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News & Views Most Popular Eurobites: EE Gets to 5G First, Drops Huawei 5G Phones By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/22/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom's honeypots highlight hacker horrorshow; Ericsson sets up 5G hub in Moscow. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cloud Bursts: Oracle Touts Telco Triumphs, Microsoft Proclaims Partnerships & More By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/17/2019 Oracle sells to Asian telco Circles.Life; Microsoft partners with Sony on gaming; VMware acquires Bitnami for multicloud, and more telco cloud news this week. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Company of the Year (Private) By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 5/4/2019 Several privately held companies – including Versa Networks, CUJO AI, Synamedia and Pluribus Networks – have grown their businesses and set themselves up for success in the last 12 months. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Best Deal Maker By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 5/3/2019 Oracle, Momentum Telecom and Lumentum all made interesting, well-timed acquisitions, divestitures, partnerships and other deals in the past 12 months. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative SD-WAN Product Strategy (Vendor) By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/3/2019 Find out which vendors devised the most innovative SD-WAN product or platform during the past year. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Aryaka Racks $50M Funding for Global SD-WAN Expansion By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/1/2019 Aryaka's war chest now totals $184 million for its SD-WAN service, which runs on its own private network. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative SD-WAN Service By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 4/24/2019 With momentum running strong in the SD-WAN market, the Leading Lights award for the 'Most Innovative SD-WAN Service' received a flood of entries. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement SD-WAN Startup CloudGenix Scores $65M Funding – but the Market Is Brutal By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 4/17/2019 CloudGenix says it provides an alternative to NFV for telcos and communications service providers looking for a platform to deploy services over the cloud. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Mitch Wagner Follow up from AT&T regarding our request for clarification: "Contractually,... Eurobites: Deutsche Telekom, BMW Try to Steer German Govt Away From Connected-Car WiFi By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 4/16/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: German auction latest; US takes 'softer' approach on Huawei front; how the Notre-Dame fire confused YouTube's algorithm. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Juniper Bridges WAN, LAN & WiFi for Cloud SD-WAN By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 4/9/2019 Juniper extends into a crowded market, but claims greater scalability and breadth than its competitors. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: realesaletter Today, there are many deceitful online "ESA Letter" sites offering "Moment... Orange's Duriez: 5G Will Multiply Opportunities for SD-WAN By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 3/21/2019 In addition to potentially increasing SD-WAN adoption, 5G could enable new use cases such as a network slice dedicated to SD-WAN. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Infovista Fights to Be Heard in SD-WAN Crowd By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 3/20/2019 Infovista refreshes its Ipanema SD-WAN. But can the underdog defeat giant incumbents like VMware and Cisco? Post a Comment \| Read (0) Next Stop for Versa Networks – Europe By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/19/2019 The SD-WAN specialist has a healthy bed of customers and partners but has yet to make a significant impact in Europe. It's looking to change that. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: jafrazer Great overall summary of the SD-WAN market and Vesa's position - we're happy... Windstream Puts Broadband Back in the Black By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/18/2019 Aided by speed upgrades, the troubled company added 14,000 broadband subs in 2018, reversing the 45,000 losses it absorbed in the previous year. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T's Pacewicz: 'We See the Cloud Fragmenting Again' By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 3/14/2019 AT&T Business Chief Product Officer Roman Pacewicz describes how edge computing, 5G and network virtualization are required for next-generation applications that can deliver new business opportunities for the operator. Post a Comment \| Read (0) VMware Sets Sail as a Telco Cloud 'Great Power' By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 3/12/2019 Following deals with AT&T and Vodafone and hardware partnerships, VMware is emerging as a leading telco cloud vendor. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Telco Cloud & 5G: Two Sides of the Same Coin By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 3/6/2019 Light Reading's Mitch Wagner and Kelsey Ziser discuss how the telco cloud will be impacted by 5G deployments and vice versa. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Patriarchy Chicken & New Edge Services Take Flight at MWC19 By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 3/4/2019 BARCELONA – MWC19 – Light Reading's Ray Le Maistre and Kelsey Ziser discuss AT&T and Microsoft Azure's partnership on network edge compute (NEC) services and Telefonica's collaboration with Azure on cloud partnerships to the edge. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Orange Business Services CEO Talks Cloud Trends, Security By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/1/2019 At MWC19, Orange Business Services CEO Helmut Reisinger discusses trends in cloud services, SD-WAN, security and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Equinix Builds 'Network Edge' for Global NFV By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 2/27/2019 Equinix is initially testing virtual router and firewall in the US and Europe, with plans to extend into Asia soon, to help make network connections more agile and responsive for enterprise customers. