News Big Switch Takes Cloud Networking Services On-Premises By David Ramel 07/30/2018 Big Switch Networks is taking “as-a-Service” virtual networking functionality available in public cloud platforms to on-premises implementations. The software-defined networking (SDN) specialist announced new sofware-centric, on-premises-flavored services as part of its new Cloud-First Networking (CFN) portfolio, which features three new in-cloud products designed […]

News Graphical Code Editor Added to Azure Cloud Shell Developer Tools By Kurt Mackie 07/25/2018 This week Microsoft announced that it has added a graphical code editor (in preview) to its Azure Cloud Shell developer tools. Launched last year, Azure Cloud Shell is a collection of command line-based developer tools that are accessible anywhere through […]

News VMware and Google Collaborate on Plug-in for Hybrid Cloud Provisioning By Wendy A Hernandez 07/19/2018 Today, Google Inc. and VMware Inc. announced a preview version of a plug-in for VMware vRealize Orchestrator, plus support for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) resources in vRealize Automation, which will allow users to deploy and manage Google Compute Engine […]

News Report of AWS Entering Enterprise Networking Market Roils Industry By David Ramel 07/16/2018 A report that Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) is considering entering the enterprise networking market sent incumbent stock prices lower and is roiling the industry. Citing unnamed sources, The Information on Friday reported “Amazon Web Services Targets Cisco in Networking” (requires […]