Network virtualization technologies using SDN and NFV platforms have slowly begun to creep across networks. This report garners insight from telecom operators, industry analysts and vendors to look at where carriers are focusing their initial deployments; which network segments are seeing improved efficiencies from...
Apple and Google manage competing ecosystems in the smartphone world, but when it comes to storing and processing all that smartphone data the two companies appear to be partners. Apple has started using Google Cloud Platform to store some iCloud data, according to multiple...
Carriers are taking different tracks in NFV, SDN and cloud deployments
The current move by telecom operators towards virtualization platforms has broken into two groups: those that are moving aggressively and those that are watching those move aggressively.
“It’s sort of like the private jet market,”...
Open Telekom Cloud uses Huawei ICT solutions
Deutsche Telekom this week launched a public enterprise cloud service, dubbed Open Telekom Cloud, using technology developed by Huawei and geared toward enabling digital transformation for businesses. The two companies made the announcement during the CeBIT business IT...
Mobile operators face the challenge for supporting networks with a spurt of increase or decrease of traffic. For e.g., if there is some rugby or football event, then the need for bandwidth increases. So the area near the stadium needs to support much higher...
Cisco and Verizon said they plan to target enterprise and government users, while Verizon mulls data center future
Cisco said it was partnering with Verizon Enterpriser Solutions to offer its Cisco Spark cloud-based collaboration service to Verizon customers as part of the telecom giant’s expansion...
Ericsson CEO: Goal is to drive growth, innovation, speed
Nearly four months into a hyped partnership, Ericsson and Cisco executives report a “huge amount of progress in a very short amount of time,” as Cisco chief strategy officer Hilton Romanski put it.
Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg...
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check, we look at some top news items from across the space as well as speak with Gigamon about visibility fabric needed for NFV deployments
On today’s show we have an interview with Andy Huckridge, head of service provider practice...
Published report indicates some Verizon public cloud services are set to be shuttered
Verizon Communications is reportedly set to shut down some of its public cloud operations in favor of its private cloud services.
According to Fortune, customers using Verizon Public Cloud Reserved Performance and...
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check, we look at some top news items from across the space as well as speak with Cloudera on CSPs adopting Apache Hadoop open source technology
On today’s show we have an interview with Vijay Raja, solutions marketing manager at...
Juniper expects deal to close by mid-year, bolster optical and SDN platforms
Juniper Networks said it has entered into an agreement to purchase BTI Systems in a move to bolster its optical, software-defined networking, cloud and software business.
The deal is said to allow the company...
451 Research report notes at least doubling in public cloud storage spend by 2017
A recent report from 451 Research claims enterprises will continue to evolve their storage needs and usage in 2016, with most corporations surveyed stating plans to increase overall storage spending this...
F5 Networks looks at the impact mobile, cloud and IoT will have on security strategies in 2016
Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new...
SDN is set to be a boon for telecom, though real-world benefits could be mixed
When software-defined networking first exploded onto the technology scene it was billed as a “holy grail” solution that would revolutionize operations by eliminating the barriers to centralized control over a...
Pluribus expects strong development of SDDC and private cloud in 2016
Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
The “software-defined data center” as...
Open Compute Project launches telco focus with support from DT, EE, SK, Verizon and AT&T
The Open Compute Project, which was formed five years ago under the umbrella of reimagining the design of servers and other hardware used in data centers, unveiled a Telco Project...
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check, we look at some top news items from across the space as well as speak with CloudGenix on the impact of SDN on enterprise SD-WAN efforts
On today’s show we have an interview with Kumar Ramachandran, co-founder and CEO...
Microsoft CEO: A 'public cloud for the public good'
Hardware and software giant Microsoft plans to donate $1 billion in cloud computing resources and services to nonprofits, CEO Satya Nadella said in a company blog post.
From the post: "We will donate $1 billion in cloud...
VC investments and M&A activity topped $600 million across NFV and SDN space last year
Venture capital funding is increasingly finding its way into the virtualized software space, with firms specializing in network functions virtualization and software-defined networking garnering hundreds of millions of dollars in...
Stagnant growth in IT infrastructure investment to drive data center colocation market
Information technology infrastructure is expensive. No matter how much data continues to transition to the cloud, it still needs a place to live in the analog world. With spending on IT infrastructure expected...
In many modern enterprises, busy employees use a mixture of internal, private cloud solutions and software platforms, while also casually using public cloud and software platforms.
This internal use of systems not necessarily designed and built in-house is called shadow IT, and it can be...
The four-year cloud contracts have a total value of more than $26 million
U.K. telecommunications group BT won two contracts with the European Commission for the provisioning of public and private cloud services across 52 major European institutions, agencies and bodies.
Some of the agencies included...
ADVA claims the deal will bolster NFV and cloud plans
ADVA Optical Networking is set to boost its cloud and network functions virtualization efforts following its announced acquisition of Overture Networks. Financial terms of the deal were not released.
According to ADVA, the deal combines two...
Shlomo Kramer, founder and CEO of Cato Networks, sees cloud platforms boosting security, options for enterprises
Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
The...
