Networking - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Cisco upgrades intent-based-networking performance, security, analytics

  The new DNA Center software integrates a ThousandEyes agent to improve network intelligence monitoring and strengthen security.

• Will open networking lock businesses in?

  While open networking may sound like it’s made up of interoperating parts that make for greater flexibility, it’s more difficult to achieve.

• Cisco takes first steps towards network-as-a-service

  Cisco has taken a big step forward with its first network-as-a-service offering that ultimately will let customers buy enterprise-network hardware and software components on an as-needed basis.

• Cloudflare attempts to become corporate network backbone with centralised management and security

  Magic WAN and Magic Firewall aim to simplify linking sites and data centres while allowing organisations to better enforce security policies.

• How networking software can ease multi-cloud management complexity

  Cloud providers offer security and networking tools that third-party platforms can abstract to make management simpler for enterprise IT teams.

• Meg Whitman tells IT leaders everything they need to know about HP Enterprise

  In a recent interview, HP Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman discusses her firm's RD strategy and how it differentiates itself from other IT vendors in areas including cloud computing and hyper-converged infrastructure, among others. She also talks about HP's image problem.

• ​Cisco stays clear of HP and Juniper as ethernet switch market growth flattens

  “Overall revenue and port shipment growth rebounded somewhat in 3Q15..."

• ​Delving deep into the datacentre... The definitive trends of 2016

  “Data centre technologies are emerging and evolving at an astounding pace."

• ​Rich history of channel innovation as Westcon Group turns 30

  “It is with tremendous pride that we celebrate this milestone in the history of our company."

• ​Data centre priorities change as Software-Defined Networking adoption rises in enterprise

  "Traditional approaches to wide-area networking no longer meet the needs of business."

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