BROWSING: HPE

Making the switch: new Ethernet equipment supports transition to mobile

Cisco, Ruckus target hospitality and education with new switches; Broadcom supplies chipsets. Hospitality and education are two of the more important markets for companies that make Ethernet switches and routers, and in both of these environments the quality of the network is...

Nokia, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise target enterprise with joint IoT solutions

The two firms said the joint IoT solutions will be commercially available in 2017. Nokia and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise announced a strategic collaboration on "internet of things" solutions targeting the enterprise segment. Under terms of the alliance, both firms will jointly market and...

Nokia, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise target enterprise with joint IoT solutions

The two firms said the joint IoT solutions will be commercially available in 2017. Nokia and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise announced a strategic collaboration on "internet of things" solutions targeting the enterprise segment. Under terms of the alliance, both firms will jointly market and...

Fujitsu to cut jobs in Europe to improve margins

Fujitsu said that it aims to cut 1,800 jobs in the U.K. Japanese IT equipment and services company Fujitsu has plans to cut nearly 1,800 jobs from its U.K. operation in a move to improve margins, international press reported, citing the firm’s chair for the...

The internet of things further complicates cloud security

Cloud security challenges are only expected to be exacerbated by forecast growth in the internet of things. A growing security threat in the telecom and cloud space is around the “internet of things," which is forecast to eventually connect tens of billions...

HPE, Samsung partner on NFV, VNF platform targeting mobile networks

Vendor giants HPE and Samsung are set to work through the HPE OpenNFV Partner Program on open and pretested NFV and VNF products Telecom operators looking to deploy network functions virtualization technologies can now opt for a package deal from vendor giants Samsung and Hewlett...

OpenDayLight Summit – What can vendors expect? (content provided by HPE)

As a regular attendee of OpenDayLight Summit, I have seen the community growing every passing year, with increased participation of developers and end users, from mini summit back in 2013 to a full blown OpenDaylight Summit in 2015. I am continually inspired and impressed...

Editorial Webinar: Assuring the virtualized networks of the future

Network and service assurance remain a top priority for telecom operators, though views on what those assurance levels need to be in environments for virtualized networks remains in flux. This webinar will look at some of the challenges telecom operators and vendors are facing in terms...

Feature Report: Assuring the virtualized networks of the future

Network and service assurance remain a top priority for telecom operators, though views on what those assurance levels need to be in a virtualized environment remain in flux. Assuring virtualized networks will be critical going forward. This report looks at some of the challenges telecom...

Netcracker leads Cisco, HPE and Nokia in NFV MANO rankings

Current Analysis report touts Netcracker as current leader among 9 vendors, with Cisco, HPW and Nokia seen as ‘very strong’ in NFV MANO The network functions virtualization management and network orchestration space has witnessed significant progress over the past year in terms of serving the...

For smart cities, big data drives insight, efficiency

Mobile edge computing, partner ecosystems will be key to the future of smart cities, experts say AUSTIN, Texas – Tyson Tuttle, CEO of Silicon Labs and moderator of a panel this week at the Smart Cities Innovation Summit, said of smart cities: “The technology is...

For smart cities, data will drive insight and efficiency

Mobile edge computing, partner ecosystems will be key to the future of smart cities, experts say AUSTIN, Texas—Tyson Tuttle, CEO of Silicon Labs and moderator of a panel this week at the Smart Cities Innovation Summit, says of smart cities, “The technology is there. That’s...

IoT to account for nearly half of IT budgets by 2020

Nearly half of IT budgets will be dedicated to IoT development and implementation by 2020 as IoT services adoption continues to grow. IT budgets are in for a significant transformation as Internet of Things (IoT) services become a top priority for businesses. By 2020, IoT should...

Test and Measurement: Electro Rent's $323.4M purchase by equity firm draws scrutiny

Test equipment reseller Electro Rent has agreed to be acquired by Platinum Capital for more than $323.4 million, drawing the ire of shareholder litigation firms claiming shareholders aren't getting a fair shake in the deal. Electro Rent, which sells new test equipment as well as providing...

Test and Measurement: Electro Rent’s $323.4M purchase by equity firm draws scrutiny

Test equipment reseller Electro Rent has agreed to be acquired by Platinum Capital for more than $323.4 million, drawing the ire of shareholder litigation firms claiming shareholders aren't getting a fair shake in the deal. Electro Rent, which sells new test equipment as well as providing...

Reader Forum: How the telco cloud will forever change the communications business

Hewlett Packard Enterprise lays out reasons why the telco cloud is set to provide new opportunities for CSPs For years, the largest communications service providers have relied on wireless service to offset declines in landline voice while still providing modest revenue growth. Those days may...

HPE boosts NFV efforts with Service Director orchestration platform

HPE claims orchestration platform ideal for managing hybrid network architectures Hewlett Packard Enterprise unveiled its Service Director platform, which the company said is designed to help communication service providers manage their services across hybrid network architectures. The company, which late last year was spun off...

HPE and China Telecom launch NFV lab

Joint NFV lab focused on NFV, SDN research Hewlett Packard Enterprise and China Telecom Beijing Research Institute said they opened a joint lab in Beijing focused on network functions virtualization research with the intent of helping China Telecom plan for implementing NFV technologies. The joint NFV...

HPE and Microsoft partner on hybrid cloud platform

Computing giants tap respective specialties in powering hybrid cloud offering Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced a deal with Microsoft to use the software giant’s Azure platform as the preferred public cloud partner for HPE customers, and in turn having HPE serve as the preferred infrastructure and...