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News & Views Most Popular Google: Greene's out as Cloud Boss By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 Greene grew Google Cloud to a top enterprise cloud player. Oracle, meanwhile, is flailing in enterprise cloud, making ex-President Thomas Kurian a puzzling choice as successor. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: wanlord I watched her fireside chat with Aaron Levie at Box Works in 2016 and I was... WiCipedia: Taking Names & How to Avoid 'Hurting Men's Feelings' By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 11/16/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: Taking names and tweeting salaries for equality's sake; a satirical guide to being a woman in tech; Google walkout was a long time coming; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) WiCipedia: All-Female Boards, Google 'Utterly Unprepared' & Insecure Men By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 11/9/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: Pro-life hackers; Google under pressure; all-female boards; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement WiCipedia: Doubling Down on Diversity & Google's Payoff Scandal By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 11/2/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: Latinx women lag in VC funding; Google pays off its bad boys; glass cliffs are the new glass ceilings; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Telefónica Revenues Hit by Currency Movements in Q3 By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/31/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: MegaFon gets loan to buy Nokia gear; BT and Sky extend UK content deal to Ireland; why GDPR can be good for you. Post a Comment \| Read (0) WiCipedia: No (CIS) Men Allowed & Breaking Into a 'Male' Industry By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 10/26/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: Kaspersky aims to attract women to cybersecurity; how to break into a male-dominated industry; no CIS men allowed at a DC hackathon; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Sprint's Nolan Buzzes About Automation at the 'Hive' By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 10/23/2018 DENVER -- Tracy Nolan, president of national sales, strategy and operations for Sprint, says companies need to support women in the shift to network automation to lessen the potential jobs impact. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement WiCipedia: Diversity in Product Dev & Israeli Entrepreneurs Protest Sexism By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 10/19/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: Keeping smart home products safe for all; Merkel finds sexism in Israeli tech community; girls have limited access to mobile phones worldwide; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Have Cable Business Services Topped Out? By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 10/18/2018 The US cable industry is now pulling in close to $18 billion in annual revenues from commercial services, but the growth rate is falling. How much lift is left for cable? Post a Comment \| Read (0) Automation's Double-Edged Sword Demands Sharpening of Skillsets By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 10/16/2018 At the NFV & Carrier SDN event in Denver, Women in Comms panelists examined the impact of automation on women in the tech and communications industries. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Blant interesting The Telecoms.com Podcast: Innovation, OTTs & the Smart Home By Light Reading, 10/16/2018 This week Jamie and Scott are joined by Mary Clark or, as her friends like to call her, "Madame Syn." Post a Comment \| Read (0) WiCipedia: Companies With Values Should Be the Norm By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 10/12/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: How sexual harassment holds women back; California tech boards prepare for a shakedown; Bumble redefines tech company values; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Kirkby Leaves Tele2 for Denmark's TDC (And Not BT) By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/9/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: EC approves Tele2-Com Hem merger; CityFibre/Vodafone rollout expands; Deutsche Telekom turns to AI for fiber rollout. Post a Comment \| Read (0) WiCipedia: Lyft Assesses Diversity Growth & Melinda Gates Tackles Gender Imbalance By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 10/5/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: Lyft's latest diversity report; a Gender Manifesto relapse; flexible work becomes a necessity; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Telia Lands Norwegian NB-IoT Deal By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/2/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telia commits to 5G launch in early 2019; Sigfox grows its network; KPN's new hire; Orange lands in-flight connectivity deal. Post a Comment \| Read (0) WiCipedia: Valley of the Boom & Women in Comms Live By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 9/28/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: A new series shows the tech boom's consequences; our WiC event was a huge success; a sobering look at women's progress in STEM; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: TIM, Fastweb Fire Up 5G With Help From Huawei By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/25/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telia tees up 5G test network in Estonia; Vodafone brings Juniper into its SD-WAN fold; new blood for Ofcom. Post a Comment \| Read (0) WiCipedia: Lack of Diversity Creates Blind Spots & Twitch Leads by Example By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 9/21/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: A majority female C-suite; avoiding another financial crisis; charitable donation allocation; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Auction to Settle Sky Takeover Tussle By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/20/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telecom Italia considers Brazilian acquisition; Deutsche Telekom and Aricent edge nearer; Nokia helps the trains run on time. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: hahuyetapcao1 Very amazing information Càng lớn tuổi có... IBM Debuts Tools to Make AI More Fair By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/19/2018 Big Blue is introducing a cloud service and open source toolkit to help reduce bias from AI decisions, and make those decisions more explainable. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Google: Greene's out as Cloud Boss By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 Greene grew Google Cloud to a top enterprise cloud player. Oracle, meanwhile, is flailing in enterprise cloud, making ex-President Thomas Kurian a puzzling choice as successor. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: wanlord I watched her fireside chat with Aaron Levie at Box Works in 2016 and I was... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards wanlord, 11/16/2018 6:03:51 PM Google: Greene's out as Cloud Boss Re: Green at Box Works 2016 I watched her fireside chat with Aaron Levie at Box Works in 2016 and I was floored by her incoherent answers. She was totally lost in the sauce and it was very awkward. Speaking of the Cloud, she was totally in one...... hahuyetapcao1, 11/9/2018 10:33:41 AM Eurobites: Auction to Settle Sky Takeover Tussle Re: Thank you Very amazing information Càng lớn tuổi có phải Càng dễ mắc bệnh tăng huyết áp ?? Cuộc đời của mỗi... Craig Mcmillan, 11/9/2018 8:46:53 AM How the Glass Ceiling Became a Window of Opportunity for Ixia CMO Re: Re: Inspiring article It is interesting to read your blog post and I am going to share it with my friends. Blant, 10/17/2018 5:01:15 AM Automation's Double-Edged Sword Demands Sharpening of Skillsets Re: =) interesting Jeff Baumgartner, 9/6/2018 6:33:17 PM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Re: Will anyone 'dominate' edge computing? Seems that the makings of such a wholesale market is already underway. This discussion brings to mind what Ericsson is trying to accomplish with its edge compute-focused Unified Delivery Network. If service providers indeed... Jeff Baumgartner, 9/6/2018 6:29:59 PM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Making the migration... a Mountain or a Molehill? Since this is requiring new technologies, mindsets and a shift in culture, figuring out how to make this evolutionary move without upsetting all the legacy seems like a mountain in itself that will have to be moved. I'm... [email protected], 9/6/2018 12:38:19 PM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Will anyone 'dominate' edge computing? The GSMA's Laxmi Akkaraju, noted how critical edge computing will be for 5G deployments, urging mobile operators to "step up and step in" to the edge computing opportunities and not be left behind by the likes of Amazon... There's... Mitch Wagner, 9/6/2018 12:34:51 PM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Re: Turkcell -- a Huawei customer for 5G? Apple approach? You mean build their own technology stack from the ground up, rather than license it from other people, as most tech companies do? That's a tough approach, requiring an enormous capital investment, but it... Phil Harvey, 9/6/2018 11:42:22 AM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Re: Turkcell -- a Huawei customer for 5G? Yes, I think I saw some of that via a video demo at MWC a year or so ago. I think they have done quite a bit of work themselves but, as 5G approaches, maybe they are looking to add pure horsepower to their network with Huawei... iainmorris, 9/6/2018 11:30:05 AM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Re: Turkcell -- a Huawei customer for 5G? They do have a pretty sophisticated back-end system that shows things like the number of people using a specific basestation at any given time. The CEO gave me a demo of that in Munich this week and said it had largely been... Mitch Wagner, 9/6/2018 10:50:06 AM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Necessary transformation Telcos need to become more responsive to their customers to increase their customer satisfaction scores and remain competitive against nimble OTT players. Transforming their own digital infrastructure is a necessary first... Phil Harvey, 9/6/2018 10:00:53 AM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Turkcell -- a Huawei customer for 5G? Didn't Turkcell build all their software and a lot of their gear themselves? I don't recall them being a big customer of Huawei (or anyone else). I thought they were kind of a one-off story that's hard to replicate,... Kelsey Ziser, 9/6/2018 9:11:06 AM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: The value of KQI's Michael Haeberle's comments regarding the benefits of accessing key quality indicators in real-time caught my attention. The ability to predict issues before they arise and address potential customer complaints before... PaulERainford, 9/5/2018 4:30:01 AM Eurobites: Svendsen Quits Telenor Norway, Prompts Reshuffle Re: Re: Finnish content I dunno James, but it's probably not this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNr3nK_bvKQ James_B_Crawshaw, 9/4/2018 9:50:45 AM Eurobites: Svendsen Quits Telenor Norway, Prompts Reshuffle Re: Finnish content Is it the Moomins? https://www.moomin.com/en/ More Message Boards		Security Now BlackBerry Acquiring Security & AI Firm Cylance for $1.4B Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 BlackBerry is continuing to move away from its smartphone legacy with the ... (0) Magecart Attacks Proving Persistent Problem for Online Retailers Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 A research report shows that one in five sites targeted by a Magecart attack ... 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