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Intel CEO Krzanich Tries to Weather the Trump Storm

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich this week found himself in the middle of the highly volatile presidential campaign when he scheduled—and then abruptly canceled—a fundraising...

A Smart Toothbrush Wins Intel’s IoT-Focused Reality TV Show

Intel, which is aggressively pushing into emerging growth areas like the Internet of things, last year announced it was teaming up with the creator...

SD-WAN Vendor Viptela Raises $75 Million in Funding

Viptela has raised another $75 million in funding, the latest proof point of the expected rapid growth of the burgeoning software-defined WAN space.Officials with...

Cisco Updates Network Certification to Address Emerging Technologies

Cisco Systems wants to make sure network administrators are prepared to handle the changes being brought about by such trends as the digitization of...

GigaSpaces, Metaswitch Unveil NFV Lab

GigaSpaces Technologies and Metaswitch are launching an on-demand lab to help network engineers become better informed about deploying and managing network-functions virtualization environments.The companies...

AMD Names Caldwell New Board Chairman

Advanced Micro Devices has a new board chairman as the chip maker continues to push its turnaround efforts.John Caldwell, who has been on AMD's...

Talari Offers New Licensing Option for SD-WAN Product

Talari Networks is making it more affordable for customers to buy and deploy the vendor's centralized management platform for software-defined WAN environments.Company officials on...

Lenovo to Build x86 Servers in Europe

Lenovo will manufacture some data center systems—including x86 servers—in a facility in Hungary to reduce costs and improve delivery times to customers in Europe.Company...

Lenovo Creates $500 Million Investment Fund for Startups

Lenovo, the world's largest PC vendor and a significant player in the server space, reportedly is creating a $500 million fund to invest in...

Nvidia, Samsung Settle Patent Disputes

After almost two years of litigation, Nvidia and Samsung have settled their legal dispute over patents in the United States.The two companies announced earlier...