American Tower's portfolio now consists of nine data centers
American Tower has closed the acquisition of data center owner/operator DataSite. The tower company will now assume responsibility for all management and operations of DataSite’s two data center locations in Atlanta, Georgia and Orlando, Florida. This deal...
Xilinx looking to grow its role in mass 5G network deployments
Santa Clara, Calif.-based AMD, which specializes in high-performance CPUs and GPUs for data centers and PCS as well as gaming SoCs, today announced a "definitive agreement" to acquire Xilinx in an all-stock deal worth...
To manage the greater data bandwidth needs inherent with 4k rich media streaming, machine learning, data mining, and analytics, next-generation hyper-scale and cloud-scale datacenters are transitioning to the 400 gigabit ethernet (GbE) standard.
This move creates challenges for the resulting temperature rise in pluggable optical...
Baidu says it has “trained more than 1 million AI talents” and “cooperated with more than 200 universities”
On Friday, Chinese tech company Baidu laid out the details of its plan to increase its investment in artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, data centers and chips...
Nobody ever said the Ethernet Roadmap was a direct route. When the 25G Ethernet Consortium (Arista, Broadcom, Google, Mellanox Technologies and Microsoft) proposed single-lane 25-Gbps Ethernet and dual-lane 50-Gbps Ethernet in July 2014, it created a big fork in the roadmap. Networks had to...
Greetings from Charlotte/Davidson, Norfolk/ Virginia Beach, Washington DC/ N Virginia, and Dallas/ Ft. Worth (picture is yours truly with Federated Wireless BoD member Tim McDonald). This week’s TSB will focus on several start-ups that we think deserve attention. We will also have several TSB...
Distributed AI part of unlocking 5G value
Some of the primary enhancements associated with 5G are major increases to cellular speed and similarly significant reductions to latency. This combination is seen as the enabler of applications like mobile augmented and virtual reality, as well as...
This week the Intel Board of Directors announced that Bob Swam, the former chief financial officer and interim CEO since mid-2018, has taken on the top job permanently. Vice President of Finance and Director of Corporate Planning Todd Underwood will take on the CFO...
The term “logging off” may soon cease to exist thanks to the much-anticipated arrival of 5G. The newest mobile network is set to roll out next year, with promises of flexible, reliable and secure wireless network access from just about anywhere.
And we mean anywhere....
Intel PC, IoT, data center, memory businesses all up
This week Intel reported what Interim CEO and CFO Bob Swan characterized as an "outstanding" Q2 marked by revenue growth across all PC and data-centric business units. He said the company expects a record-setting 2018 marking...
After China approves the merger, Marvell moves forward with plans to acquire Cavium.
Semiconductor company Marvell Technology announced on Friday that it has completed the acquisition of Cavium, designer of communications and storage integrated circuits (ICs). The addition of Cavium should boost Marvell’s position in...
In a $1.1 billion deal, AT&T is transferring its data center operations to Brookfield.
AT&T is selling its data centers to Brookfield Infrastructure for $1.1 billion and entering into a strategic alliance with the company which includes a colocation services agreement that will enable AT&T...
Microsemi and China Telecom are working prepare optical transport networks for an avalanche of 5G use cases.
Semiconductor company Microsemi and China Telecom's Beijing Research Institute are working on 5G-ready optical transport solutions, Microsemi announced yesterday.
Key to the effort is the DIGI-G5 chipset, Microsemi’s optical...
Mobile phone chips may become main focus if Qualcomm makes data-center server exit.
Qualcomm may leave the data-center server business, reports Bloomberg. Qualcomm did not confirm the rumor, when contacted for comment.
“The reports are valid,” said Linley Gwennap, president of The Linley Group, in a...
Nuage Networks projects highlight progress toward network slicing with data center SDN
The long-term vision of 5G includes network slicing--using virtualized network functions and software-defined networking (SDN) to enable operator networks to automatically create service-specific data pipes that precisely meet the needs of a particular...
Three different models
Nearly everyone uses the cloud, but not everyone uses the same type of cloud. There are in fact three different cloud models, including public, private and hybrid clouds. To help determine which cloud best suits your company’s needs, the following explores how...
JetStream Software unveils JetStream Cross-Cloud Platform
Cloud development company JetStream Software introduced a new cross-cloud data management platform, dubbed JetStream Cross-Cloud Platform, which aims to support workload migration, resource elasticity, and business continuity across multi-cloud and multi-data center infrastructures.
Established in 2016, JetStream Software is headquartered in San...
Choosing a vendor
Businesses are increasingly migrating to the cloud in order to deploy applications, scale resources on-demand, cut costs, among other benefits. In order to reap the benefits of the cloud, however, a company must first choose a cloud vendor, which is no small...
Cloudflare makes Cloudflare Workers generally available
Web security company Cloudflare announced the general availability of Cloudflare Workers, which enable developers to launch their code directly at the edge of the company’s global network.
Cloudflare announced Cloudflare Workers beta in September. The company said since then, customers...
Cisco announced security updates to its analytics platform Tetration, including workload protection for any data center or cloud.
Cisco announced its Tetration platform in 2016 as a way to provide total visibility across the data center using either server software sensors, network hardware sensors or...
