CableLabs’ accelerator UpRamp helps entrepreneurs solve sticky problems and get insider access to the industry.
Two and a half years ago, Scott Brown designed a unique startup accelerator program for CableLabs that aimed to guarantee that startups would get results: give startups a chance to...
Leading automotive manufacturers can expect to realise a remarkable 50 per cent jump in operating profits within five years of implementing a full smart factory set-up, according to new research. But car makers are so far struggling with the concept and technologies, it found.
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In a lofty shared workspace in San Francisco, more than 200 developers and public safety officials recently gathered to work on developing new applications first responders. It was the first official hackathon for FirstNet, which seeks to support a comprehensive ecosystem of relevant applications...
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...
U.S. and U.K. issue alert about Russian state-sponsored hackers
The U.S. and U.K. recently published an alert that Russian state-sponsored hackers are targeting network infrastructure devices, such routers, switches, firewalls and network-based intrusion detection systems, as part of a cyber espionage campaign.
The joint-alert was issued...
Intel announces Threat Detection Technology and Security Essentials
Intel recently made two technology announcements: Threat Detection Technology (TDT) and Security Essentials. The former serves as a set of silicon-level capabilities to detect new classes of threats, while the latter serves as a framework that standardizes...
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...
The need for interoperability
Network interoperability has become increasingly important in the telecommunications industry with the emergence network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined network (SDN). These sorts of technologies have freed customers from vendor lock-in by replacing proprietary hardware with open source software, which allow...
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 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,...
What is overlay networking?
The concept of overlay networking has been around for a while, but has made a return to the spotlight with the rise of scalable network virtualization. It is largely leveraged by the telecom industry, which has increasingly embraced network virtualization over...
Symantec uses machine learning to detect targeted attacks
Cybersecurity company Symantec announced it has made a threat detection technology used internally to detect targeted attacks available to its Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) customers.
Targeted attacks are one the biggest cybersecurity threats facing organizations. They can be...
Department of Commerce says the ban on ZTE will last until March 2025
The U.S. Department of Commerce has banned American companies from selling telecommunications equipment to Chinese vendor ZTE after the firm allegedly did not live up to the terms of an agreement that...
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...
IBM updates IRP
IBM is merging human and machine-based intelligence with updates to its Resilient Incident Response Platform (IRP).
The platform now includes intelligent orchestration in order to improve the response process to security threats. It consolidates features like incident case management, orchestration, automation, intelligence and...
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...
Singtel, SoftBank,Etisalat and Telefónica join forces on cybersecurity
Singtel, SoftBank, Etisalat and Telefónica have joined forces in a global telco security alliance.
The companies collectively boast over 1.2 billion customers across 60 countries. The alliance’s founding members oversee 22 security operation centers, which employ more than...
Verizon deploys VNS bundles
Verizon continues to push virtualization with the launch of its Virtual Network Services (VNS) Solution Bundles.
Verizon originally introduced a pricing model for its VNS platform last November as a way to provide network functions on an as needed basis. Verizon’s VNS help...
Palo Alto Networks announces intent to purchase Secdo
Endpoint security solution provider Palo Alto Networks announced plans to purchase Israel-based company Secdo. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed; although, financial website Calcalist estimates the deal at around $100 million based upon an anonymous...
Choosing a host infrastructure
The Infrastructure hosting market can feel overwhelming with the variety of technologies and platforms available. Generally speaking, however, infrastructure hosts fall into two categories: bare metal infrastructure and hypervisor-based infrastructure. To help determine which infrastructure host works best for your company,...
xRAN Forum recently released it's fronthaul specification
Virtualization of network infrastructure is part and parcel of the evolution for 5G. From the evolved packet core to the radio access network (RAN) operators and industry stakeholders are working to develop interoperability frameworks that will ensure the...
KDDI Europe selects Silver Peak’s Unity EdgeConnect SD-WAN solution
KDDI Europe, a London-based subsidiary of KDDI Corporation, is adopting and providing Silver Peak’s SD-WAN solution to its enterprise customers.
KDDI Europe’s SD-WAN services will be powered by the Unity EdgeConnect SD-WAN solution. It will provide KDDI Europe...
A growing community
The telecommunications industry and beyond is increasingly embracing open source software. Just this year, for example, the Linux Foundation established the LF Networking Fund (LFN) in an effort to host its many open source projects focused on developing an open telecom ecosystem...
MEF announces two new specifications for MEF 3.0 framework
The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), a nonprofit international industry consortium, recently released two new specifications related to the MEF 3.0 framework. According to the organization, the specifications, dubbed Information Model (MEF 59) and Interface Profile Specification...
