Fortanix Scores Partnerships with IBM Cloud and Equinix, Encrypts Data in Use
The encryption software only runs on Intel hardware now, but the startup isn’t ruling out support for other vendors in the future.
Contrail’s Founder Raises $25M for Volterra, a New Startup Focused on Business Use Cases
Ankur Singla says that solving business problems has more value than simply selling a technology.
Trump Intervenes in ZTE Drama to Get Company ‘Back in Business, Fast’
President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday that he and Chinese President Xi were in talks to resolve, or potentially lessen, the ban imposed on the Chinese firm last month.
EXFO Ontology’s Benedict Enweani on Service Assurance Automation
In this interview, Benedict Enweani, director of business development, systems and analytics at EXFO Ontology, discusses challenges in achieving effective and efficient service assurance in modern service provider networks, as well as the benefits of automation.
Symantec Cops to Internal Investigation, Sends Stock Crashing 35%
The mysterious probe isn’t related to a breach or any security concern about its products.
SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup — May 11, 2018
Oracle spreads AI across the cloud; Nokia makes successful 5G call in France; Cisco completes $270 million purchase of AI company.
How to Manage Cloud Expenses With a Solution You Probably Already Have
Over the years, Telecom Expense Management has helped organizations optimize and gain visibility into usage trends, expenses, and financial allocation — and now it can address a broader set of IT and cloud services.
NTT DoCoMo Moves Toward 5G by Updating Existing Base Stations
NTT DoCoMo and NEC also trialed data transmission between a 5G base station and a 5G mobile station using a car moving at 189 mph.
Protego Scores $2M in Seed Funds to Target Serverless Security
A recent report found 21 percent of open source serverless projects contained at least one critical vulnerability or misconfiguration.
ZTE Ban May Spell Trouble for Chinese Operators and 5G
Many Chinese service providers are reliant upon ZTE’s optical gear for their transport networks and backhaul. And switching to another vendor is not that easy.
Istio and Envoy: Hot Topics Among Enterprise IT and Cloud Execs
With service-mesh technologies, such as Envoy and Istio, web services can effectively talk to each other and become building blocks to create applications.
Investors Purge Infinera Stock on Price War Concerns, Ignore Q1 Results
One analyst said Ciena was the source of the current price war in the optical networking space.
Struggling BT to Axe 13,000 Jobs, Shutter London HQ
The telecom will cut costs and employees as it attempts to evolve its legacy networks and fend off regulatory impact.
Google Gobbles Up Cloud Migration Startup Velostrata
The software moves workloads between on-premises data centers and the cloud and allows customers to automate where their data lives.
Cycle Pedals Bare Metal Container Orchestrator as Kubernetes Alternative
The barebones platform is available through Packet's bare metal compute, network, and storage resources.
Headcount: The Latest in Hirings, Firings, and Retirings — May 9, 2018
Orange Business Services names a new CEO; Andy Elder becomes Riverbed’s new chief sales officer; and a former Coriant CEO returns.
New Relic Boasts 34% Revenue Increase in Fiscal Q4 2018
The monitoring company’s four-year-old enterprise business continues to grow based on new innovations, customer wins, and integrations.
ZTE Shutters Operations in Response to U.S. Trade Ban
The Chinese firm has halted all manufacturing in its factory after being banned from using components made in the U.S. for the next seven years.
Nutanix Adds SDN, Multi-Cloud Management to Software Stack
The company rolled out its first PaaS and SaaS products at its .NEXT conference.
Facebook Hops on the Blockchain Bandwagon
A small team within the company will look at how to incorporate the distributed ledger technology.