Mar.’17: Monthly Computer Networking & IT Industry News & Updates

Hello. Welcome to the Monthly Computer Networking & IT Industry news & updates. In this edition, you’ll find some interesting news & product releases by the vendors in our industry, over the last one month – March 2017.

#1. Cisco introduces new Cisco Spark Room Kit & Room Kit plus room video conferencing devices. More… Cisco completes acquisition of AppDynamics, a company involved in application and business monitoring. More…

#2. Juniper Networks introduces new coherent DWDM Line Cards supporting up to 200 Gbps of speed on Fiber, and other Data Center Interconnect innovations. More…

#3. Hewlett Packet Enterprise to spin-off its Enterprise Services business and merge it with CSC. The combined company to be called DXC Technology. More…

#4. HPE to acquire Nimble Storage for approx. $1 billion to expand its Flash Storage portfolio. More…

#5. Extreme Networks to acquire Brocade’s Data Center Networking business for approx. $55 Million. More… Extreme Networks signs agreement to purchase Avaya’s networking business for approx. $100 Million. More…

#6. AWS announces Amazon Connect, a cloud-based Contact Center technology where customers pay based on the time consumed for interactions. More…

#7. Barracuda and Zscaler to jointly deliver cloud-based web security to mid-market customers. More…

#8. Arista Networks introduces Containerized EOS (Containerized Extensible Operating System) to deploy Arista EOS Switch OS software across clouds, enterprises and service providers. More…

#9. F5 Networks and Hot Topics release a list of Top 100 CISOs of 2017 globally. More…

#10. Symantec launches Symantec Ventures to engage startup and academic communities through sponsorship of activities, funding, and other resources. More…

#11. Huawei launches OceanStor Dorado 5000 V3 new-gen all-flash array. More… Huawei launches FusionCube Big Data appliance. More… Huawei launches FusionServer X6000, its high-density server with NVMe PCIe SSD storage. More…

#12. Google announces Team Drives and other enterprise features in Google Drive. Google Hangouts Meet enables up to 30 people to join a video meeting from anywhere. Google Jamboard – a collaborative digital whiteboard is now available for purchase. Google introduces Gmail add-ons and other initiatives targeted at the enterprise. More…

#13. Raritan introduces iX7-powered iPDUs (Power Distribution Units) with dual networking, redundant power sharing, mix-and-match USB & Ethernet connections, etc. More…

#14. Radware introduces DDoS protection service for applications hosted on AWS and Microsoft Azure (shortly). More…

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