SAN FRANCISCO--With a call out from VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger during his opening keynote and numerous mentions from Dell Technologies-family executives, 5G was most certainly a topic of interest during VMworld this week. And with 5G commanding an IT-centric approach marked by highly varied...
Kubernetes is "as significant" as cloud and virtual machines, Pat Gelsinger says
SAN FRANCISCO--VMware is betting big on Kubernetes as the container orchestration tool to facilitate software development and operations across public, private and hybrid clouds. During the company's VMworld event today, CEO Pat Gelsinger...
The world's first commercially deployed 5G cloud-based Radio Access Network is live in the U.S., Nokia said this week in a blog post. The company didn't name the carrier or location in the post, but it was accompanied by a tweet from an official...
Ahead of annual showcase, VMware acquiring Carbon Black and Pivotal Software
With its annual VMWorld event set to begin next week in San Francisco, VMWare this week announced a pair of acquisitions intended to bolster its enterprise cloud security offerings and drive development of its...
The acquisition gives Extreme Networks an edge in cloud management and Wi-Fi 6
In some ways, software-driven networking company Extreme Networks’ path to acquiring Aerohive Networks, a cloud-management networking company, began four years ago. That was when Extreme began assessing where its strengths and weakness were, Norman...
Internet of Things devices are being targeted by cyber attacks within as little as five minutes of being powered up, and hackers are testing their ability to attack IoT devices behind firewalls, according to a new security report from Netscout.
Netscout said that in the...
Ruckus Networks plans to expand service to millions of Brazilians by the end of 2020
California-based wireless networking equipment and software company Ruckus Networks announced that its devices and technology will be used in Wi-Fi hotspots of Google Station in São Paulo, Brazil. The devices being...
Here are five reasons you should embrace it now
The next revolution in information technology – 5G + Edge Computing – is here and it brings an unprecedented opportunity for the telecom industry and all enterprises. Just as companies like Uber, Venmo and Snap could...
President Donald Trump has agreed to grant "timely" licensing decisions to U.S. technology firms that want to sell components and services to Chinese vendor Huawei, the White House said in a statement.
The decision was adopted following a meeting between Trump and the CEOs of...
In Hillsboro, Oregon, Verizon is running a trial that it says is both an industry first and a glimpse of its network's future: a fully cloud-native, container-based element of its Evolved Packet Core, operating on its live network and serving customers.
The proof-of-concept trial with...
Chinese vendor Huawei has not yet seen any benefit from President Donald’s Trump recent decision to allow U.S. firms to sell components to the company and urged the U.S. government to remove the company from a security blacklist, Chinese press reported Huawei’s chairman Liang...
As carriers move to implement a new framework to provide more information to end users on incoming calls, they are learning more about both how to deploy the STIR/SHAKEN framework as well as how to work with other operators to ensure cross-network traffic functions...
At an FCC summit on robocalls, major service providers discussed their progress on testing and implementation of the SHAKEN/STIR specifications aimed at combatting robocalls and illegal call spoofing.
The STIR/SHAKEN specifications aim to authenticate and verify the identity of the party that is calling, including...
The telecoms industry is poised to be transformed dramatically by Artificial intelligence. Over time, AI will be able to deliver the capabilities and insights telecom operators need in order to automate and proactively address issues in network, service and security operations, and customer care.
However,...
Connected device manufacturer D-Link has agreed to boost the security of its routers and IP-connected video cameras as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
The FTC sued Taiwan-based D-Link and its U.S. subsidiary in 2017, accusing the company of failing to take...
More than a dozen global mobile network providers have been attacked in a successful effort to obtain information on specific subscribers, including call detail records and geolocation information, according to a cybersecurity firm and published reports. Security firm Cybereason, which detailed the mechanisms behind...
U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that U.S. companies can sell their equipment to Chinese vendor Huawei as long as the transactions won’t present a “great, national emergency problem.”
Trump made these comments during a press conference at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, after...
We are at a pivotal time in the telecom industry as bandwidth demands driven by the 4th Industrial Revolution impact how service providers are building their next-generation networks. Traditional networks are extremely expensive, and they are not sustainable or scalable in a new era...
Alaska’s largest telecommunications operator, GCI, has selected Ericsson for the deployment of 5G infrastructure, the vendor said in a release.
Ericsson said that the deployment of 5G technology will accelerate applications for the oil, gas, mining and healthcare industries across Alaska.
GCI said it expects to...
Make the switch to 5G easy by adopting artificial intelligence in your networks
As 5G networks are lit up in urban cores and devices begin to hit the market, consumers are already seeing upward of 1 Gbps per second over the air. AND that’s just...
Keysight Technologies is taking internal test automation software to open source, hoping to better help customers and speed up innovation. The company has launched its Open Test Automation Project, or OpenTAP, in partnership with Nokia.
"This is the first open-source project that Keysight is taking...
An export ban recently imposed by the U.S. government on Huawei will not have a huge impact in the company’s capacity to serve customers, Huawei’s founder Ren Zhengfei said during an interview with Chinese media.
“We will certainly be able to continue serving our customers....
Affirmed Networks is supporting several fledgling Standalone 5G trials with its new UnityCloud solution, which it described as bringing together 5G and webscale technology on a virtualized network platform that allows operators to converge their networks onto a single core.
UnityCloud, the company said, is...
Chinese vendor ZTE announced the launch of its first cybersecurity lab in Nanjing, China. ZTE said that the opening of this security lab will contribute with its goal of increasing transparency. The cybersecurity lab aims to provide global customers, regulators and other stakeholders...
