"It gives organizations a level of ‘arms wrapped around everything’ control, based upon its single source of truth and comprehensive visibility,” explained ESG's Mark Peters.
The companies claim the new network infrastructure will lay a foundation for Equinix to deploy 5G services requiring low latency, high capacity, and automation.
Arista continues to invest in its campus portfolio with research and development primarily occurring in the automation and analytics areas of CloudVision.
The partnership will see the companies tie Nvidia's GPU Cloud hub into VMware's vSphere, Cloud Foundation, and Tanzu platforms and leverage Nvidia SmartNICs.
The automation product is built on Python and other open source projects, which VMware’s Ajay Singh called “one of the most compelling aspects of SaltStack.”
Forrester Research ranked multi-cloud container development platforms from those three vendors ahead of five other vendors on the list, including VMware, D2iQ, and Mirantis.
Sumo Logic’s platform provides monitoring and security analytics tools. In its IPO filing, the company estimates its market opportunity to be $49.3 billion.
LiveData Migrator is a non-blocking, large-scale method of moving data on premises to the cloud without interruption, WANdisco CEO David Richards explained.
Telefónica will deploy open RAN base stations next year and intends to transition at least 50% of its markets to open RAN by 2025, according to CTO Enrique Blanco.
Arm will remain in Cambridge, England, and retain its open licensing model and customer neutrality. Meanwhile, Nvidia will license some of its GPU technology through Arm.
“The opportunities for us to partner and build an ecosystem with the hyperscale cloud providers is our future to be really honest," Vodafone UK CTO Scott Petty said.
The operator trialed quantum key distribution in the Washington, D.C. area, and it plans to be one of the first carriers to pilot the technology in the U.S.