Silver Peak Systems have announced that they are bringing on new executive talent to accelerate their growth strategy. These three will help Silver-Peak take advantage of the growth in the…
Silver Peak adds executives
Silver Peak gains $90mn funding from TCV
Silver Peak announced yesterday that is receiving an extra $90mn in funding. This comes from new investor TCV, which is now the largest investor in the company. TCV in the…
Vertel uses Nuage SD-WAN to connect Australia
Australia's Vertel has partnered with Nokia's Nuage Networks division to deliver an SD-WAN service for Vertel's customers in July 2018. Vertel specialises in providing network services using next-generation wireless networks.…
Zscaler makes initial trades on Nasdaq
Zscaler has opened for trading on the Nasdaq exchange. Founded in 2007, it makes it's IPO eleven years later, as the first major technology offering of 2018. The Nasdaq exchange…
Avaya goes public (again), rings NYSE opening bell
Avaya has returned to the New York Stock Exchange today. With the opening bell being rung by Avaya's CEO Jim Chirico, they launched the new stock , marking the end…
Australia’s MetroNode acquired by Equinx in $792mn deal
Australia's MetroNode hosting company has been acquired by Equinix for $792mn. 100 % held by the Canadian Ontario Teachers Pension Plan currently, MetroNode was previously part of the NextGen Group.…
Riposte to Microsoft’s VMware in Azure
VMware has issued a blog post riposte to Microsoft's recent announcement supporting VMware in the Azure environment. It uses Microsoft's deployment of VMware as an argument that they are indeed the…
Broadcom completes drawn-out acquisition of Brocade
Broadcom has finally achieved completion on its acquisition of Brocade. Announced in November 2016, this deal has finally completed. Brocade disposed of various units, such as the vRouter team to…