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Juniper Opens API to Drive Programmable Services
One of the things both providers of telecommunications and managed services alike are looking forward to is the ability to expose more networking functionality directly to application developers using APIs. After all, applications that make use of those API are going to consume a lot more networking resources. For that reason, the manufacturers of networking…
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Cisco Accelerates Shift to Programmable Network
Just about every IT service provider at this juncture recognizes that the networks on which those services depend are about to become highly programmable. Looking to accelerate that process Cisco updated its IOS XR network operating system while adding three additional routers to its portfolio. Rather than asking service providers to build their own programmable…
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Intel Moves to Build Out IoT Partner Ecosystem
Looking to drive the adoption of Internet of things (IoT) applications in a way that will ultimately generate trillions of dollars in revenues for the IT industry, Intel this week at an its IoT Insights 2015 event unveiled a broad assortment of products and services and reference architectures designed to make it much simpler for…
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Two Paths Forward to Enterprise Networking
As enterprise networking continues to evolve, two classes of customers are starting to emerge. The first is driven by traditional enterprise network managers looking to embrace software-defined networking (SDN) as a method to manage complex networks at scale via a higher level of abstraction that reduces their dependency on command-line interfaces. The other approach involves…
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Arrow and Partners Showcase IoT, Big Data
Arrow, Wireless Glue Networks, OSIsoft Give IoT, Big Data Demo At Dell World this week, Arrow Electronics, Wireless Glue Networks and OSIsoft showed off a visualization of data streamed live from Arrow’s Phoenix facility. Dell’s new Edge Gateway 5000 Series, running Linux Ubuntu OS and Wireless Glue’s SmartEdge software, streamed data—including real-time energy usage and…
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ShoreTel Unifies Its Channel Program
Looking to make it simpler to sell both cloud and on-premise instances of its unified communications platform, ShoreTel this week revamped its channel program to provide partners with rewards based on the total points they generate for selling the company’s products and services. With a much larger percentage of ShoreTel’s revenue now being generated by…
