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Juniper Brings Contrail to the Edge, Works Closely With Red Hat
Distributed computing with Red Hat OpenStack Platform allows the Contrail Edge Cloud to remotely manage the lifecycle of compute nodes and virtual machines (VMs) from a centralized data center without requiring co-located OpenStack control plane functions in each of these remote edge sites.
Lumina Networks Snags Cisco, Ericsson Executives to Lead Its Engineering
The SDN company hired Cisco's Avinash Parwaney as VP of engineering.
AWS Offers Affirmed Networks’ Virtual EPC as a Hosted Service
The service is targeted to mobile virtual network operators, cable operators that want to provide a mobile service, and traditional mobile operators that want to expand outside of their footprint.
Arista Acquires Metamako, a Provider of Low-Latency FPGA Products
Metamako provides 4 nanoseconds of latency, advancing the “race to zero.” The acquisition will boost Arista's product line targeted at financial services.
Barefoot Responds to the Demise of Marvell’s Programmable Chip
Barefoot says its Tofino chip is used for more than just “niche” applications, and the P4 programming language gives it gravitas.
Cisco Offers Flexible Consumption of ASR 9K Router Software
The company unveiled upgrades to its ASR 9000 routers via a new line card with fourth-generation silicon.
AT&T Plots Its Commercial Deployment of Project AirGig
The company says it's in discussions with unnamed technology suppliers for equipment to deliver internet over power lines.
HTBASE Provides Composable Infrastructure Across Multiple Clouds
Its pièce de résistance is to use software-defined networking to take resources from clouds and on-premises data centers and make it look like it’s a single data center, all on the same Layer 2.
ETSI Releases Security Encryption Specs for 5G and IoT Uses
The specifications are for attribute-based encryption that describes how to secure personal data, combining access control with data encryption.
Mist Spreads Its WLAN Technology to Juniper Networks’ SD-WAN
Juniper will integrate the Mist Learning WLAN with Juniper’s Contrail SD-WAN technology.
eBay Moves Away From OpenStack, Embraces Kubernetes and Docker
The company has also built its own servers and plans to open source them. It's midway through its re-platforming project with the goal of making its infrastructure more homogenous.
Europe Embraces Network Virtualization, Time Zones Become a Pain Point
There seem to be a lot more European vendors, emerging from anonymity, that are having success in network virtualization.
OSS Vendor Comarch Works for Telefónica, Vodafone, and Deutsche Telekom
Comarch recently won a contract with South Korean 5G operator LG U+ to replace its OSS stack.
Marvell Nixes the Programmable Xpliant Chip It Inherited From Cavium
When Marvell acquired Cavium a couple months ago, it “had to make decisions." Marvell decided to focus all our efforts on its Prestera switching chip line.
Despite What VMware Says, Not Everyone Wants to Deploy Containers in VMs
OpenStack’s Rocky Release makes it easier to deploy containers on bare metal.
HPE’s Hyperconverged Segment Attains Annual Run Rate of $1 Billion
HPE CFO Tim Stonesifer will be stepping down. And HPE CEO Antonio Neri has selected Tarek Robbiati to fill the role effective Sept. 17.
VMware User Group VMUG Counts 125,000 Members
Membership in VMUG is free. The group makes its money by selling sponsorships for its in-person events, and it also sells an upgraded membership.
Dell EMC to Sync Hyperconverged Updates With VMware Software
The new Dell EMC VxRail G560 will be the first and only HCI appliance jointly developed with VMware to provide integrations that seamlessly work with VMware Cloud Services.
IDC Predicts the Orchestration Segment of Telecom NFVI to Grow Fastest
For its inaugural telecom NFVI report, IDC says an example of orchestration would be ONAP.
Australia Bans Carriers from Using Huawei and ZTE Equipment for 5G
The government argues that 5G blurs the line between the core network and the edge network, making security more challenging.