WAN

Big Data

WANDisco adds multi-cloud capability to platform with blockchain technology

January 16, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on WANDisco adds multi-cloud capability to platform with blockchain technology
WANDisco has developed and patented DConE, its own blockchain technology that they can use today to keep data consistent across multiple clouds, and which they plan to be able to eventually use to manage distributed blockchain environments as well.

Networking

Cradlepoint announces first Gigabit LTE router solutions for pathway to 5G

January 10, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cradlepoint announces first Gigabit LTE router solutions for pathway to 5G
The new edge router solutions based on Cradlepoint’s NetCloud service that are the first to use their Elastic Wideband technology to provide Gigabit-Class wireless connectivity for enterprise and public safety organizations.

Networking

Aryaka unveils security-focused PASSPORT SD-WAN platform

March 19, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aryaka unveils security-focused PASSPORT SD-WAN platform
PASSPORT integrates Aryaka’s traditional enterprise-grade private connectivity with expanded security functionality, including technology from Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler and Radware.

Networking

Badu Networks addresses bandwidth underutilization with TCP acceleration solution

April 20, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Badu Networks addresses bandwidth underutilization with TCP acceleration solution
Badu uses its own congestion control algorithms to improve network performance, which makes its solutions compatible with others aimed at improving bandwidth. This appliance solution is aimed at the commercial space, and the plan is to ultimately have it as fully channel for its go-to-market.

Networking

SD-WAN vendor Viptela expands go-to-market with SevOne partnership and integration

March 28, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on SD-WAN vendor Viptela expands go-to-market with SevOne partnership and integration
Viptela, whose SD-WAN platform is differentiated by a centrally controlled overlay network that simplifies policy changes, cuts costs, and provides more flexible access to cloud connections, expands its go-to-market by being integrated in the SevOne platform. They also indicated that more such partnerships are coming.

Networking

New Glue Networks Sales VP looks to expand company’s markets

March 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Glue Networks Sales VP looks to expand company’s markets
Alan Grahame looks to strengthen the Glue sales teams, including channel managers, expand their SaaS business, and continue to move their business beyond Cisco.

Security

Dell touts innovation in SonicWALL technology roadmap

September 4, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell touts innovation in SonicWALL technology roadmap
Improved sandboxing, integrations with other Dell technologies, and a firewall sandwich were among the technologies discussed.

Mobility

Cradlepoint expands 4G LTE WWAN platform with AER 3100 solution

August 3, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cradlepoint expands 4G LTE WWAN platform with AER 3100 solution
The new AER 3100 offers a more powerful, higher value option for micro and small branch offices.

Networking

Citrix CloudBridge Virtual WAN to provide ‘always-on’ branch availability

April 27, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix CloudBridge Virtual WAN to provide ‘always-on’ branch availability
Available as a physical or virtual appliance, the new offering is designed to provide reliability at reasonable cost to server-less remote locations which are about as helpless as Chromebooks if network access is lost.

Cloud

Silver Peak unveils Unity Fabric uniting cloud, internet, and WAN

August 13, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Silver Peak unveils Unity Fabric uniting cloud, internet, and WAN
Unlike traditional WAN optimization solutions, Unity’s ability to keep Cloud SaaS and IaaS traffic on the same fabric lets it intelligently route traffic to the public cloud over a secure, optimal path.