News Cisco Forecasts Exploding SD-WAN Traffic By David Ramel 11/28/2018 Cisco has released its big annual Visual Networking Index (VNI) report, which forecasts a huge rise in IP traffic, much of it driven by the exploding software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) market. SD-WAN growth provides perhaps the most visible sign of the disruptive, game-changing software-defined networking […]
Oracle Buys into SD-WAN Market
News Oracle Buys into SD-WAN Market By David Ramel 11/26/2018 Further proof that the software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) space is leading the software-centric transformation comes with the news that Oracle is buying Talari Networks, a leading vendor in the arena. Talari is known for its proprietary Failsafe technology that reportedly adds greater reliability and predictability […]
Riverbed Sees SD-WAN Routing Upgrade Taming Complex Networks
News Riverbed Sees SD-WAN Routing Upgrade Taming Complex Networks By David Ramel 11/15/2018 Riverbed announced a new SD-WAN solution that it says uses enhancements such as an improved core routing stack to tackle the growing complexity of modern networks. Software-defined wide-area networks are an increasingly active segment of the software-defined networking (SDN) movement, which sees […]
Cisco Seeks Secure SD-WAN
News Cisco Seeks Secure SD-WAN By David Ramel 11/14/2018 Cisco is seeking to integrate more security into its offering for the exploding SD-WAN space with a multi-prong effort based on new hardware and software initiatives. As the software-defined networking (SDN) movement has transformed enterprise networking, its reach has expanded to include wide-area networks (WANs) beyond […]
Cloud-Based Enterprise WAN Service Promises MPLS Performance
News Cloud-Based Enterprise WAN Service Promises MPLS Performance By David Ramel 11/07/2018 New-age SD-WAN services typically tout lower cost, agility and other benefits over legacy Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) implementations, but performance and quality of service have often been sticking points in favor of the latter. Teridion claims to further tip the balance in favor […]
FASB Improves the Accounting for Collaborative Arrangements
Accounting for Collaborative Arrangements The FASB has issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2018-18, Collaborative Arrangements (Topic 808): Clarifying the Interaction Between Topic 808 and Topic 606, that clarifies the interaction between the guidance for certain collaborative arrangements and the Revenue Recognition financial accounting and reporting standard. A collaborative arrangement is a contractual arrangement under […]
MEF Defines an SD-WAN Service
News MEF Defines an SD-WAN Service By David Ramel 11/05/2018 Networking industry association MEF is officially defining what makes up a software-defined wide-area-network (SD-WAN), one of the most popular areas of the transformative shift from hardware-based to software-based networking. The effort to define an SD-WAN service will help industry players be on the same page […]
IBM to Acquire Red Hat in $34 Billion Stock Deal
News IBM to Acquire Red Hat in $34 Billion Stock Deal By John K. Waters 10/29/2018 On Sunday IBM Corp. announced its plans to acquire leading enterprise open source software provider Red Hat Inc. IBM and Red Hat said the $34 billion stock deal should be completed in the latter half of 2019, once Red […]
SD-WAN Report: It’s All About Security
News SD-WAN Report: It’s All About Security By David Ramel 10/25/2018 Organizations rolling out software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) solutions report increased network security is the main achievement of such deployments, according to survey results just published by Barracuda Networks. Security was front and center throughout the report, titled “The Challenges and Opportunities of SD-WAN” and […]
FASB Issues Hedge Accounting Guidance
FASB Issues Guidance on Interest Rates for Hedge Accounting The FASB has issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2018-16, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Inclusion of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap (OIS) Rate as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting. ASU 2018-16 expands the list of U.S. benchmark interest rates permitted […]