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News & Views Most Popular Verizon Uses Mesosphere to Manage Data Centers By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 8/25/2015 Verizon's choice of Mesosphere's Datacenter Operating System to automate its data center is another clear example of a major telecom operator adopting technology that ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) BICS Forecasts VoLTE Roaming Surge By Iain Morris, News Editor, 8/25/2015 International carrier BICS says it's in discussions with operators in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America about its just-launched VoLTE roaming service ... Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Ray@LR I like Wakankar's style -- "the other trials were effectively pointless" is... India's Dropped Calls Fiasco By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 8/25/2015 With a dropped call ratio of 12% (according to a recent survey by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)), India would appear to have one of the ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Could Market Volatility Hurt Tech IPOs? By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 8/24/2015 The recent extreme dips and yaws of stock markets around the world could put a damper on plans by some tech startups to potentially go public. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: DanJones Anyone know of any more planned IPOs out there? Gogo Approved to Speed Up In-Flight WiFi By Sarah Thomas, Editorial Operations Director, 8/24/2015 In-flight WiFi provider Gogo has received FAA approval to launch its "2Ku next-generation satellite connectivity service" that it says will provide 20 times more ... Post a Comment \| Read (7 comments) Latest Comment: Susan Fourtané mendyk, speak for yourself. :) -Susan The Pay's the Thing By Dan O'Shea, Managing Editor, 8/24/2015 CEOs make too much money... is an eternal complaint, regardless of what industry, market, company, country or time period that statement might bring to mind. So, it ... Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Joe Stanganelli It's worth mentioning that it's not like employee pay would necessarily automatically... Latest Modules Drive Market Toward 400G By Simon Stanley, 8/24/2015 Third-generation optical modules and semiconductor components supporting 28Gbit/s interfaces have made 100G more attractive than 10G or 40G and open the door to 400G ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) 5 Must-Have Tech Partnerships for Carriers By Derek Kerton, Managing Partner, Kerton Group, 8/24/2015 You could hardly be blamed for seeing telecom network operators as dinosaurs. Historically, they avoided innovation as costly and risky. They moved slowly -- so ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cross MediaWorks Acquires BlackArrow By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 8/24/2015 The media consolidation wave is now washing over the dynamic ad insertion (DAI) market. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Mentor Monday: TM Forum's Annie Turner By Elizabeth Miller Coyne, Editor, 8/24/2015 "Funny beats furious anytime" are words that Annie Turner, senior director of content for the TM Forum, lives by. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Australia's NBN Cost Blowout By Robert Clark, 8/24/2015 Australia's NBN Co will now need to find as much as A$26.5 billion (US$19.2 billion) from the private sector to complete the contentious rollout of its national ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Mirantis Secures OpenStack Kingpin Status With $100M Round, Intel Collaboration By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-chief, 8/24/2015 Mirantis has secured its reputation as the leading developer of commercial OpenStack software for communications service providers and large enterprises with its ... Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Ray@LR Does this seal OpenStack as the most likely option for the VIM in NFV MANO... Eurobites: BT Hits Out at AT&T, Verizon By Iain Morris, News Editor, 8/24/2015 Also in today's regional roundup: BT wins more sports rights; Tele2 unveils new boss; GSMA appoints Bouverot successor; Vodafone Ireland ups data-center investments. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: mendyk Is Bas Burger aware that there are operators other than AT&T and Verizon that... China Unicom Loses Out to Rivals By Iain Morris, News Editor, 8/21/2015 China Unicom, the second biggest of China's three mobile operators, appears to have underperformed its two rivals on revenue growth and 4G adoption over the first six ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Gigabites: CenturyLink Expands Gig-Powered IPTV By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 8/21/2015 It's Gigabites Friday. In today's edition, CenturyLink takes its gigabit-powered Prism TV service to Seattle, Parkway Properties signs up its Charlotte-based real ... Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: KBode Well, CenturyLink acquired Qwest, who ran one of the oldest IPTV platforms... New Zealand's Spark Hails Earnings Growth By Iain Morris, News Editor, 8/21/2015 New Zealand's Spark has flagged growth in net earnings from continuing operations for its recent financial year, thanks to the success of cost-cutting activities, but ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Roku Reigns in Streaming Market By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 8/21/2015 Roku hasn't yet succeeded in its goal to become the new operating system for the connected TV, but it is ruling the roost when it comes to media streaming ... Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: KBode Any update on that Roku 4K box Dave? Fall launch maybe? I've finally got a... Fact-Checking the Future of 'Silence Like Diamonds' By Mitch Wagner, West Coast Bureau Chief, Light Reading, 8/21/2015 The second-to-last episode of Light Reading's original science fiction serial, "Silence Like Diamonds," is up. Read it here: Silence Like Diamonds - Episode 9: ... Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: Joe Stanganelli @Mitch: It is. It is a short story in his 1951 anthology The Illustrated... IoT Growth Depends on Vertical Focus By Denise Culver, 8/21/2015 When the 11 IoT-related vendors that feature in this month's Heavy Reading Insider were asked to rank, from a list of 13, the verticals in which they had the most ... Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: DHagar Denise, that certainly makes sense. And manufacturing, logistics, transportation,... Eurobites: GÉANT Builds SDN Testbed By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-chief, 8/21/2015 Also in today's regional roundup: Romania's RCS & RDS buys LTE TDD license; BT crunches big data with Cloudera; Vodafone quits Lebanon bid; Africa's Liquid launches ... Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Kruz It seems Turkcell is also considering its bid to manage one of the operators... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive A Peek at What's Behind Comcast's Momentum By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 8/19/2015 Comcast has snagged more than its fair share of headlines over the last several days. Post a Comment \| Read (11 comments) Latest Comment: msilbey Yeah, I'm not convinced they want people to sign up for their multi-gig service... Gogo Approved to Speed Up In-Flight WiFi By Sarah Thomas, Editorial Operations Director, 8/24/2015 In-flight WiFi provider Gogo has received FAA approval to launch its "2Ku next-generation satellite connectivity service" that it says will provide 20 times more ... Post a Comment \| Read (7 comments) Latest Comment: Susan Fourtané mendyk, speak for yourself. :) -Susan Eurobites: Swisscom Mixes It With LTE By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 8/20/2015 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Kudelski H1 numbers up; CityFibre strikes wireless hub deal; Google struck by Belgian lightning. Post a Comment \| Read (7 comments) Latest Comment: Susan Fourtané Well, it's not that your data is going to disappear. Google has backup data... Keeping Secrets Is Hard in the Year 2030 By Mitch Wagner, West Coast Bureau Chief, Light Reading, 8/18/2015 We're rocketing toward our conclusion of Light Reading's original science fiction serial, "Silence Like Diamonds." Read the latest installment here: Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: DHagar John, fascinating - sounds like application of game theory. This provides... Google Debuts Smart WiFi Router OnHub By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 8/19/2015 Google wants to give WiFi routers an intelligence boost. Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: jiluiany WiFi Router seems to be a good idea, we'll see if it wins the expected win... SoftBank Ups Stake in Sprint – Again By Sarah Thomas, Editorial Operations Director, 8/18/2015 In case investors doubted SoftBank's commitment to Sprint the first time, the Japanese carrier has upped its stake in Sprint for a second time this month, purchasing ... Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: mendyk The basic issue is that the fundamentals haven't changed. Sprint is already... Here's Who's Making the Big Bucks in Cable By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 8/18/2015 The cable industry gets a lot of doom and gloom coverage, but one thing's still looking up... CEO salaries. Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: DHagar mendyk, I am thinking the same thing. Before we put him in the "poor... SDN Rockets From Crazy to Essential By Mitch Wagner, West Coast Bureau Chief, Light Reading, 8/19/2015 SDN was still considered crazy technology when I was hired at Light Reading almost 18 months ago, espoused by engineers with no idea how the real world of business ... Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: GeneralM72306 here is a query about standardization or Inter-operability beteen different... Fact-Checking the Future of 'Silence Like Diamonds' By Mitch Wagner, West Coast Bureau Chief, Light Reading, 8/21/2015 The second-to-last episode of Light Reading's original science fiction serial, "Silence Like Diamonds," is up. Read it here: Silence Like Diamonds - Episode 9: ... Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: Joe Stanganelli @Mitch: It is. It is a short story in his 1951 anthology The Illustrated... Gigabites: CenturyLink Expands Gig-Powered IPTV By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 8/21/2015 It's Gigabites Friday. In today's edition, CenturyLink takes its gigabit-powered Prism TV service to Seattle, Parkway Properties signs up its Charlotte-based real ... Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: KBode Well, CenturyLink acquired Qwest, who ran one of the oldest IPTV platforms... Roku Reigns in Streaming Market By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 8/21/2015 Roku hasn't yet succeeded in its goal to become the new operating system for the connected TV, but it is ruling the roost when it comes to media streaming ... Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: KBode Any update on that Roku 4K box Dave? Fall launch maybe? I've finally got a... New IP Drives Quarterly Growth at Brocade By Mitch Wagner, West Coast Bureau Chief, Light Reading, 8/20/2015 Brocade increased quarterly IP networking revenues by double-digits, offsetting a decline in the company's much larger SAN business, in earnings reported Thursday. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Mitch Wagner When I posted a headline to this story on Twitter, someone in Brocade marketing... Metaswitch Relishes 'Disruptor' Role at AT&T By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 8/18/2015 AT&T's announcement today that it is using Metaswitch's Perimeta Session Border Controller in its software-centric network is not a surprise -- Metaswitch was ... Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: msilbey Open technology and open communication? That really sounds like a bit much... Cisco Debuts Thor in Video Codec Fight By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 8/18/2015 Hoping a little superhero power will win the day, Cisco has introduced project Thor, an initiative to create a royalty-free video codec as an alternative to the ... Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Mitch Wagner Gotta watch out for the Loki video codec. It's trouble. Are the HEVC... Google Updates Android, Delays Project Ara, Walks the Robots By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 8/19/2015 There's already a slew of mobile news out of Google this week. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Kruz Ara as a concept is amazing, but I also hope they do focus on design and finish... Comcast Scoops Up 'This Technology' By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 8/18/2015 Never a dull moment at Comcast. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: nasimson Seems that Comcast has gotten hold of a stategic asset. But this does not necessarily... AT&T's Spying Activities Risk Backlash By Iain Morris, News Editor, 8/18/2015 AT&T has joined a growing list of technology companies that have been implicated in spying activities carried out by the US National Security Agency (NSA). The ... Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Mitch Wagner It remains to be seen how much US consumers and enterprise customers will care... Vapor Lets Greener Data Centers Bloom By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 8/19/2015 Vapor IO this week announced another step toward a greener data center environment -- a partnership with Bloom Energy, a solid oxide fuel cell technology firm that ... Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Carol Wilson Yes, I think so - it's a modular approach so the module could be deployed t... Private Equity Firm Bites on Voxbone By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-chief, 8/19/2015 Virtual phone number specialist Voxbone has sold a majority stake to private equity firm Vitruvian Partners and is planning a program of accelerated expansion and ... Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: SarahReedy Definitely an interesting company and doing a lot of cool stuff with WebRTC.... China Mobile Profit Dips on 4G Costs, Tax By Iain Morris, News Editor, 8/20/2015 China Mobile has reported a slight dip in net profit for the first half on rising network costs and higher taxes, despite acquiring nearly 50 million 4G customers ... Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: nasimson With more pressure from China Telecom and China Unicom in the domestic market,... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Susan Fourtané, 8/25/2015 6:27:00 AM Gogo Approved to Speed Up In-Flight WiFi Re: Re: WiFly woes mendyk, speak for yourself. :) -Susan Susan Fourtané, 8/25/2015 6:22:07 AM Gogo Approved to Speed Up In-Flight WiFi Re: In-flight Wi-Fi works great for me Sarah, I assume you are referring to US airlines and US in-flight Wi-Fi providers only. The experience is different in Europe. In-flight Wi-Fi is perfect in a lot of planes, particularly in Norwegian aircrafts. They offer... Susan Fourtané, 8/25/2015 5:01:46 AM Eurobites: Swisscom Mixes It With LTE Re: Re: Google now Well, it's not that your data is going to disappear. Google has backup data centers. There is nothing Google can do about lightning. -Susan Ray@LR, 8/25/2015 4:10:45 AM BICS Forecasts VoLTE Roaming Surge Re: I like Wakankar's style I like Wakankar's style -- "the other trials were effectively pointless" is what she appears to be saying... with details of why, which is nice. If I remember rightly, the VoLTE service launch explosion was