Cisco announced Tuesday their intention to acquire privately held Tail-f Systems for $175 million, a plan set in motion by AT&T to reshape and virtualize telecommunications networks in the cloud. Cisco aims to incorporate Tail-f into its cloud and virtualization group to increase marketability in telecom infrastructure, the company said in the release. Hilton Romanski, […] More

Avaya has rolled out new solutions that seek to simplify network data delivery. Automated Campus includes automated onboarding of user devices intended to save IT hours and minimize service delays and downtime, Avaya said Wednesday. The unified end-to-end, cloud-based network covers data center management up to the end device using Avaya’s software-defined data center framework […] More

Cisco has launched the Evolved Services Platform and two virtual service modules in an effort to support the virtualization strategies of service providers for the Internet of Everything. The company intends for the ESP to help address concerns regarding virtualization on network infrastructure and operations, Cisco said Tuesday. “Service providers globally view virtualization not just to reduce […] More

Air France has selected a Hewlett Packard cloud management platform to monitor physical and virtual cloud computing resources across the airline’s enterprise. The French carrier uses HP’s Cloud Service Automation system with Operations Orchestration and Server Automation software programs to automate application deployments and server provisioning in a private cloud network, HP said Jan. 14. […] More

Knowledge Consulting Group has won an $8,543,986 task order to supply a range of McAfee and BDNA security platforms for a Department of Homeland Security initiative aimed at safeguarding government networks. This is the first order KCG has received under the potential $6 billion DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, KCG said Friday. “Continuous monitoring […] More