In a boon to the network equipment and software market firms are now leaping instead of just looking
Networks
Broadcom acquires Brocade for $5.5bn and offloads Ruckus
The whole of Brocade’s IP Networking business is being sold off as Broadcom concentrates on supporting its OEM business
Extreme Networks completes Zebra WLAN unit acquisition
Extreme expects to generate over $115 million in annualised revenue from the acquired assets
No drag on Orange contract extension with Philip Morris
Orange Business Services will provide a 'hybrid' network and unified comms to tobacco king until 2021
Nokia appoints Zycko as first pan-European VAD
The distributor will pitch Nokia networking solutions at the enterprise and mid-market space
Fourteen IP checks into the US with ServiceMax
Marriott, Hilton, Mandarin Oriental, Rosewood Starwood, Four Seasons and Kempinski hotel groups being served
CommScope integrates network partner programmes
TE Connectivity’s Broadband Network Solutions (BNS) business was acquired last year
NG Bailey wins £50m Fujitsu MoD network contract
The IT services firm will provide core global connectivity services for the next five years
Sales are up 40 percent at Huawei for half year
H1 sales on steady growth as company expects £57 billion revenue for 2016
Telecoms testing firm P3 in global expansion
New offices in London, Spain, The Hague and other cities
Purdicom becomes master distributor for RG Nets
Ruckus Wireless integration has been key to RG Nets
IT pros complain of increasing IT complexity
Confusing software and tricky hardware requirements are slowing things down say users
Citrix goes after the mid-market with channel incentive changes
Changes come after a year of turmoil at the network management and application performance company
Mayflex signs testing distribution deal with NETSCOUT
Takes on-board some formerly branded Fluke Networks products
Vodafone UK sets up local business sales and support teams
SMEs, mid-sized firms and local councils targeted with new local 'hubs' as part of regional restructure
Get ready for software-defined WANs says analyst IDC
SD-WAN revenues will exceed $6 billion in 2020 shows research
Juniper Networks and BNP Paribas offer 0% kit financing
Juniper says partners are already using the service to secure deals
Wireless Logic becomes first reseller of Arqiva IoT network
SIGFOX Internet of Things network already reaches 30 percent of the UK population
BigTec UK taps into SDN growth with Nuage Networks distie deal
2016 could be the year of the SDDC and Exclusive Group distribution arm is tapping into it
GENBAND wins intellectual property case brought by Metaswitch
Metaswitch brought the case after being found guilty itself earlier this year
