Vendors and Providers

Cisco gives OpenStack a kick in the ‘aas’

To help its customers implement a private cloud, Cisco this week announced the acquisition of Metacloud, a company that literally offers OpenStack-based private clouds "as a service" to simplify deployments.

Will Apple Pay Take Off (and Take Down BYOD)?

Apple Pay stands a good chance of making the mobile electronic wallet a reality. But one industry player says that if Apple Pay is a hit, ‘BYOD is dead.’

Brocade beefs up its NFV portfolio by adding analytics

This week, Brocade acquired Vistapointe, a move that will certainly help its position with mobile network operators.

Cisco acquires OpenStack cloud provider

Privately held Metacloud provides OpenStack-as-a-service for global enterprises.

Arista switches legal team in suit with co-founder

Replaces firm that represented company during IPO; also awards $12.5M to Bechtolsheim

Apple issues third OS X Yosemite public beta

Possibly preps preview for use with iOS 8, which will ship Wednesday

Cisco gains strength in next-gen firewalls via Sourcefire code

Integration of Sourcefire IPS and malware protection with Cisco ASA firewall has been sought by users

Microsoft sets Windows 9 reveal for Sept. 30

If the company follows recent practice for major product news, it will be a publicly webcast event

IBM cuts pay by 10% for workers picked for training

Salary cut draws employee ire; management calls it a 'co-investment in training'

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