going to happen... DanJones, 8/24/2015 7:20:13 PM Verizon On Board With NYC WiFi Subway Build-Out Re: Re: Is VZ getting on board with DAS or Wi-Fi? Transit Wireless runs the WiFi itself. The carriers are hosted on the DAS it has and is installing. DanJones, 8/24/2015 6:08:36 PM Could Market Volatility Hurt Tech IPOs? Re: Know of more IPOs? Anyone know of any more planned IPOs out there? KBode, 8/24/2015 5:45:57 PM Gigabites: CenturyLink Expands Gig-Powered IPTV Re: Re: Cost... Well, CenturyLink acquired Qwest, who ran one of the oldest IPTV platforms in the country. Sort of the same thing? brooks7, 8/24/2015 4:54:17 PM Gigabites: CenturyLink Expands Gig-Powered IPTV Re: Re: Cost... Century has been trialing and then deploying IPTV for about a decade on a limited scale. seven msilbey, 8/24/2015 4:39:13 PM Gigabites: CenturyLink Expands Gig-Powered IPTV Re: Re: Cost... Apparently it's still hard to get in the door without TV as part of the bundle. Joe Stanganelli, 8/24/2015 4:38:22 PM The Pay's the Thing Re: But then what? It's worth mentioning that it's not like employee pay would necessarily automatically go up if CEO compensation was cut. More than likely, that money would go to the shareholders. Joe Stanganelli, 8/24/2015 4:35:29 PM Fact-Checking the Future of 'Silence Like Diamonds' Re: Re: To speak of sci-fi writers predicting the tech future... @Mitch: It is. It is a short story in his 1951 anthology The Illustrated Man. (Incidentally, I wrote a brief synopsis of the story here. Obviously, spoiler alerts are in place.)And speaking of Ray Bradbury... SarahReedy, 8/24/2015 4:29:45 PM Gogo Approved to Speed Up In-Flight WiFi Re: Re: WiFly woes Ah you must've seen me sleeping on the flight to Iceland then. It's not a pretty sight. SarahReedy, 8/24/2015 4:29:25 PM Gogo Approved to Speed Up In-Flight WiFi Re: Re: WiFly woes Agreed (although I usually can't help but fall asleep on planes). The quality of the WiFi makes it hard to justify the prices, although I suppose they increase the prices so much because they can't support that many people... mendyk, 8/24/2015 3:53:12 PM Gogo Approved to Speed Up In-Flight WiFi Re: Re: WiFly woes We live like animals. KBode, 8/24/2015 3:52:02 PM Roku Reigns in Streaming Market Re: Re: Roku FTW Any update on that Roku 4K box Dave? Fall launch maybe? I've finally got a 4K set and I'm actually using the Samsung's set internals so I can actually watch Netflix and other in 4K, and my Roku 3 is suddenly gathering d... KBode, 8/24/2015 3:50:56 PM Gigabites: CenturyLink Expands Gig-Powered IPTV Re: Cost... I'm curious to see companies like CenturyLink continue a video push. I'd thought that the returns on cable TV were incredibly low due to high programming costs, made higher for companies without scale. While the IPTV platform... KBode, 8/24/2015 3:48:36 PM Gogo Approved to Speed Up In-Flight WiFi Re: Re: WiFly woes Now perhaps if they'd do something about that atrocious pricing. I often have the option of taking a nap or doing work when flying, and the price point combined with a 3 Mbps per plane capacity that quickly gets eaten up... SarahReedy, 8/24/2015 3:16:29 PM Gogo Approved to Speed Up In-Flight WiFi Re: WiFly woes The only good thing about in-flight WiFi today is that you an usually get a refund for it because the experience was so bad in the air... There's no doubt WiFi is increasingly a priority, even deciding factor, for many,... mendyk, 8/24/2015 3:02:53 PM Money Problems Re: Woof It's fun to watch the "business media" chasing its tail today regarding the frantic swings in the indexes. Mitch Wagner, 8/24/2015 2:05:20 PM New IP Drives Quarterly Growth at Brocade Re: Staggering news When I posted a headline to this story on Twitter, someone in Brocade marketing mentioned that the company has finally secured the @Brocade handle. Previously, it was @BRCDcomm. Companies with names that are common English... Director64174, 8/24/2015 1:07:01 PM Verizon On Board With NYC WiFi Subway Build-Out Re: Is VZ getting on board with DAS or Wi-Fi? The title seems to suggest that the VZ is getting on board with NYC Wi-Fi; but the post suggests VZ will only be integrating with DAS. How is Wi-Fi coming in the picture here? Is Verizon (and for that matter other carriers... Mitch Wagner, 8/24/2015 10:41:26 AM Fact-Checking the Future of 'Silence Like Diamonds' Re: Re: To speak of sci-fi writers predicting the tech future... Joe, I don't remember that one. Was that a Bradbury story? Mitch Wagner, 8/24/2015 10:40:40 AM Fact-Checking the Future of 'Silence Like Diamonds' Re: Re: Fact-Checking Thanks, DHagar! mendyk, 8/24/2015 10:24:14 AM Eurobites: BT Hits Out at AT&T, Verizon Re: There are other options, no? Is Bas Burger aware that there are operators other than AT&T and Verizon that provide wholesale access services? JeremyJustice, 8/24/2015 10:17:40 AM Infinera-Transmode Closing Imminent; Karl's in Charge... of Metro Re: Should beb aware There are many rumors about their shareholder and the ability of their production,therefore,they do not maintain their current marketing stratgies. This is one of the topessayservices of the previous strategies... Ray@LR, 8/24/2015 10:13:16 AM Mirantis Secures OpenStack Kingpin Status With $100M Round, Intel Collaboration Re: Va Va VIM Does