StackRox Extends Its Container Security Platform
StackRox updated its container security platform with additional visibility, profiling, and network management features.
Telefónica and Vodafone Add 5G to UK Network Sharing Accord
The two operators agreed to a non-binding agreement and plan to build their own 5G networks in some cities.
Cohesity Fights Ransomware, Dips Its Toes Into Security
The vendor added new capabilities to its data backup platform that prevent, detect, and respond to ransomware attacks.
AppDynamics Unveils Central Nervous System Platform For AIOps Era
The application monitoring company, owned by Cisco, debuted several new products that will help enterprises navigate the complexity of modern environments.
Silver Peak SD-WAN Supports Multi-Cloud With Google Cloud Certification
Silver Peak’s EdgeConnect SD-WAN platform is now certified by Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud.
Nutanix CEO to VMware: ‘Stop Being a Bully’
The Nutanix-VMware battle escalated with a Nutanix blog accusing VMware COO Sanjay Poonen of “bullying” Nutanix customers.
Canonical Brings IoT Security to Ubuntu Core
Canonical says the latest version of its platform for IoT and container deployments will reduce three things: time to market, software development risk, and security maintenance costs.
SDxCentral Promotes Dan Meyer to Editor-in-Chief
SDxCentral is pleased to announce Dan Meyer has been promoted to editor in chief at SDxCentral. Read more in this post by CEO Matt Palmer.
Deutsche Telekom Flags Further 5G Tests in 2019
The German carrier signed an agreement with the Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises to drive 5G deployment in the capital.
AT&T Outlines 3 Pillars of Its 5G Strategy
They are mobile 5G, fixed wireless, and edge computing, and AT&T says it is building its networks to allow “LTE to work efficiently in parallel with 5G.” “
Accenture Upgrades Linux Foundation Membership, Expands ONAP Work
Accenture has been working on a commercial version of ONAP to support providers’ transition from hardware-based to software-based networks.
Security VC Funding Hit Record $5.3 Billion in 2018
But “this rate of investment is not sustainable,” Strategic Cyber Ventures warns. There are likely many security “zombies” that initially raised big rounds but now growth has slowed.
Cisco, Akamai Participate In EdgeMicro Live Testing
According to EdgeMicro, these proof-of-concept edge computing tests are the last step before deployment.
Dell’Oro: 5G NR to Boost RAN Investments to $160B in Five Years
Research group sees reasons to be cheerful as mobile infrastructure market set to see turnaround after three consecutive years of declining revenues thanks to 5G New Radio.
Google Dominates CNCF Code Commits, Stackalytics Says
The Stackalytics numbers show that Google was the source of nearly 53 percent of all code commits, which was seven-times more than the second largest contributor, Red Hat.
SDxCentral Weekly Wrap: Vodafone, IBM Launch $550 Million Multi-Cloud Joint Venture
SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for January 18, 2019: Vodafone and IBM launch a multi-cloud joint venture, and AWS buys TSO Logic to help customers decide where to best run workloads.
T-Mobile Lures Former Ericsson CTO to Head Its 5G Strategy
Former Ericsson executive Ulf Ewaldsson is joining T-Mobile US’ network operations where he will serve under current T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray. A former colleague at Ericsson is also on the move.
Microsoft Adds AzureDevOps Bug Bounty, Offers $20K Rewards
This isn’t Microsoft’s first bounty program. Its largest reward offers up to $250,000 for finding critical flaws in its Hyper-V hypervisor.
SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup — January 18, 2019
ZTE releases a cybersecurity statement; Microsoft wins $1.76M contract with the DoD; CenturyLink opens security center in Singapore.
Huawei Takes 5G Supremacy Shot at ZTE
Huawei and ZTE are vying for supremacy in China’s 5G R&D trials against the backdrop of an increasingly hostile international environment.