Take a Network Break! This week we have details on new products from Avaya and Cisco, plus stories on Oracle, HPE, Apple vs. Qualcomm.
We also review highlights from the financial earnings of many companies including Intel, Amazon, and Juniper Networks.
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Show Notes:
Avaya Announces New Products To Support Virtual Networking Functions – Packet Pushers
Avaya Announces Preliminary Second Quarter Fiscal 2017 Financial Results – Avaya
Cisco switch taps into Time Sensitive Ethernet; software bolsters industrial network mgmt – Network World
Jumpstart your Digital Transformation with Industrie 4.0 – Cisco
Oracle’s Mark Hurd builds a cloud arsenal to take on Amazon – USA Today
HPE kills off its entire OpenSDN line, pulls plug on customer demos – The Register
HPE Closes the Door on OpenSDN – Light Reading
Apple Halts License Payments to Qualcomm in All-Out War – Bloomberg
Mellanox Technologies (MLNX) Q1 2017 Results – Earnings Call Transcript – Seeking Alpha
F5 Networks disappoints investors with modest gains in quarterly revenue and net income – GeekWire
Juniper Networks Reports Preliminary First Quarter 2017 Financial Results – Yahoo Finance
Flash Markets: Why SD-WAN might not be the market maker many hope – J-Net Community
Amid all the fanfare and cheerleading, Amazon’s AWS growth is slowing – The Register
Worldwide Cloud IT Infrastructure Spend Grew 9.2% to $32.6 Billion in 2016, According to IDC – IDC
Radware Announces First Quarter 2017 Earnings – Radware
Gigamon Reports First Quarter 2017 Financial Results – Gigamon
Fortinet Reports First Quarter 2017 Financial Results – Fortinet