this seal OpenStack as the most likely option for the VIM in NFV MANO implementations? It looks like a slam dunk -- too much momentum. Ray@LR, 8/24/2015 9:07:46 AM Eurobites: BT Hits Out at AT&T, Verizon Re: New GSMA director general - not as expected? Interesting that another European has secured the role of director general at the GSMA. There was a body of opinion that was expecting a North American representative to take the helm. Will Granryd succeed where Bouverot... jaochan, 8/24/2015 7:11:43 AM Eurobites: Swisscom Mixes It With LTE Re: Re: Google now Haha me too! Just wondering what will google do to mitigate such issue in future - Jao Chan More Message Boards		The New IP AT&T's Virtual Reality Elizabeth Miller Coyne, Editor, 8/24/2015 The New IP radio show on Tues., Aug. 25, at 2:00 p.m. EDT, features Josh Goodell, ... (0) Huawei Opens Back Door Into US Steve Saunders, CEO and founder, Light Reading, 8/21/2015 Against the odds, Huawei is growing its telecoms networking equipment business in ... (16 comments) GO TO THE NEW IP Telecom Innovators Video Showcase Infoblox on DNS Threat Index (0) The Netformx Ecosystem (1) Versa Networks on Leveraging VNFs (0) VIEW FULL VIDEO SHOWCASE Awards Haiku World markets collapse Another fiscal winter Or just a cold snap? (1 Comment) Suggest A Haiku \| All Haiku Heavy Reading Vendors Find Strongest IoT Growth with Vertical Focus Vol. 11, No. 3, August 2015 This report examines the vertical markets for IoT, analyzing how vendors are defining the market and how they expect verticals to shape up for IoT. Additionally, it examines the strongest drivers in the market, as well as the greatest challenges the market faces. The report includes a comparative analysis of IoT solutions available and details trends that are likely to occur in the industry over the next 18-24 months. See Details Colocation Looks Enticing to Enterprises Weary of IT Woes Vol. 15, No. 7, August 2015 This report examines the market for colocation centers, analyzing their attributes, the impact of virtualization on colocation, strongest drivers in the market and challenges the industry faces. It also includes a comparative breakdown of colocation centers. Finally, it examines the geographic landscape of the market and details trends that are likely to occur in the industry over the next 18-24 months. See Details From 25/100G to 400G: A Competitive Analysis of Optical Modules & Components Vol. 13, No. 6, August 2015 This report details 25/100G technologies and their application to 25G, 40G, 100G and 400G ports. The report evaluates and analyzes the products and strategies of 48 leading vendors in this rapidly growing market, covering more than 400 different products. See Details All Heavy Reading Reports Intel Capital Diversity Fund Know a female-led, communications-focused startup worthy of Intel's $125M Capital Diversity Fund? Tell us more about it here! Tip Us Off! Send us your tip and we'll send you a t-shirt. *Anonymity assured (within reason). Prime Reading Vendor CEO Comp: Cashing In, Cashing Out , 8/24/2015 2014 was a lucrative year for the top dogs at telecom vendors, who were paid big ... (0) Cable Execs Are Minting Money , 8/18/2015 Cable operators and media companies paid their executives well in 2014, up to ... (2 comments) Because They're Worth It? , 7/29/2015 The chief executive of Sprint received more in total compensation last year than ... (10 comments) An Intimate View: Standards vs. Open Source Carol Wilson , Editor-at-large , 7/20/2015 Heather Kirksey knows both well, as a key player in developing the TR-69 standard ... (6 comments) All Prime Reading Faster-Than-Light Reading Silence Like Diamonds – Finale: When in Rome John Barnes , Author , 8/25/2015 Yip and Marcus find out who kidnapped them -- and why. (0) All Faster-Than-Light Reading Newsfeed PR Newswire Dell Unveils Its Datacenter Scalable Solutions Monday, August 24, 2015 Mirantis Lands $100M Funding Round Monday, August 24, 2015 Enablence Gets New Funding, Adds Board Member Friday, August 21, 2015 Rogers/Shaw Unlock Shomi for All Canadians Friday, August 21, 2015 VeEX Pumps Up Its TX-Series Test Sets Friday, August 21, 2015 Adtran Brings Open APIs to Access World Friday, August 21, 2015 BT Deploys Cloudera Big Data Hub Friday, August 21, 2015 Verizon Taps Mesosphere for Data Center OS Friday, August 21, 2015 HP Reports Fiscal Q3 Thursday, August 20, 2015 Kudelski Improves H1 2015 Results Thursday, August 20, 2015 Metaswitch Unveils Calico 1.0 Thursday, August 20, 2015 Kahuna Banks $45M Thursday, August 20, 2015 DLNA Unveils 3.0 Certification Program Wednesday, August 19, 2015 More Newsfeeds Megaphone Moment Rants, raves, and opinions Blow off some steam Latest 8/20/2015 8:44:11 AM Global Mainframe Market Trends,Share,Opportunities and ... princognito 8/20/2015 3:28:03 AM Global Big Data and Telecom Analytics Market Analysis ... princognito 7/31/2015 10:12:58 AM What can SDN learn from a twenty-five year old standard? SeniorAn75226 7/31/2015 3:01:36 AM Message Board test Patrice71 7/8/2015 11:34:38 AM The burning platform hasn't been put out yet. mhhf1ve 6/29/2015 9:27:39 AM Facebook Open Switch wanlord 6/12/2015 1:07:00 PM IoT specialist at LR? Independ36681 6/8/2015 10:57:37 AM Women in Tech at BTE Sarah Thomas

