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HPE intros SSD replacements for 10K RPM HDD server drives

For older HPE Apollo, ProLiant and Synergy servers still using SATA-connected disk drives, a speedy SSD replacement option is now available.

By Andy Patrizio

Feb 11, 2021 3 mins

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Cisco bolsters edge networking family with expanded SD-WAN, security options

Cisco adds four boxes to its Catalyst 8000 Edge family and expands the upgrade path for ISR/ASR customers.

By Michael Cooney

Jan 26, 2021 5 mins

Cloud Computing Networking SD-WAN

Cisco tags critical security holes in SD-WAN software

Cisco warns of serious weaknesses in DNA Center management software as well

By Michael Cooney

Jan 20, 2021 4 mins

Networking SD-WAN Security

Native SD-WAN monitoring tools are not enough, survey says

SD-WAN platforms provide some native monitoring, but supplemental monitoring tools are needed, particularly when seeking the root cause of poor application performance, according to an Enterprise Management Associates survey.

By Shamus McGillicuddy

Jan 20, 2021 4 mins

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Network training 2021: Businesses grow their own IT expertise to meet new challenges

With COVID-19 and a rising need for SASE, SD-WAN and cloud skills, businesses increasingly rely on in-house training to provide hands-on experience.

By Maria Korolov

Jan 18, 2021 7 mins

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AWS improves SD-WAN-to-cloud connectivity with Cisco, Aruba, Arista and others

Cisco taps into AWS Transit Gateway Connect with SD-WAN, ACI integration

By Michael Cooney

Dec 10, 2020 5 mins

Cloud Computing Data Center SD-WAN

VMware amps up security for network, SASE, SD-WAN products

VMware is filling out its SASE and SD-WAN offerings and bolstering NSX security capabilities, the company announced at its virtual VMworld event.

By Michael Cooney

Sep 30, 2020 4 mins

Networking SD-WAN

Palo Alto beefs-up its SD-WAN menu with machine learning, analytics

Palo Alto upgrades the SD-WAN gear it bought via CloudGenix with machine learning and artificial intelligence to embrace cloud deployment

By Michael Cooney

Sep 16, 2020 3 mins

Cloud Computing SD-WAN

Cisco extends Meraki SD-WAN to Microsoft Azure

Cisco and Microsoft have teamed up on another joint effort, this time to make it easier for enterprise branch offices with Cisco Meraki SD-WAN gear to tap into the Azure Virtual WAN service.

By Michael Cooney

Sep 10, 2020 3 mins

Cloud Computing SD-WAN

Cisco open-source code boosts performance of Kubernetes apps over SD-WAN

Cisco's Cloud-Native SD-WAN project marries SD-WANs to Kubernetes applications to cut down on the manual work needed to optimize latency and packet loss.

By Michael Cooney

Aug 21, 2020 4 mins

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