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Winners and Losers After ZTE Is Banned From Buying U.S. Components
Ciena stands to be a winner because it competes with ZTE. Infinera and Nokia might benefit as well.
The Russians Are Targeting Internet Routers for Cyberattacks, Says Joint U.S., U.K. Alert
Cisco, itself, recently issued a warning about its Smart Install client, saying it was vulnerable to cyber attacks by nation-state actors.
End Users Either Accelerate NFV or Drop It, Says Report
The time for researching NFV is over for some end-users who are either moving forward to the trial phase or dropping the technology, at least for the time being.
ZTE Forbidden From Buying U.S. Components for 7 Years
A U.K. government agency is also recommending that telcos not purchase equipment from ZTE.
Paul Jacobs Thinks He Has a Greater Than 50% Chance of Taking Qualcomm Private
It’s possible that ARM may be one of the potential investors. Qualcomm and ARM have worked together for years, creating chips for mobile devices.
Alibaba Cloud Deploys Location-Based Technology With Esri
The agreement between Alibaba Cloud and Esri will bring together engineers from both companies to deliver GIS innovations to the cloud.
Palo Alto Networks Buys Endpoint Security Startup Secdo
This is the third Israeli security startup that Palo Alto Networks has purchased.
RAD Creates VNF for White Boxes to Talk to Physical Network
RAD's vAccess allows operators to use white boxes with VNFs over whatever access infrastructure they have installed.
KDDI Europe Settles on Silver Peak for SD-WAN Services to Its Enterprise Customers
The company had been white labeling an SD-WAN service from another vendor, but it found it to be too expensive and not versatile enough.
China Mobile Selects Nokia for IP/Optical Transport Network
Nokia wins a 50-percent share of the multi-vendor deal with China Mobile. The two companies are also working together on software-defined networking for China Mobile to expand its cloud offering.
OpenContrail Becomes Tungsten Fabric, Plans Next Release in May
Juniper Networks will be one of the biggest consumers of Tungsten Fabric, but the name change helps distinguish it from Contrail.
Huawei Shoots Back at FCC Proposal That Threatens Its Rural Biz
The FCC wants to ban any spending from the Universal Service Fund on networking equipment that could pose a security threat.
Etisalat Hires NEC/Netcracker as Prime Integrator for NFV Telco Cloud
NEC/Netcracker will wrangle myriad vendors of hardware and software along with some open source code.
Indian Lending Exchange Runs Hyperledger Fabric in Production
It’s notable because the Hyperledger code is running in a production environment with three competing institutions all running on the same blockchain network.
ARM Reaches Into the Data Center, Competes With Intel
ARM is also targeting the telco central office, working with such open source groups as the Central Office Re-architected as a Data Center (CORD).
Data Center Report Finds Cost Is Not the Big Driver for New Technology
A big driver for using next-generation technologies was improved capabilities to configure, troubleshoot, and measure data center networks.
Lumina’s Flow Manager Handles White Boxes, MPLS, and BGP
Lumina can operate a single control plane that software defines the existing routed network and integrates white box switches.
Extreme Offers 60-Day Rolling Financing on Networking Products
Short-term subscription financing has been available for networking software, but it’s more rare for networking hardware.
Service Providers Get a Little Testy With Vendors Regarding SDN
Unfortunately for vendors, they don’t have the luxury of sitting on stage and defending their point of view. But vendors aren’t going to provide products based on open source unless there’s money to be made.
Vint Cerf Envies the Modern ‘Internet Adventure’ with Open Routing, Switching
The disaggregation of the control plane and data plane with open interfaces feels a bit like the free-wheeling days of the early internet.