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Rakuten Mobile CTO: Telco Software ‘Absolutely Flawed’

“There is no magic that an Amazon Web Services, Google, and Microsoft could enable because the underlying software architecture is absolutely flawed. It needs to evolve," Rakuten Mobile CTO Tareq Amin said. Read more.

Oracle's Ellison Keeps Pressure on SAP, Touts OCI Strength

Lambasting SAP is quickly becoming a favorite pastime for Oracle founder Larry Ellison, who once again went on the attack during this week's Q4 earnings call. Read more.

Dish Buys Into Dell’s Full Telecom Kit

Dell Technologies will provide Dish with an “edge network infrastructure foundation” for devices, software, and services running at the edge. Read more.

As Ransomware Business Booms, Can Defenders Keep Up?

“The bombardment of ransomware attacks is forcing organizations into a constant state of defense rather than an offensive stance,” SonicWall CEO Bill Conner said. Read more.

Google Stiffs Intel, Taps AMD for Value VMs

The public cloud provider claims the AMD-powered VMs offer 40% higher price to performance than the competition. Read more.