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Tiger (er, Shark) of the Month: Digital Ocean Makes Getting to Cloud Easy
Whilst at Github Universe last month, on my way to learn more about the conference host’s new hardware two-factor security initiative…
Read MoreTwitter board ‘warming’ to idea of Dorsey as full-time CEO
It has been 89 days since Twitter has had a full-time chief executive. That might change now that the company’s board has…
Read MoreDocker buys SocketPlane as it builds out its container-networking strategy
You can add another acquisition to Docker’s plate with the startup set to announce on Wednesday that it has bought a small…
Read MoreFacebook’s latest homemade hardware is a 128-port modular switch
Facebook has been building its own servers and storage gear for years, and last June announced its first-ever networking gear in the…
Read MoreThe new LinkedIn homepage is all about the warm fuzzies
LinkedIn introduced small but significant changes to its homepage design Thursday, simplifying its newsfeed and highlighting some interaction features that will come…
Read MoreFacebook shows the promise of SDN with new networking tech
Facebook detailed on Friday a new networking technology dubbed Data Center Fabric that coordinates all of the information flowing throughout its new data center in Altoona, Iowa. The Altoona facility is the first Facebook data center to showcase the new technology and going forward all new data centers will have it installed, said Alexey Andreyev, a Facebook network engineer.…
Read MoreJuniper Networks replaces CEO over disagreement regarding his conduct
Networking giant Juniper has replaced its top executive after an investigation by its board uncovered conduct that led CEO Shaygan Kheradpir to resign.…
Read MoreHow I learned to stop worrying and love commoditization
Technology entrepreneurs and investors alike have long regarded commoditization as a dark and dangerous force, a destroyer of high-margin businesses, to be avoided at all costs. An exciting new class of opportunity aims to eviscerate that dogma: the "commoditization accelerant."…
Read MoreAkanda exits stealth and promises better routing in virtualized networks
The San Francisco-based startup took in a seed round of $1.5 million. Its open-source software can virtualize the part of the network that handles intelligent routing with IP addresses.…
Read MoreAMD is getting into networking and is using a 64-bit ARM core to do it
The new tech that uses a 64-bit ARM-based system-on-chip (SoC) can supposedly perform network function virtualization (NFV) techniques like virtualizing a network gateway and a serving gateway.…
Read MorePica8 takes in $12.5M to popularize its operating system for software defined networking
Pica8 makes a custom operating system designed to power the chips that enable software to interact with hardware in networking gear.…
Read MoreBig telecom companies band together to form open-source project for network functions virtualization
Companies like Cisco, Juniper Networks and Nokia Networks along with the Linux Foundation are hoping that the Open Platform for NFV Project will develop a standard for NFV, a network architecture concept that calls for all aspects of networking to be virtualized.…
Read MoreOpenDaylight unveils Helium, a new software release to replace Hydrogen
With the new Helium software, the OpenDaylight Project wants to make its version of software defined networking the de-facto standard for the tech industry.…
Read MoreFacebook launches an open source organization and releases new routing tech
Facebook is upping the ante in the open source world, announcing on Monday a new open source technology for routing data across server caches, and also a new open organization (along with other big-name companies) to help foster open source efforts.…
Read MoreWith Named Data Networking, a group of researchers promise a future without servers and IP addresses
Researchers from UCLA, Cisco Systems, Verisign and others have formed a group that advocates for new type of networking model that they believe can handle large amounts of bandwidth and remove the need for servers.…
Read MoreYC on its ultra-private Alumni Demo Night: “Don’t even think about asking to come”
Twice a year before YC Demo Day, graduates return in droves for the exclusive, secretive “Alumni Demo Night.” The event has evolved into a massive networking opportunity, where former founders strike angel investments and business partnerships.…
Read MoreIs Twitter the worst place or the best after someone famous dies? I think it’s the latter
Some argue that social networks like Twitter are the worst possible place after a celebrity like Robin Williams dies, because they cheapen the experience of mourning by making it public -- but I think they can actually enhance it…
Read MoreFacebook buys PrivateCore to strengthen network security
Facebook plans to use the security startup's vCage technology to protect its data centers from malware, unauthorized access and malicious hardware.…
Read MoreAT&T, IBM Research and ACS create faster way to distribute bandwidth in the cloud
The new SDN prototype, developed as part of the U.S. Government's DARPA CORONET program, is basically a powerful resource management system that can coordinate data flow and hand out more bandwidth when needed.…
Read MoreMIT researchers develop new network-management system to cut down on data traffic jams
The Fastpass system uses a centralized server called an arbiter that acts as an overseer of the entire network. The arbiter can intelligently select the best routes and times to distribute data center requests, thus reducing network congestion.…
Read MoreSideband Networks aims to help companies monitor messy IT networks
Structure LaunchPad finalist Sideband Networks hopes companies will catch on to its new hardware and software networking appliances that provide real-time data visualizations.…
Read MoreAiming for secure big data, ADVA puts line-side encryption into its 100G networking gear
The networking vendor is claiming an industry first with the encrypted version of its 100G Metro technology, which aims to handle large, fast-flowing amounts of data with as much security as it can muster.…
Read MoreNSA thoroughly hacked “security risk” Huawei, according to Snowden documents
The latest Snowden leaks show the U.S. to be hacking China, which is hacking the U.S. Huawei is caught somewhere in the middle, along with various other companies.…
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