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News & Views Most Popular VMware Climbs On the Istio Train for Kubernetes Management By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/10/2018 Updates NSX to manage and secure containerized, microservices native cloud apps anywhere. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Nokia Sitting Pretty After Week of Turmoil for Huawei, Ericsson By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/7/2018 A backlash against China's biggest vendor and problems with Ericsson's software could translate into a glorious opportunity for the Finnish firm. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Is First Major Pay-TV Player to Support 'Movies Anywhere' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/6/2018 Move puts Comcast on platform that's also supported by major digital distributors that include Apple iTunes, Microsoft, Vudu, FandangoNOW, Google Play and Amazon Prime Video. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: John Eliter This is the best feature that make Comcast best in the world. Movie anywhere... Advertisement Eurobites: FTTH Council Takes 'Fake Fiber' Fight to Brussels By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/3/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Accenture revives Telefónica; Telia's 5G robot; BT tees up new security boss; Deutsche Telekom digitizes breakdown recovery. Post a Comment \| Read (0) New Zealand Blocks Huawei From 5G Deal With Spark By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/28/2018 New Zealand appears to join the US and Australia in excluding Huawei from parts of its telecom sector. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Telefónica Rolls Out Network-Based Cybersecurity Service By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/26/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Openreach extends UK Gfast reach; Deutsche Telekom signs SmartConnect deal with iPass; Telecom Egypt hits 200G with Nokia; Phones 4u aftershocks continue. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Exponential-e CEO on Cloud, Security & Coffee By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/23/2018 Lee Wade, CEO at UK cloud and data network operator Exponential-e, talks cloud and network evolution, automation, security and why he has two baristas at the company's London HQ. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Verizon Acquires Security Tools From Vidder By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/19/2018 Verizon liked Vidder's technology so much it bought the company. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Oracle to Buy SD-WAN Pioneer Talari By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 Oracle will integrate the venerable SD-WAN provider into its communications service provider business unit. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cisco Secures & Sweetens SD-WAN By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/13/2018 Enhances security, performance and programmability of its Cisco SD-WAN service. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Budgets Lag Despite CSP Concern Over Network Security By Denise Culver, Online Research Director, 11/6/2018 Most communications service providers (CSPs) surveyed for this month's Thought Leadership Council (TLC) report feel they are on track with network security planning, but more than 80% of respondents worry about future technology being used to launch complex attack vectors. Post a Comment \| Read (0) RAD: uCPE Is Gateway to IT Service Revenues By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 11/1/2018 Service providers need to broaden their view of what uCPE can offer to include not just VNFs but virtual functions that support basic IT. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: John Eliter Recurring revenues from newer services such as SD-WAN have yet to kick in,... Mobileum Snaps Up Mobile Security Specialist By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/29/2018 Roaming solutions specialist Mobileum has acquired hosted signalling firewall vendor Evolved Intelligence, a move that begs a number of questions says seasoned industry analyst. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: RituGupta If you want your company to do well, you've got to have good people managing... Deutsche Telekom to Swap Startup Investments With SK Telecom By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/22/2018 DT's edge computing startup MobiledgeX and SKT's quantum cryptography specialist ID Quantique to be the grateful recipients. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Aqsacom's Telecom Cyber-Intelligence Focus Turns to 5G, NFV By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 10/9/2018 With one of its most important software updates coming up this month, Aqsacom CEO Gilles Blanc discusses his company's background, technology edge and why 5G is so challenging to cyber-intelligence firms. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CenturyLink on How Automation & Analytics Are Improving Security By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 10/8/2018 Automation provides operators with the means to respond to threats faster and even preempt an event, but controlling new security software also increases complexity for service providers. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Spirent CEO: Engineers Are Human, Too By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/4/2018 In the second part of his CXO interview, Eric Hutchinson talks about AI, cybersecurity and the humanizing factor of the test company's strategic shift. