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News & Views Most Popular Eurobites: S&P Puts Vodafone on Creditwatch By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/17/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Tele2's earnings up 3% in Q2; Openet goes cloud-native for 5G; Inmarsat takeover comes under scrutiny. Post a Comment 5G Momentum Props Up Ericsson's Q2 By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 7/17/2019 The Networks division is helping the Swedish operator improve its top line numbers but 'strategic contracts' hit margins and other divisions are still in turnaround mode, dragging the vendor's share price down. Post a Comment Podcast: ClearSky Data CEO Ellen Rubin Knows Where Your Data Is By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 7/16/2019 Ellen Rubin joins the Light Reading podcast to discuss edge computing and the new need for data management in more places as the world goes from static storage to mobile, multicloud madness. Post a Comment Advertisement The Telecoms.com Podcast: What Is Digital Transformation? By Light Reading, 7/16/2019 Jennifer Kyriakakis from Matrixx joins the guys this week, as they attempt to work out what 'digital' really means in the telecoms environment. Post a Comment New Route to New Revenue: Detect & Respond to Credentials Sharing By Orly Amsalem, Product Manager Video Security, Synamedia, 7/12/2019 Rather than ignoring password sharing or solely seeking ways to prevent it, service providers are now in position to monetize it thanks to advances in behavioral analytics and machine learning. Post a Comment IBM: We Won't 'Bluewash' Red Hat By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 7/10/2019 IBM executives say they'd be fools to compromise Red Hat's independence, following the $34 billion acquisition that closed this week. Post a Comment Epsilon Revamps Its Back Office to Support Pivot to Enterprise Services By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 7/10/2019 International wholesale operator wants to play a bigger role with enterprise customers but adding services such as data center interconnect and SD-WAN requires additional operational and business support tools. Post a Comment Advertisement Talk – but No Greater Clarity – on Huawei Ban By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 7/10/2019 Various reports suggest there has been a relaxation on the trade position being taken by the US authorities with regards to Huawei, but the situation for US vendors is no clearer. Post a Comment ONAP 'Dublin' Lightens Network Orchestration By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 7/9/2019 The latest release of the Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) sports enhancements designed to get the software up and running faster, so carriers can get on with sexy innovation. Post a Comment IBM Builds Telco Muscle With $34B Red Hat Acquisition By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 7/9/2019 IBM sees its combination with Red Hat as enabling a full virtualization stack to service providers, from infrastructure to OSS and everything in between. Post a Comment Podcast: Parsing Data & Sharing Poles in Smart Cities By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 7/9/2019 US Ignite's Mari Silbey provides commentary on a few topics related to smart cities, including how research universities are helping cities slice up IoT and sensor data into bite-sized morsels. Post a Comment Why Telcos Are Going (Cloud) Native By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 7/2/2019 While there is a fair degree of hype around the term 'cloud native' and plenty of misuse by software marketeers, it is clearly an important topic among CSP CTOs and CIOs. Post a Comment Why Huawei's Addition to the Entity List Is the Pandora's Box of Telecoms By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 7/2/2019 No matter what the US and China agree from now on, the dynamics of the global telecoms technology supply chain have changed forever. Post a Comment BT Leverages Open Source for Fifth Generation of Network Monitoring By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 7/2/2019 Telcos need new ways to monitor their services and networks and some are turning to the open source community for inspiration. Post a Comment MobiTV Banks $50M More By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/1/2019 App-focused video streaming tech and distribution company says fresh round of funds will fuel global growth, further tech development. Post a Comment Protecting Enterprises From State-Sponsored Hackers By Mike O’Malley, Vice President of Carrier Strategy and Business Development at Radware, 6/28/2019 Cloud service providers and network operators have the scale and talent to help protect enterprises from state-sponsored hacking attempts. Post a Comment Podcast Interview: IT & Telco Vet Bill Walker By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 6/28/2019 Business disruption, telco transformation and big-league bowling. Crack open a cold one and listen to our podcast chat with former CenturyLink explainer-of-things Bill Walker. Post a Comment Eurobites: Fastweb & Wind Tre Join Forces on 5G in Italy By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 6/26/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Sparkle begins work on photonic backbone; Openet nabs more Ericsson talent; EU probes Broadcom; Huawei hits the road. Post a Comment Cybereason Details Operation Soft Cell: A Telco Security Disaster By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 6/25/2019 Security firm reveals an ongoing global attack against telecommunications providers that has been active since at least 2017 and involves a group believed to be working on behalf of the Chinese government. Post a Comment Telcos: Security Is Not In Your DNA By Patrick Donegan, Founder and Principal Analyst, HardenStance, 6/25/2019 Telcos are in denial if they think they are security experts, says outspoken industry analyst Patrick Donegan. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Ericsson Reports Q2 Sales Growth Wednesday, July 17, 2019 Three UK Builds 5G-Ready Cloud Core Network with Nokia Tuesday, July 16, 2019 EXFO Reports Fiscal Q3 Growth Thursday, July 11, 2019 Nuance Revs Up Brainy AI for Smart Speakers, Virtual Assistants Wednesday, July 10, 2019 ONAP 'Dublin' Boosts Scaleability, 5G & Deployment Tuesday, July 9, 2019 IBM Closes $34B Red Hat Acquisition Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Extreme to Buy Aerohive in $210M Deal Wednesday, June 26, 2019 Tomia Intros Cloud-Based Blockchain Settlement Platform Monday, June 24, 2019 MobiledgeX Launches Edge Navigator Tool, Pitches Developers Thursday, June 20, 2019 Netcracker, Shaw Broaden BSS/OSS Deal Thursday, June 6, 2019 Informa Agrees Asset Swap With IHS Markit Wednesday, May 22, 2019 Evergent, Synamedia Team on Video Monetization Tuesday, May 21, 2019 ORS Group Picks Oracle for Content Delivery Tuesday, May 14, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Malvertising Adds Sophistication to Disruption Larry Loeb, Author, 7/17/2019 French security researcher Malekal delved into a murky world. (0) New BitPaymer Ransomware Discovered Hunting Big Game Larry Loeb, Author, 7/16/2019 New variant shares most of its code with the BitPaymer ransomware operated by ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News DOCSIS 3.1 Gains New Ground Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/17/2019 Some operators expand existing D3.1 infrastructure, while others discover ... (0) BBWN Bites: Google, Microsoft & WISPA: Fixed Wireless Can Bridge Digital Divide Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/17/2019 Google, Microsoft and WISPA hope the FCC agrees that by allowing FWA operators to ... (0) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase 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 DT's Terastream: A Bigger Splash? Iain Morris , International Editor , 9/13/2018 Deutsche Telekom's once-ballyhooed Terastream initiative, which turned seven this ... (3 comments) NFV Is Down but Not Out Iain Morris , International Editor , 5/22/2018 NFV has failed to live up to the original expectations five years after it was ... (33 comments) Leading Lights 2018: The Finalists Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 4/11/2018 Light Reading is thrilled to announce the finalists for this year's Leading ... (0) Robot Wars: Telecom's Looming AI Tussle Iain Morris , International Editor , 3/14/2018 Telcos performing routine chores will be ripe for AI-based automation. But whose ... 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Podcast: ClearSky Data CEO Ellen Rubin Knows Where Your Data Is

Keeping up with data storage -- and keeping data safe -- is a more complex undertaking for companies now that most of their data is being processed in multicloud ...