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GTT announcement agreement to purchase Interoute GTT Communications, Inc. announced a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Interoute, operator of one of Europe’s largest independent fiber networks, for $2.3 billion in …

AT&T extends hybrid networking options AT&T recently announced it is making its SD-WAN service available to over 150 countries and territories. AT&T originally deployed its platform, dubbed SD-WAN – Network …

Rackspace deploys over 22,000 Cisco firewalls Rackspace is making Cisco’s next-generation firewalls available to customers who need to secure multi-cloud environments. Cisco and Rackspace’s partnership stretches back nearly 20 years, …

Cisco releases 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report Cyber criminals are increasingly using encryption to evade detection, while security professionals are becoming more reliant on automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence (A.I.). …

Riverbed announces SteelConnect updates Riverbed recently announced updates to its SD-WAN solution SteelConnect, including private links that enable users to connect to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Other …

AT&T and GridRaster team up on AR/VR project AT&T announced it is working with GridRaster to test augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) services on mobile devices at its edge computing …

The Linux Foundation unveils Akraino project The Linux Foundation recently announced a new project, dubbed Akraino, to develop an open source software stack capable of supporting high-availability cloud services for …

A growing market The cloud computing market has become increasingly dense as vendors of all sizes compete for customers who have gravitated to the technology as a way to run …

Juniper premieres new product portfolio Juniper is expanding its portfolio of services with a host of products, which the company said will bring businesses closer to a secure and automated …

VMware to purchase CloudCoreo VMware recently announced it is acquiring cloud configuration-management startup CloudCoreo for an undisclosed amount to further secure hybrid cloud environments. CloudCoreo was founded in 2016 with …

Cisco announces cloud-based security endpoint portfolio Cisco is taking aim at the managed security service providers (MSSP) market with three cloud-based tools included in its endpoint security portfolio: Cisco AMP …

Oracle to purchase Zenedge Oracle announced it has signed an agreement to purchase cybersecurity firm Zenedge for an undisclosed amount as part of an initiative to secure IT systems launched …

The need for distributed intelligence Advancements in artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning have taken the cloud to new heights over the past few years. Despite this progress, however, one …

Arm announces Project Trillium Arm introduced a new processor platform, called Project Trillium, as part of an initiative to bring machine learning to mobile edge devices. The platform includes two …

Latency-sensitive applications require new approach to the network edge Drivers like the growth of the internet of things and mobile gaming highlight the importance of network quality at the mobile …

Virtuosys unveils Edge Application Platform Virtuosys recently premiered its Edge Application Platform, an end-to-end hardware and software solution designed to bring distributed computing close to the edge. Multi-access edge computing …

Citrix completes Cedexis acquisition Citrix Systems announced it has acquired Portland cloud-computing startup Cedexis in a move to boost app performance in hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Financial details of the …

Aerohive Networks introduce new hybrid cloud-access management solution Aerohive Networks recently premiered a hybrid cloud-access management solution, dubbed Aerohive A3, slated to be released the second quarter of this year. …

Sylabs introduces Singularity Pro Commercial startup Sylabs recently launched an open source container technology called Singularity Pro made for high-performance computing (HPC). The Linux-based Singularity container platform serves as the …

REAN Cloud scores DoD deal to accelerate cloud migration Northern Virginia cloud systems integrator REAN Cloud announced last week it landed a five-year contract with the U.S. Department of Defense …

Intel announces new Xeon chips Intel recently premiered a new chip dubbed the Xeon D-2100 processor made for edge computing workloads. Multi-access edge computing (MEC) is a way of extending …

Tech Mahindra and VMware combine solutions Tech Mahindra and VMware recently announced a collaboration aimed at communication service providers (CSPs), which will focus on developing, marketing and deploying solutions that …

TM Forum announces Open Digital Architecture (ODA) program TM Forum, a nonprofit industry association for service providers and their suppliers in the telecom industry, premiered its ODA program today. The …

Juniper Networks and TIM sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Italian mobile operator TIM and Juniper Networks are working together under a MoU on the research and development of cloud-oriented network …

Following reports that Dell Technologies is evaluating a reverse merger with VMware, the latter company’s CEO Pat Gelsinger on Friday commented on the evolving situation. “We are not in a …