Twilio acquires SendGrid, adds email APIs

Networking Digest A roundup of network technology content from TechTarget|October 22, 2018 FEATURED STORY Twilio buys SendGrid for email APIs by Jonathan Dame, News writer Twilio will acquire SendGrid, a maker of cloud-based email APIs. The deal follows email-focused acquisitions by Slack and Workplace by Facebook. (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com) Advertisement NEWS   Arista CloudVision gets campus Wi-Fi management Arista will have to do more than wrap its Mojo Wi-Fi infrastructure into the Arista CloudVision management console to catch Cisco and HPE Aruba in campus networking. (SearchNetworking.com)   VMware faces strong challengers in cloud systems management VMware topped IDC's latest vendor ranking in the cloud systems management market. But the analyst firm said the market is too young to declare any vendor a winner. (SearchNetworking.com)   Comcast gigabit service ready in 39 states Comcast gigabit cable is now available to 58 million homes and businesses in 39 states. Comcast completed the rollout as AT&T and Verizon start launching 5G internet services. (SearchNetworking.com)   Cato SD-WAN adds 'self-healing' capabilities to product portfolio Cato Networks hones Cato SD-WAN with 'self-healing' features designed to fight against network failures. Also, Kaloom unveils Software Defined Fabric to improve data center programmability. (SearchSDN.com)   How SD-WAN services could improve application metrics In this roundup of network blogs, industry insiders dissect SD-WAN's role in application metrics, the future of 5G growth and the evolution of network automation. (SearchNetworking.com)   RingCentral the latest UCaaS vendor to acquire a cloud contact center RingCentral is the latest UCaaS startup to push more heavily into the cloud contact center market with its acquisition of customer engagement vendor Dimelo. (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com)   Interoperability could help 8x8 Team Messaging stand out 8x8 has added a team messaging app to its cloud-based unified communications and contact center suites, joining a growing list of vendors in a market kick-started by Slack. (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com)   Would businesses embrace Google+ as a corporate social network? Google plans to turn Google+ into a corporate social network. But the declining popularity of enterprise social networking and an undisclosed security breach could present challenges. (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com)   Public cloud management tools lacking, research finds Networking experts discuss the challenge of finding robust public cloud management tools, how to improve network resiliency and avoiding network exceptions. (SearchNetworking.com) EXPERT ADVICE   How to check for packet loss to manage call quality Network managers learn more straightforward techniques to get a more accurate reading when testing for network packet loss in order to manage call quality. (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com)   Merging wired and wireless networks spawns valuable analytics Networking analyst Zeus Kerravala takes a look at Arista Networks’ new Cognitive Campus, a campus architecture that unifies wired and wireless networks. (SearchNetworking.com)   What potential chatbot security threats could AI introduce? New chatbot AI technology comes with potential security risks. UC expert Jon Arnold explains what to be aware of when deploying new AI-based voice technology. (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com)   4 switch ASIC interfaces to drive SDN and machine learning growth Learn how four interfaces that are designed to control switch ASICs and packet forwarding can help accelerate developments in SDN and machine learning. (SearchSDN.com)   802.11ax standard promises tectonic shift in wireless It's shiny, bright and new -- and, like 'Anchorman' Ron Burgundy, kind of a big deal. Here's why networking experts say high-efficiency 802.11ax Wi-Fi actually lives up to the hype. (SearchNetworking.com)   AI in contact centers offers agents behavioral analytics Contact center AI offers tools to help agents provide better customer service through behavioral analytics. But AI may also present some privacy concerns. (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com)   Networks of the future: What automation and IBN can do for you Where might the future of networking take you? Discover how the shift to automation could affect you, as well as what to look for along the networking horizon. (SearchNetworking.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Networking Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Networking Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.