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Mitch Wagner, 4/18/2019 11:35:25 AM SD-WAN Startup CloudGenix Scores $65M Funding – but the Market Is Brutal Re: Re: Updated Follow up from AT&T regarding our request for clarification: "Contractually, we can't share anything else." Drymarchon7, 4/17/2019 10:52:13 PM SD-WAN Startup CloudGenix Scores $65M Funding – but the Market Is Brutal Re: CloudGenix In A Crowded Field While analysts paint a noble position regarding the crowded SD-WAN ecosystem; CloudGenix stands to progress its value proposition by several strategies. One in particular is targeting the small to medium sized operators... Mitch Wagner, 4/17/2019 5:42:14 PM SD-WAN Startup CloudGenix Scores $65M Funding – but the Market Is Brutal Re: Updated This article initially included a statement from CloudGenix that AT&T is a partner. However, AT&T followed after initial publication, with a statement to Light Reading: "While one of our vendors uses CloudGenix SD-WAN capability... realesaletter, 4/12/2019 2:20:48 AM Juniper Bridges WAN, LAN & WiFi for Cloud SD-WAN Re: ESA Today, there are many deceitful online "ESA Letter" sites offering "Moment Approval" or sham accreditation and enrollments. The records these con artists produce have positively no legitimate premise, and won't pass even... jafrazer, 3/20/2019 5:13:35 PM Next Stop for Versa Networks – Europe Re: Versa Partners in UK and Europe Great overall summary of the SD-WAN market and Vesa's position - we're happy to work with global operators like Verizon, Tata Communications and Centurylink that promote and market Versa technology in the UK and pan-Europe. Our... JohnBear, 3/7/2019 11:43:23 AM Windstream Claims US SD-WAN Leadership Re: Re: SD-WAN Leadership It's only a claim and one not substantiated by a 3rd party. Most of the other carriers that have sdwan are likely ahead of windstream, but do not want to claim such nonsense. It's because sdwan is a replacement... dmersch, 2/14/2019 3:14:19 PM MWC 5G-Gasm Risks Missing the Big Telecom Issues Re: MWC 5G Great article. It is clear once again many SPs will provision new service but miss the big new revenue opportunities because either a lack of vision or inability to appropriately leverage cloud technologies. juliahaiden43, 1/20/2019 11:43:39 PM DT's Terastream: A Bigger Splash? Re: Appreciated Really good article really appreciate your knowledge and found you as expert in it. Mikesgv, 1/10/2019 6:26:32 PM Masergy CEO: How We'll Get to $1BN Re: Interesting article! I've been following Masergy for years and they are doing some great work within the space of Hybrid Networking and Enterprise Security. Wish James and the rest of the team the best of luck, getting to $1B will... Architec73447, 12/6/2018 1:52:57 PM Here's How CenturyLink Is Cutting Capex Re: Great article CTL is one of the top Cloud Enablers for AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloudm Oracle Cloud, ... The article explains why CTL's CTO Andrew Dugan recently received 4031 votes and ranks the No 1 - 300 more votes... Atlantis-dude, 11/9/2018 8:31:52 PM MEF CTO: We're Living Up to Agile Promises Re: what would be a north-west api? Atlantis-dude, 11/3/2018 10:33:13 AM Comcast's O'Toole: SDN Stands Up to the 'Tyranny of the Boxes' Re: Re: tyranny of the boxes guess no odd cbls to hardware applnces .. more uniform cbling to srvrs markjhonson, 11/2/2018 4:24:58 PM CenturyLink Adds Cisco to SD-WAN Options Re: SD WAN I have read the post and it is really very interesting because I have got to know about the SD WAn options in the Cisco routers. Configuring Cisco routers are a bit easy but if you follow the router guide then you can easily... ASX4000, 11/2/2018 12:03:33 PM Comcast's O'Toole: SDN Stands Up to the 'Tyranny of the Boxes' Re: tyranny of the boxes Agreeing with the most what has being said in this Article, just wondering how all the SDN stuff is working without "...hardware, plagued by a "million cables hanging out" and hardware that depreciates in value..."? &nb... Atlantis-dude, 11/2/2018 2:32:01 AM MEF Executing on SD-WAN Specs, New APIs & Enterprise Council Re: any leading carriers that ve implemented these or r planning to? More Message Boards		Security Now Suppliers Cut Off Huawei Larry Loeb, Author, 5/22/2019 If Android is to 'fork' following Huawei's isolation, the enterprise needs to ... (3 comments) Does 'Client Hints' Leave Fingerprints? Larry Loeb, Author, 5/21/2019 New web standard allows third-party services to obtain in-depth details about ... (5 comments) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News BBWN Bites: ARM & BT Guard Against Huawei Ban Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 5/22/2019 British heavyweights ARM and BT opt to shut out Huawei: BT will not include the ... (0) Broadband Forum Opens Connected Home to Standards Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 5/21/2019 Organization extends popular TR-069 standard for use in smart homes, looking to ... (0) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase Ciena Talks Converged Interconnect Networks at Cable ... Red Hat Enterprise Linux: A Secure Foundation for the ... 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 ... 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(0) All Prime Reading Newsfeed Riverbed Launches SD-WAN SaaS Accelerators Wednesday, May 15, 2019 CyberaVUE Brings Remote Network Operations Into Clear Focus Thursday, May 2, 2019 Autogrill Unit Snacks on Aryaka's SD-WAN Tuesday, April 16, 2019 Versa Launches Cloud-Managed SD-WAN for Midsized Businesses Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Juniper Networks’ SD-WAN as a Service Reimagines the Enterprise Branch Monday, April 8, 2019 Infovista Enhances Ipanema SD-WAN With Application Intelligence Monday, March 18, 2019 Orange Business Services Lands $25M SD-WAN, Security Deal Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Charter Goes National With SD-WAN Tuesday, March 5, 2019 Exponential-e Unveils Software Defined Digital Platform Friday, February 8, 2019 BT Global Services to Deploy SevOne Data Platform Tuesday, January 15, 2019 US Managed SD-WAN Market Tops $282M in 2018 Thursday, December 6, 2018 CenturyLink CTO Joins MEF Board Wednesday, November 28, 2018 More Newsfeeds

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