GI Partners Buy Failed Ericsson Data Center
Ericsson’s only North American data center was another example of its financial woes.
Headcount: The Latest in Hirings, Firings, and Retirings — January 11, 2018
CenturyLink and Cisco both shake up executive teams; Paul Maritz leaves VMware board.
5G Makes Networking Cool Again at CES 2018
It's surprising how quickly 5G is moving from a nebulous concept to reality.
Telenor Knocks on Nokia’s Door for SDN-Ready Optical Core Network
The upgrade is targeted at 5G, cloud services, and data center interconnections.
Nvidia Chips are Vulnerable to Spectre, Too
The company is providing security patches.
ZTE 5G Core Platform Further Bolsters Software Control over Hardware
Key components include network slicing management and container architecture.
Equinix CEO: We’re Going After Security, Storage Services
As storage and security companies turn to software, they’ll need data centers to deploy the stacks.
VMware Cuts ‘Small’ Number of Jobs as Part of Business Realignment
No word on how many employees were laid off.
Today’s Mobile Networks Demand Virtual Functionality & Data Analytics
Telecom operators need new network monitoring tools. Although mobile core networks are increasingly virtualized—through powerful and flexible technologies such as Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) —network monitoring and analytics functions have only recently started to be virtualized. Stand-alone virtual probes still require mirroring of all the traffic which in turn impacts performance... Read more →
Cisco Encrypted Traffic Analytics Pushes Threat Detection to Branch Offices
The technology can detect malware in encrypted traffic without decryption.
Software Licensing for NFV Could Get Ugly
Some existing licensing models include perpetual, pre-pay, post-pay, pay-per-use, and pay-per-GByte.
Dell EMC, VMware Fix Critical Security Flaws
The bugs could have allowed hackers to attack enterprise servers.
Survey Crowns Nokia, Huawei, Ciena as Top Optical Networking Vendors
DCI is set to be significant driver of the optical networking space.
SolarWinds Acquires Loggly for Cloud-Based Log Monitoring, Analytics
Key members of Loggly's team will join SolarWinds.
Disappointment for Huawei at CES 2018?
This is just the latest setback for Huawei’s ambitions in the United States.
Service Provider SDN, NFV to Reach $22B in Revenue by 2020, Says SNS
The virtual evolved packet core is one of the best working examples of NFV in a mobile operator network.
How Modern Data Replication Is Changing The Face of Disaster Recovery
Disaster recovery used to be a pretty complex beast — but that isn’t really the case anymore.
Verizon Software-Defined Perimeter Adds Fhoosh Security Technology
The software enables secure HD video streaming from IoT devices.
Versa Networks Powers Zayo Group’s SD-WAN Offering
The CLEC says SD-WAN is just a subset of its WAN business.
MEC for Beginners: Saguna Looks to Ease Adoption with Starter Kit
MEC and CORD are seen as key pillars of next-gen network architectures.