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News & Views Most Popular Eurobites: Ericsson Adds Brain-Power to Its RAN Technology By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/21/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: VEON trials 5G in Kazakhstan; T-Systems launches private cloud trial with VMware; Openet and Evergent combine on BSS. Post a Comment EdgePresence Joins Rush to Build Mini Data Centers for Tower Companies By Sue Marek, Special Contributor, 10/21/2019 EdgePresence is joining a number of other data center providers in looking to build mini data centers in locations around the country. Post a Comment Crown Castle: No Plans for Edge Data Centers By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/18/2019 Crown Castle's CEO said he doesn't see edge computing data centers 'playing a significant role in our long-term strategy.' Crown Castle's main rivals, American Tower and SBA Communications, are taking a different path. Post a Comment Advertisement IBM Touts Cloud & Red Hat Growth By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/17/2019 But IBM is still growing slowly compared with the cloud market overall and that's a turnoff for telcos as potential customers and partners. Post a Comment Optiva CEO Danielle Royston Uses the Cloud to Stand Out From the Crowd By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 10/16/2019 For Royston, the path to becoming a more profitable telco starts by revitalizing the company's approach to billing, charging and business intelligence. Post a Comment M&A Creeps Up on Edge Computing Players By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/16/2019 While edge computing in the mobile and 5G space remains a nascent area, companies such as Intel, EQT, SBA and EdgeConneX are all linked to deals or merger-and-acquisition chatter in this burgeoning sector. Post a Comment Red Hat Flexes OpenShift Kubernetes Muscles By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/16/2019 Red Hat is building new automation tools for developers into its OpenShift Kubernetes platform. Post a Comment Advertisement Eurobites: AWS Cloud Is a Drug, Says French Minister By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/16/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: UK skeptical on 5G; Brussels gets tough with Broadcom; giving small cells a makeover. Post a Comment Red Hat Sprucing OpenShift for Network Functions on Kubernetes By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/15/2019 Red Hat readies its Kubernetes platform, OpenShift, for network functions. Post a Comment NTT's Mega-Merger, Brand-Cutting Plan for Another $4B in Sales By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/14/2019 Japan's NTT is uniting 28 enterprise-focused brands in its bid to grow at twice the market rate and deliver a boost to profitability. Post a Comment Gartner: NFV Is Dead – the Cloud Killed It By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/14/2019 The service provider industry is being transformed by enterprise demand for cloud-based wide-area networking, a model Gartner calls Secure Access Service Edge, or SASE. Post a Comment Comcast's Virtual Access Network Rolls Into Multiple Markets, Spans 100K+ Customers By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/11/2019 Top Comcast execs discuss the benefits and capabilities of the company's new virtual access network and how Comcast is applying lessons from its cloud-based X1 platform. Post a Comment Equinix Debuts $1B+ Hypercloud Gambit By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/11/2019 Equinix is looking to host data centers for hypercloud providers like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, in a joint venture with a Singaporean investment fund. Post a Comment SUSE Dumps OpenStack By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 The open source vendor is giving up its OpenStack business to focus on application delivery. Post a Comment Seven Things We Learned at Cable-Tec Expo By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 The 10G future is in sight, HFC has gas in the tank, Comcast is getting serious about network virtualization, DOCSIS's pioneers get recognized and more from last week's show in The Big Easy. Post a Comment VMware Wraps $2.1B Carbon Black Acquisition By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/9/2019 VMware says adding the endpoint security provider to its cloud stack will help network operators prevent attacks, rather than reacting to them. Post a Comment Former Comcast Exec Named CTO of MediaKind By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/7/2019 Allen Broome comes on board as the video software company explores the development of a virtualized, software-as-a-service model for the OTT and pay-TV service provider market. Post a Comment MEF, ONUG Join Hands on Enterprise SD-WAN By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/7/2019 The groups, representing service providers and enterprises, are teaming on SD-WAN specifications to help telcos satisfy enterprise needs – and make money doing it. Post a Comment At Vonage, It's Not Just About Technology By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/4/2019 Sanjay Srinivasan, Vonage VP and chief architect, talks with Light Reading's Mitch Wagner about the company's VoIP strategy and explains why SD-WAN is important to Vonage. Post a Comment Bigleaf Receives Divine Inspiration for SMB SD-WAN By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/4/2019 Bigleaf provides cloud-based SD-WAN as a service for small businesses with big connectivity needs, inspired by a conversation with a church IT director. