The acquisition will help VMware deliver an 'end-to-end automation solution'
VMware kicked off its VMworld 2020 conference by announcing its purchase of automation software company SaltStack to support VMware’s vRealize cloud management software suite.
With the purchase, VMware is acquiring Salt, an open-source tool that has...
5G Telco Cloud Platform follows VMware/Intel partnership on RAN virtualization
Operators have for years invested in virtualization of network functions, starting with the evolved packet core and now moving out to the radio access network. Most current 5G deployments are non-standalone meaning a 5G component...
Goal is "to simplify the steps and reduce the integration effort" associated with open and virtualized RAN
Virtualization of the radio access network is and will continue to happen in the interest of making highest and best use of the 5G New Radio feature set....
VMware joins Altiostar, Fujitsu and Mavenir as Dish 5G network partners
Following multiple tests and onboarding procedures, Dish Network has officially selected VMware’s Telco Cloud platform to run as an underlying cloud platform and infrastructure layer to power the carrier’s open radio access network-based 5G...
With its new hyper-converged infrastructure systems, 'location, conditions of the edge don’t matter,' says Dell
Dell Technologies has added two additions to its hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) VxRail portfolio – the all-new ruggedized VxRail D Series and the introduction of AMD EPYC processor support for the...
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Shekar Ayyar, VMware (Ep. 6)
Telco cloud, virtualization all part of creating 5G service revenue
Shekar Ayyar, VMware executive vice president and general manager of the Telco and Edge Cloud business unit, discusses the extension of virtualization...
MobiledgeX CEO: 'Seamster is meant to help everybody in the world be successful when it comes to edge computing'
Seamster, the global edge computing initiative dedicated to enterprise use case exploration and adoption, launched this week during a virtual event with support from members from...
Virtual RAN solutions are critical in a 5G world, says VMware
VMware, Inc. and Deutsche Telekom are collaborating on an open and intelligent virtual RAN (vRAN) platform. The platform, based on O-RAN standards and Intel’s FlexRAN architecture, will improve RAN agility for both existing LTE...
5G is inherently complex--the network is complex, the network management is complex, the services that ride on top of it are complex and making sure those services are working the way they're supposed to--service assurance, is, you guessed it, complex.
During Mobile World Congress Los...
While some greenfield players are able to immediately embrace cloud-native network design and reap the benefits that come with it, those cases are few and far between. For most operators this is an incremental transition that gradually shifts from legacy systems to cloud-based systems....
EXFO, VMware on how service assurance evolves with 5G
The complexity of future 5G networks, simultaneously handling consumer, enterprise and machine-based data transmission, requires investments in network automation. But, as operators take a step-by-step to automating operational processes, the rewards are clear but the risks...
Cloud underlies NFV, SDN and automation capabilities
On the heels of a series of cloud-related announcements, AT&T's Chris Rice, senior vice president of network cloud and infrastructure, pulled the lens back and explained the company's larger strategy around cloud computing, automating network management processes and...
Dell repots increase in revenue and operating income; VMware posts strong performance
On the heels of VMworld, parent company Dell Technologies this reported a strong Q2 2020, which ended on Aug. 2. Company Vice-chairman Jeff Clarke said enterprises are "in the early stages of a...
Enterprise IoT adoption progressing but challenges remain
SAN FRANCISCO--As enterprises of all stripes look to cut costs, automate processes, increase efficiency and agility and otherwise successfully make good use of their data, adoption of internet of things technologies has markedly accelerated in the past year,...
VMware acquisition of Uhana speaks to service assurance in the 5G era
SAN FRANCISCO--Telcos are ramping up investments in hybrid cloud strategies in tandem with 5G network deployments, which are decidedly more IT-centric than previous generations of cellular. Right now the focus is on delivering...
You can't do 5G without a virtualized infrastructure: VMware exec
SAN FRANCISCO--5G is accelerating telco adoption of software-centric strategies that will only compound as pervasive next generation connectivity enables a new era of enterprise and consumer experiences. As 5G matures and automated, end-to-end network slicing...
Will escalating dispute bifurcate global trade?
SAN FRANCISCO--President Trump, to the detriment of some U.S. businesses, continues to escalate tariffs on Chinese goods and even went so far as to order American companies to exit the Chinese market. Given the global nature of supply chains...
SAN FRANCISCO--With a call out from VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger during his opening keynote and numerous mentions from Dell Technologies-family executives, 5G was most certainly a topic of interest during VMworld this week. And with 5G commanding an IT-centric approach marked by highly varied...
Kubernetes is "as significant" as cloud and virtual machines, Pat Gelsinger says
SAN FRANCISCO--VMware is betting big on Kubernetes as the container orchestration tool to facilitate software development and operations across public, private and hybrid clouds. During the company's VMworld event today, CEO Pat Gelsinger...
Ahead of annual showcase, VMware acquiring Carbon Black and Pivotal Software
With its annual VMWorld event set to begin next week in San Francisco, VMWare this week announced a pair of acquisitions intended to bolster its enterprise cloud security offerings and drive development of its...
IT modernization for 5G key to hybrid, multi-cloud strategy
With the shift to 5G, early investments in network functions virtualization are paving the way to what will ultimately be an IT-centric network that takes advantage of centralized and distributed compute power to support new types...
IT-centric 5G networks require a new approach to architecture, organization
With 5G, traditional mobile network operators need to draw from the hyperscale playbook to facilitate dynamic network management and rapid service development and delivery. This will require a new approach to network architecture with an...
How does edge computing fit into a broader telco cloud strategy?
The telco cloud conversation has been ongoing for some time as communications service providers look to build networks that provide the agility and dynamic service delivery generally associated with web scale players. But, as...
VMware takes open, interoperable approach to enterprise IoT
LAS VEGAS--The proliferation of internet of things devices will create the data enterprises, regardless of vertical focus, need to gain operational efficiencies and realize new revenue opportunities. But the IoT is marked by a deep level of...
