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Infinera: XR Optics Tackle Cloud, 5G Triggered Network Challenges

“We believe that it makes business and operational sense to deploy XR optics for today's point-to-point connections,” Infinera's Fady Masoud said. Read more.

Op-Ed: Your Home Is the Next Security Battleground

Are you really ready to plug a company-managed appliance into your home network for the sake of security? Read more.

Mavenir CTO Details Dish’s 5G Open RAN Journey on AWS

Mavenir CTO Bejoy Pankajakshan described Dish’s strategy as a “hybrid deployment on Amazon Web Services where the central unit goes on AWS and the distributed unit part stays with VMware.” For now. Read more.

Orca Security Touts Transparency in Latest Salvo Against Palo Alto Networks

“It’s outrageous that the world’s largest cybersecurity vendor ... believes that its users aren’t entitled to share any benchmark or performance comparison of its products,” Orca Security CEO Avi Shua wrote. Read more.

SD-WAN (Not SASE) Key to Preventing Breaches, Appledore Finds

Automation is the best weapon and SD-WAN’s greatest strength in combatting security breaches, Appledore Research's Grant Lenahan argues. Read more.