Huawei Completes a 5G Deployment in China With Zhejiang Mobile
The 5G network can provide a single user peak data rate speeds of 2.7 Gb/s, which could support services such as 8K live broadcasts.
Intel Accelerates Multi-mode 5G Chip Launch
The chip design is unique in the market because it supports legacy 2G, 3G, 4G LTE, and the various 5G specifications on one module.
Linux Foundation Launches Open Source Ceph Storage Group
The Ceph project is a unified distributed storage system providing applications with object, block, and file system interfaces.
Michigan VC Firm Deploys Bigleaf SD-WAN to Its Car Dealerships
As venture capital firm DP Fox began to migrate its business-critical applications to the cloud it needed a connectivity service that could keep up with its growing portfolio.
Weekly Wrap Podcast: Cisco Lays Off Hundreds of Employees
SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for Nov. 9, 2018: Cisco axes jobs; Verizon CEO Vestberg makes bold moves with restructuring; and more.
NetApp: HCI Means Hybrid Cloud, Not Hyperconverged
What’s in a name? NetApp says its HCI is really hybrid cloud infrastructure (not hyperconverged), but it sounds more like composable.
Xilinx, Under a New CEO, Mulls Acquisition of Mellanox
Xilinx is renown for its field programmable gate array (FPGA), which the company's founder invented. A purchase of Mellanox could give it additional products to sell into the data center.
Alibaba Group Leans Into Cloud Computing Business
Alibaba Group’s CEO said that cloud computing will be its “main business” in the future — following closely in Amazon’s footsteps.
Cable Companies Eye Dish’s Greenfield 5G Network
Dish says it is building a neutral-host 5G network that customers can rent space on to deliver different types of services.
SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup — November 9, 2018
Docker containerizes Windows Server 2008; Rumors fly that Thoma Bravo will buy Symantec; CommScope buys Arris.
Cisco, Huawei Among Alef Mobitech Edge Platform Test Partners
The software-based platform is focused on mobility network functions needed to interconnect any edge application without any upgrades to the underlying network or origin cloud.
ForeScout Buys SecurityMatters for $113 to Expand Network Protection
The Netherlands-based startup provides device visibility, continuous network monitoring, and threat and anomaly detection specific to operational technology and industrial environments.
Broadcom Cuts More Than 300 CA Technologies Jobs, Report Says
Broadcom closed on its $18.9 billion acquisition of CA earlier this week.
IDC: It’s Too Early to Determine 5G Vendor Winners and Losers
The 5G-related network infrastructure market will grow from about $528 million in 2018 to $26 billion in 2022 at a compound annual growth rate of 118 percent, predicts IDC.
Cisco Continues Kubernetes Kraze With AWS Hybrid Software
While Cisco adds Kubernetes support across its portfolio, other vendors like VMware and IBM recently bought companies to boost their container cred.
Mimik Unleashes the Server Power of Edge Devices
The platform minimizes the need for cloud resources to power edge devices by turning ordinary devices, like a mobile phone, into a mini cloud server.
Ericsson Forecasts Brighter Days Ahead
CEO Borje Ekholm said that the company’s turnaround strategy is working. Ericsson increased its sales goals by $2 billion for 2020.
Azure Tops AWS, GCP in Cloud Performance, Says ThousandEyes
In ThousandEye's first report on cloud performance, Azure demonstrated the highest amount of performance stability, and AWS the least.
Mae West and Equinix: What Do They Have to Do With SD-WAN?
Express lanes to clouds and internet exchange points will drive the next stage of SD-WAN competition.
Maxta Adds Analytics to Hyperconverged Software Stack
This provides visibility into customers’ data centers and clouds and helps them address problems before they occur.