Cisco announced its intent to acquire Viptela Inc., a privately held software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) company based in San Jose. The acquisition of Viptela would expand Cisco's SD-WAN portfolio with increased functionality and simplicity delivered through the cloud.... Read More...

Brocade today announced that it will acquire privately held Vyatta in an all-cash transaction. Vyatta is based in Belmont, Calif. and is a networking industry innovator through its software-based network operating system that is highly relevant for multiple applications in network virtualization, so... Read More...

VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nicira, Inc., a pioneer in software-defined networking (SDN) and a leader in network virtualization for open source initiatives.... Read More...