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors IBM Reports Q3 Revenue $18B Down 3.9% Wednesday, October 16, 2019 CSG Rolls Its BSS Into the Cloud, With Help From AWS Tuesday, October 15, 2019 Akamai Adds Security at the Edge Tuesday, October 15, 2019 Cujo AI, AirTies Broaden Their Data Deal Monday, October 14, 2019 SAP CEO McDermott Steps Down, Morgan & Klein Named Co-CEOs Thursday, October 10, 2019 Equinix & GIC Launch $1B+ European Data Center JV Wednesday, October 9, 2019 AirTies Debuts WiFi 6 Portfolio for Service Providers Wednesday, October 9, 2019 VMware Completes $2.1B Carbon Black Acquisition Tuesday, October 8, 2019 Verizon Fios Adds 'Movies Anywhere' Tuesday, October 8, 2019 Oracle Adding 2,000 Employees for Cloud Tuesday, October 8, 2019 SD-WAN Startup Bigleaf Raises $21M Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Equinix Taps Uber Vet for CTO Slot Monday, September 23, 2019 MobiledgeX Boasts Operator, Developer Traction Friday, September 20, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Hardware Is the New Attack Surface – Forrester 12/12/2019 Attackers have already begun to breach security at the BIOS level, according to a ... 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New 5G Network Security Threats Sigma Systems at Digital Transformation World 2019 Ciena Talks Converged Interconnect Networks at Cable ... Red Hat Enterprise Linux: A Secure Foundation for the ... Viasat: Connecting the Unconnected LotusFlare: Awesome Digital Experiences to Drive Growth Source Photonics CEO: Vertical Integration & Lean Models ... MobiledgeX: Who Benefits From Edge Computing? Why Is 5G Different? VMware Service Assurance: Reducing Operational ... Architect Digital-Ready Infrastructures Using SDN & NFV Accenture 5G Acceleration Services at Mobile World ... PacketFabric: Leading the Way in Highly Scalable Network ... Accenture 5G Acceleration Services at Mobile World ... Semtech: LoRa Technology Enabling Proven, Flexible IoT ... Versa's CEO, Kelly Ahuja: Securing & Software-Defining ... How Lumina Is Redefining SDN Aryaka's Gary Sevounts: Advantages to Consuming SD-WAN ... Calix's Shane Eleniak: How Data Analytics & Software ... MobiledgeX's Jason Hoffman: State of the Edge The 5G Connectivity Challenge Network Intelligence & Automation in Mergers & Migrations Why Telcos Need an Elastic Services Platform Why Hardware Still Matters in the SDN Era Why Is Autonomous Operations Key to Your Network Evolution? Ribbon's Kevin Riley Talks New Company Brand, Latest ... The Cumulus Networks Success Story CloudPassage Ensuring Next-Level Container Security EXFO: Next-Level Assurance Solutions & Automation EXFO: Automate or Stagnate RAD Shares Insights on Latest Developments in vCPE & ... 100GbE in Action & More at MEF17 ADLINK Talks About OCP & Next Generation Telecom ... LINX Talks Open Networking & OcNOS Nominum & Security for Small to Midsized Businesses C-V2X Is Getting Ready for Commercialization With ... Ixia Launches World’s First 400GE Testing Solutions Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoCs Integrate the RF Signal Chain Pluribus: SDN & Beyond Cloud, Security, AI & IoT Are Driving the Need for ... Masergy's NFV Journey Mavenir on RCS Cloud Platform & Multi-ID Keep Connected IoT Devices Under Control With Allot Metaswitch: Defining the Cloud Native Core Accelerating IP/Optical Network Visibility & Control Making 5G NR a Reality With Qualcomm Act on Your Intelligence With Amdocs aia! Making 5G New Radio (NR) a Reality Accelerating C-V2X Toward 5G for Autonomous Driving Dan Sahar of Qwilt on Open Edge Cloud Platform Nominum's Craig Sprosts on DNS & Cybersecurity Trends Versa: A Lot More Than SD-WAN SmartNICs & the Future of Network Virtualization Introducing the Next-Generation ONT (Optical Network ... A10 Networks on Service Providers' Industry Needs Check Point on Cybersecurity Accelerating Telecom Digital Transformation With Nominum DNS VeEX Test & Measurement Solutions Versa Networks' Kumar Mehta on SD-WAN Managed Services The Era of Agile Optics Has Arrived Atrinet's NetACE – Migration to NFV & SDN With ... Vodafone Live NFV Use Cases Powered by Amdocs Sonus in VellOS Mellanox Open Composable Networks Network Security Orchestration Sonus in the Cloud Sonus Strategy Netronome's Server-based Networking Platform Nexius: The Strategy & Science of Data Analytics Overture Networks NFV Solutions ECI's Elastic Network Masergy: Transforming Enterprise IT Arbor Networks on ISP Traffic Visibility ECI's LightSec: Comprehensive Cyber Security Solution ECI’s LightApps: Intelligence for Networks Service Gateway Virtual Edition SDN Management & Orchestration in the WAN Sedona Systems: Multi-Layer Applications Platform NFV – a Catalyst for Business Services Growth Telefónica: In Search of Virtual Simplicity Affirmed Networks Highlights NFV in Mobile Core Close-up on ConfD NetNumber Founder on Managing Signaling Control Tail-f, Cisco & What the Future Holds Sonus Shakes Up SD-WAN Automate, Scale & Create With Juniper's vCPE Solution Metaswitch's New CEO Martin Lund Discusses His Role ActiveVideo's Cloud Virtualization Technology Nominum on Leveraging the Power of DNS to Deliver ... Palo Alto Networks on Expanding in the Carrier/Service ... Infoblox on DNS Threat Index The Netformx Ecosystem Versa Networks on Leveraging VNFs Nuage Networks on Operationalizing SDN Mellanox's New 25/50/100Gb/s Ethernet Products Arista's CloudVision VIEW FULL VIDEO SHOWCASE Prime Reading Europe's Big Telcos Are Getting Edgy About 5G Iain Morris , International Editor , 3/13/2019 Virtual dodgeball will not happen unless operators cut mobile latency, but that ... (18 comments) Not Business as Usual: Open Source Changes IT Operations Mitch Wagner , Executive Editor, Light Reading , 1/11/2019 Open source doesn't just change software: It changes how IT does its job. (0) Taking It Slow: Enterprises Use Open Source, but Are Cautious About Contributing Mitch Wagner , Executive Editor, Light Reading , 1/9/2019 Enterprises are still mostly open source consumers rather than contributors to ... 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