Oracle kicks off the year by snapping up some software-defined networking (SDN)-- specifically wide-area network (WAN) SDN technology provider Corente, a company Oracle acquires for an undisclosed sum.
No doubt a strike against the likes of Cisco and IBM, the acquisition provides Oracle with Cloud Services Exchange, a software-defined WAN virtualisation platform covering the deployment of cloud-based applications and services across global private networks.
According to a company statement the platform delivers, secures and manages distributed applications over diverse networks to any site over any IP networks regardless of transport, application or provider.
Corente also offers Services Gateway, a virtual appliance for the creation of secure private network endpoints.
“Oracle customers need networking solutions that span their data centers and global networks,” Oracle says. “By combining Oracle’s technology portfolio with Corente’s industry leading platform extending software-defined networking to global networks, enterprises will be able to easily and securely deliver applications and cloud services to their globally distributed locations.”
