News & Views
Content posted in May 2017
Scott Ferguson | 5/31/2017 | 2 comments Hewlett Packard Enterprise posted a loss during its fiscal second quarter as the company continues to restructure and focus on cloud and hybrid IT.
News Analysis | 5/31/2017 | 1 comment Tales from the trenches: What's happening in the next-generation telco central office and cable headend.
News Analysis | 5/31/2017 | 1 comment The Swedish vendor demos 5G in a healthcare setting, but the business case for telcos remains doubtful.
Scott Ferguson | 5/31/2017 | 1 comment The new Salesforce investment fund follows a similar commitment from Google to invest in AI startups.
Rewired | 5/31/2017 | 2 comments SD-WAN market set to surge but it's not replacing MPLS anytime soon, and there will be security and operational challenges ahead, according to a 451 Research survey.
Women in Comms Introduction Videos | 5/31/2017 | 1 comment Companies make more money when there are women in leadership, Boingo CMO Dawn Callahan says. She shares why there can never be too many women in leadership roles in the tech industry and how to increase today's numbers.
LRTV Documentaries | 5/31/2017 | 1 comment Yvette Kanouff, senior vice president and general manager of the service provider business at Cisco, tells BCE attendees how the vendor is helping operators and enterprises automate their networks to be simpler, faster, scalable and self-healing.
News Analysis | 5/31/2017 | Post a comment Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Cevian Capital takes 5% stake in Ericsson; unions unhappy about BT's pension cap plan; EU offers cash for public WiFi; London's tube passengers get a signal.
News Analysis | 5/31/2017 | 2 comments Operator combats cost-optimized proprietary pitches with suitability cores and calls for more defined test models.
Scott Ferguson | 5/31/2017 | 7 comments Google will start a new fund specifically to invest in artificial intelligence and AI startups.
LRTV Interviews | 5/31/2017 | 1 comment Internet of Things devices are becoming attack vectors, and the situation will only get worse with the proliferation of devices and malware, as well as the spread of toolkits that hackers can use to create attacks.
Wagner’s Ring | 5/31/2017 | 6 comments Blockchain has the potential to disrupt the way startups get funded, according to a couple of Silicon Valley investors.
News Analysis | 5/30/2017 | 5 comments Google now describes 3.5GHz CBRS wireless as part of a 'secret commercially valuable plan' for the company.
News Analysis | 5/30/2017 | Post a comment French telecom incumbent is looking at increasing investments where it says there is an opportunity for a quick return.
News Analysis | 5/30/2017 | Post a comment Ericsson announced today that Erik Ekudden will take over as Group CTO and head of Technology & Architecture, as of July 1.
Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes | 5/30/2017 | Post a comment Moving to cloud-native networks has the potential to simplify telcos' complicated software and make network operations and management more efficient.
Telecom Innovators Video Showcase | 5/30/2017 | Post a comment Listen to Dr. John Smee, VP of Engineering at Qualcomm Technologies, describe how the industry is preparing to accelerate 5G NR -- the global 5G standard -- for commercial deployments starting as early as 2019.
News Analysis | 5/30/2017 | Post a comment Cisco's Full Duplex tech is a preliminary step toward delivering symmetrical 10-gigabit broadband speeds over legacy HFC networks.
Wagner’s Ring | 5/30/2017 | 7 comments Private cloud version of its public cloud service to allow enterprises to manage network performance.
Scott Ferguson | 5/30/2017 | 6 comments LCS manages some 23,000 employees across more than 33 states. The cloud and new analytics capabilities are helping the company get a handle on employee turnover and retention.
News Analysis | 5/30/2017 | 17 comments Cable Remote PHY deployments have begun, and it's just the start of a massive transformation process in the access network.
News Analysis | 5/30/2017 | 3 comments The middleman has gotten a bad rep lately. In the cloud business, however, your middleman cloud services broker might be the best thing that's ever happened to the enterprise. Here's why.
Breznick Unbound | 5/30/2017 | 1 comment Light Reading is teaming up with Interactive TV Works to support the Interactive Launch Competition, a case-study competition that promotes new TV, broadband and online technologies and apps.
LRTV Interviews | 5/29/2017 | 4 comments Responsibility for securing networks is falling more on service providers, says CenturyLink's Tim Kelleher.
