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The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 41.4% in 2021, to total $90.9 billion, up from $64.3 billion in 2020, according to Gartner’s “Market Share: IT Services, Worldwide, 2021”. The report ranks Amazon in the No. 1 position in the IaaS market in 2021, followed by Microsoft, Alibaba, Google and Huawei. These five […]
Global data center switch sales grew robustly in 1Q 2022, reaching the second-highest revenue ever captured in the market, just 2 percent below the record sales level achieved in the prior quarter. Arista, H3C, Juniper, Star-net Ruijie, and white box vendors captured most of the growth in the market, according to a recently published report […]
Japan’s Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) has deployed Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) and 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) technology as part of a Local 5G network. NS Solutions served as integrator for the project. Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (DAC), an end-to-end private wireless networking and edge computing platform, is designed to empower […]
Citing strong underlying demand constrained by component availability, Ciena reported revenue of $949.2 million for its fiscal second quarter ended April 30, 2022, up 13.8% as compared to $833.9 million for the fiscal second quarter 2021. Ciena’s GAAP net income for the fiscal second quarter 2022 was $38.9 million, or $0.25 per diluted common share, […]
https://youtu.be/Qs1k1tLdl2U Soni Jiandani, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer of Pensando Systems, on what’s next following AMD’s $1.9 billion acquisition. Check out our free SmartNICs Report (https://ngi.how/ia-2022) to delve into this hot topic and see other hot companies in the space. Get up to speed on SmartNICs by downloading our 2022 SmartNICs and Infrastructure Acceleration Report: […]
AT&T recently demonstrated a 5G “Flying COW” (Cell on Wings) over a quiet, non-descript field in rural Missouri. “We had intermittent, weak LTE signal at the flight location before we launched the 5G Flying COW,” said Ethan Hunt, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Principal Program Manager, AT&T. “We flew the drone up to about 300 feet, […]
The Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies in Singapore has selected Keysight’s software-centric test and measurement solutions to advance 6G technology based on terahertz frequencies. Keysight’s solutions will be used to validate on-chip terahertz electronic-photonic devices such as transceivers. Located at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), a leading research university, the centre leverages terahertz frequencies […]
Arista Networks introduced ultra low latency, highly programmable 7130 Series switching systems designed for demanding in-network applications, such as financial trading. The Arista 7130 Series of low latency programmable switchesare powered by full-featured, programmable switching silicon and ultra low latency Layer 1 and highly scalable FPGAs. The expanded 7130 Series includes two new models that […]
The OIF has released a Common Management Interface Specification (CMIS) Implementation Agreement (IA). CMIS provides a well-defined mechanism to initialize and manage optical and copper modules in a standard way, while still providing the capability to provide custom functionality. This commonality makes integration into different host platforms easier for both the host and module vendors. […]
Telefónica Hispam (Hispanoamérica) has selected Mavenir’s cloud-native IMS Core for fixed and mobile networks across Mexico, Colombia, and Chile. Mavenir said the transition to its cloud-native IMS platform will allow Telefónica Hispam to evolve all fixed and mobile voice services and modernize operations. The solution will be deployed on TCloud, Telefónica’s private telco cloud infrastructure. […]
Credo Technology Group announced availability of its Ostrich 40G, PAM3 Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) PHY/PMA Intellectual Property (IP). Ostrich is a multi-protocol high-speed SerDes supporting data rates up to 25.6Gbps NRZ and 40Gbps PAM3. A single bi-directional lane supports channel insertion loss up to 30dB bump-to-bump at 40Gbps with spread-spectrum clocking (SSC) enabled while achieving very low […]
Sony Corporation of America has formed a new company, Sony Space Communications Corporation (SSC), to offer small optical communications devices for connecing micro satellites in LEO via a laser beam. By using optical communications, SSC aims to realize high-speed communications with small devices, which are physically difficult to achieve with conventional radio communications because conventional […]
Zayo Group has acquired Education Networks of America (ENA), a leader in providing managed network connectivity, communications and cybersecurity services to K-12 school districts participating in the federally-funded E-Rate program, as well as other public sector customers. The acquisition is being funded by Zayo’s recent sustainability-linked first lien term loan (“ESG term loan”) ENA was […]
