IDC Predicts Telecom VNF Market to Grow at a Compound Annual Rate of 45.4%
Worldwide revenue for the telco VNF market in 2017 stood at only $2.5 billion.
Intel Says Silicon Photonics Transceivers Will Be a 5G Fronthaul Savior
Originally developed for the data center, silicon photonics can pump lots of data from the tower to the baseband unit or central office.
SolarWinds Seeks $500 Million IPO
The planned IPO comes three years private equity firms Thoma Bravo and Silver Lake took the IT management company private for $4.5 billion.
Dell IPO Back on the Table
Dell plans to interview several banks this week to discuss underwriting an IPO, according to media reports.
CenturyLink Builds a Global SD-WAN Footprint
The company’s SD-WAN network now is available in 30 countries in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
Portworx Stuffs Stateful Container Storage Updates Into Enterprise Platform
The PX-Enterprise 1.6 updates take into account the distributed storage nature of modern applications running across different clouds and container environments.
SDxCentral Weekly Wrap: Sept. 21
Nokia Slashes 500 Jobs; Oracle Cloud Exec on Extended Leave; SK Telecom Picks 5G Vendors Nokia will cut 500 jobs in Illinois by year-end as part of a restructuring plan. Oracle executives declined to elaborate about the company’s cloud chief taking an extended leave from work. SK Telecom ignored Chinese vendor Huawei and picked Nokia,... Read more →
Exfo Service Assurance VNFs Give ‘Eyes’ to ONAP With Amdocs NFV Integration
Exfo is onboarding its service assurance VNFs into the Amdocs NFV software and services portfolio, which is powered by ONAP.
There’s a Group Working on an Open Source Silicon Instruction Set
The RISC-V initiative is creating a free and open instruction set architecture for the next generation of chipsets.
Research Brief: Cutting through the SD-WAN Confusion: A Handy Guide for Enterprises
SDxCentral's latest research brief is aimed at providing enterprises contemplating purchasing SD-WAN solutions with a concrete five-step process and a set of core considerations critical to success.
Cyber Threat Alliance Reports 459% Spike in Cryptomining Malware
“If you’ve got mining happening on your network, you probably have other bad stuff happening on your network, and it’s probably much worse than mining,” said CTA’s Neil Jenkins.
GitLab Gets $100M Series D, Hits $1B Valuation
The software repository used the news to take a swipe at rival GitHub, which Microsoft purchased for $7.5 billion.
T-Mobile’s Post-Merger 5G Plans Include Home Broadband
The Sprint T-Mobile combo will have the capacity and coverage to offer fixed 5G wireless to homes in more than 50 percent of the U.S.
SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup — September 21, 2018
Dell EMC brings hardware production in-house, dumps Celestica; Microsoft buys AI firm Lob; and Deutsche Telekom makes updates to Bavaria mobile network.
Marvell’s Purchase of Cavium Greatly Expands Its Infrastructure Products
Both companies were focused on infrastructure, and yet there was very little overlap in their product lines.
Alibaba Cloud Taps VMware for Hybrid Cloud Software
Under the partnership, Alibaba Cloud will offer VMware’s hybrid cloud software on its cloud infrastructure.
S&P Overhaul Will Impact Facebook, Twitter, and Google
By removing Alphabet and Facebook from the technology index, investors will be more likely to pay attention to small tech companies like Cisco, Intel, and Oracle.
Deutsche Telekom, Aricent Bridge Cloud Native, Telco MEC Gap
“To expect just one project to oversee all of the edge use cases is not practical,” said Aricent's Shamik Mishra.
Can NFV Help in Rolling Out DDoS Mitigation Services?
Moving the security perimeter into the cloud helps companies that are struggling with the budget and talent needed to keep security in-house.
Verizon Provides SAP With Software-Defined Networking
Historically, SAP’s in-house team looked after its IT real estate, supported by a variety of different technology companies, including Verizon. But now, it’s sending more work Verizon’s way.