News Research Brief Summarizes Trends in Multi-Cloud Deployments By David Ramel 10/21/2019 Research firm IDC recently published a Cisco-sponsored “infobrief” on cloud trends in 2019 and beyond, specifically to explore the complexities of multicloud applications. IDC surveyed some 2,200 IT decision-makers to compile the report, titled “Transforming Applications and Multicloud Operations.” “Multicloud deployments are now […]
Microsoft Unveils Kubernetes, Microservices Open Source Projects
News Microsoft Unveils Kubernetes, Microservices Open Source Projects By Kurt Mackie 10/18/2019 Microsoft, known for its recent, dramatic embrace of open source, has unveiled two more projects it’s donating to the community, the Open Application Model (OAM), for Kubernetes, and the Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr), for microservices. The company, teaming up with Alibaba Cloud, on […]
Now Ready for Production: Amazon Relational Database Service on VMware
News Now Ready for Production: Amazon Relational Database Service on VMware By David Ramel 10/17/2019 Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) on VMware is now ready for production on the Amazon Web Services cloud, delivering AWS-managed relational databases in on-premises VMware environments. After announcing a preview in September 2018, AWS this week announced its general availability. […]
CloudBolt Updates Enterprise Cloud Management Platform
News CloudBolt Updates Enterprise Cloud Management Platform By David Ramel 10/16/2019 CloudBolt Software updated its cloud management platform for enterprises, targeting hybrid management strategies. CloudBolt 9.0 (Cumulus) provides a single pane of glass that organizations can use to simplify the management of multiple cloud platforms and offerings, including the company said. The company’s Web site […]
Research Firm’s Hype Cycle Report: ‘SDN Has Become Obsolete’
News Research Firm’s Hype Cycle Report: ‘SDN Has Become Obsolete’ By David Ramel 10/14/2019 Among many things included in research firm Gartner Inc.’s “Hype Cycle” report on enterprise networking for 2019 is this nugget of guidance about the software-defined networking (SDN) movement: “SD-WAN continues rapid movement as a mainstream technology, while software-defined networking (SDN) has […]
Research Firm Attributes Q2 SD-WAN Surge to Router Replacement
News Research Firm Attributes Q2 SD-WAN Surge to Router Replacement By David Ramel 10/11/2019 Noting a surge in the software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) market, research firm IHS Markit claimed the disruptive technology was entering a “router replacement phase.” “In our discussions with vendors, it has become apparent that most recognize SD-WAN as a mainstream technology,” […]
Microsoft Partners with Pivotal for Managed Spring Boot Azure Service
News Microsoft Partners with Pivotal for Managed Spring Boot Azure Service By Kurt Mackie 10/09/2019 Microsoft has teamed up with Pivotal Software to launch a private preview of Azure Spring Cloud, seeking to ease the development of Java-based cloud microservices. The idea is to help developers focus on building scalable microservices rather than more mundane […]
MEF Gets Partner for SD-WAN Service Standards Effort
News MEF Gets Partner for SD-WAN Service Standards Effort By David Ramel 10/08/2019 Industry association MEF is partnering with ONUG (formerly Open Networking User Group) to further its efforts to develop requirements and standards in the software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) space. As we reported in August, MEF finalized a global SD-WAN standard, what it called […]
AT&T Submits White-Box Router Spec for Open Computing
News AT&T Submits White-Box Router Spec for Open Computing By David Ramel 10/07/2019 AT&T submitted specifications for a new white-box architecture to the Open Compute Project (OCP), targeting service provider-class routers with chips optimized for 400 gigabits per second (400G) speeds to meet evolving network demands. Those demands result from new technologies such as 5G […]
ADTRAN Targets SMBs, Distributed Enterprises with SD-WAN
News ADTRAN Targets SMBs, Distributed Enterprises with SD-WAN By David Ramel 10/04/2019 Network access products specialist ADTRAN announced a new software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) offering that targets the small and medium-sized business (SMB) and distributed enterprise markets. The company, which touts its next-generation open networking and subscriber experience software, said it “gives voice” to those […]