Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica Strike German Fiber Backhaul Deal
DT will use its fiber infrastructure to connect 5,000 Telefónica cell sites in Germany to support 3G, 4G LTE, and planned 5G services.
Enterprise Networks Get Friendly With Nyansa Social Networking Service
The company added a network friending service to its analytics platform, allowing its customers to benchmark their network performance against others’.
Mavenir Says Its Open RAN Group Isn’t at Odds With Cisco’s vRAN Alliance
Both groups say they have created end-to-end offerings that will compete with traditional, hardware-centric RAN vendors.
Netcracker Provides a Full-Stack NFV Service for Operators
The turnkey model is designed to help service providers get into NFV without spending years to build their own telco clouds.
Headcount: The Latest in Firings, Hirings, and Retirings — October 8, 2018
Radcom restructures; Extreme Networks CFO steps down; TIP shakes up its leadership.
Research Brief: Networking for Multi-Cloud – An SD-WAN Perspective
Download a copy of our research brief aimed at providing enterprises with multi-clouds challenges the means of assessing how SD-WANs can help with their multi-cloud deployments.
Setting the Record Straight on Multi-Cloud Security
Before deploying a multi-cloud strategy, there are four myths about multi-cloud security that need debunking.
GlobalData: Alibaba Cloud Closes the Gap on Competitors in Asia-Pacific Region
GlobalData predicts that an “insatiable trend” of cloud provider product launches will grow the cloud services market in the Asia-Pacific region to $55.3 billion in 2022.
CloudHealth Founder Talks VMware Acquisition, Cloud’s Next Phase
CloudHealth CTO and co-founder Joe Kinsella says VMware plans to target managed service providers with its new multi-cloud management product line.
Broadcom Banks on WiFi to Storm 5G and IoT Markets
The company views WiFi as instrumental in providing the necessary in-building coverage and capacity for 5G deployments.
Innovium Downplays Chip Programmability, Stresses PAM4
Innovium considers switch chip programmability to be relevant for niche applications and as an insurance policy for future needs.
Zabbix Debuts Latest Version of Its Open Source Monitoring Software
Zabbix began as a hobby project, but evolved into a network monitoring software for system administrators to monitor IT infrastructure that has a user base of 300,000 across 75 countries.
Weekly Wrap Podcast: AT&T Contributes White Box Router Spec to OCP
SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for October 5, 2018. AT&T contributed its white box router specifications to the Open Compute Project.
Bloomberg China Chip-Hack Controversy Highlights Fake News, National Security Fears
By now the story and resulting controversy is as much about media credibility as it is about cyber — and national — security.
Gravitational Draws Kubernetes Into Its Secure Credential Sphere
The update allows for the management of glass of credentials using both Kubernetes and secure socket shell for multiple infrastructure environments.
SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup — October 5, 2018
Dell Technologies applies to list shares on NYSE; AT&T names new preliminary 5G markets; Google launches tools for its Kubernetes Engine.
MEF18 to Host 20 Proof of Concept Demonstrations Featuring 50 Service and Technology Solution Providers
MEF is pleased to announce the titles of nearly 20 Proof of Concept (PoC) Showcase demonstrations that will be presented at the MEF18 global networking event.
Nation-States Attack MSP Networks, DHS Security Alert Warns
Managed service providers' customers — especially IT, energy, healthcare, communications, and manufacturing companies — are the end target for these attacks.
Edgility Open Source Initiative Marries Serverless With the Edge
Creators of Edgility say it will offer network operators a better way to manage resources at the network edge. And it will work with existing open source projects like ONAP and Akraino.
Smaller Telcos Can Connect to Public Clouds Via Tata Communications Transformation Services
Tier 1 service providers have connected to public clouds with relative ease. But Tier 2 and Tier 3 providers are struggling to create this connectivity, according to Tata.