Cisco have launched a new entry point ISR router. This is the Cisco ISR 1000 series, intended as the new entry point for SME connection into the corporate network. It…
SDxCentral: Physical SD-WAN appliances aren’t going anywhere
SDxCentral has a piece on the current state of SD-WAN appliances. It distinguishes the three different forms SD-WAN can take (or at least for the purposes of their article). They…
Viptela to accelerate Cisco’s intent vision.
Cisco have announced that they have completed Viptela's acquisition, with a press-release that indicates this fits within their intent-based networking strategy announced last week. As predicted, the value of the…
ZDNet: BT unveils bandwidth on demand under Dynamic Network Services
ZDNet is reporting that BT has unveiled their Dynamic Network Services. This has three prongs, one using SDN to manage bandwidth into the core, one supporting Network Function Virtualisation and…
CA Performance Management supports SD-WAN built using Cisco IWAN and Viptela
CA have released a new version of their CA Performance Management tool which supports both Cisco IWAN and Viptela SD-WAN environments. “We can support both technologies in a multivendor agnostic…
Viptela plans for acquisition by Cisco
Viptela's Blog contains the following Thank you Viptela Customers, Partners and Employees post. This is CEO Praveen Akkiraju's post to announce that Viptela has signed a definitive agreement to sell…
Product Announcement: Cisco ENCS5000 NFV platform
One of the announcements at CiscoLive was the Cisco ENCS5000 NFV platform. ENCS5000 is effectively Cisco's branch-in-a-box device for running a virtualised routing, security and NFV platform. It uses the…
On my way to Cisco Live 2017
So I'm sitting in the hotel, taking advantage of the free Wifi, and using the time to wonder what this week might hold. After many years in the networking industry,…