Amdocs launches new intercarrier service orchestration tool
Amdocs, a software and services provider to communications and media companies, rolled out a new intercarrier service orchestration solution, which enables Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to automate traffic scaling across multiple carrier networks.
The offering addresses issues CPS's face...
New report finds lack of cyber skills is increasing data security threats
An acute shortage of security analysis, investigation skills, application security skills and cloud computing security skills is inflaming the number of data breaches, according to a recent report titled ‘The Life and Times...
Smartphones are responsible for the majority of mobile network infections, and most infected smartphones are running Android applications, according to Nokia. The company tracks ransomware through its threat intelligence lab and has used the data gathered to develop new software to fight ransomware. Nokia...
CNCF offers Kubernetes Software Conformance Certification program
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), which supports container management platforms like Kubernetes and Prometheus, premiered its Kubernetes Software Conformance Certification program today, which the foundation said ensures Certified Kubernetes products are consisted and portable. As part of...
Verizon makes SD-WAN solution available on a wholesale basis
Verizon Partner Solutions (VPS), announced it is making its software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solution available to wholesale customers to better control operational costs and boost bandwidth efficiency.
SD-WAN is already offered by several service providers. According...
Google researcher finds 14 Linux USB subsystem security vulnerabilities
Google researcher Andrey Konovalov recently discovered 14 Linux USB subsystem security vulnerabilities, all of which can be triggered by a “crafted malicious USB device in case an attacker has physical access to the machine.”
Konovalov found the...
How service assurance investments are changing the game
As service providers worldwide engage with a new set of competitors, face a challenging economy and attempt to master intensifying network and service complexity, they face service assurance challenges beyond any that most have ever experienced. What...
Prometheus project rolls out latest version of container management platform
The open source Prometheus project debuted the latest version of its container management platform, version 2.0. The new version includes an independent time series database, improved performance, consistent query latency, staleness handling, built-in support for...
HPE debuts OneView 4.0
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) recently announced it has updated its OneView software, version 4.0, with a focus on streamlining data center management and operations, and simplifying hybrid IT. In addition, the company debuted a string of new cloud management partners that...
Orange pushes NFV deployment with Red Hat deal
Red Hat announced Wednesday it is partnering with Orange, a major multinational telecom operator, to help the company virtualize its networks. In particular, Orange said it will use Red Hat’s OpenStack Platform to deploy virtual network functions...
Radisys and Mavenir integrate vEPC into M-CORD as part of partnership
Wireless network company Radisys Corporation alongside software-based telecom networking provider Mavenir announced they are collaborating to offer communication service providers a way to commercially launch a M-CORD (Mobile Central Office Re-architected as a Datacenter)...
Salesforce and Google partnership focuses on G Suite and Google Cloud
Salesforce and Google announced Monday they are bolstering their partnership to enable a more collaborate experience for its customers across Google Cloud and Analytics. The announcement confirmed speculations from earlier this year that the...
Introduction
Application program interfaces (APIs) are becoming a major part of the internet. Although the technology has been around for years, the API market has witnessed explosive growth in recent memory. According to an IDC survey of IT and business professionals sponsored by Axway, 47%...
Gemalto targets enterprise sector with on-demand security platform
Gemalto, an international digital security company based in Amsterdam, announced the deployment of SafeNet Data Protection On Demand, a new security-as-a-service platform that integrates with IT systems, DevOps tools and cloud services.
Gemalto described SafeNet Data Protection On...
Red Hat debuts newest version of OpenStack
Red Hat unveiled OpenStack Platform 12, the latest version of its cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), at the OpenStack Summit Sydney 2017. As part of the update, Red Hat, in addition to fixing glitches, is beginning to move all of...
Synopsys announces intent to acquire Black Duck Software
Synopsys has announced it intends to acquire Black Duck Software for approximately $565 million, or $548 million net cash. According to a company press release, the transaction will be funded by U.S. cash, is subject to Hart...
Juniper integrates Contrail Cloud into Red Hat OpenStack Platform
Juniper Networks, an American multinational corporation for networking products, announced updates to its Contrail Cloud Platform, a turnkey cloud management platform that automates and orchestrates compute, storage and networking resources to create scalable clouds. As part...
Telefonica Chile chooses Ericsson to complete virtualization of core network
Telefonica, the biggest mobile network operator and internet service provider in Chile, announced it has chosen Ericsson to finish the virtualization of the operator’s core network.
Telefonica said completely virtualizing its core network will help the...
Stronger than expected cloud demand compels Microsoft to triple Azure presence in China
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently announced during the Microsoft Tech Summit 2017 in Beijing
the company intends to triple its Azure presence in China over the next six months to meet stronger-than-expected demand...
Google unveils Andromeda 2.0
Google announced it has made some updates to software-defined networking (SDN) platform Andromeda, which the company said should reduce network latency between Compute Engine virtual machines (VMs) by 40% and almost a factor of eight since launched in 2014.
Andromeda is a...
VMware announces plans to purchase VeloCloud
VMware announced Thursday it intends to acquire VeloCloud, a startup making a splash in the software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) market. The move deepens the rivalry between VMware and Cisco, which purchased VeloCloud competitor Viptela for $610 million in...
Riverbed integrates Zscaler cloud security into SD-WAN platform SteelConnect
Riverbed Technology announced at its annual customer event in New York that it is working with cloud security vendor Zscaler to deliver a different type of network architecture. In particular, the company is melding its software-defined...
AlgoSec survey highlights hurdles enterprises face moving to the cloud
Although interest in the public cloud continues to grow, security issues are hindering organizations from embracing the platform, stymieing widespread adoption in return. That is the conclusion of a recent survey by AlgoSec titled “Hybrid...
PacketFabric looks to extend its SDN platform to Europe using Aqua Comms' AE Connect
Aqua Comms, the operator of Ireland's first subsea fibre-optic network interconnecting New York, Dublin and London, announced it will provide PacketFabric, a NantWorks company, access to its trans-Atlantic America-Europe (AE) Connect...
