Huawei and Microsoft join forces to expand cloud app portfolio
Microsoft and Huawei have signed a memorandum of understanding, which will bring the former’s applications to the latter’s public cloud. While Huawei already offers Windows Server and Microsoft RDS for SQL Server, the company did...
HPE and Micro Focus merge to create world’s seventh largest software vendor
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced it completed a $8.8 billion spin-off and merger with U.K. software businesses Micro Focus Friday, claiming to now be seventh-largest software vendor in the world. The companies will...
Openstack’s newest platform focuses on usability, flexibility and scalability
The Openstack Foundation unveiled the 16th version of its software platform called Pike yesterday. Although Pike isn’t exactly loaded with new features, it does bring flexibility and scalability to OpenStack, a platform known for being difficult...
The two industry giants addressed questions centered on customer service, containers, VMware AppDefense and A.I.
CEO of VMware Pat Gelsinger and CEO of Dell Technologies Michael Dell took questions this week at VMworld 2017 in Las Vegas, Nev. Topics covered were wide and varied, ranging from...
Cisco looks to bring ACI to three major cloud vendors with initial field tests
Cisco recently announced it will commence early field trials for its Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Virtual Edge. The news follows in the foot trails of the company announcing it intends to...
With the push toward hybridization, Juniper Contrail Security helps secure applications running on multiple clouds
Juniper Networks, an American multinational corporation for networking products, unveiled Juniper Contrail Security today, a security and micro segmentation solution created to safeguard applications running on multi-cloud environments.
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CenturyLink private cloud service receives an upgrade with VMware Cloud Foundation
CenturyLink, Inc. recently updated its private cloud service, Dedicated Cloud Compute (DCC) Foundation, to a private service based on VMware Cloud Foundation.
The cloud service gives companies the option of switching to a hybrid-cloud that...
The need for container orchestration
Containers are being embraced by enterprises across the industry. The lightweight technology allows service providers to package applications, along with their dependencies, libraries and other binaries, into isolated environments on an individual server. Accompanying the rise of containers is the...
Cisco’s ACI to move beyond data centers to customers managing hybrid networks
Cisco recently announced it is devising a way to bring its software-defined networking (SDN) solution, Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), to public clouds like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure.
ACI...
Microsoft Just-In-Time Virtual Machines (VM) Access aims to thwart unauthorized access to virtual machines
Microsoft recently debuted a new security tool called Just-In-Time VM Access in an effort to better secure virtual machines running on Azure from computer hackers.
Microsoft Azure is Microsoft’s public cloud computing...
How containers came to fame
Containers are a mature technology gaining traction in the telecom industry with the push toward virtualization. The lightweight technology enables service providers to run various, isolated applications on an individual server. Containers originally rose to stardom when Docker discovered a...
Verizon teams up with Amazon to deliver virtual services at global scale
Verizon announced it has made its Virtual Network Services available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. AWS cloud provides building blocks that can be assembled quickly to support workloads. Businesses leverage AWS...
Learn how Huawei is enabling digital transformation for network operators
The way enterprises and consumers use mobile data connectivity is evolving. Video has become a key mobile service, and the perpetuation of increasingly high-quality UHD or 4K video, as well as emerging tech like virtual...
Recently I was invited to give a speech looking at the changing wireless industry and where we are heading. Wireless is an incredible industry. I’ve been a wireless analyst for 30 years. Over the last four decades I have watched it change time and...
The continued growth of LTE and the emergence of IoT are stimulating development of new applications that require different business and architectural models for delivery of services.
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Enterprises in multiple sectors such as retail, transportation, healthcare and manufacturing are connecting infrastructures and facilities into their IT environments more completely now than ever before. Municipalities, emergency teams and public-sector agencies are also equipping their vehicles and facilities to provide better services as...
Packet seeks to provide developers an un-opinionated infrastructure
Packet, a New York-based startup that specializes in bare metal infrastructure, recently launched its new edge compute service in 15 locations across the globe. Eleven of these locations are new, which are online in Los Angeles, Seattle,...
Advances in IoT and broadband mobile with LTE and 5G, and cloud-native computing in scalable, high performance applications have stimulated the development of a new class of edge computing solutions for deployment ‘closer’ to users at the ‘edge’ of service provider networks.
This overview is...
Kontron and Genband collaborate on NFV infrastructure reference solution
Kontron, a global provider of embedded computing technology and secure IoT platform solutions, and Genband, a global provider of real-time software solutions, debuted a media network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVi) reference solution at the Perspectives17 Annual...
IBM Corp. debuted Monday the encryption capabilities of its new z14 mainframe, otherwise known as IBM Z, which is focused on combating the growing threat of data breaches.
The number of data breaches within the U.S. is on the rise. IBM purports universal encryption --...
It’s no secret network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) are shaping the telecom industry. Spearheading the shift to a virtualized network is The Linux Foundation, which hosts numerous projects aimed at building a strong open ecosystem for telecom operators.
History of The Linux Foundation
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Oracle made two purchases this week: measurement and analytics firm Moat, and software start-up Wercker that focuses on cloud-based application and micro-services enablement through software containerization.
The Moat purchase will provide Oracle with a new platform for media and brand measurement and analytics that has an enterprise...
Windstream said the $227.5 million cash deal will bolster its enterprise-focused product portfolio and drive $30 million in annual operating synergies.
Regional telecommunications operator Windstream Holdings announced plans to acquire cloud-based unified communications provider Broadview Networks Holdings for $227.5 million in cash.
Windstream, which...
In a move said to support greater connection speed, reliability and security compared with an open internet connection, Comcast Business partners with IBM.
Comcast is looking to take advantage of the latest in cloud technology, announcing that its enterprise-focused operation is now...
