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.
Packet and Wasabi Take On Amazon, Provide Cloud Compute and Storage
“Nobody gets to keep a lock on cloud computing,” Wasabi CEO David Friend said. “As much as Amazon would like to, it’s going to be a multi-cloud world.”
Podcast: The Future of Network Architectures and the Self-Driving Network™
Enterprise network architectures are being reshaped using tenets popularized by the major cloud properties. This podcast explores this evolution and looks at the ways that real-time streaming telemetry, machine learning, and artificial intelligence affect how networks are designed and operated.
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.
Facebook, Google, and Uber Join Open Source Compliance Project OpenChain
The Linux Foundation project OpenChain is developing an overarching standard for creating a quality compliance program that companies can apply across the supply chain.
Big Switch Brings Big Monitoring Fabric to AWS
The company has a similar product for Microsoft Azure that is slated to enter beta next year. Google Cloud is on the roadmap for future support.
BT Excludes Huawei From Its 5G Core, Huawei’s CFO Is Arrested in Canada
Huawei's' chief financial officer who is also the daughter of the founder of Huawei, was arrested in Canada at the request of the United States. The reason for the arrest has not been disclosed.
The Rising Costs of Cybersecurity Are Driving IT Modernization
Regardless of size cybersecurity has become a massive source of frustration for organizations all sizes. A greater percentage of IT spending is now being consumed by cybersecurity products and services.
Vendors Ramp Up 5G Momentum With NSA 5G NR Tests in mmWave Spectrum
Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm, and Samsung have all recently conducted tests of 5G networks based on the Non-Standalone 5G New Radio (NSA 5G NR) standard.
There’s Nothing Universal About the Universal CPE
Achieving standard, commodity uCPEs will be a longer journey than anticipated.
VMware CEO Lists Top 3 Priorities for 2019: NSX, Cloud, and Containers
“Obviously I love my vSAN child. It’s not as important as my NSX child,” VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger said, referring to VMware’s software-defined storage and networking platform, respectively.
ETSI Open Source MANO’s Latest Release Equips for 5G
OSM Release Five adds support for network slicing and employs a microservices architecture to make it a viable choice for 5G use cases.
Ericsson and Telia Switch On Live 5G Network as Key Testbed in Sweden
Swedish carrier Telia Company is the latest carrier to announce it has switched on a 5G network, with the help of Ericsson of course.
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.
Kubernetes Discloses Major Security Flaw
It affects all Kubernetes-based products and services, and it gives hackers full administrative privileges on any compute node being run in a Kubernetes cluster.
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.
Container Adoption Has Nearly Doubled in Last Year, Says Portworx Survey
IT professionals list Microsoft Azure as the best cloud provider in terms of cost effectiveness, having the most advanced tools, reliability, and having the best support for container environments.
Microsoft Resellers Including Dell Win $3.2B Deal With US Navy
Almost 900 vendors competed for the 10-year award. The Navy selected six.
VodafoneZiggo Deploys Cisco SON With RAN Automation for 5G
Cisco’s SON technology works in multi-vendor deployments based on any combination of cellular technologies. It supports RAN nodes from any major vendor as well as multiple data-source vendors.
Barefoot Networks Debuts Tofino 2, Using 7nm Technology
This is Barefoot’s second generation release of its P4-programmable Tofino Ethernet switch ASIC family.