News OpenDaylight SDN Controller Marks Adoption Gains with 9th Release By David Ramel 09/17/2018 The ninth release of the OpenDaylight software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) platform is out, adding new functionality and marking adoption gains. The platform provides an open source SDN controller for enterprise networking implementations. The platform release — named […]
Archives for September 2018
VMware Publishes NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.3 Release Notes
News VMware Publishes NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.3 Release Notes By Wendy A Hernandez 09/12/2018 VMware Inc. quietly released NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.3 yesterday. Formerly known as NSX for vSphere, NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.3 “addresses a number of specific customer bugs,” according to the VMware Release Notes, but does not […]
Artificial Intelligence could make good health-care available to everyone in the world…
Awesome, not awesome. #Awesome“…a recent paper made the case that AI advances could help decrease global health-care discrepancies, particularly for people who live far away from urban centers. Researchers from Georgetown University and the nonprofit Washington Institute for Health Sciences noted that maternal mortality rate (often used as a signal for overall quality of health-care availability), […]
New Initiative Reimagines Data Architectures with Hybrid Model
News New Initiative Reimagines Data Architectures with Hybrid Model By David Ramel 09/11/2018 A new initiative aims to reimagine existing data architectures with a hybrid focus, providing a unified architecture for on-premises, multi-cloud and edge environments. With a strong open source component, the effort, spearheaded by Big Data specialist Hortonworks, also enlists IBM and Red […]
Survey: Firms Struggle to Keep Pace with SDN, Other Networking Changes
News Survey: Firms Struggle to Keep Pace with SDN, Other Networking Changes By David Ramel 09/11/2018 Network analytics firm Kentik recently published a study on network management, finding that firms are struggling to keep pace with new developments in the industry. “Between multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) and software-defined networking (SDN), there were about 15 years […]
VMware Tools 10.3.0 Recalled
News VMware Tools 10.3.0 Recalled By Wendy A Hernandez 09/10/2018 Last week VMware Inc. recalled VMware Tools 10.3.0 due to a “functional issue with 10.3.0 in ESXi 6.5.” The knowledge base (KB) article, “VMware Tools Version 10.3.0 Recall and Workaround Recommendations (57796),” describes the symptoms and cause and details the resolution, stating:“Action is required if […]
IDG Contributor Network: Visibility is key for devops and the hybrid cloud
Cloud has undoubtedly become a key component of successful business in recent years, especially when you consider the race to digitally transform. Across the globe, companies are moving their applications and services to the cloud and are consequently reaping the benefits of lower capex and opex as a result. However, with this process, cloud migration […]
Microsoft Touts SDN in Windows Server 2019
News Microsoft Touts SDN in Windows Server 2019 By David Ramel 09/06/2018 As if to back up its contention that software-defined networking has gone “mainstream,” Microsoft is continuing to tout the SDN capabilities in its upcoming Windows Server 2019 OS. The company has been all over the game-changing networking technology in a series of blog […]
What to expect when the internet gets a big security upgrade
Ready or not, the upgrade to an important internet security operation may soon be launched. Then again, it might not. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will meet the week of Sept. 17 and will likely decide whether or not to give the go ahead on its multi-year project to upgrade the […]