Oracle

The internet of things may someday deliver a world of robots and intelligent machines that control all manner of devices, but for now, most connected devices are ultimately controlled by humans. Humans need information – we demand data, and then …

Oracle releases additional cloud services to compete with AWS, Google and Microsoft Oracle chief technology officer Larry Ellison debuted a new 18c version of its marquee database software at the company’s OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, Califo., which leverages machine …

Oracle releases survey noting main issues facing service providers and potential solutions Oracle recently conducted a new global survey titled “The Communications Cloud: CSPs Take on Tomorrow,” polling the top challenges facing customer service providers (CPS) and how they might …

The two companies are developing an IoT platform to enable smart manufacturing processes Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of consumer electronics, vehicles, semiconductors and transportation solutions among many other products, is working with Oracle to digitally transform its operations. …

NetBond relationship deepens the AT&T/Oracle relationship AT&T now has 20 cloud providers participating in its NetBond for Cloud ecosystem, with the latest addition being Oracle’s FastConnect cloud service. NetBond allows AT&T customers to access cloud services from ecosystem partners with …

Genband and Sonus are merging in a deal valued at roughly $745 million. The transaction is structured as a “merger of equals” and will give shareholders of each company approximately 50% of the combined enterprise. Sonus, a public company, saw …

AT&T to migrate thousands of existing Oracle databases to Oracle cloud AT&T continues its shift toward software- and cloud-centric operations with a new agreement to move “thousands of its large-scale internal databases” to Oracle’s cloud-based infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service. The move …

Oracle made two purchases this week: measurement and analytics firm Moat, and software start-up Wercker that focuses on cloud-based application and micro-services enablement through software containerization. The Moat purchase will provide Oracle with a new platform for media and brand measurement and …

Congress applied pressure to Sprint and SoftBank to avoid Huawei, while T-Mobile USA launched its LTE network … 4 years ago this week. Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate …

Industrial IoT 5G Insights discussed 5G with Håkan Andersson, head of 5G Product Strategy, Radio Business Unit, at Ericsson. Bearing the promises of higher speeds and ultra-low latency, 5G is being promoted as a technological shift allowing new types of …

In our article, Cloud computing 101: Advantages and disadvantages, we defined cloud computing and discussed some of the benefits and challenges that come with transitioning from local servers to the cloud. We also took a look at the top 5 …

In our article, Cloud computing 101: Advantages and disadvantages, we defined cloud computing and discussed some of the benefits and challenges that come with transitioning from local servers to the cloud. We also took a look at the top 5 …

Global IoT platform revenues are expected to continue to grow fast and reach $3.3 billion by 2021. We discuss IoT platform trends with Berg Insight. Berg Insight expects global IoT platform revenues to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) …

Advances brought about by the industrial IoT will go beyond manufacturing, says IBM, which proclaims the next economic revolution. The 1700s and 1800s saw the industrial revolution taking place and the 1960s through to the 2000’s saw a technological revolution. …

Oracle said today that it will spend more than $9 billion to buy “the very first cloud company.” NetSuite, led by a former Oracle marketing executive, says it has been working on cloud technologies for 18 years. NetSuite reported $741 …

17 companies set to partner with the U.S. government for R&D The Obama administration announced new funding and private-sector partnerships for wireless research to build on the Federal Communication Commission’s approval of high-band spectrum for the development of “5G” services. …

Fujitsu plans to install the Oracle Cloud platform in its Japanese data centers Fujitsu and Oracle Corporation Japan signed a strategic alliance to deliver cloud platform and services to customers in Japan and their subsidiaries around the world. Under terms …

5 things to know today… 1. Mitel’s agreement to buy Polycom has been derailed by a private equity firm with a higher offer. Siris Capital said its $2 billion offer represents a 13.6% premium to Mitel’s offer, which was announced …

Verizon probably looks pretty good to its former customers now 1. Former Verizon Communications customers who are now served by Frontier Communications are struggling with unreliable service, according to multiple reports. Problems range from the inability to access online banking …

Verizon strike update 1. Verizon has cancelled medical coverage for the thousands of employees who have been on strike for more than two weeks now. The company told the union last week that the employees’ healthcare coverage would stop at …

In the age of cloud computing and borderless workflow, enterprise IT is under going a seismic shift to accommodate the needs of the modern worker while enabling business-wide flexibility and responsiveness through technology integration. In a new report from Oracle titled …

Oracle sees NFV moving further into the mainstream with the help of orchestration Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the …

5 things to know today … 1. Apple reportedly earned $1 billion from Google in 2014 as a percentage of the advertising Google generated from searches on iPhones. The amount of the payment was part of the transcript from Oracle’s …

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check show we look at NFV orchestration development and top news stories of the past week Orchestration platforms remain a significant barrier for the development and deployment of virtualized platforms as carriers rely on such …