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Intel Carves Private Networks Role

“Once we get the compute and the speed and the latency in, the natural evolution becomes ‘well, how do I serve enterprises?’” Intel VP Caroline Chan said. Read more.

Cisco Talos: It’s Time to Move Beyond Ransomware ‘Thoughts and Prayers’

Successfully disrupting ransomware campaigns and infrastructure will require “a step beyond” the traditional public-private partnership, Talos’ Matt Olney said. Read more.

Op-Ed: Intel Plays Chip Shortage to Its Advantage

The semiconductor shortage and the U.S.-China trade war could buy Intel time to reinvent itself before its competitors can get too far ahead. Read more.

Money Moves: May 2021

AT&T divested its entertainment business; Cisco went on a buying spree; and tons of venture financing deals are part of the May Money Moves. Read more.

Samsung Gains Foothold in Vodafone’s UK 5G Open RAN

Vodafone said it will initially focus its open RAN deployment efforts across 2,500 sites in the southwest of England and most of Wales. Read more.

Intel Takes On Nvidia, Fungible With Supercharged SmartNICs

Intel's first data processing unit is based on an FPGA and promises to alleviate communications overheads, while freeing up CPU resources for data center workloads. Read more.