Longshot Arris-Brocade Theory Still Lives
Reuters reports that the deal could be worth as much as $1B.
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Ekholm Takes Helm of Ericsson, Frykhammer Will Serve as an Advisor
The Cisco-Ericsson partnership is one bright spot for Ekholm. -
Mellanox's Infiniband Switches Give Machine Learning a Boost
Offloading GPU cycles could be a sharp idea. -
SDxCentral Weekly News Roundup — January 13, 2017
Ericsson does CloudRAN R&D with China Mobile; Korean operator rolls out Juniper routers in advance of 5G. -
Amdocs Will Contribute Modules to OpenECOMP
The Linux Foundation's new moniker for the project is OpenECOMP. -
Mobile Edge Computing Creates ‘Tiny Data Centers’ at the Edge
Vendors jump on MEC, and ETSI creates a working group. -
Juniper's OpenContrail Is a Hit With OpenStack, Mirantis Says
When OVS won't do, customers are turning to Contrail, Mirantis says. -
SK Telecom to Invest $9B for IoT and 5G
New technologies like artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles will be the focus. -
Viptela Snags Former Cisco & VCE Exec Praveen Akkiraju as CEO
Viptela hosts 90% of its SD-WAN customers out of AWS. -
ETSI Delves Into Making Data More Relevant & Valuable
The group will act as a clearinghouse for data that is relevant to the Internet of Things. -
Verizon Uses SD-WAN Monitoring Software from SevOne
Paradox: SD-WAN makes some things simpler, but others more complicated. -
Q&A: Ericsson CTO on 5G Standards, the WiFi Angle, and Connected Cars
Ewaldsson says 5G will disrupt nearly every industry, from cars to entertainment -
Baidu Picks Mellanox Switches to Support Machine Learning
Mellanox scores a win in its battle with Broadcom. -
China Mobile Picks Nuage Networks SDN for Public Cloud
It’s deployed about 2,000 servers for the project. -
Fortinet Preps Security for Intent-Based Networking
FortiOS 5.6 gets the spotlight in Vegas. -
Container Market to Reach $2.7B by 2020, Says 451 Research
Expect rapid consolidation among the 125 container vendors in the years ahead. -
MEF Names Dan Pitt as Senior Vice President
MEF is working on APIs for both north/south and east/west. -
IHS Markit: 70% of Carriers Will Deploy CORD in the Central Office
95 percent of operators surveyed will create mini data centers. -
ZTE to Cut About 3,000 Jobs in Q1 2017
The company is suffering from supply threats and lags in 4G sales. -
Ruckus Combines WiFi & Bluetooth for IoT & Security
The partnership marks Ruckus’ first step towards IoT. -
5G Network Slicing Could Make New Business Models Possible
20th Century Fox envisions storing movies at the network edge for immediate download. -
SDxCentral Weekly News Roundup — January 6, 2017
T-Mobile accelerates IoT; Viptela partners with Inbox Business to deploy SD-WAN in Pakistan. -
Ericsson & Cisco Tout 'Evolved' WiFi
Another facet to the 14-month-old partnership. -
VMware Joins Open-O to Pursue its Telco NFV Strategy
Other big NFV vendors must grapple with decision to join open source projects.