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5 changes enterprises can expect with edge computing (Reader Forum)

In recent years, cloud computing has revolutionized enterprise IT. Widespread access to the cloud’s scalable, reliable, powerful computing resources have unlocked countless opportunities for businesses and their customers. But this decentralization has resulted in vast distances between data centers and end-users, making latency inevitable. These...

‘There needs to be an IT DNA’: The view from VMware (Part 2)

IT-centric 5G networks require a new approach to architecture, organization With 5G, traditional mobile network operators need to draw from the hyperscale playbook to facilitate dynamic network management and rapid service development and delivery. This will require a new approach to network architecture with an...

The state of telco cloud adoption: The view from VMware (Part 1)

How does edge computing fit into a broader telco cloud strategy? The telco cloud conversation has been ongoing for some time as communications service providers look to build networks that provide the agility and dynamic service delivery generally associated with web scale players. But, as...

How to maximize visibility into cloud deployments (Reader Forum)

A recent survey found that that 42% of IT professionals spend too much of their time on troubleshooting tasks and that cloud environments were ranked overall as the second most-common place in which they encounter significant IT issues. A lack of visibility into cloud...

Meaningful AI needs edge and cloud computing

NXP and Nvidia both investing in AI for edge use cases The vision for the combination of 5G and the internet of things revolves around leveraging the low latency of next-generation cellular networks with sensor data to create efficiencies through lightning fast data processing in...

HPE edge investment– $4 billion over four years

HPE CEO discusses 5G and edge computing opportunities With virtualization and distributed compute both instrumental in the long-term success of 5G, traditional IT companies are looking to invest and return on supporting service provider roll outs of next-generation cellular systems. During the recent Dell Technologies...

Microsoft CEO: Hyper-connected world ‘being driven by software’

MS Build developer conference keynote: "Go for that moonshot" Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella kicked off the company's annual MS Build developer conference this week in Seattle by describing the opportunity available to software developers as connectivity changes not only the consumer world but also drives...

Edge, core, cloud: An IT strategy in three vignettes

Product announcements from Dell Technologies World Dell Technologies has been telling the "hybrid, multi-cloud" story for some time and this year, at the company's flagship event in Las Vegas, reiterated that messaging and layered end the need for an IT modernization strategy that considers the...

Dell exploring multi-cloud 5G vision with Orange

LAS VEGAS--This week during Dell Technologies World the family of companies made clear how its hybrid, multi-cloud strategy spanning edge, core and cloud is an imperative for enterprise digital transformation. And, while the digital transformation of telcos will serve as a catalyst for operators'...

Dell Technologies CTO highlights key role of edge computing for 5G

Digital transformation requires a cohesive edge, core, cloud strategy LAS VEGAS--Seven years ago, the company that would become Dell Technologies saw the potential for hybrid, multi-cloud computing models. At the time, “We got beat up on mercilessly,” Dell Technologies CTO John Roese said in...

Diverse 5G use cases marked by move toward flexible infrastructure

The value of 5G comes from ‘giving voice’ to the internet of things LAS VEGAS--As hybrid, multi-cloud IT strategies gain adoption by enterprises, including communications service providers, 5G is “knocking on the door,” according to K.C. Choi, Dell EMC’s SVP of Global Systems Engineering. And...

The superpowers of tech: Cloud, mobile, AI and IoT

Dell Technologies has product breadth to deliver on superpowers with 'disruptive scale,' VMware CEO says LAS VEGAS--VMware's vision, according to CEO Pat Gelsinger, remains connecting any device to any application running in any cloud. With the combined offerings of the companies that sit under Dell...

Dell defines five pillars of transformation

We are entering the ‘data era,’ Dell Technologies Vice Chairman Jeff Clarke says LAS VEGAS--At a high-level, digital transformation encompasses technology investments that allow a business to capture, analyze and use data to improve operational efficiencies and create new revenue streams. A necessary and complex...

5G and multi-cloud underlie digital transformation

Dell SVP discusses 5G as driver of AI, network disaggregation LAS VEGAS--Digital transformation, driven by the intersection of distributed multi-cloud computing, internet of things devices generating data and powerful 5G connectivity, is key to the long-term viability of Dell Technologies’ global customer base--that’s a prominent...

Michael Dell calls Dell Technologies ‘the essential infrastructure company’

LAS VEGAS--Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell took a circumspect look at the company's mission and future during a presentation that kicked off programming at the annual Dell Tech World. Dell characterized his namesake group of brands "the essential infrastructure company," and noted a $20 billion...

NetScout: ‘We’ve officially entered the terabit attack era’

The size of distributed denial of service attacks is "growing at an alarming pace all around the world," according to NetScout Systems' 14th annual report on worldwide infrastructure security -- and as more enterprises and networks move operations to the cloud, attackers' focus is shifting...

Ericsson pushes orchestration as central to 5G profitability

Orchestration solution includes automation, assurance tools from CENX acquisition With limited 5G deployments commercially available in some key global markets right now and operators set to quickly scale out coverage, the early focus is on enhanced broadband, both fixed wireless and mobile, with revenue not...

Open cloud computing infrastructure and automation are key to 5G

IBM discusses how cloud and telecommunications, along with AI, are converging Early 5G deployments are limited in coverage scope and capacity but, as operators fine tune their spectrum allocation, scale service offerings and the technology continues to mature, expect much more than simply an enhanced...

Honing cloud focus, Nvidia acquiring Mellanox for $6.9 billion

Intel and Xilinx reportedly tried to acquire Mellanox The confluence of several technology mega-trends--5G, artificial intelligence and big data analytics--require the support of cloud computing and data centers to efficiently run an increasingly diverse set of workloads. To keep pace with this type of demand,...

Breaking down Rakuten’s greenfield approach to building a fully-virtualized network

Rakuten says it will build a cloud-native, nationwide network for about $5 billion As operators transition from LTE to 5G, there's significant discussion around how 5G requires a cloud-native, fully-virtualized design capable of dynamically supporting the myriad applications and device types that will connect over...

Cloud to help emerging markets diminish tech, cost barriers (Reader Forum)

The cloud is a powerful transformational agent for emerging markets, but only when dovetailed with other emerging and evolving digital technologies to deliver complete solutions.  The International Data Corporation or IDC's top 10 predictions for IT, 2019, says that by 2022, 40% of organizations’...

Kinetic Edge Alliance formed to deploy edge computing infrastrcuture at scale

Edge computing sites will be pre-integrated to support CBRS There's broad consensus in the telecom industry that building out edge infrastructure will be key to delivering latency-sensitive 5G use cases, as well as enabling enterprise and industrial initiatives that fit under the umbrella of digital...

Ericsson, Intel jointly developing software-defined infrastructure for 5G

Software-defined infrastructure focuses on using common hardware to support variable 5G workloads As service providers increasingly take an IT-centric approach to building and managing increasingly complex networks, there's a move toward swapping out single-purpose hardware for more flexible infrastructure that uses software to virtually spin-up...

Casualties of digital transformation? Poor integration costs businesses, report says

As enterprises seek to modernize and digitalize their operations, application and cloud integration issues are costing about half of large enterprises between $250,000-$500,000 per year, according to a new survey -- and 4% of respondents reported that poor integration costs their business as much...