News NVIDIA and VMware Announce Tech Preview of vMotion for GPU Live Migration By Wendy A Hernandez 08/28/2018 This week at VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas, NVIDIA and VMware Inc. announced the release of a technology preview of vSphere vMotion for NVIDIA GPUs with VMware vSphere 6.7 update 1, with general availability expected later this […]
VMworld Keynote Highlights AI Ensuring Better Security
News VMworld Keynote Highlights AI Ensuring Better Security By David Ramel 08/27/2018 VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger hit all the high points of cutting-edge virtualization and networking technology during today’s opening keynote address at the company’s VMworld conference in Las Vegas. With an emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), Gelsinger discussed innovations in […]
VMware Cloud on AWS Now Available in Asia-Pacific Region with New and Updated Features
News VMware Cloud on AWS Now Available in Asia-Pacific Region with New and Updated Features By Wendy A Hernandez 08/27/2018 On the first day of VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas (Aug. 26), VMware Inc. announced the availability of VMware Cloud on AWS in the Asia-Pacific (Sydney) region, as well as new capabilities for migrating enterprise […]
Dell EMC Says New Switch Eases Shift to Software-Defined Networking
News Dell EMC Says New Switch Eases Shift to Software-Defined Networking By David Ramel 08/20/2018 Dell EMC unveiled a new switch that it says embraces the world of modern networking, which is seeing an architectural shift toward technology disaggregation and software-defined networking (SDN). Announced last week, the new Z-series fabric switch targets 100 Gigabit Ethernet […]
F5 Networks Offers VNF Manager to Simplify Network Functions Virtualization
News F5 Networks Offers VNF Manager to Simplify Network Functions Virtualization By David Ramel 08/16/2018 F5 Networks unveiled a new VNF Manager that it says is designed to simplify network functions virtualization (NFV) for service providers and mobile operators moving to software-defined networking environments. Such organizations, the company said, can leverage the functionality of the […]
Safaris are Great in Africa, but not for your Workpaper Management Process!
Tax Managers are faced with constant change. That’s why it’s important to remember tips to save time with your Workpaper Management process to achieve all that needs to be done. Today’s corporate tax and accounting departments are on a Safari of their own. They seek to manage, update, and secure workpapers and their corresponding binders as […]
Microsoft Says ‘SDN Goes Mainstream’ in Windows Server 2019
News Microsoft Says ‘SDN Goes Mainstream’ in Windows Server 2019 By David Ramel 08/13/2018 In highlighting the top 10 networking features of the upcoming Windows Server 2019, Microsoft claimed software-defined networking (SDN) has gone mainstream. The emerging open-standards-based and vendor-neutral virtualization architecture has disrupted the staid, proprietary networking industry with its software-centric approach that seeks […]
SDN Firms Lead Datacenter Networking Research Report
News SDN Firms Lead Datacenter Networking Research Report By David Ramel 08/09/2018 One thing common to all three “leaders” named in Gartner’s July datacenter networking research report is that they all offer software-defined networking (SDN). The software-centric approach has disrupted the traditional hardware-based industry over the past several years, providing programmability, agility, interoperability and many […]
Apstra Offers Intent-Based Networking Taxonomy and Maturity Model
News Apstra Offers Intent-Based Networking Taxonomy and Maturity Model By David Ramel 08/06/2018 Intent-based networking (IBN) pioneer Apstra has offered up a taxonomy and maturity model for the young, game-changing technology, described by many as the next big thing in the networking industry. The model seeks to objectively define maturity levels of IBN implementations, Apstra […]
CableLabs Enlists Kubernetes in NFV Adoption Effort
News CableLabs Enlists Kubernetes in NFV Adoption Effort By David Ramel 07/31/2018 With network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) maturing, evolving and branching out into new industries, a new open source offering has emerged targeting the cable operator space with the help of Kubernetes. CableLabs added Kubernetes to its portfolio of open source […]