The specific work is on developing a software platform for the RAN Intelligent Controller. That platform code will accelerate the deployment of open source software for the 5G radio

Alphabet’s share of network and IT capex beat the two top cloud providers Amazon and Microsoft for the 12-month period ending Q3 2018.

The technology is still in its infancy with only a handful of vendors shipping products. We expect to see more action in 2019.

Oracle had previously tried to create its own SD-WAN technology, but it couldn’t get it to market fast enough for its customers.

The Chinese vendor beat out Cisco, Microsoft, and PTC for the top spot in the analyst firm's IoT Platform Vendor Scorecard.

The networking-focused hardware is built for the Open19 Foundation infrastructure platform.

The two groups will combine memberships to develop industry guidance and best practices for Industrial IoT as well as fog and edge computing.

The year-old startup, founded by former Intel president Renee James, is also partnering with Packet, Cloudflare, and other companies on 5G and edge computing proof of concepts.

Both FirstNet and 5G require the company to "touch the towers," so a lot of the network upgrades help both initiatives.

The deal will bring storage to Contrail’s multicloud product as well as expand Juniper’s edge computing portfolio.

Also today HPE rolled out four new edge products as well as storage advances with machine learning built in.

The SDK abstracts the developer away from having to deal with hardware security.

Cloud service providers have come to realize the importance of high-quality network connectivity to ensure a happy end user, says IHS Markit analyst Cliff Grossner.

The latest update uses an in-house developed open source version of OpenStack that provides for more agility and a smaller footprint to support edge computing environments.

The vendor integrated SD-WAN, application acceleration, visibility, and security in a single device and says its SD-WAN now has more than 1,000 customers.

Government officials want to prevent German telecom operators from using equipment from Chinese firms to construct their 5G networks. This would be similar to moves made by the U.S.

According to the OpenStack Foundation board the new strategy reflects the desire of OpenStack users. But Canonical’s CEO thinks it distracts from the group’s core mission.

The software-based platform is focused on mobility network functions needed to interconnect any edge application without any upgrades to the underlying network or origin cloud.

Snowball Edge is AWS’ data transfer device that includes on-board compute. Druva’s data management platform now integrates with the device.

With NetFoundry, EdgeConnex will provide enterprise customers with private and direct connections to public cloud providers, including Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services.

“Our goal is to bring a full software layer down to the lowest edge layer possible and to make building for the edge as easy as building for the

VMware has more than 2,000 SD-WAN customers, while the second and third ranked SD-WAN vendors count about 1,000 customers, each.

The company admits that Kubernetes might not be the answer for managing edge deployments. But it says it's important to get an open source option out now ahead of

CEO Jeff Ready expect this to be the last round before reaching profitability. But he won’t comment on IPO plans.