BROWSING: Software

Samsung will integrate its virtualized vRAN 3.0 software with 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors Samsung Electronics and Intel announced this week that they are expanding their collaboration with the integration of the Samsung's virtualized radio access network (vRAN) 3.0 software with 4th Gen Intel...

Arrcus said the investment will enable the firm to accelerate growth and expand market reach Networking software company Arrcus announced a new investment from Hitachi Ventures for an additional closing of its Series D. Arrcus said this new investment will enable the company to accelerate its...

Broadcom promises continued interoperability with VMware for rival Marvell Broadcom's proposed $61 acquisition of VMware has the go-ahead from EU regulators—with some caveats, mostly focused on continued interoperability of VMware software with rival vendors such as Marvell. According to the European Commission, Broadcom's acquisition of...

Through products and partnerships, Dell Technologies is pushing open network architectures as a key enabler of 5G monetization Dell Technologies sees significant growth potential as telecom networks transition to cloud environments, hardware and software is disaggregated, and compute is distributed throughout the network to operator's,...

The NativeEdge software platform debuted at the recent Dell Tech World event While Dell Technologies is rapidly growing its Telecom Systems Business with a focus on disaggregated and distributed networking, the company has a very large, long-term business at the enterprise edge. In fact, more...

Verizon's annual report on data breaches says cost & frequency of ransomware attacks has been rising The costs of ransomware attacks are on the rise, with the median cost per incident having more than doubled over the past two years, according to Verizon's annual Data...

VMware alum and Arrcus CEO Shekar Ayyar: Operators can better optimize the network, and better monetize the network, with a software-first approach Arrcus describes its mission this way: “To democratize networking by providing the best-in-class software with the most flexible consumption model at lowest total...

AI and hybrid cloud drive IBM Consulting’s growth platforms The types of generative AI solutions drawing investor and media hype at the moment—ChatGPT-4 and MidJourney, for instance—are huge models with broad capabilities. But for enterprises looking to add generative AI to their technology strategy in...

Information technology continues to play an increasingly critical role in the modern enterprise, with substantial and ongoing investment in observability platforms and practices to help manage the underlying scale and complexity. A significant improvement over legacy monitoring tools, these platforms primarily cater to software engineers...

Future of work, multicloud, edge, AI and security are the key themes out of Dell Tech World LAS VEGAS—Most major enterprises have, to degrees, settled on a multicloud strategy as the way forward. The next piece of this ongoing evolution is making workloads running in...

LF Connectivity will address connectivity challenges within high-bandwidth fixed and mobile connectivity, says the Linux Foundation The Linux Foundation launched LF Connectivity, an open-source project that includes Meta’s fixed wireless access (FWA) service Terragraph, as well as software from its Evenstar program, which was established...

Cloud-native OSS/BSS should reduce opex and drive automation, but this requires technological and organizational change Before getting into expert commentary on cloud-native OSS/BSS provided during the recent Telco Cloud & Edge Forum (available on demand here), it’s important to understand what operational support systems (OSS)...

The STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is helping to reduce the overall volume of unwanted spam and scam robocalls, according to Transaction Network Services' newly released annual report on robocall trends. Between STIR/SHAKEN being more widely implemented and regulatory enforcement actions in 2022, unwanted robocalls...

CFO lays out how ‘hybrid-cloud platform-centric strategy’ is driving growth for IBM In 2022 IBM grew revenue by 12% to $60.5 billion with its software, consulting and infrastructure businesses all posting double digit growth, 12%, 15% and 14% respectively. For 2023 CFO and SVP Jim...

The O-RAN Alliance also announced that the O-RAN Release 003 includes 10 new specification titles The O-RAN Alliance signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with OpenAirInterface Software Alliance (OAI), in which both entities agreed to cooperate on O-RAN issues, open source software development, and 5G....

The U.S. Labor Department estimates that the global shortage of software engineers may reach 85.2 million by 2030 A shift towards network virtualization and software-defined networking is one of the telecom trends that Corning's Director of Wireless R&D and Chief Technologist Shirish Nagaraj believes is most...

Ericsson announced its latest 5G indoor radio unit, called IRU 8850, which is suited for medium-to-large venue coverage Ericsson said it has expanded its indoor mobile connectivity portfolio with three new solutions aimed at delivering 5G coverage, capacity and capabilities across the interior of any...

Rakuten Symphony said that Symworld RAN Commander is a one-stop solution for all aspects of network planning and optimization Rakuten Symphony recently announced the general availability of its Symworld RAN Commander solution for automated 5G mobile network planning and optimization. The Japanese company, which is the...

Cybersecurity continues its evolution and organizations are focused on it more holistically, as part of business outcomes rather than as component parts, according to Theresa Lanowitz of AT&T. Lanowitz, who is the head of evangelism for AT&T Business' cybersecurity segment, draws on insights gathered...

Cohere Technologies has developed Universal Spectrum Multiplier (USM) software for existing networks and Open Radio Access Networks U.S. network software firm Cohere Technologies announced it has received investment funding from Bell Ventures, which is the corporate venture capital arm of Canadian telco Bell. Cohere Technologies...

The new operator will be the only service provider in the 28 GHz band during an initial three-year period in order to be able to secure its market position The Korean government announced plans to award spectrum in the 28 GHz band to a new...

Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is outperforming all expectations, and is now expected to represent more than half of U.S. vehicle sales by 2030. The ‘key link’ to mass adoption is now software, not hardware or vehicles. Fortunately, software innovations are already providing solutions to many...

Once the acquisition if fully completed, Cognizant will add nearly 900 people across Europe and North America Technology services and consulting company Cognizant has entered into an agreement to acquire U.K.-based IoT software engineering services company Mobica. Once the acquisition is fully completed, Cognizant will add...

What is the changing paradigm for communications service providers in terms of software integration and deployment, particularly the concept of CI/CD? It comes down to three aspects.  More network software, deployed from core to edge and RAN. Kalyan Sundhar, vice president and general manager for...