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Software-defined networking (SDN)

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Colt picks Cisco to simplify 5G backhaul services

  Colt is to deploy Cisco’s segment routing and Ethernet VPN-based architecture on its IQ Network for mobile operators

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  IT Priorities 2019: ANZ organisations focus on fundamentals

  Organisations in Australia and New Zealand will spend more on modernising legacy applications and breaking down data silos this year

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  MWC 2019: Vodafone powers 5G with VMware

  Vodafone is using VMware’s telco cloud platform to prepare its mobile networks for 5G in 15 geographies

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  MWC 2019: 5G driving telcos into the cloud, says VMware CEO

  At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger explained how the requirements of 5G mobile networks are helping to push more telcos into the organisation’s arms

• February 22, 2019 22 Feb'19

  IT Priorities 2019: Security concerns top agenda for network buyers again

  The ability to gain visibility into what is happening on enterprise networks has once again topped the agenda for network managers and buyers, according to the latest Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities survey

• February 20, 2019 20 Feb'19

  MWC 2019: Huawei claims massive lead on 5G readiness

  At a pre-Mobile World Congress event in London, Huawei’s Ryan Ding shared details of the firm’s rapidly expanding 5G mobile portfolio, and laid into his competitors

• February 19, 2019 19 Feb'19

  MWC 2019: 5G in Europe driven by industrial automation, says Ericsson

  As Mobile World Congress 2019 nears, Sweden’s Ericsson has been expanding, and expounding upon, its plans for 5G mobile networks

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Cisco CEO brushes off Brexit and other crises

  Chuck Robbins has been speaking about the networking business’ resilience in the face of multiple geopolitical trends and crises, and says his customers just can’t stop spending

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  Suffolk County Council awards 20-year WAN contract

  MLL Telecom will work with CityFibre to extend Suffolk County Council’s existing WAN to 600 sites and offer them ultrafast connectivity services

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  Coders and developers: The new heroes of the network?

  Cisco is moving towards a software-based future. We chatted to Susie Wee, founder and leader of Cisco developer and innovation programme, DevNet, to find out how she is helping to enable this change

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  Cisco Live Europe: Intent-based networking meets the IoT head-on

  Networking and communications technology supplier Cisco plans to bring intent-based networking techniques to bear on the internet of things

• January 29, 2019 29 Jan'19

  Cisco breaks out of physical datacentres to support app-based future

  At Cisco Live Europe, extending datacentre capabilities beyond the confines of the physical site to enable app innovation formed the core of a swathe of announcements made by the networking kingpin

• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  MPs challenge Huawei over spying allegations

  The chair of the cross-bench Science and Technology Committee has written to Huawei seeking answers over its activities in the UK

• January 17, 2019 17 Jan'19

  Vodafone and IBM prep user clouds for future network tech

  Companies expand existing collaboration to enable enterprise customers to prepare for the impact of advanced networking technologies

• January 16, 2019 16 Jan'19

  Dutch pharma firm Centrient switches out MPLS for Cato SD-WAN

  Centrient Pharmaceuticals, a Netherlands-based drug company, has switched out its global MPLS service in favour of a high-performance software-defined WAN from Cato Networks