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ARM Strengthens Its IoT Portfolio With $600M Treasure Data Purchase
Its push into IoT is undoubtedly initiated by ARM’s parent company SoftBank, which is investing billions in technologies including IoT through its SoftBank Vision Fund.
Juniper Networks Infuses 400GbE Across Its Portfolio
“We believe we are the first to come to the market with 400 Gig,” says Juniper’s CTO.
OpenSDS Project Issues First Release for Software-Defined Storage
For its first code release the OpenSDS project unified storage with Kubernetes for container control and storage with OpenStack for virtual machine control.
Let’s Not Forget European Operators in Open Source Networking
Deutsche Telekom joins The Linux Foundation.
AT&T Caters to Customers That Prefer a Full Cisco NFV Stack
AT&T’s other virtualization platform, FlexWare, now includes SD-WAN from VMware/VeloCloud.
Big Switch Takes the Fast Path to Hybrid Cloud Via On-Prem VPCs
It’s delivering a public-cloud management paradigm, which customers are familiar with, to on-premises workloads.
AWS Adds EC2 Compute Processing to Its Snowball Edge Device
By using Amazon compute EC2 instances on their Snowball Edge devices, customers can enable those devices to function as a mobile data center.
Would AWS Sell White Box Switches to Enterprises?
The hyperscale public cloud providers such as AWS have built network operating systems that are very simple and only have the features they need and nothing more, said IDC analyst Brad Casemore.
Security Vendor Fortinet Sells SD-WAN Directly to Customers
According to Gartner research, there are more than 60 SD-WAN vendors, and 90 percent of them offer little or no security. Fortinet’s SD-WAN has a single controller to manage both the security and the other SD-WAN features.
Stordis and Barefoot Lead Open Source Networking in Europe
Its vision is to replace the hardware, software, and services that operators have traditionally gotten from telecom vendors such as Cisco and Dell EMC.
IT Guys Created the SD-WAN Vendor SimpleWAN out of Necessity in 2014
“We didn’t know the term SD-WAN,” said SimpleWAN’s CEO. But he needed some way to remotely manage the IT network of branch offices.
Nokia Scores $1.17B Deal with China Mobile
Nokia won the one-year deal to provide an array of equipment, software, and services, including some 5G technology.
Security Is the Top Concern for Enterprises as They Select a Data Center Switch Vendor, Says IHS Markit
Cisco, Dell, HPE, Juniper, and Huawei were identified as the top five data center Ethernet switch vendors by enterprises.
Foxconn Makes Grand U.S. Entrance, Forms a New AI Company, and Builds a Factory
The company also purchased a seven-story building in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which it is designating as its North American headquarters.
Small Wireless Providers Defend Huawei’s Business in the U.S.
Wireless carriers say not being able to use Huawei equipment would “gravely impair” their ability to do business. And they can’t afford to “rip and replace” their equipment.
Headcount: The Latest in Hirings, Firings, and Retirings — July 5, 2018
Diane Bryant leaves Google Cloud after 7 months; Equifax hires former IBM executive to serve as its CTO; Riverbed creates a new position - chief customer officer.
Cisco and Samsung: A Natural Partnership on 5G?
Cisco recently said its partnership with Ericsson was languishing. But its relationship with Samsung is moving full-steam ahead.
Swedish Private Equity Fund Acquires SUSE for $2.5B
Under EQT’s ownership, SUSE will become a fully independent business. It has been operating as a semi-independent business of Micro Focus.
Reliance Industries Buys Radisys for About $67 Million
Reliance says the acquisition will accelerates Reliance Jio’s growth in the areas of 5G, IoT, and open source architecture adoption.
ZTE Replaces Its Chairman and Entire Board of Directors
The sudden absence of a major telecom vendor has caused some big ripple effects. For instance, ZTE pulled out of Mobile World Congress in Shanghai this week.