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Reality Check: A rising presence at MWC – the $1.5B market of cloud and UC

Nexmo looks at the growing opportunity and market for cloud and UC services It happened again at Mobile World Congress: while carriers and handsets are the major attractions, we’ve been seeing more unified communications players begin to participate over the years. In fact, we have...

Mobile edge computing primer

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check, we look at some top news items from across the space as well as speak with Quortus to get a primer on mobile edge computing On today’s show we have an interview with Riki Dolby, director of engineering at...

Verizon SDN, NFV plans look to open source to counter challenges

Verizon SDN and NFV push remains a focus, while battling slower than expected development pace and challenges with standards Telecom operators moving towards software solutions using software-defined networking and network functions virtualization technologies are finding a challenging environment. Traditional vendor support for such moves are...

Verizon outlines SDN, NFV deployment progress, plans

Verizon provides insight into its SDN and NFV deployment plans, including current deployment challenges and potential hurdles ahead Telecom operators moving towards software solutions using software-defined networking and network functions virtualization technologies are finding a challenging environment. Traditional vendor support for such moves are being...

CenturyLink touts data center expansion in shadow of strategic alternatives

CenturyLink said it plans data center capacity expansion at 4 locations this year citing growing demand for flexible hybrid IT capabilities CenturyLink is looking to further its global data center capabilities, announcing plans to increase capacity at four data centers through the first half of...

Reader Forum: Business gamble of the cloud and where the smart money should go

Appian looks at cloud deployment options, noting hybrid cloud makes sense in the near term It’s a gamble. Cloud adoption is barreling along at breakneck speed, but even as round and round it goes, where it will stop no one knows. Should businesses put all...

Feature Report: NFV, SDN and cloud – How deep and where?

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 may be Google’s new customer in the cloud

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...

NFV, SDN and cloud deployments: leading by example

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,”...

Deutsche Telekom launches enterprise cloud with Huawei

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...

Aricent White Paper: Cloud RAN

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 partner on cloud collaboration platform

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...

Cisco, Ericsson strategy chiefs update partnership

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...

Visibility fabric needed for NFV deployments

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...

Report: Verizon public cloud services on chopping block

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...

Dive into Apache Hadoop open source technology

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 to buy BTI in move to boost optical and SDN business

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...

Public cloud set for influx of enterprise storage spending

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...

2016 Predictions: Mobile, cloud and IoT impact on security strategies

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...

Reality Check: SDN – great in theory, less in practice

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...

2016 Predictions: The year SDDC gets real

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...

Verizon and AT&T among telcos joining Open Compute Project

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...

SDN impact on enterprise SD-WAN efforts

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 to donate $1 billion in cloud services

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...