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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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

Given huge mobile gaming market, 5G and cloud could provide a big boost to on-the-go gamers Spurred by mega-hit games like Fortnite and PUBG, mobile gaming is quickly becoming a …

The new technology will use hardware from Intel and cloud computing capabilities provided by the Chinese firm   Intel and Chinese tech giant Alibaba say they are developing athlete tracking …

Service assurance and analytics company MYCOM OSI has been acquired by private equity Inflexion, which said that the telecom industry’s transition to 5G and internet of things services represents a …

When the cloud first popped up on our radar several years ago, there was plenty to get excited about. However, in those early days there was also plenty to be …

Distributing machine learning is key to latency-sensitive applications Today, the vast majority of machine learning algorithms are run in centralized cloud computing facilities. But as 5G opens up a new …

IBM wants to maintain Red Hat “open source innovation” As it stands, IBM’s cloud customers have moved around 20% of their workloads to the cloud, according to CEO Ginni Rometty. …

Oracle looking from non-standalone 5G NR to standalone 5G NR Current and near-term standards-based 5G deployments are focused on the non-standalone 5G New Radio specification, but that’s just a first …

Analysts’ predictions for the edge computing market include rosy expectations, although they vary significantly in sizing the market and its rate of growth over the next few years. Gartner, in …

Service providers key link between enterprises and multi-cloud opportunity: 451 Research Cloud infrastructure vendor VMWare on Aug. 23 reported a 13% year-over-year increase in Q2 revenues to $2.17 billion, which …

To quote the famous Rolling Stones song, “You can’t always get what you want, but you can get what you need.” That’s wisdom for communications service providers (CSPs) and the …

Cloud-native approach necessary to deal with complexity of 5G As it continues to develop, 5G will eventually require a fully virtualized, software-controlled network in order to automate the complexity of …

Frontier Business is expanding their AnyWare business service offering. They let users manage their company’s usage through the Frontier Cloud. This service is growing into a fully integrated set of …

With the transformation from hardware-centric networks to networked cloud platforms, the relationship between telecommunications companies (telcos) and their server(s) is inherently changing. Cloud computing introduced a software design paradigm that …

Networking and security IT infrastructures have evolved to a level of complexity unmanageable by operators and enterprises using a conventional approach. The ongoing reliance upon legacy network hardware and disjointed …

Computer scientists from UCSB team up with citrus researchers to make a smart farm system that reports temperatures and may eventually automate the use of wind machines that keep frost …

Private networks another potential boon to enterprise data center segment Adoption of cloud-based services has long been transforming the way business functions. In addition to investing big to access public …

In a $1.1 billion deal, AT&T is transferring its data center operations to Brookfield. AT&T is selling its data centers to Brookfield Infrastructure for $1.1 billion and entering into a …

Cloud packet core will support nearly 8 million subs Bangalore, India, a tech hub in the rapidly developing subcontinent, just got a little more connected with Vodafone India’s deployment of …