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Vishnu Goel Mr Hutchison as the new CEO of Spirent brings a fresh approach and vision to... Radware: Protect That API! By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/3/2018 Second annual survey shows enterprises are exposing APIs to third parties but not attending encryption or authentication, leading to a sharp rise in the number and complexity of application breaches. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CenturyLink Goes Global With SD-WAN By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/24/2018 Taking SD-WAN service beyond the US to 36 additional nations. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Microsoft: Now You Don't Need a %$#! Password By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/24/2018 Bad news if you like making up and memorizing nonsense words. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards John Eliter, 12/15/2018 11:55:56 AM Comcast Is First Major Pay-TV Player to Support 'Movies Anywhere' Re: Re:sony ten 3 technology This is the best feature that make Comcast best in the world. Movie anywhere is nice feature. Thanks CC. Regards. pitter121, 12/14/2018 2:13:59 AM Comcast Is First Major Pay-TV Player to Support 'Movies Anywhere' Re: technology Technologies are updating day by day and the demand of and usefulness of the latest technology is very high, and this post is one of the best proof of this, this information is really great, I was also read some information... Jeff Baumgartner, 12/6/2018 12:47:11 PM Comcast Is First Major Pay-TV Player to Support 'Movies Anywhere' Re: Comcast purchases also accessible on Movies Anytime apps The other thing to point out is that any purchases made via the Comcast store will also be accessible on the Movies Anytime apps. And Comcast subs can now watch those purchases on a much bigger range of TV-connected devices,... JosephbubuBush, 12/4/2018 8:52:41 AM Cisco Goes Back to School With Tetration Re: Re: Tetration in Action Automation of data processing is the basis of the new education system. I know that special search libraries are being created. They can help solve many problems. For example paperial.com safe , you are looking for the desired... PaulChau, 11/28/2018 10:29:12 PM Tellium's Optical VPN: What Is It? Re: re: Tellium's Optical VPN: What Is It? People are going to be excited with whatever comes on the market now by ways of an improvement in the internet connections online. Of course something that's labelled as a private optical network is going to be highly sought... RituGupta, 11/26/2018 10:36:12 PM Mobileum Snaps Up Mobile Security Specialist Re: If you want your company to do well If you want your company to do well, you've got to have good people managing your company! I reckon that being able to court and attract the best experts in the field for any sort of industry is key to moving your business... Marketin12124, 11/16/2018 4:20:07 AM Dish Awarded $90M in Video Piracy Case Re: Industrial Scale Piracy Thaks Jeff, this is a great little article that outlines the industrial scale of piracy we are seeing globally. Many of these pirates are operating at a level of sophistication that makes it harder for consumers to... John Eliter, 11/10/2018 9:49:29 AM RAD: uCPE Is Gateway to IT Service Revenues Re: uCPE is smartcric best crictime revenues. Recurring revenues from newer services such as SD-WAN have yet to kick in, as business customers are just starting to consume those and some require investment upfront before generating recurring revenues on which operators... PaulChau, 10/22/2018 2:44:46 AM Cisco Goes Back to School With Tetration Re: Re: good news Sometimes all you need is a little push to be able to reach greater heights already. You need to do a little exploration to know what other alternatives that you can take which can help you move forward with progress. The... alexblogsite, 10/19/2018 2:03:03 PM Juniper, Ericsson Team on 5G Transport, Security Re: Re: Juniper Ericsson 5G Also added to the RAN family: spectrum sharing software that enables radios to support 4G and 5G transmissions simultaneously and dynamically in the same spectrum band without degrading the performance of either. Ericsson... [email protected], 10/19/2018 7:40:01 AM Juniper, Ericsson Team on 5G Transport, Security Re: Re: what about see Ericsson Links 5G Hands With Juniper & ECI, Snubs Cisco & Ciena https://www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g/ericsson-links-5g-hands-with-juniper-and-eci-snubs-cisco-and-ciena/d/d-id/745829 Atlantis-dude, 10/18/2018 7:54:21 PM Juniper, Ericsson Team on 5G Transport, Security Re: what about csco Chaketherver, 10/8/2018 10:22:50 AM Cisco Goes Back to School With Tetration Re: good news Really good news. I've heard a lot of good reviews on this platform. Going to buy it for edusurf Vishnu Goel, 10/5/2018 1:16:48 AM Spirent CEO: Engineers Are Human, Too Re: Transformation of T&M business to Human Assurance! Mr Hutchison as the new CEO of Spirent brings a fresh approach and vision to his role.He not only outlines the test process and methodology of test assurances and end to end satisfaction,he goes a major step forward in linking... kq4ym, 8/29/2018 9:31:09 AM Australia Could Open 5G Door to Huawei Re: Re: Snooping As long as we all have tendensies to be "tribal" and stick to viewpoints along those interests there will be spies, lies, and predjudices. While 'Huawei faces an effective blanket ban in the US but is not restricted in any... More Message Boards		Security Now Spam Emails Bring Bomb Threats to US Businesses, Schools Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 12/14/2018 On Thursday, US businesses and schools began receiving a number of bomb threats ... 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