LRTV Interviews | 5/29/2017 | Post a comment If SPs want to avoid being dumb pipes, they'll have to dive deep into software and rethink the centralized cloud, Verizon's Ed Chan says.
LRTV Documentaries | 5/29/2017 | 1 comment At BCE 2017, Verizon discusses the coming world of sensors and the smart edge, powered by new spectrum and faster fiber uploads.
Scott Ferguson | 5/29/2017 | 14 comments In the cloud era, the entire C-suite has a say over what technology business invest in. This means the CFO, too.
Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes | 5/29/2017 | 10 comments In many cases, advocates say, wireless broadband service may make more sense and be more cost-effective than stringing fiber or cable all the way to the customer.
LRTV Interviews | 5/29/2017 | Post a comment At BCE, Zayo's CTO Jack Waters talks about the critical role of infrastructure and the changing customer landscape for network providers.
News Analysis | 5/29/2017 | 1 comment Panel discusses what to do about the pipeline problem for women in emerging technology fields.
News Analysis | 5/27/2017 | 5 comments Thierry Siminger has left the building, Light Reading has learned.
Wagner’s Ring | 5/26/2017 | 20 comments Google co-founder Sergey Brin plans to use the airship for humanitarian missions and as a luxury yacht.
LRTV Interviews | 5/26/2017 | Post a comment As enterprises need more dynamic networks, service providers need to deliver on-demand, virtual services to meet those needs. Find out how AT&T is doing that.
Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes | 5/26/2017 | Post a comment LTE-A Pro as not only valuable on its own terms, but also as part of a network strategy that will accelerate the commercial success of 5G.
Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes | 5/26/2017 | Post a comment Those operators that master NFV service assurance early will be able to reap NFV benefits faster and de-risk VNF-based service launches.
WiCipedia | 5/26/2017 | 1 comment This week in our WiCipedia roundup: Anita Borg Institute dumps Uber; Serena Williams joins SurveyMonkey's board; Clinton & Bush push for a Women's History Museum; and more.
Wagner’s Ring | 5/26/2017 | 3 comments Networking startup looking to slash the proliferation of hardware devices in branch offices.
News Analysis | 5/26/2017 | Post a comment Recent earnings reports show that India's telcos are struggling to adapt to the RJio era.
News Analysis | 5/26/2017 | 6 comments Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: CEOs tell European Commission to hold its nerve on deregulation; Spotify hires four directors as it prepares for possible IPO; Apple's design guru stands up for diversity.
Scott Ferguson | 5/26/2017 | 8 comments The cloud is enabling a lot of innovation for IT, but democratizing effects are also shifting dollars away from IT to other parts of the enterprise.
LRTV Interviews | 5/26/2017 | Post a comment At BCE 2017, EdgeConneX CTO Don MacNeil discussed the value of partnerships in the digital world.
Kelsey's Grammar | 5/26/2017 | 1 comment At BCE 2017, Intel's Lynn Comp addressed cross-industry collaboration as central to driving network transformation.
News Analysis | 5/26/2017 | 8 comments Module prices are still far too high for big commercial rollouts of NB-IoT, says a senior executive from Germany's Deutsche Telekom.
LRTV Documentaries | 5/26/2017 | Post a comment At BCE 2017, EXFO CEO Philippe Morin explains how sensors and analytics can boost a network's intelligence and enable on-demand customer experiences.
News Analysis | 5/26/2017 | 26 comments Google gets a major extension for testing its project to deliver wireless Internet from high-altitude balloons in Nevada and beyond.
News Analysis | 5/25/2017 | 2 comments IPO falls a bit short but CEO Steve Cochrane says the company is on track for growth and isn't shifting strategies.
News Analysis | 5/25/2017 | Post a comment Frontier is partnering with Nokia to take G.fast to the MDU and provide gigabit broadband speeds.
LRTV Interviews | 5/25/2017 | Post a comment At Light Reading's BCE 2017, BT Group's Chief Network Architect Neil McRae talks about what it took for BT to broadcast live sports in 4K.
News Analysis | 5/25/2017 | Post a comment Global survey shows most companies know digital disruption is lurking but only about half have their own transformation strategy.
Scott Ferguson | 5/25/2017 | 7 comments The day after appointing a new CEO, Rackspace announced that it's acquiring TriCore Solutions and will start offering enterprise application management to customers.
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