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Lenovo Works With Cumulus to Offer Disaggregated Switch Hardware, Software
Cumulus already offers its NOS on lots of different hardware. But this is Lenovo’s first foray into the disaggregated switch model.
AT&T Taps Synergies Between Its 5G and FirstNet Build-Outs
Both FirstNet and 5G require the company to "touch the towers," so a lot of the network upgrades help both initiatives.
Comcast Leads Trellis, an Open Source Data Center Switching Fabric
In working with the ONF, Comcast is breaking with a long cable tradition of not sharing technology and innovation ideas with competitors.
Google Relies on SDN, But Worries About the End of Moore’s Law
Google's compute infrastructure is straining to keep up with data demands. The company is looking for "novel ways" to do more data processing. That might include cluster computing.
AT&T’s White Box Cell-Site Routers Go Into Production Carrying Live Traffic
In 2019 the company will deploy these routers at several thousand towers to support its mobile 5G network.
ONAP Casablanca Shows Up in ‘All the Gin Joints’
A bunch of service providers from around the world are starting to implement ONAP code into their networks.
CenturyLink Dove Into NFV Early Because of a Profitable Business Case
Bill Walker, director of network architecture and innovation with CenturyLink, said there are three business cases for NFV. The worst business case is for new technology that is not directly revenue generating.
T-Mobile Customer Service Reps Use AWS to Predict Why You’re Calling
The company uses AWS SageMaker Ground Truth to create natural language understanding models for customer service conversations.
AWS Sells Hardware to Enterprises to Use in Their Private Data Centers
The company is working with VMware on the new Amazon Outposts initiative. Considering VMware’s sister company Dell EMC makes hardware, this could have some interesting implications.
AWS Beefs Up Its Database Portfolio to Escape ‘Abusive’ Relationships
Part of its database build-out includes a new blockchain managed service.
AWS Gets Involved With the Satellite Biz, While Keeping Its Feet on the Ground
The company announced AWS Ground Station to ingest and process data from satellites and send it to the AWS cloud.
Big Cloud Players, Other Hyperscalers Spend $26B on Capex in Q3 2018
Beyond the usual suspects, Alibaba's capex leapt in the quarter putting it ahead of many other hyperscale operators.
Cisco Files SEC Documents Revealing Its Top Executive Salaries
Cisco’s CEO Chuck Robbins earned $21.28 million in fiscal 2018.
AT&T Likes That the ONF Brings Original Design Manufacturers to the Table
AT&T is at 63 percent of its goal to bring 75 percent of its networks under SDN control by 2020, according to AT&T CTO Andre Fuetsch.
Verizon Buys Software-Defined Perimeter Assets From Vidder
Vidder’s technology is already integrated into Verizon’s SDP service.
Oracle Buys SD-WAN Vendor Talari Networks
Cloud service providers have come to realize the importance of high-quality network connectivity to ensure a happy end user, says IHS Markit analyst Cliff Grossner.
Indian Companies Help Propel Cisco’s Strong Q1 2019 Earnings
It was the company's second quarter of 50 percent-plus growth in India.
The IBM-Red Hat Deal Cuts Both Ways for Canonical
“We haven’t seen the full impact on our relationship with IBM,” said Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth. “IBM is still saying they want to work with us.”
OpenStack Expands With New Projects, Canonical’s CEO Is Not Thrilled About It
According to the OpenStack Foundation board the new strategy reflects the desire of OpenStack users. But Canonical’s CEO thinks it distracts from the group’s core mission.
Huawei Completes a 5G Deployment in China With Zhejiang Mobile
The 5G network can provide a single user peak data rate speeds of 2.7 Gb/s, which could support services such as 8K live broadcasts.