Brocade

Bought Brocade and played by Qualcomm – Broadcom’s busy week

Just as the hangovers from the Brocade celebrations are subsiding, Qualcomm investors are taking Broadcom to the cleaners to bring on a different headache.

AT&T boosts in-house virtualization competence with Vyatta acquisition

Giant US operator AT&T has continued its quest for self-reliance in the virtualization era with the acquisition of Vyatta Software from Brocade.

Broadcom’s Brocade buy silences Ruckus

Following Broadcom’s acquisition of Brocade, many have been left scratching their heads over what that means for the future of Ruckus Wireless.

Broadcom reportedly mulling over Brocade purchase

Brocade is reportedly on the verge of a sale with chipmaker Broadcom apparently one of the interested parties.

Brocade makes wireless play with $1.2bn Ruckus acquisition

Networking and storage specialist Brocade has confirmed it will fully acquire wireless vendor Ruckus for $1.2 billion, making a concerted move into the service provider networking arena.

AT&T working with Brocade and Cisco on NFV and SDN development

AT&T is working with Cisco and Brocade, in separate joint development efforts to create more services with virtualization technologies.

Brocade to snap up Riverbed’s SteelApp biz in NFV play

Storage and networking tech vendor Brocade has signalled its intent to acquire Riverbed Technology’s SteelApp portfolio, which includes a virtualized application delivery controller for cloud-based applications.

Telefonica tests capabilities of virtualization with Brocade partnership

The quest for virtualization in the network operator community is turning into something of an arms race as much for the vendor ecosystem as for the carriers. On Tuesday Telefónica partnered with networking specialist Brocade to explore the capabilities of virtualized network appliances running on off the shelf, Intel-based hardware.

Brocade goes after carrier virtualization

Networking specialist Brocade has unveiled a virtualization platform aimed squarely at the cloud and telecommunications service providers sector. Brocade said that its Vyatta platform is the first phase of a multi-year strategy embracing the requirements outlined within the ETSI Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) ISG, and those set out in open source software projects such as OpenDaylight and OpenStack, the company said.