Cisco made several updates to its Application-Centric Infrastructure (ACI) SDN architecture Friday, including new migration paths that will let customers running older Nexus platforms tap into certain features of ACI.

Other top stories include a better-than-expected Q3 from Cisco. Also, Microsoft could launch the third generation of its Surface line tablets next week.

This week's five that came to win includes Lenovo in the data center with ThinkServers, Microsoft's ExpressRoute link to Azure, Pure Storage adds replication to Purity and its flash storage array, Hortonworks acquires XA Secure to boost Hadoop security and social media software developer hits financing 'sweepstakes.'

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Innovators and small businesses could become victims of proposed net neutrality rule changes that would allow ISPs to charge extra for increased bandwidth, MSPs said.

Cisco and VMware's war of words in software-defined networking escalates, as VMware says its NSX SDN technology runs great on VCE Vblocks.

Hortonworks acquires XA Secure and will add it to the Hortonworks Data Platform, boosting Hadoop security.

In yet another channel acquisition this year, Genstar Capital has sold Avaya partner ConvergeOne to Clearlake Capital Group.

A year after brining Cisco unified communication, video and collaboration into its Catalyst Telecom unit, ScanSource said it is "doubling down" on its investment in the networking vendor at its 1Comm Partner Conference.

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At its 1Comm Partner Conference in Savannah, Ga., ScanSource announced a packaged solution hosting Avaya's IP Office Contact Center solution on ViaWest.

WTG Tee & Sea event focuses on cloud and recurring revenue model.

By adding replication to its Purity 4.0 software, all-flash storage array vendor Pure Storage fills in the last hole on the way towards addressing enterprise storage needs.

Entrepreneur Peter Diamandis pitches Cisco partners on the practical applications around 3D printing. Diamandis is the founder of the X PRIZE Foundation.

M-Files DMS is a document management system for Windows Server that sets up quickly and is powerful and cheap.

EMC customers at EMC World who tweeted with the hashtag #72hoursofyes could ask HP for whatever they wanted, up to a price of $599.

Report says so-called new Surface Pro 3, the latest Surface tablet, has an Intel processor instead of Nvidia chip with ARM Holdings technology.

WTG Tee & Sea event focuses on cloud and recurring revenue model.

Shares of Cisco Systems surged in after-hours trading Wednesday, after the networking giant reported a third-quarter loss that was less drastic than it had projected.

Partners believe that Apple closing in on acquiring Beats Electronics has nothing to do with headphones or Dr. Dre. It's a sign that Apple wearables are coming, and iTunes is in for a revamp.