Department of Commerce says the ban on ZTE will last until March 2025
The U.S. Department of Commerce has banned American companies from selling telecommunications equipment to Chinese vendor ZTE after the firm allegedly did not live up to the terms of an agreement that...
IBM updates IRP
IBM is merging human and machine-based intelligence with updates to its Resilient Incident Response Platform (IRP).
The platform now includes intelligent orchestration in order to improve the response process to security threats. It consolidates features like incident case management, orchestration, automation, intelligence and...
Singtel, SoftBank,Etisalat and Telefónica join forces on cybersecurity
Singtel, SoftBank, Etisalat and Telefónica have joined forces in a global telco security alliance.
The companies collectively boast over 1.2 billion customers across 60 countries. The alliance’s founding members oversee 22 security operation centers, which employ more than...
Cisco issues patches to address software vulnerabilities
Cisco recently released patches for 34 vulnerabilities, including three critical remote code execution flaws, with the majority impacting its IOS and IOS XE networking software.
The security firm Embedi first discovered one of the more serious software flaws, dubbed...
Gluster Community announces Gluster 4.0
The Gluster Community recently premiered the latest version of the open source software scalable network filesystem, Gluster 4.0, with new features focused on container integration and storage management.
Gluster was founded in 2005 with the goal of simplifying storage using open...
Putting AI on devices moves processing to the very edge of the network
As 5G continues to develop in support of new latency-sensitive use cases, there's a broad move to augment centralized cloud-based services with processing, compute and storage capabilities at the network edge. Think...
Device sensor data, app data, network data, "goes to Google," Oracle VP says
During a keynote presentation at the Competitive Carriers Association's Mobile Carriers Show, Oracle Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Peter Lord provided an illuminating look at the amount and specificity of data sent...
If Apple was first to AI with Siri, why then are they trailing today? We all know artificial intelligence is the future. We all know it is growing in importance and will dominate our world going forward. We all know Apple was first with...
MetaSwitch and Dell EMC offer joint solution
Telecommunications software company MetaSwitch and Dell EMC announced a collaboration, which involves combining the former company's Composable Network Protocols (CNP) IP routing and MPLS networking stacks with the latter company's EMC OS10 Open Edition. As part of the collaboration,...
Cisco announces updates to network operating systems
Cisco recently announced updates on software disaggregation across service provider, enterprise and data center networking.
The company noted that software disaggregation has been on the rise for a variety reasons. Hyperscale web providers are pushing for disaggregated solutions for...
CloudBees CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise now available on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
CloudBees. Inc, the hub of enterprise Jenkins and DevOps, recently announced the availability of CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.
CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise offers operations centers and managed masters as a...
Cisco and Verizon team up on Information-Centric Networking (ICN) software
Cisco and Verizon announced they recently tested the former company’s hybrid ICN software at the latter company’s lab outside Boston.
Cisco's ICN software is based on Xerox research company PARC’s technology. PARC's originally developed the technology...
Verizon, AT&T previously dropped deals to sell Huawei phones
Consumer electronics big box retailer Best Buy is cutting ties with China's Huawei, according to published reports, and will stop selling the company's mobile devices in its stores. Largely due to national security concerns, U.S. companies...
MulteFire 1.1 spec focused on private LTE for the internet of things
With broad interest from industrial players who see private LTE as a big opportunity to take control of cellular needs and from operators looking to augment licensed spectrum holdings by deploying cellular in...
NetScout introduces nGeniusPulse 2.5
NetScout Systems Inc. recently announced its nGenius Service Assurance platform has extended infrastructure monitoring into VMware virtual and Wi-Fi infrastructures with the release of nGeniusPulse 2.5.
NetScout is a provider of application and network performance management products. nGeniusPulse is a health monitoring...
Nokia announces Enterprise Session Border Controller
Nokia introduced a new cloud-native Enterprise Session Border Controller (eSBC), which the company said provides high-quality IP voice and video services.
Nokia's eSBC is intended to mitigate cyber attacks, optimize the use of IP bandwidth for communications and thwart unauthorized...
Tenable unveils benchmarking solution
Software company Tenable announced a new feature, called Tenable.io Lumin, which the company said will enable organizations to quantify and communicate their cyber risk.
In cyber security, the concept of an “attack surface” refers to the total number of points or vectors...
Hate to say I told you so, but the iPhone X is not the roaring success Apple hoped it would be. The reason is as obvious as the nose on your face. However, I wonder whether Apple executives really understand the problem. Let me...
Drones in the telecom industry
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, are often characterized as toys or weapons, but they are also seen as maintenance tools among telecom operators. In a global report on the commercial applications of drone technology, PwC estimates the addressable market...
Netsurion launches SD-WAN platform Netsurion Connect
Network security services company Netsurion is rolling into the SD-WAN market with the launch of Netsurion Connect, which the company said combines network connectivity, security and management for distributed enterprises and IoT environments.
Netsurion was founded in 1989. The company...
SonicWall announces 2018 Cyber Threat Report
Internet security company SonicWall recently announced its 2018 Cyber Threat Report, which recorded approximately 9.32 billion malware attacks and over 12,500 new common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) in 2017.
The report sources information from over one million security sensors in...
Stagnation in smartphone innovation opens door for new entrants
It’s been a number of years since we’ve seen a truly different smartphone than the prior year. I mean, it’s clear that up until 2007, there was lots of differentiation already, then Apple accelerated the era...
Splunk to acquire Phantom Cyber Corporation
Data analytics service provider Splunk Inc. recently announced a definitive agreement to purchase security company Phantom Cyber Corporation for approximately $350 million. The acquisition is anticipated to close during the first half of this year.
Phantom Cyber was founded in...
Carrier Blockchain Study Group announces new members
LG Uplus, Etisalat Group, KT, Telefónica and PLDT have become members of the Carrier Blockchain Study Group (CBSG) as part of an initiative to develop a blockchain platform specifically for telecom carriers.
CBSG was originally launched last September as...
