Devices

U.S ban on ZTE could also negatively impact China’s 5G program Chinese vendor ZTE’s business could be heavily impacted if the company fails to reach an agreement with the U.S government over a ban which prohibits U.S companies from exporting …

Symantec uses machine learning to detect targeted attacks Cybersecurity company Symantec announced it has made a threat detection technology used internally to detect targeted attacks available to its Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) customers. Targeted attacks are one the biggest cybersecurity …

Department of Commerce says the ban on ZTE will last until March 2025 The U.S. Department of Commerce has banned American companies from selling telecommunications equipment to Chinese vendor ZTE after the firm allegedly did not live up to the …

IBM updates IRP IBM is merging human and machine-based intelligence with updates to its Resilient Incident Response Platform (IRP). The platform now includes intelligent orchestration in order to improve the response process to security threats. It consolidates features like incident …

Singtel, SoftBank,Etisalat and Telefónica join forces on cybersecurity Singtel, SoftBank, Etisalat and Telefónica have joined forces in a global telco security alliance. The companies collectively boast over 1.2 billion customers across 60 countries. The alliance’s founding members oversee 22 security …

Cisco issues patches to address software vulnerabilities Cisco recently released patches for 34 vulnerabilities, including three critical remote code execution flaws, with the majority impacting its IOS and IOS XE networking software. The security firm Embedi first discovered one of …

Gluster Community announces Gluster 4.0 The Gluster Community recently premiered the latest version of the open source software scalable network filesystem, Gluster 4.0, with new features focused on container integration and storage management. Gluster was founded in 2005 with the …

Putting AI on devices moves processing to the very edge of the network As 5G continues to develop in support of new latency-sensitive use cases, there’s a broad move to augment centralized cloud-based services with processing, compute and storage capabilities …

Device sensor data, app data, network data, “goes to Google,” Oracle VP says During a keynote presentation at the Competitive Carriers Association’s Mobile Carriers Show, Oracle Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Peter Lord provided an illuminating look at the amount …

If Apple was first to AI with Siri, why then are they trailing today? We all know artificial intelligence is the future. We all know it is growing in importance and will dominate our world going forward. We all know …

MetaSwitch and Dell EMC offer joint solution Telecommunications software company MetaSwitch and Dell EMC announced a collaboration, which involves combining the former company’s Composable Network Protocols (CNP) IP routing and MPLS networking stacks with the latter company’s EMC OS10 Open …

Cisco announces updates to network operating systems Cisco recently announced updates on software disaggregation across service provider, enterprise and data center networking. The company noted that software disaggregation has been on the rise for a variety reasons. Hyperscale web providers …

CloudBees CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise now available on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform CloudBees. Inc, the hub of enterprise Jenkins and DevOps, recently announced the availability of CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise offers operations …

Cisco and Verizon team up on Information-Centric Networking (ICN) software Cisco and Verizon announced they recently tested the former company’s hybrid ICN software at the latter company’s lab outside Boston. Cisco’s ICN software is based on Xerox research company PARC’s …

Verizon, AT&T previously dropped deals to sell Huawei phones Consumer electronics big box retailer Best Buy is cutting ties with China’s Huawei, according to published reports, and will stop selling the company’s mobile devices in its stores. Largely due to …

MulteFire 1.1 spec focused on private LTE for the internet of things With broad interest from industrial players who see private LTE as a big opportunity to take control of cellular needs and from operators looking to augment licensed spectrum …

NetScout introduces nGeniusPulse 2.5 NetScout Systems Inc. recently announced its nGenius Service Assurance platform has extended infrastructure monitoring into VMware virtual and Wi-Fi infrastructures with the release of nGeniusPulse 2.5. NetScout is a provider of application and network performance management …

Nokia announces Enterprise Session Border Controller Nokia introduced a new cloud-native Enterprise Session Border Controller (eSBC), which the company said provides high-quality IP voice and video services. Nokia’s eSBC is intended to mitigate cyber attacks, optimize the use of IP …

Tenable unveils benchmarking solution Software company Tenable announced a new feature, called Tenable.io Lumin, which the company said will enable organizations to quantify and communicate their cyber risk. In cyber security, the concept of an “attack surface” refers to the …

Hate to say I told you so, but the iPhone X is not the roaring success Apple hoped it would be. The reason is as obvious as the nose on your face. However, I wonder whether Apple executives really understand …

Drones in the telecom industry Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, are often characterized as toys or weapons, but they are also seen as maintenance tools among telecom operators. In a global report on the commercial applications of drone technology, …

Netsurion launches SD-WAN platform Netsurion Connect Network security services company Netsurion is rolling into the SD-WAN market with the launch of Netsurion Connect, which the company said combines network connectivity, security and management for distributed enterprises and IoT environments. Netsurion …

SonicWall announces 2018 Cyber Threat Report Internet security company SonicWall recently announced its 2018 Cyber Threat Report, which recorded approximately 9.32 billion malware attacks and over 12,500 new common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) in 2017. The report sources information from …

Stagnation in smartphone innovation opens door for new entrants It’s been a number of years since we’ve seen a truly different smartphone than the prior year. I mean, it’s clear that up until 2007, there was lots of differentiation already, …

Splunk to acquire Phantom Cyber Corporation Data analytics service provider Splunk Inc. recently announced a definitive agreement to purchase security company Phantom Cyber Corporation for approximately $350 million. The acquisition is anticipated to close during the first half of this …