-defined networks (SDN). The JunosV Contrail, which is currently in trials with service provider and enterprise customers, virtualizes the network to...

Sprint launched a CloudCompute infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solution that integrates CSC’s virtualized, utility-based cloud computing solution with its Sprint Global MPLS network. Sprint said its "cloud-aware" Global MPLS network is congestion-free,...

Big Switch Networks named Prashant Gandhi as vice president of product management, where he will oversee the company’s complete Open SDN Suite, which includes Big Network Controller, Big Virtual Switch,...

Brocade outlined an "On-Demand Data Center" Strategy for evolving networks toward a highly virtualized, open and flexible infrastructure. Brocade's strategy will leverage its VCS Fabric technology as its foundation.  The...

BT announced the international launch of its Cloud Compute service, offering "pay as you go" cloud pricing and consistent levels of quality, security and service from BT. BT Cloud Compute...

EarthLink announced the opening of a new data center in Dallas. EarthLink said it is also preparing to open three additional data centers in Chicago, San Jose and Miami in...

Amazon Web Services is currently storing two trillion objects in its S3 cloud storage service, double the number of just one year ago (it took the first six years of...

Intel introduced three platforms for software defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV). The product launch includes: The Intel Open Network Platform Switch Reference Design, previously codenamed "Seacliff Trail,"...

Nuage Networks and Red Hat are collaborating to certify an OpenStack Quantum plug-in for Red Hat’s planned enterprise cloud management solution, Red Hat OpenStack. Quantum is an OpenStack project to...

Click here to see video:  http://youtu.be/cbnm1iraM_c Industry leaders share their views on where Software Defined Networking stands in the market today.  Is it still just hype or have real use...

Rackspace announced plans to build and run a linked global cloud network for large service providers. The Rackspace public cloud aims to be the largest OpenStack-based public cloud in the...