Lloyd’s, AIR release report explores economic impact of a major cloud service outage
A cyber security incident that takes a top three cloud provider offline for three to six days could cause anywhere between $6.9 to $14.7 billion in economic losses and between $1.5 and...
Google announces Preemptible GPUs
Google has launched preemtible GPUs, a programmable logic chip made for display functions, which enable users to use virtual machines with GPUs at a 50% discount. Although, it should be noted the company can shut down the use of the service...
Zayo deploys its own SD-WAN solution
Publicly traded company Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. deployed its SD-WAN yesterday, an integrated extension of the company’s fiber-based IP/MPLS. The purpose of the solution, according to the company, is to make it easier to manage networks by improving performance,...
In a New Year's message, Huawei's Deputy Chairman and Rotating CEO Ken Hu said that the company saw 15% year-over-year revenue growth in 2017, and said that the industry's foundation for new growth lies in creating superior customer experiences in video, the internet of...
China Telecom selects ZTE for resource pool pre-commercial trial SDN project
China Telecom has selected ZTE for the provincial cloud resource pool pre-commercial trial software-defined network (SDN) project. The project encompasses seven Chinese provinces: Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan and Jiangxi.
SDN is a developing...
Oracle to acquire Aconex for approximately $1.2 billion
Oracle announced it has entered an agreement to purchase Aconex, an Australian company that makes cloud-based collaboration software for construction projects, for approximately $1.2 billion.
Oracle has been working to realign itself around web-based products. Last year, for...
At the Operations Transformation Forum 2017, Dr. Howard Liang, Huawei Senior Vice President and Chairman of Open ROADS Community gave a speech titled “Accelerating Digital Operations Transformation”. He pointed out, Digital operations transformation ultimately is about creating additional business value while providing a better,...
Enterprises are adopting cloud-based services at an astounding rate. The numbers tell a story of explosive industry growth — Amazon Web Services recently reported $4.6 billion in revenue, up from $3.2 billion last year. Microsoft’s cloud business exceeded the company's goal of $20 billion...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
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Alibaba Cloud and Baidu become CNCF members
Austin, Texas -- The two major cloud companies, Alibaba Cloud and Baidu, have announced their support of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) by becoming members of the organization, as noted this week at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2017.
The...
The IoT-based solution allows all parties in the supply chain to track milk shipments in real time
Exporting fresh produce over 7,000 kilometers from Australia to China is not an easy task. However, new technologies such as the internet of things (IoT) is currently helping...
As the modern workforce has become more mobile, businesses of all sizes and shapes have started to rely more and more on WLAN networks, with many questioning whether the traditional Ethernet connection is still relevant. These all wireless offices are more agile to change...
In an interview with Enterprise IoT Insights conducts at the TC3 Summit in Mountain View, Calif., Abhishek Shukla, Managing Director, Software Investments for GE Ventures, explained the company's approach to investing in digital transformation.
"What I look at is specifically all infrastructure needs for GE...
The rise of the IoT
IoT devices have given birth to a tremendous amount of information, changing the way data is uploaded and shared. Traditionally, the cloud has played a pivotal role in managing the data churned by IoT devices. However, as the distance between...
Toptal on-demand DevOps service focuses on aiding cloud migration
Toptal, an American company that provides freelance software engineers, designers and finance experts to companies, announced a new DevOps on-demand service. The new service connects businesses with a pool of freelance DevOps professionals specializing in virtualization,...
In this new world of all people and things connected, the science fiction of yesterday is becoming the reality of today. Take a step back and you can see how fast we’re moving into the future we’ve been envisioning for decades. It’s as if...
Director of Technology at Arm discusses what is required in a world of a trillion IoT devices
Santa Clara, Cali. – Since Arm, a multinational semiconductor and software design company, was acquired by SoftBank for $32 billion last year, the business has stated it intends to...
Simplicity, security and scalability among IoT devices are key
Santa Clara, Cali. -- The internet of things (IoT) is connecting billions of devices to the internet, and soon hundreds of billions of devices. According to Gartner, as many as 50 billion IoT devices will be...
Nube working with Sierra Wireless to improve gas delivery efficiency in North American markets
Sierra Wireless announced that Nube, a provider of end-to-end-internet of things (IoT) solutions, has selected its device-to-cloud IoT solution and Microsoft Azure Cloud Services to improve the firm’s consumer gas delivery...
The shift toward digital transformation
Digital transformation has become a major trend across a host of industries, from healthcare to entertainment, with application program interfaces (APIs) spearheading the transition. According to a report by research firm IDC, by 2020, 50% of Global 2000 will see...
New Aryaka reports notes trends in 2017 WAN market
Aryaka, a global software-defined wide-area network provider, recently published its third “State of WAN Connectivity” report, reviewing WAN traffic, trends, reliability, bandwidth and hurdles in application performance spanning various regions and industries.
Aryaka gathered data from more...
Data center workloads create demand for enhanced processors at the edge
Dutch semiconductor manufacturer NXP unveiled a new System-on-Chip (SoC) solution, dubbed LX2160A, which moves data center workloads to the edge. The solution, a member of the Layerscape family, combines 64-bit Arm CPUs, Ethernet and...
Cloud computing has played a major role in reshaping how companies conduct business. Several organizations are in the process of migrating to the cloud to achieve scalability, cost-efficiency and enhanced application performance. With increased embracement of cloud computing, let's take a look at some...
Google takes virtual machines to a different level with nested virtualizations
Google recently announced it has brought nested virtualization on Compute Engine virtual machine instances. The feature takes virtual machines to a meta level, enabling users to run virtual machine instances within a virtual machine...
