Dan Meyer

Colorado

Have seen a lot of changes in the telecom/software/cloud space over the past 20+ years, most good, some not. Editor-in-Chief SDxCentral.

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Nutanix nabs more VMware defectors

4 days ago | sdxcentral.com | Dan Meyer

Nutanix continues to gobble up disgruntled VMware customers stung by Broadcom-led pricing and licensing changes, but is also seeing traction with its GPT-in-a-Box platform and accompanying Kubernetes offerings in stealing away customers from Red Hat. Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami told investors that the vendor attracted approximately 620 “new logos” during its most recent third fiscal quarter of 2025.
Broadcom kills ‘Registered’ VMware reseller tier

5 days ago | sdxcentral.com | Dan Meyer

Broadcom is ditching its lowest tier VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) reseller partners and program tier in the latest move by the vendor in revamping its VMware sales channels around what it terms partners that are “committed” to the cause.
AT&T broadband CPEs gain powerful container management update

1 week ago | sdxcentral.com | Dan Meyer

AT&T has migrated millions of its broadband gateways to a new container framework from the Prpl Foundation to power application management on those devices. This plan comes as the carrier is set to boost the reach of its broadband services. This migration involved AT&T replacing a legacy container orchestration platform that the carrier found to be inefficient at supporting a growing pool of API-linked applications running on top of increasingly resourceful CPE devices.
HPE’s switch update taunts Cisco’s tardiness, VMware value

1 week ago | sdxcentral.com | Dan Meyer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) updated its switch and access point portfolio that tie into recent software launches, but more interestingly is making pointed attacks at competing platforms from rivals Cisco and Broadcom-VMware. The updated components include a new Aruba Networking CX 10040 switch that continues to use AMD Pensando digital processing units (DPUs) but now supports double the scale and performance of the previous-generation unit.
Broadcom’s VMware moves draw ‘red’ from EU regulators

1 week ago | sdxcentral.com | Dan Meyer

Broadcom received a “red” status from the European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO) for the vendor’s most recent handling of legacy VMware licensing changes, which ECCO claims could be violating European Union (EU) competition regulations. ECCO in its latest report claims that Broadcom has been successful in transitioning legacy VMware customers to Broadcom’s new licensing model.
DriveNets wants to upend network cost structures

2 weeks ago | sdxcentral.com | Dan Meyer

DriveNets is well aware that vendors like Cisco and Juniper Networks are big fish in the network pond but knows it can counter that size with greater software agility, an advantage it’s using to score a diverse set of new business.
Vodafone voices voracious support for maturing private 5G space

2 weeks ago | sdxcentral.com | Dan Meyer

The private network space received a jolt this week with Amazon Web Services (AWS) ditching its Private 5G platform, a move that highlights the increasingly complex nature of cracking the private network space. However, telecom operators remain very much on the case, with some even noting there remains a place for hyperscalers in helping operators drive enterprise adoption of private network services.
Cisco ogles OpenAI’s Codex to drive developer productivity

2 weeks ago | sdxcentral.com | Dan Meyer

Cisco is looking at OpenAI’s latest Codex artificial intelligence (AI) coding agent to help the increasingly AI-forward networking giant to squeeze more AI-generated efficiency from its operations.
Verizon, T-Mobile US DEI decisions deepen DEI dilemma

2 weeks ago | sdxcentral.com | Dan Meyer

Verizon’s recent decision to scuttle its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program to gain Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval of its $20 billion Frontier Communications purchase continues a trend of tech firms ditching initiatives that analysts noted have been hard to manage and have come under increasing scrutiny from the current US government administration.
Dell propels private cloud infrastructure push, enhances NativeEdge

2 weeks ago | sdxcentral.com | Dan Meyer

Dell Technologies launched an infrastructure-focused platform targeted at the growing private cloud market and bolstered its NativeEdge offerings to help support more complicated edge applications. The new Dell Private Cloud product is targeted at supporting private clouds that run cloud software from vendors like Broadcom, Nutanix, and Red Hat on Dell’s disaggregated infrastructure.