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VMware Clinches Samsung Deal for Cloud Native 5G

The partnership with VMware follows a run of efforts taken by Samsung of late to join the wave of 5G network virtualization. Read more.

AMD Caps ‘Monster Q3’ With $35B Xilinx Deal

The acquisition better positions AMD to compete against rival chipmaker Intel in CPUs and FPGAs. Read more.

Ericsson Kickstarts Open RAN Journey With Virtualization

The Swedish vendor said it will release Cloud RAN, software that virtualizes the compute piece of the radio access network, during the fourth quarter of 2021. Read more.

Samsung Reveals Compact Core, C-Band Radio

The Compact Core, which Samsung plans to release before the end of the year, effectively acts as a miniature standalone core for private enterprise or campus networks. Read more.

Fungible Champions Software-Defined Storage Breakthrough

"What Fungible has done, for the first time in the industry, for data storage, is what SDN did for networking," said Fungible's Benny Siman-Tov. Read more.

Akamai Buys Asavie, Boosts 5G Security

The acquisition complements Akamai’s $180.3 million Nominum purchase in 2017. Read more.