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It uses Ansible for automation, and it helps companies deploy networks using infrastructure as code instead of configuring and managing their IT infrastructure manually. Read more.

As mobile edge computing takes hold in networks around the world, multiple overlapping and seemingly redundant alliances are bubbling up to the surface. Read more

While “smart,” the facility initially counts approximately 100 employees. The factory is not expected to be fully operational until later this year. Read more.

Oracle, which holds a $40 million stake in Ampere, has announced plans to use the Altra platform in its Gen 2 Cloud. Read more.

Results from CNCF's annual survey indicate growing ubiquity of the use of cloud native technologies like Kubernetes, service mesh, and serverless. Read more.