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OpenContrail SDN Group Creates Advisory Board

Juniper Networks, which in September 2013 launched an open-source version of its Contrail software-defined network controller, announced that an advisory board has been created...

Nvidia CEO: Tegra K1 ARM Chip May Be Used in Microservers

Nvidia's Tegra K1, the powerful mobile chip introduced at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in January, could make its way into low-power dense servers,...

Riverbed Renames Product Lineup

Riverbed Technology officials in November 2013 announced that the company, which had made its name in the WAN optimization space, was expanding its product...

Intel Atom-Based NUC Mini PC Designed for Thin Clients

Intel continues to expand its portfolio of NUC mini desktop PCs, most recently with the launch of the first system powered by the vendor's...

Avaya, H3C, 6Wind Join OpenDaylight SDN Effort

Avaya and two other companies have joined the OpenDaylight Project, bringing to 35 the number of members in the vendor-driven effort to drive adoption...

Cisco Ups Investments in IoT, Big Data Startups

Cisco Systems is increasing the amount of money it will invest in startups focusing on the Internet of things and other key trends in...

AMD Pushes Back at Intel Rebates to Tablet OEMs

Intel executives spent much of their conference call with analysts and journalists April 15 talking about their strategy around "contra revenues"—the rebates the chip...

Nvidia Launches CUDA 6 Developer Platform

Nvidia is releasing the latest version of its CUDA toolkit that company officials said features some of the platform's most significant improvements, including unified...

Juniper May Sell Junos Pulse Security Business

Juniper Networks reportedly is considering selling off its Junos Pulse mobile security business as part of its larger effort to streamline the company.According to...

Intel Unveils New 2-in-1 PC for Education Space

Intel is taking its advocacy for 2-in-1 convertible systems into the classroom.The chip maker on April 14 unveiled the Education 2 in 1, a...