Networking

SD-WAN Specialist Aryaka Adds Three New Executives To The C-Suite

by Gina Narcisi

Aryaka has brought on a new chief revenue officer, chief transformation officer and chief marketing officer to help the SD-WAN specialist scale to the next level of growth, the company tells CRN.

LogicMonitor Extends Performance Monitoring to Microservices, Kubernetes Environments

by Gina Narcisi

LogicMonitor's platform is helping MSPs connect the dots with new event-based Kubernetes monitoring and LM Service Insight. The performance management specialist also has plans to roll out a formal channel partner program next month.

RingCentral To Buy Connect First To Bolster Cloud Contact Center Chops

by Gina Narcisi

RingCentral is buying cloud contact center provider Connect First to combine RingCentral’s inbound contact center technology with Connect First's technology for outbound and blended customer interactions.

GTT's Newly Minted Channel Chief, Robert Westervelt, On Taking The Channel To 'The Next Level'

by Gina Narcisi

GTT promoted Robert Westervelt to channel chief, and the experienced tech executive plans to aggressively build on the enterprise communications provider’s double-digit channel growth.

Rejuvenated Avaya Channel Program Set To Help Partners Go After Hybrid Communications Opportunities

by Gina Narcisi

Avaya is providing support to help partners ‘talk cloud’ with their customers, as well as help shifting from an up-front revenue model to a monthly recurring revenue model, the company's global director of channel strategy and programs tells CRN.

Comtech Telecommunications To Buy Solacom To Boost Next-Generation 911 Chops

by Gina Narcisi

Solution provider powerhouse Comtech Telecommunications reveals plans to buy Solacom Technologies for $33 million. The two companies plan to honor all existing agreements with its partners.

Ex-Cisco Exec Jonathan Rosenberg Lands At Contact Center Provider Five9

by Gina Narcisi

Former Cisco collaboration CTO Jonathan Rosenberg has joined Rowan Trollope, Cisco's former collaboration business head, at contact center software provider Five9.

Cisco Could Reap Benefits On Increased Huawei Security Fears, JP Morgan Says

by Gina Narcisi

Increased scrutiny on a global level around the security of Huawei's telecommunications products could boost business for Cisco internationally, JP Morgan said on Friday.

AT&T Closes $1.1B Sale Of Data Center Business As New Colocation Provider Emerges

by Gina Narcisi

AT&T officially closes the sale of its data Center assets to Brookfield Infrastructure. Brookfield's new data center management company, Evoque, will join AT&T's colocation ecosystem.

Lawrence Roberts, ARPANET Engineer Whose Work Led To The Modern Internet, Dies At 81

by Joseph F. Kovar

Lawrence Roberts applied packet switching and distributed control of the network to allow incompatible computers share resources across the country, leading to the development of ARPANET and eventually ushering in the era of today's internet.

Partners Pick Up Pieces After Massive CenturyLink Outage Hits Business Users, Consumers

by Gina Narcisi

Partners react to the nationwide CenturyLink outage that took out phone and internet services for consumers and business users, including 911 services.

Shrinking Windstream Sells Off EarthLink's Consumer Internet Assets

by Gina Narcisi

In its second asset sale in two weeks, Windstream sells off the legacy consumer internet business it acquired in 2017 from EarthLink.

New BullsEye Telecom CEO To Take Tech Aim To Next Level

by Gina Narcisi

BullsEye Telecom COO Tom Tisko is being elevated to CEO in 2019 to keep the company's spotlight of next-gen technologies burning bright.

Cisco To Acquire Luxtera For $660 Million To Boost Intent-Based Networking

by Mark Haranas

‘Coupled with our silicon and optics innovation, Luxtera will allow our customers to build the biggest, fastest and most efficient networks in the world,’ says Cisco’s David Goeckeler.

Verizon Slices Workforce, Downgrades Value of Oath Business Unit

by Gina Narcisi

Verizon revealed it is cutting its staff by 10,400 employees, and is taking a $4.6 billion hit on its struggling Oath business division.