Software defined

SD-WAN technology company Silver Peak Systems may be up for sale. Rivals include Aryaka, Cisco, Fortinet & VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud. Will buyer emerge?

Software-defined networking company Masergy hires CenturyLink veteran executive Jim Glackin to serve as its first Channel Chief.

Nutanix will furlough 27% of employees for two weeks before November 2020, the hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) technology company says.

VMware acquires Pivotal Software for multi-cloud application software strategy across Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure & Google Cloud Platform.

Ksquare has acquired Salesforce cloud consulting partner Great Wave Tech, the latest in a growing list of Salesforce partner buyouts.

Cisco Systems acquires Ensoft Ltd., which develops software for service provider networks. Cisco's goal is to build simplified, scalable, trusted & automatable IP network infrastructure,

IBM is acquiring Red Hat for Linux & hybrid cloud software technologies. The deal could help IBM Cloud compete vs. Amazon Web Services (AWS) & Microsoft Azure.