Michael Cooney
Michael Cooney is a Senior Editor with Network World who has written about the IT world for more than 25 years. He can be reached at michael_cooney@idg.com.
Cisco patches critical IOS security fault found after CIA WikiLeaks dump
Cisco this week said it patched a critical vulnerability in its widely deployed IOS software that was disclosed in the WikiLeaks dump of CIA exploits earlier this year.
Verizon taps into open source, white box fervor with new CPE offering
Verizon this week said it would begin offering x86-based servers with OpenStack software aimed at customers looking to support all manner of advanced cloud, software defined networking and network functions virtualization (NSF)-based...
Trade commission finds Arista infringed on two original Cisco patents
The legal ping-pong battle between Cisco and Arista today found Cisco on the winning side as In the International Trade Commission ruled that Arista switches infringe two additional Cisco patents
Extreme offers glimpse of integrated Avaya, Brocade technology future
Extreme said it expects the Avaya and Brocade deals to push its revenues to over $1 billion for its Fiscal 2018
Cisco bolsters analytics clout with Saggezza buy
Cisco bolsters analytics clout with Saggezza buy
Cisco fires back at VMware decision to whack third party virtual switches
Cisco today said it would offer its virtual switch users technology to get around VMware’s recent elimination of support for third party virtual switches.
Cisco grabs-up SD-WAN player Viptela for $610M
Cisco has padded its SD-WAN portfolio with fellow player Viptela for $610 million.
Cisco Jasper package manages everything enterprise mobile
Cisco today announced an enterprise management package designed to help users monitor and control the data usage operation of the tons of mobile devices in their networks.
Pluribus recharges, expands software-defined network platform
Pluribus replaces current SDN software with Adaptive Cloud Fabric.
Cisco switch taps into Time Sensitive Ethernet; software bolsters industrial network mgmt.
Cisco introduced three products aimed at increasing the speed of communications while controlling and analyzing the substantial data stream of the factory floor.