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Huawei Opens Back Door Into US

Against the odds, Huawei is growing its telecoms networking equipment business in the US -- that should be ringing some alarm bells for domestic vendors.

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BETWEEN THE CEOs - Executive Interviews

CEO Chat With Ihab Tarazi, Equinix

Equinix CTO Ihab Tarazi talks to Light Reading founder and CEO Steve Saunders about data center, cloud and the impact of virtualization in the coming years.

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CEO Chat With Doug Suriano, Oracle

They say there's no such thing as a stupid question, but I probably sail pretty close to the wind in some of my interviews for LR. But then that's one of the things I ...

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CLOUD / MANAGED SERVICES: Prepping Ethernet for the Cloud

Moderator: Ray LeMaistre Panelists: Jeremy Bye, Leonard Sheahan

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Telecom Innovators Video Showcase
Infoblox on DNS Threat Index
8|19|15 | 04:39 | (0) comments

Dillip Pillaipakam from Infoblox talks to Steve Saunders about his company's core network services.

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CEO Chat With Ihab Tarazi, Equinix
8|14|15 | 20:18 | (1) comment

Equinix CTO Ihab Tarazi talks to Light Reading founder and CEO Steve Saunders about the dramatic changes in the data center, cloud and interconnect markets and discusses the impact of SDN and NFV in the coming years.

Telecom Innovators Video Showcase
The Netformx Ecosystem
8|14|15 | 09:39 | (1) comment

Ittai Bareket, CEO of Netformx, talks with Steve Saunders about the Netformx Ecosystem, which employs cutting-edge prescriptive analytics to help solution providers maximize profits.

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Versa Networks on Leveraging VNFs
8|12|15 | 07:37 | (0) comments

Kumar Mehta, founder and CEO of stealth mode startup Versa Networks, talks with Steve Saunders about how providers can best leverage virtualized network functions (VNFs).

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Transforming the Network Through OPNFV
8|5|15 | 7:09 | (0) comments

Sandra Rivera, VP Data Center Group; GM Network Platforms Group, Intel Corporation, on OPNFV Arno and how the industry is coming together to accelerate the deployment of NFV and transform the network.

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Huawei ONS Product Demo
8|3|15 | 6:01 | (0) comments

Huawei shows at Open Networking Summit 2015 in Santa Clara how its SDN and NFV solutions embrace openness.

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End-User or Enterprise Benefits to the New IP
7|30|15 | 04:27 | (1) comment

Andrew Coward discusses what the New IP means to end users or enterprise customers. He explains compelling reasons, including how every customer can get their own network, from the transformation to the New IP.

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Network Visibility & the New IP
7|30|15 | 02:23 | (0) comments

Mukund Srigopal provides an explanation of what network visibility is and how it is essential as service providers transition to the New IP. In addition, the importance of the network packet broker is discussed.

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