AT&T Touts MEC as a Tool to Reduce Latency, Boost Performance
MEC is an important part of the operator's network virtualization goals.
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SAP Adds Smarts to Leonardo and the IoT Network Edge
"For some, a millisecond of a delay can screw up a lot," says IDC analyst. -
ETSI Releases APIs to Promote MEC Interoperability
MEC is considered a key element of 5G. -
How Customers Use VMware’s NSX (Hint: It’s Not Just a Security Use Case)
Nike used VMware Integrated OpenStack in conjunction with NSX to deploy applications in minutes. -
Red Hat Brings Hyperconverged Infrastructure to Branch Offices
It supplies compute and storage to remote locations. -
New European 5G Group Will Focus on Network Slicing, Industry Verticals
NEC, Ericsson, Nokia, Telefonica and Orange are among the members. -
Vapor IO Snares Tower Deal, Prepares to Launch Edge Computing Project
Tower firm Crown Castle makes minority investment to speed deployment. -
Nokia’s Silicon is the ‘Best Router Chip on the Planet,’ Says Analyst
Nokia’s FP4 silicon enables petabit-class routers. -
Enea and ARM Help Create a Desktop OPNFV Lab
The device is compliant with the OPNFV Pharos specification. -
SAP’s Leonardo IoT Platform Incorporates Machine Learning, Analytics
SAP hopes to rival peers like GE Predix and IBM Watson in IoT. -
Nokia Collaborated with University of Notre Dame on MEC Trial
5G promises lower latency, but edge computing will still be necessary. -
Lack of Experience May Plague IoT Security Startups
Eighty-five percent of businesses plan to implement IoT by 2019. -
HPE, GE Join LinkedIn’s Open19 Open Source Data Center Project
The new open source initiative wants to standardize edge deployments. -
VMware’s Pulse IoT Platform Focuses on the Sweet Spot
Company is leveraging its control plane expertise. -
Sprint to Launch LTE Cat 1 Internet of Things Network by Mid-Year
The carrier plans to continue supporting its CDMA network through 2023. -
Verizon 5G Trial a Collaborative NFV Effort for Cisco & Samsung
North America is set to lead initial NFV spend. -
SDxCentral Weekly News Roundup — May 5, 2017
Cisco acquires analytics team and technology; Netscout enters a multiyear agreement with Vodafone Group. -
New Linux Open Source Group Focuses on IoT and Edge Computing
It fills a gap in IoT related to the last mile of networks. -
HPE Joins 5G Lab Germany to Study IoT for Motor Vehicles
Ericsson also has a 5G/motor vehicle consortium based in Germany. -
Riverbed Acquires Xirrus to ‘Supercharge’ SD-WAN
Xirrus' access points provide Riverbed with data from the edge. -
Google Brings SDN to the Public Internet
Espresso is the fourth pillar of Google’s SDN strategy. -
Pica8's PicOS Supports Dell’s 100G White Box Switch
Pica8 now supports five 100G white box switches. -
ETSI’s MEC Extends Its Focus Beyond Mobile Access Networks
The group will include technologies like LTE, 5G, fixed, and WiFi. -
Assembling the 5G Network from the Cloud to the Core
Take a deep-dive on 5G with this SDxCentral ebook.