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Nokia deploys its largest cloud packet core for Vodafone India

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 a Nokia cloud packet core that will support some 7.8 million enterprise and consumer users. Vodafone...

Infrastructure key to enabling intelligent edge computing

AWS exec lays out four principles guiding edge computing vision According to Satyen Yadav, general manager, IoT and edge services, Amazon Web Services, the network edge is all around us—at our homes, along our roadways, at the hospitals we visit and at the manufacturing facilities where...

Bringing software-defined networking to the data center

Nuage Networks projects highlight progress toward network slicing with data center SDN The long-term vision of 5G includes network slicing--using virtualized network functions and software-defined networking (SDN) to enable operator networks to automatically create service-specific data pipes that precisely meet the needs of a particular...

Nokia AirFrame edge computing meets open source

Nokia announces its AirFrame Open Edge computing server blade. SAN JOSE, Calif.--Nokia revealed its building block for edge deployments and small data centers at the NFV World Congress yesterday. The Airframe Open Edge server is compact and uses open-source software to manage network functions. The server...

Cloud Foundry eyes China’s market with Alibaba Cloud’s membership

Alibaba Cloud joins Cloud Foundry as gold member Alibaba Cloud announced it is deploying Cloud Foundry on its infrastructure alongside joining the Cloud Foundry Foundation as a gold member. Cloud Foundry is an open source, multi-cloud application platform-as-a-service governed by the Cloud Foundry Foundation. According to...

Comparing public, private and hybrid clouds

Three different models Nearly everyone uses the cloud, but not everyone uses the same type of cloud. There are in fact three different cloud models, including public, private and hybrid clouds. To help determine which cloud best suits your company’s needs, the following explores how...

Kaspersky Lab launches security offering for hybrid cloud visibility

Kaspersky Lab announces Hybrid Cloud Security offering Kaspersky Lab is expanding its virtualization and cloud security portfolio with the launch of its Hybrid Cloud Security offering. As the name suggests, the purpose of the solution is to secure hybrid clouds environments. It provides API-integration with...

Docker incorporates Kubernetes into Enterprise Edition 2.0

Docker launches Docker Enterprise Edition 2.0 Docker recently rolled out Docker Enterprise Edition (EE) 2.0, which enables customers to run multi-container applications with either Kubernetes or Swarm. Docker EE emerged last year as a Container-as-a-Service platform that secures applications across disparate infrastructure, both on-premises and in the...

VMware’s vSphere, vSAN updates focus on hybrid cloud management

VMware introduces version 6.7 of vSphere and vSAN VMware premiered version 6.7 of both vSphere and vSAN with a focus on new hybrid cloud management capabilities. VMware vSphere and vSAN are the company’s flagship virtualization products. The former serves as the company’s hypervisor and virtualization management platform,...

Cisco enhances endpoint protection with visibility capabilities

Cisco announced enhancements to its Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints, new investments in email security and an expanded partnership with ConnectWise. Cisco AMP for Endpoints is a next-generation endpoint security solution made to thwart, detect and respond to advanced threats. The company says the...

Esri software comes to Alibaba Cloud under partnership

Alibaba Cloud and Esri join forces Spatial analytics company Esri and Alibaba Cloud have entered a partnership, which will allow both organizations to deliver technologies to customers who want to implement Esri technology on Alibaba Cloud. Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) was founded in 1969 and...

Oracle EVP: ‘You have to go to the cloud’

For service providers and enterprises, cloud adoption drives innovation NEW YORK--Oracle Executive Vice President Bob Weiler stressed to attendees of the Oracle Industry Connect event that now is the time to move business processes to the cloud. "You have to go to the cloud," he...

Cisco introduces integrated solution to protect data center workloads

Cisco aims to secure workloads across data centers and multi-cloud environments Cisco announced it is combining Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), Tetration, Stealthwatch and Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) technologies into an integrated solution to protect data center workloads. Cisco noted security challenges are growing alongside sophisticated cyber...

IoTium container platform brings Kubernetes to the edge

IoTium announces availability of OT-Edge Industrial IoT company IoTium introduced a new container-based platform, dubbed OT-Edge, which it claims is the first edge-cloud infrastructure solution built on remotely managed Kubernetes Kubernetes is an open source platform, which has become the de facto standard of container orchestration....

Oracle SVP: Network is enabler for service provider profitability

Service providers can leverage network and acquisition to create new business models and revenue streams NEW YORK--Citing World Economic Forum numbers, Douglas Suriano, senior vice president and general manager of Oracle Communications, said digital transformation represents a $10 trillion economic opportunity for service providers and...

China Mobile to use Nokia equipment for optical transport network

China Mobile to leverage Nokia equipment to build optical transport network China Mobile has chosen Nokia to supply equipment for its regional optical transport network. An optical transport network serves as a protocol for forwarding network messaging across optical fiber networks. It consists of a collection...

GitLab, Google collaborate to ease Kubernetes deployments

GitLab and Google work on automating container cluster deployments GitLab is collaborating with Google Cloud to provide native integration into Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). GitLab said its native GKE integration will enable developers to automatically spin up a cluster to deploy applications in a few clicks....

Oracle focused on AI, machine learning

Oracle AI, machine learning solutions mark move toward automation The long view on telecommunications networking is automation of management and operational processes. This is highlighted with the advent of 5G, which is designed to provide connectivity for billions of new devices with a wide range...

JetStream introduces platform to ease workload migration across clouds

JetStream Software unveils JetStream Cross-Cloud Platform Cloud development company JetStream Software introduced a new cross-cloud data management platform, dubbed JetStream Cross-Cloud Platform, which aims to support workload migration, resource elasticity, and business continuity across multi-cloud and multi-data center infrastructures. Established in 2016, JetStream Software is headquartered in San...

VMware acquires E8 Security to boost endpoint management platform

VMware purchases E8 Security VMware announced last week it has acquired California-based cybersecurity startup E8 Security. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. E8 Security's Fusion Platform leverages machine learning to identify cyber threats. Its purpose is to pinpoint malicious behavior and address vulnerabilities. As part...

Salesforce announces Integration Cloud following MuleSoft acquisition

Salesforce to acquire MuleSoft for $6.5 billion Salesforce recently announced it will purchase MuleSoft for $6.5 billion. As part of the acquisition, Salesforce will use MuleSoft technology to power Salesforce Integration Cloud. The deal is expected to close at Salesforce's fiscal year 2019 at the...

China Mobile expands SDN support with Nuage Networks VSP

China Mobile selects Nuage Networks VSP to provide public, private and hybrid cloud services China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC) recently announced that it has chosen Nokia’s Nuage Networks Virtualized Services Platform (VSP) as the software-defined networking (SDN) platform for its public and private enterprise cloud...

Ericsson focuses on regional carriers with cloud solution

LAS VEGAS--Four regional carriers in the U.S. are working with Ericsson to realize the cost and performance benefits associated with moving network operations management to the network infrastructure vendor's cloud-based solution. The launch partners for Ericsson's Network Management as a Service are Chariton Valley,...

Google reportedly looking into leveraging blockchain technology

Google embracing blockchain technology Google is reportedly looking into using blockchain technology to boost the search engine giant’s cloud business, according to sources familiar with the matter at Bloomberg. Blockchain is a technology that helps keep record of online transactions in a distributed, decentralized way using...