The driving idea behind both moves is to help customer simplify what can be a daunting task – moving applications to multicloud environments.
Cisco makes it possible to run, manage, automate, and secure wired and wireless networks on top of a single operating system. And it expands its wired family with Catalyst switches for medium-sized businesses.
Cisco secures SD-WAN software, bolsters cloud-based Office 365 application access, and offers DevNet SD-WAN development options.
Cisco, Amazon Web Services package streamlines Kubernetes-based containerized application development, management
Cisco has 400G Ethernet switches that fall into two camps: The Nexus 9000 family aimed at large enterprise networks and the 3400-S class for hyperscale users.
IBM hopes the acquisition of Red Hat will give its customers the tools to expand their use of cloud by creating and deploying cloud-friendly applications on a larger scale, a goal shared by IBM competitors Google, Amazon and Microsoft.
Arista’s 7060X4 Series switches feature 32 400G Ethernet ports and are based on Broadcom Tomahawk silicon.
Preparing its IT customers for big business changes, Gartner warns on a of a number of technologies – quantum computing, artificial intelligence and software delivery among them – that could shift the business of business.
Gartner says IT services will be a key driver for IT spending in 2019, as the market is forecast to hit $1 trillion in 2019
IBM’s new Multi-cloud Manager will manage workloads on Big Blue clouds but also workloads on Amazon, Red Hat and Microsoft infrastructure, as well
