Headcount: The Latest in Hirings, Firings And Retirings for January 2017
Microsoft gets a CTO; Ciena COO steps down.
News - Government
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VMware CEO is Pumped About AWS Partnership and Telco Market
The private cloud titan is a convert to hybrid cloud. -
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. -
Huawei, Cisco, Nokia & Ericsson Join for NFV Testing
They’ll focus on specific customer implementations. -
VMware’s Ayyar Promoted to Accelerate Telco & NFV Initiatives
The company claims more than 80 NFV product deployments. -
Microsoft Makes a Move Toward Open Source Hardware
Over 90% of Microsoft's servers are based on OCP. -
NFV Benchmarking Needs a New Approach, Intel Says
Intel and AT&T want to build a SPECint for NFV. -
Aqua Scores $9M Series A Led by Microsoft
Aqua will be involved in Microsoft initiatives while staying true to its roots. -
Virtualized Security: Finding a Balance Between Opportunity & Threat
Forget about securing a perimeter. -
Verizon Continues Development of Smart Cities with Sensity Acquisition
Verizon adds another IoT company to its portfolio. -
T-Mobile Teams with Samsung on 5G Tests
US Cellular will also launch 5G tests next week. -
The 5 Biggest Tech Layoffs of 2016 (So Far)
Combined, these companies come close to 35,000 job losses. -
OSS Remains a Sticking Point for NFV
Physical and virtual networks will have to mix, somehow. -
Cisco Confirms Two of the 'Shadow Brokers' Firewall Exploits
One got fixed in 2011, however. -
HyTrust Updates Its CloudControl and DataControl
The original version of HyTrust CloudControl was released in late 2009 and has undergone 10 major updates since. -
Hackers Hold an Auction for Alleged NSA Secrets
Snowden's guess is that it's the Russians. -
Fugue Solves Pain Point of Running AWS at Scale
It operates between the cloud and application support. -
Huawei Announces Some (Kind of Open) Cloud Labs
They’re located in China, the European Union, and the U.S. -
Intel’s Kim Stevenson To Lead IoT Business
Intel is counting on its IoT Group to offset losses from the decline in PC sales. -
Brocade & Ericsson Support the White House's 5G Group
Fund will help supplement private R&D budgets. -
Etisalat to Use Affirmed Networks' vEPC for IoT & WiFi Calling
Affirmed Networks vEPC is also being used by AT&T. -
Operators Are Migrating From NFV MANO Trials to Reality
NetCracker is leading the pack, one analyst says. -
cPacket Adds Bursty Analytics to Its Performance Monitoring
Identify network outages before they happen. -
Arkados’ Arktic IoT Platform Targets Smart Cities
The open source platform could be used by commercial buildings.