The report, which was sourced by ZTE, does admit that its findings aren’t likely to change the minds of many operators.

The initial botnet actor sold the proxy botnet as a service to other attackers who then used it for credential brute forcing, video advertisement fraud, and general traffic obfuscation.

One analyst said Ericsson is responding to a concern by carriers about following the old fashioned "build it and they will come" approach to network deployment.

The Linux Foundation gains a mapping platform; Intel plans a new chip factory in Oregon; and Google Cloud adds a serverless document database.

The platform divides the two flows – the control layer and the data layer – and handles them in a way that makes sense for each.

NetScout expects to start to see the benefits of 5G as well as its restructuring and headcount reduction plans over the coming quarters.

The test took place at Verizon’s 5G test bed in Houston. Company engineers installed the equipment and software at a network facility closer to the network edge.

The Finland-based vendor saw strong Q4 performance in North America as U.S. operators ramp up their 5G rollouts. But it warned about a "particularly weak" Q1.

Some companies left the university-based research group to re-asses their 5G efforts. There are now 14 affiliates, each chipping in $100,000 toward 5G research.

Ed Meyercord noted a customer win against Huawei and said security concerns about the Chinese vendor are “creating an opportunity for us in the marketplace.”

Rival AT&T recently said it would have nationwide mobile 5G coverage by the middle of next year.

If true, Intel joins Xilinx and Microsoft in a bidding war for the Israel-based chip and hardware manufacturer.

The products are focused on managed endpoint detection and response, enhanced EDR 4.0, endpoint protection, and hardening capabilities.

The three Swiss wireless service providers are gearing up for 5G, although when the spectrum auction process will begin still seems unclear.

One analyst called the announcement “brilliant” because it is designed to help enterprise IT shops deal with “IoT havoc as the network edge is now stretched to the last

Rami Rahim said new products, including an MX line card targeting carrier 5G deployments, a new 400G platform, and silicon photonics capabilities, will return Juniper to growth during the

Job site Indeed found that listings for “data scientist" have surged 344 percent over the past five years.

The partnership also allows Cumulus to battle Cisco. “That’s what we do everyday, and having a better story for Nutanix customers is just one more way to do that,”

The indictment alleges bank fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and attempts to circumvent standing sanctions against Iran.

The young SD-WAN provider will use the funds to invest in its service infrastructure, engineering and support organizations, and marketing and sales efforts.

By the end of this year, 74 percent of the service providers said they will use SDN to deliver new services, while 65 percent will use it in operations

The German telecom giant expressed fears that Europe could fall behind China and the U.S. by at least two years if governments ban Huawei over security concerns.

It sounds similar to VMware’s “NSX everywhere” push, which seeks to stretch that vendor’s networking and security capabilities from data centers to clouds and the edge.

Cisco discovered a number of vulnerabilities affecting devices that connect to its SD-WAN software. This includes one critical security flaw to its vController software.