Huawei Shakes Up the AI Status Quo
Google, nVidia, IBM face a new formidable AI challenger in Huawei.
SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup — October 19, 2018
Samsung buys an AI firm; AWS publishes an SLA for serverless computing; Oracle boosts Health Sciences Cloud with acquisition.
10 Security Startups that Investors Are Funding
These 10 security companies raised more than $499 million in just the last month as security remains a top priority for many enterprises.
Ericsson Fired 50 People in Corruption Scandal Fallout
CEO Borje Ekholm said an investigation of the company by the SEC and DOJ started in 2013. The scandal put a damper on otherwise positive third quarter results.
DT, Intel, MobiledgeX Lead TIP’s Edge App Developer Project
The group will produce vendor-neutral APIs and software tools focused on mobile functions running on edge infrastructure.
McAfee Uncovers New Security Threat Linked to China
McAfee also added new products to its Mvision enterprise security portfolio including endpoint detection and response and an integrated data loss prevention policy engine across endpoints, networks, and the cloud.
Ciena Inflates Software Control to Reduce Network Complexity
The company is expanding the reach of its SOAS software to boost IP capabilities and integrating Layer 3 expertise from its Packet Design acquisition.
How SD-WAN as a Service Solves MPLS Limitations
Having your SD-WAN delivered as-a-service helps simply the network and free up IT resources to focus on growth generating opportunities.
Cato Networks Adds Self-Healing Capability to Its SD-WAN
It also released an SD-WAN device built specifically for data centers. Previously, it only had a branch device that couldn’t fully meet data centers’ needs.
Dell EMC Dips Its Toes Into Security With Cyber Recovery Software
The new software shows how the lines between traditional backup and recovery and data security are being blurred.
Embratel Taps VMware to Bring SD-WAN to Brazil
The Brazilian telco operator is building VMware’s VeloCloud-powered NSX SD-WAN into its network to deliver SD-WAN services across the country.
Alibaba and Fortanix Forge Cloud Security Partnership
Fortanix’s key management and secuity software ensures that even cloud providers don’t have access to the customer’s encrypted data.
Platform9’s Fission Speeds Serverless Test, Dev on Kubernetes
The platform offers live-reload and record-replay of application code that is the first of its kind for a serverless system.
TIP’s vRAN Group Says It Can Deliver 4G Over Cable Networks
The group, in conjunction with CableLabs, has developed a vRAN reference design that will enable cable companies to launch 4G, and ultimately 5G.
IBM ‘Winning’ With Hybrid Cloud, CFO Says
IBM increased its cloud revenue 20 percent during the third quarter of 2018. But overall revenue dropped 2 percent compared to last year.
Forget Fancy Tools, AI Needs a More Pragmatic Approach to Software
Huawei’s recent AI portfolio release emphasizes that AI isn’t just a collection of fancy machine learning libraries but is instead a facet of a much larger, living system.
Arista Embraces Its Mojo in Campus Battle With Cisco
Arista strengthened its campus networking portfolio of products through its acquisition of Mojo Networks.
Vodafone and Telefónica Will Trial TIP’s OpenRAN Platforms
Altiostar, Mavenir, and Parallel Wireless were picked by TIP’s OpenRAN project for having the most compliant platforms.
Major Operators Collaborate on TIP White Box Gateway Device
These devices will be open, disaggregated, interoperable, and supplier-neutral, and they target mobile operators’ 5G deployments.
Twilio Boosts Its Cloud Communications Platform With $2B SendGrid Purchase
SendGrid sells an email marketing platform to businesses. The purchase will enable Twilio to bring all of its customers' communications channels under a single platform and company.