ONAP Casablanca Shows Up in ‘All the Gin Joints’
A bunch of service providers from around the world are starting to implement ONAP code into their networks.
South Korea Launches 5G, But Only for Enterprise Users Initially
South Korea is the first nation in Asia to launch commercial 5G networks as KT, LG UPlus, and SK Telecom, switch on services.
Nokia Threat Report: IoT Botnets Skyrocketed in 2018 and 5G Will Make It Worse
“If you have an IoT device and it has any vulnerability and it’s visible from the Internet, it will be attacked in a number of minutes,” said Kevin McNamee, director of Nokia’s Threat Intelligence Lab and lead author of the report.
Juniper’s ATP Appliance Works With Any Third-Party Firewall or Security Data Source
New capabilities allow security teams to create custom data collectors in the appliance using threat data from any Juniper or third-party firewall. This eliminates the need for custom code or pre-defined integrations.
SDxCentral’s Top 10 Articles — November 2018
Cisco slashes jobs in new round of layoffs; what top Cisco executives make; and Germany joins in on Huawei bans.
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CenturyLink Dove Into NFV Early Because of a Profitable Business Case
Bill Walker, director of network architecture and innovation with CenturyLink, said there are three business cases for NFV. The worst business case is for new technology that is not directly revenue generating.
Nutanix and Intel Form Hyperconverged Infrastructure Partnership
As part of this partnership, systems integrators and value-added resellers will be able to brand and personalize Intel servers running Nutanix software.
Pluribus Broadens Support for Edgecore White Box Switches
The partners expanded their support for Pluribus’ network operating system and cloud fabric software on five additional Edgecore white box, top-of-rack switches.
Symantec Shakeup Continues With President, Other Senior Execs Leaving
The executive team shakeup caps a tumultuous year for the company that recently concluded an internal investigation into financial disclosures and announced plans to cut about 8 percent of its global workforce.
Nokia Bolsters 5G R&D Coffers With $283 Million Loan
The new deal comes hot on the heels of a $567 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB), bringing the total amount of publicly announced 5G financing to $851 million.
Weekly Top Posts: 2018-12-02
- How and Why to Give 4G the 5G Treatment
- Google Drives Direct Istio Access Into Google Kubernetes Engine
- AWS Will Use Custom Arm Processors to Power Certain Cloud Instances
- HPE Buys AI, Big Data Software Vendor BlueData
- AWS Firecracker Further Blurs Container, Serverless Management
SDxCentral Weekly Wrap: Amazon Embraces Hardware, Dumps Oracle
SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for Nov. 30, 2018: Nokia creates access networks group, and more.
T-Mobile Customer Service Reps Use AWS to Predict Why You’re Calling
The company uses AWS SageMaker Ground Truth to create natural language understanding models for customer service conversations.
VMware, Dell Tech Report Revenue Surge Ahead of Tracking Stock Vote
The elephant in the room on both earnings calls was the VMware-AWS relationship. The latest offering — AWS branded servers running in customers’ on-premises data centers — could hurt legacy hardware vendors like Dell.
SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup — November 30, 2018
Google Cloud lands in Hong Kong; Infinera adds optical network to its open line system; and plenty of news from AWS re:Invent.
Cisco, AT&T, Intel Promote Best Anti-Botnet Practices for Companies
The anti-botnet guide provides best practices for service providers, enterprises, and software and device manufacturers.
ZTE Led Q3 Surge in Optical Transport Revenues, Dell’Oro Report Says
Huawei continues to dominate the worldwide market, with Ciena tops in North America.
Qualcomm Launches $100M Fund for AI, Invests in First Startup
Qualcomm will use the fund to invest in startups building AI for autonomous cars, robotics, and machine learning platforms.
StackPath EdgeEngine Uses Serverless to Strip Edge Deployment Complexity
Developers only need to upload their own code, which is then automatically deployed to the edge in an isolated runtime environment.
Juniper Buys Composable Infrastructure Firm HTBASE
The deal will bring storage to Contrail’s multicloud product as well as expand Juniper’s edge computing portfolio.