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Intel and WindRiver’s Titanium Cloud portfolio contributed code to create an OpenStack project named StarlingX.

Radcom’s service assurance technology received certification to run as a virtual network function (VNF) on Telefónica’s Unica platform.

Industrial internet of things (IoT) device provider NetComm Wireless joined Ericsson’s IoT Accelerator platform.

The OpenStack Foundation published a white paper on the benefits of OpenStack and Kubernetes integration with use cases from AT&T, CERN, SK Telecom, and Superfluidity.

ETSI issued release four of its open source MANO code.

Samsung launched new silicon technology for high-performance computing and connected devices, and it updated its technology roadmap.

AppDynamics released its application performance management platform for SAP environments.

Canonical and Trilio partnered to deliver Trilio’s backup and recovery technology on Canonical’s OpenStack private cloud platform.

Cloudify launched a virtual network functions (VNF) management technology and its self-service Cloud-Ready VNF Lab.

Riverbed and IoT provider Inseego partnered to combine Inseego’s IoT, 5G, and mobile technologies with Riverbed SD-WAN.

Confluent’s streaming platform, which is based on Apache Kafka, was released on Google Cloud Platform. The platform builds event-driven applications.

Fortanix extended its key management system to its next-generation hardware security module.

Lattice Semiconductor launched a full technology stack that will help integrate machine learning into IoT applications.

MicroFocus divested the assets acquired from a former business unit of HPE — its Atalla Hardware Security Module and Enterprise Secure Key Manager product lines.

Cloud communications provider Intermedia selected Bigleaf Networks to provide its SD-WAN.

Several of Ribbon Communications' VNFs were certified for integration with Red Hat’s OpenStack Platform 10.

Portnox’s network visibility application, Clear, was released for Palo Alto Networks' Application Framework.

Edge intelligence firm Swim.AI launched a suite of smart city and IoT software solutions.

Testing company Netrounds validated its network functions virtualization (NFV) active testing technology with Wind River’s Titanium Cloud platform.

ECI debuted its modular software suite for its Elastic Services Platform.

Pulse Secure released version 9.0 of its cloud orchestration platform, with new secure access to Amazon Web Services (AWS), broader device and user visibility, and extended endpoint compliance.

SolarWinds updated its network management portfolio with support for larger environments, intelligent mapping, and insight for Cisco Nexus hardware.

Openmind Networks launched a message platform for NFV for the Ukrainian mobile network operator Kyivstar.

Data center company Future Facilities demonstrated its edge computing simulation.

Synergy Research Group released a report that showed the capex of hyperscale operators hit $27 billion in the first quarter of 2018.

The startup Platform.sh, with a cloud application platform, raised $34 million in Series C funding.

Network security company Opaq Networks integrated its security software with Duo Security’s cloud access platform.

Software provider Zerto launched its IT Resilience Platform, which converges disaster recovery, cloud mobility, and backup on a single platform.

Mist released its artificial intelligence-driven wireless platform for Palo Alto Networks' Application Framework.

Performance monitoring company Spirent integrated its global navigation satellite systems testing with vehicle testing systems from dSPACE.

Data center company Inspur released version 5.5 of its OpenStack cloud operating system.

Sentry, a provider of application performance monitoring (APM) for developers, raised $16 million in a Series B round.

Security provider Curtail launched its software testing product ReGrade to find flaws and bugs in a network before deployment.

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