Container Market to Reach $2.7B by 2020, Says 451 Research
Expect rapid consolidation among the 125 container vendors in the years ahead.
MEF Names Dan Pitt as Senior Vice President
MEF is working on APIs for both north/south and east/west.
IHS Markit: 70% of Carriers Will Deploy CORD in the Central Office
95 percent of operators surveyed will create mini data centers.
Enterprises Aren’t Built to Consume Containers, Dell EMC Exec Says
A little bit of Apple culture couldn't hurt.
Microsoft, Cisco, Qualcomm Back Israeli Security Startup Team8
Team8 describes itself as a cyber security think tank.
The Rise of 5G Will Transform Mobile Edge Computing and the User Experience
It may soon be unnecessary to backhaul traffic to the data center.
Plotting a VNF Evolution for the SD-WAN Industry
VNFs are part and parcel of SD-WAN's next wave of evolution.
ZTE to Cut About 3,000 Jobs in Q1 2017
The company is suffering from supply threats and lags in 4G sales.
Ruckus Combines WiFi & Bluetooth for IoT & Security
The partnership marks Ruckus’ first step towards IoT.
5G Network Slicing Could Make New Business Models Possible
20th Century Fox envisions storing movies at the network edge for immediate download.
Bitglass Raises $45M Series C to Pursue Cloud Security
The money could help in a crowded CASB market.
SDxCentral Weekly News Roundup — January 6, 2017
T-Mobile accelerates IoT; Viptela partners with Inbox Business to deploy SD-WAN in Pakistan.
Boosting Operational Efficiency in Cloud NFV Infrastructures
The server is the core building block of the NFV infrastructure.
Nvidia & Audi Set a 2020 Timeframe for Level 4 Autonomous Cars
Level 4 is one step below a fully driverless car.
Ericsson & Cisco Tout ‘Evolved’ WiFi
Another facet to the 14-month-old partnership.
VMware Joins Open-O to Pursue its Telco NFV Strategy
Other big NFV vendors must grapple with decision to join open source projects.
AT&T to Have LTE CAT-M in ‘Majority’ of Network by Mid-Year
LTE CAT-M has support from more than 27 operators globally, according to the GSMA.
AT&T Reinvents Data Sharing with Indigo Project
Long-term Indigo could become an open source project similar to ECOMP.
CloudByte Names Former StackStorm CEO as Chairman
Software-defined storage gets another open source project.
AT&T Outlines 5G Goals, Surpasses 2016 Virtualization Goal
The carrier has virtualized 34% of its network.