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How should carriers approach cloud-native testing for Standalone 5G?

Testing and deployment at cloud scale needs cloud-style automation and orchestration. There’s already been gallons of ink spilled in service of lecturing Communication Service Providers (CSPs) on the importance of adopting cloud-native business processes and technology as they pivot to the introduction of 5G Standalone...

IBM doubles down on hybrid cloud

Hybrid cloud accounted for more than a third of IBM’s total revenue IBM handily beat Wall Street expectations for its second quarter, and showed promising results as the company goes all-in on its full-stack hybrid cloud strategy. The tech giant this week reported adjusted earnings...

Microsoft aims at public sector with Cloud for Sovereignty

The new service promises to help governments and public sector organizations keep data safe, secure, and local. Microsoft on Wednesday announced Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty, a new solution aimed at governments and public sector customers looking to accelerate digital transformation efforts. The new service was...

Cato adds data loss prevention capabilities to security service edge platform

DLP keeps sensitive customer records safe with intent-based rules, says Cato Cato Networks on Tuesday announced Cato DLP, a data loss prevention (DLP) engine added to the company’s SSE 360 service. Cato offers SSE 360 as a Security as a Service platform, offering enterprise customers a...

Nvidia adds just-in-time security to enterprise edge AI management

Multi-instance GPU provisioning helps ‘right-size’ edge AI deployments Edge AI moves the computational focus out of the data center and closer to the edge of the network, where the users and their data are both located. Nvidia announced Monday improvements to Fleet Command, its cloud platform...

How should carriers think about cloud-native OSS and BSS for Standalone 5G?

Scaling up to the cloud is about being smarter, not working harder 5G Standalone (SA) requires a fundamentally cloud-native approach. The 5G core is built on cloud-native principles, designed to provide flexibility and scale. This approach increases carrier agility, but at the same time, going cloud-native...

US regulators ok Ericsson’s Vonage acquisition

Ericsson will close the deal later this month, after passing muster with U.S. Committee on Foreign Investments Ericsson said Friday that federal regulators have approved its acquisition of enterprise cloud services company Vonage. The $6.2 billion all-cash deal met with the approval of both company’s...

Reimagine mobile customer experience with cloud (Reader Forum)

Year after year, in survey after survey, consumers overwhelmingly prefer self-service options over calling, chatting or face-to-face interaction with a business. These preferences grew with the pandemic, especially among Zoomers (Gen Z) and Millenials, who say they are using help centers, knowledge bases and...

Lumen brings edge network to Europe

5ms latency promised for 70% of customers in the UK, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.  Lumen Technologies has announced the launch of its enterprise edge computing solutions in Europe. The company claims 5 millisecond (ms) latency for 70% of enterprise demand in the UK, France,...

Deutsche Telekom expands partnership with Google Cloud

Deutsche Telekom will trial Google Cloud’s data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions German carrier Deutsche Telekom and Google Cloud announced a new expanded partnership to define a joint roadmap for bringing cloud products and services closer to mobile and connected devices...

AWS Cloud WAN promises simplified multi-cloud management

Amazon's made AWS Cloud WAN generally available – its SD-WAN as a service for hybrid and multi-cloud deployments.

Stonepeak to buy 29% stake in American Tower’s US data center business

American Tower will retain managerial and operational control of the data center business American Tower Corporation and Stonepeak, an investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, announced that Stonepeak, on behalf of certain affiliated investment vehicles, will acquire an ownership interest of approximately 29%...

Amazon EC2 offers M1 Mac instancing

After first testing the capability, AWS has added M1 Mac minis to its EC2 arsenal, for devs who need to provision virtual Macs in the cloud.

Vodafone, others claim power efficiency gains in Open RAN test

A group led by Vodafone demoed Open RAN power efficiency improvements and called for the industry to focus on making Open RAN greener.

TIM-led group to make counter offer to build Italian National Strategic Hub

A Telecom Italia-led group says the Italian government must consider its counter offer to build the National Strategic Hub public admin cloud.

BT promises easier multi-cloud deployments with Connected Cloud Edge

Using Equinix Fabric and "Carrier Neutral Facilities," BT promises to accelerate enterprise digital transformation with its new platform.

Ukraine showers hyperscalers with peace prizes

The government of Ukraine has awarded peace prizes to Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle for their emergency digitalization efforts.

Vodafone, Google Cloud continue modernization efforts with AI Booster

Vodafone and Google Cloud announced AI Booster, a new machine learning platform Vodafone will use to improve customer experience.

Juniper Networks introduces Cloud Metro platform

Juniper Networks is promising better efficiency, future-proofing and lower TCO for metro area networks that migrate to Cloud Metro.

Cato Networks expands Nordic presence with Copenhagen PoP

Cato Networks promises expanded cybersecurity with faster downtime recovery for Nordic businesses using its new Copenhagen, Denmark PoP.

Service providers, enterprises drove compute and storage sales – report

Service providers, including CSPs, accounted for 55.3% of quarterly compute and storage infrastructure sales, according to IDC.

Secure Services Edge market grows 40% – study

The Secure Services Edge (SSE) market grew 40% for the first quarter of 2022, said Dell'Oro, driven by hybrid work and distributed apps.

AWS expands presence in the Nordic, Baltic regions via new Tele2 deal

As part of the collaboration, Tele2 now joins the AWS Partner Network (APN) Nordic operator Tele2 announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enhance the cloud services and cloud management portfolio that it offers to its customers, the former said in a release. Under...

Ericsson aims to complete the Vonage acquisition in July

Ericsson had announced the acquisition of Vonage in November 2021 Ericsson said it expects the completion of its deal to buy U.S. cloud communications company Vonage to occur before the end of July, as the vendor continues to work with the Committee on Foreign Investment...