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SD-WAN Provider Martello Goes Public on TSX Venture Exchange
Now that it is publicly traded the company intends to continue focusing on acquisitions like its recent purchase of SD-WAN provider Elfiq Networks.
Verizon to Open 5G Labs to Test Applications for Different Vertical Markets
The four new labs, alongside its existing lab in New York City, will rely on local partnerships to test and refine new 5G use cases.
Alibaba Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Jack Ma to Retire
Jack Ma is retiring to focus on philanthropic efforts in education. Current CEO Daniel Zhang will take over Ma’s role as chairman of the board.
Headcount: The Latest in Hirings, Firings, and Retirings — September 6, 2018
Aryaka names new CEO (again); Former AlienVault CEO will now head AT&T cybersecurity; and Kontron absorbs Inocybe leadership in acquisition.
Ciena Buys DonRiver to Boost Blue Planet Portfolio
A DonRiver team of specialized OSS software, integration, and consulting experts will form a specialized services group within the Blue Planet Organization.
Juniper Research: Far East 5G Operators Top US as ‘Most Promising’
NTT DoCoMo, SK Telecom, LG U+, KT Telecom, and SoftBank topped Juniper Research’s list of the “most promising” 5G network operators.
Hyperscale Capex Soars to $53 Billion in First Half of 2018
A Synergy Research Group report found that Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook accounted for 70 percent of total hyperscale capex.
Lavelle Networks Launches SD-WAN NFV for Microsoft Windows Hosts
The Lavelle Networks SD-WAN software appliance sits within an NFV container in a Microsoft Windows environment for greater control and enhanced network management.
SevOne Extends SD-WAN Monitoring to VMware NSX
The SevOne monitoring software previously only gave insights into Cisco’s SD-WAN service.
Alibaba Cloud Revenue Grows 93% From Previous Year
Alibaba Cloud’s continued growth puts it in direct competition with Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
C3 IoT Partners With Google Cloud to Accelerate Joint AI and IoT Growth
C3 IoT also has partnerships with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Intel to deliver its AI-driven IoT platform-as-a-service.
Keysight Provides NTT DoCoMo With 5G Network Emulation for 5G NR Devices
Keysight and NTT DoCoMo have been collaborating on 5G research since 2015 when the two companies worked on mmWave channel measurement.
Nyansa Voyance Extends Monitoring to Aruba, Extreme Networks Wireless Systems
Nyansa Voyance already integrates and correlates data from a number of data sources and vendor systems including Cisco, GE, and Microsoft.
Alibaba Cloud Eyes Expansion Into Southeast Asia With New Products, Partners
At the Alibaba Cloud Summit this week, the cloud provider launched a wide breadth of products that span serverless, data, search and analytics, IoT, and machine learning.
GTT’s Internet-Based SD-WAN Gains Momentum From Acquisitions
GTT President and CEO Rick Calder said that SD-WAN is a "meaningful" part of the company's totals sales numbers.
Instana Tailors Its APM to Each Enterprise User
More users need access to APM tools because of the growing complexity of architectures. Instana developed a tool to personalize APM tools for specific users.
New Relic Broadens Its APM For Kubernetes, Microservices, and Infrastructure
In New Relic's fiscal first quarter earnings call with investors, CEO Lew Cirne said that its business continues to grow as it adds new points of visibility to its core APM platform.
SoftNAS Calculator Targets AWS, Azure Storage Costs
The SD-storage and cloud data provider launched a free calculator that compares costs associated with using its automated storage tiering feature versus public cloud vendors.
VMware and Mist Collaborate for Wireless LAN, WAN Visibility and Troubleshooting
The joint offering boasts interoperability between Mist’s Learning Wireless LAN and VMware VeloCloud-based NSX SD-WAN to bring AI and open programmability to WLAN and WAN.
China Unicom, AliCloud Establish $51.4M Venture to Build Government Cloud Services
China Unicom will leverage the cloud prowess of Alibaba to offer cloud and IT services for government and enterprises as Google potentially makes a play to take cloud share from Alibaba in China.