New report highlights SDN orchestration market growth A new report published by MarketsandMarkets projects the software-defined networking (SDN) orchestration market to swell from $214.7 million in 2017 to $4,458.5 million …
Verizon announces Session Border Controller-as-a-Service Verizon announced it is expanding its SDN solution suite with the launch of Virtual Network Services – Session Border Controller-as-a-Service (SBCaaS). Verizon introduced Virtual Network …
Beyond military applications Commercial unmanned aerial vehicles, otherwise known as drones, are no longer bound to military applications. The potential applications of drones is significantly increasing as the components that …
Tech Mahindra and AT&T strengthen camaraderie IT company Tech Mahindra and AT&T are building on their relationship with a deal that will make the latter company’s FlexWare (SM) available to …
Netronome and Dell EMC tag team NFV server solution Cloud computing company Netronome is teaming up with Dell EMC to provide a turnkey network functions virtualization (NFV) server solution, which …
Rise of the cloud The cloud rose to new heights in 2017 as tech giants like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft and a host of other vendors competed for market …
HKA and ASN sign turnkey contract for trans-Pacific cable system The Hong Kong-Americas (HKA) consortium and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) announced they have signed a turnkey contract to build a …
Bell completes network automation use case Making headway on its Network 3.0 transformation initiative, Bell Canada announced it has successfully implemented the first network automation use case in production using …
AT&T and Equinix build on relationship AT&T and Equinix announced they are strengthening their relationship by making AT&T’s Switched Ethernet Service with Network On-Demand available to businesses in Equinix International …
VMware announces general availability of NSX for vSphere 6.4 VMware announced updates to the latest version of its network virtualization software platform, NSX for vSphere 6.4, with a focus on …
IBM and Salesforce name each other preferred vendor IBM and Salesforce announced they are building on their partnership by combining IBM Cloud and Watson services with Salesforce Quip and Salesforce …
Kaminario and Tech Data announce partnership Storage software company Kaminario is transitioning from a hardware to software-centric business model as the company partners with Tech Data. Under the agreement, Kaminario …
Portworx and HPE deliver joint solution for stateful containers Portworx and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) recently debuted a solution-based reference configuration, which enables enterprises to launch stateful container workloads with …
Mavenir delivers virtualized Media Breakout Controller (vMBC) Software company Mavenir recently premiered its virtualized Media Breakout Controller (vMBC), which enables operators to host virtual routing, firewall and user plane data …
Nokia lands deal with Telia Telia Company is adopting Nokia’s cloud native packet core solution across the Nordics and Baltics, covering Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Estonia and Lithuania. The move …
NXP and China Mobile finish virtualization networking trial NXP Semiconductors announced it finished a virtualization networking trial with China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC) with its virtual customer premises equipment (vCPE) …
Blockchain use cases for telcos Blockchain is poised to disrupt the telecom industry. The technology provides users with a distributed, decentralized way to conduct online transactions with an assembly of …
Google announces five new cloud computing regions and three submarine cables Google announced Tuesday it is expanding its global infrastructure with the addition of three new submarine fiber-optic cables and …
AT&T finishes Gbps XGS-PON field trials AT&T announced Tuesday it finished open-source 10 Gbps XGS-PON field trials as part of a wider initiative to virtualize access functions over the last …
Verizon becomes ONAP platinum member Verizon announced it has joined the Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) project as a platinum member, underscoring the service providers efforts to propel network virtualization …
Microsoft outcompetes AWS in fourth quarter of 2017 While Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have both been deemed leaders in infrastructure-as-a-services (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) segments, the former is …
Baudi deploys new Blockchain-as-a-Service platform China’s search engine giant Baidu recently deployed a Blockchain as-a-Service (BaaS) called Baidu Trust. Blockchain refers to a technology that enables users to make transactions …
Cradlepoint announces new subscription-based solution pricing model Moving forward with its Elastic Edge strategy, Cradlepoint announced a new subscription-based solution pricing model for software and cloud-based wireless wide-area networks (WANs). …
Aqua Comms to sell capacity services and raw spectrum for HAVFRUE cable system portion Aqua Comms DAC, the operator of Ireland’s first subsea fibre-optic network interconnecting New York, Dublin and …
ThousandEyes and Juniper team up on joint solution Network intelligence company ThousandEyes is partnering with Juniper Networks to provide visibility into network performance and application delivery across hybrid wide area …
