Serverless and Knative Underline Cloud Native Evolution
Knative is seen as an important catalyst for unifying the dozens of serverless platforms in the market.
Networking Vendors Jump On 400GbE in 2018
The 400GbE standard is four times as fast as 100 gig Ethernet, and it offers an economically attractive price-per-port and better power efficiency.
Who Went Where: The Top Personnel Changes of 2018
From Hans Vestberg’s quick rise at Verizon to Google Cloud’s leadership shakeup, this year was full of personnel changes that turned heads.
Infinera Corporate Restructuring Plan Hits 53 Jobs in California
The initial phase of the program will cost between $6 million and $8 million and is linked to Infinera's recently closed $430 million acquisition of Coriant.
Trump Considers New Attack on Huawei, ZTE
But Huawei may be getting the best kind of revenge. The company says its revenues in 2018 grew 21 percent over the previous year.
Dell Runs the Gauntlet to Achieve Its Goal of Going Public
It took Michael Dell 12 months of battling shareholders — and ultimately paying them about $14 billion — to once again take his company public.
ZTE Spent 2018 Engulfed in International Intrigue
ZTE's year included claims of espionage, direct intervention from President Donald Trump, a growing list of countries banning use of its equipment, and a $1 billion hit to its bottom line.
2018 Is a Year Huawei Would Like to Forget
Can it get much worse than having its CFO arrested and being accused of violating sanctions?
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North America to Dominate 5G Connections in 2019
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The Top Acquisitions of 2018 in SDxCentral’s World
Open source and containers found themselves at the center of M&A activity this year.
SDxCentral Weekly Wrap: AT&T Launches First Mobile 5G Network
SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for December 21, 2018: AT&T launches 5G, GE spins off Digital and IoT division, and AWS fires back at Oracle claims.
5G Competition Is Finally Here (Sort of)
AT&T's launch of 5G services this week has taken the level of competition and snipping to a glorious new level showing that we are truly now entering the golden age of 5G.
IBM Will Use Samsung’s 7nm Tech for Data Center and Cloud Servers
The news comes as other manufactures including TSMC race to bring their next-gen silicon to market — and challenge Intel’s long-standing chip dominance in the data center.
SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup — December 21, 2018
Google Cloud acquires DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA); Telecom Italia (TIM), Qualcomm, and Ericsson successfully complete a live video call using 5G mmWave spectrum; AT&T offers new security service.
Composable Infrastructure Players to Watch in 2019
The technology is still in its infancy with only a handful of vendors shipping products. We expect to see more action in 2019.
US Indicts Chinese Hackers in MSP Network Scheme
While the government didn’t name the network providers, Reuters reports that HPE and IBM were among the compromised networks.
The Kubernetes Top 5 Hits of 2018
The Kubernetes project made a lot of progress in 2018 in terms of maturity, stability, and scalability, which helped drive M&A activity and a greater focus on security.
Intel, Dell Study Finds Data Center Expansion Eats Up the Bulk of IT Teams’ Work
It concludes that IT teams are looking to new technologies like artificial intelligence to meet their data center demands.