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A new report by Dell’Oro Group predicts that 5G workloads on the public cloud will grow revenues at an 88 percent compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) and cumulative revenues are estimated at $4.6 billion over the 5-year forecast period 2022-2026. The report finds that the vast majority of 5G SA networks will be in the […]
Fastly, which operates a global edge cloud platform, appointed Todd Nightingale as the company’s next CEO, effective September 1, 2022. Nightingale will succeed Joshua Bixby, who, as previously announced, will step down as CEO and from Fastly’s Board of Directors. Bixby will remain with Fastly as an advisor. Nightingale joins Fastly from Cisco, where he […]
Verizon is refreshing its core network with Juniper Networks’ PTX series routers supporting 400G interfaces. Verizon said the new equipment is half the size of the existing equipment, reducing space requirements in core facilities and driving down both power usage per GB and cost per GB to operate. In addition, the new equipment offers an […]
Cirion, previously the Latin American operations of Lumen Technologies, officially launched as an independent company with approximately 86,000 kms of fiber, an extensive subsea cable network, and data centers in major economic centers across Central and South America. Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, acquired the Cirion assets for […]
https://youtu.be/LfD2XW2OJ5M Cirion, the new spin-out international carrier that was previously the Latin American operations of Lumen Technologies, is engaged with MEF and other global operators, to automate its service activation. Jorge Brites, Principal Network Architect at Cirion, discusses service automation and MEF LSO APIs.
Reliance Jio was the largest purchaser in the auction of 5G spectrum conducted by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India, over the past week. Jio confirmed that it acquired spectrum in the 700MHz, 800MHz, 1800MHz, 3300MHz and 26GHz bands. The company said it will use equipment made in India for its 5G rollout. Jio’s […]
The CXL Consortium announced the release of the CXL 3.0 specification, doubling the data rate to 64GTs compared to the 2.0 generation. The idea with CXL is to maintain memory coherency between the CPU memory space and memory on attached devices, allowing resource sharing. “Modern datacenters require heterogenous and composable architectures to support compute intensive […]
https://youtu.be/n6yIAwsrjo4 What is CXL and why is it the hot topic at this year’s Flash Memory Summit? Compute Express Link (CXL) is an industry-supported Cache-Coherent Interconnect for processors, memory expansion and accelerators. Earlier this year, Marvell a rivately-held Tanzanite Silicon Solutions, a start-up based in Milpitas, California developing advanced CXL technologies. The big idea […]
DigitalBridge Group and funds affiliated with Columbia Capital have formed Xenith Infrastructure Group, a new fiber platform serving hyperscalers, data center operators, carriers and enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region Xenith IG’s initial assets comprise conduit and fiber assets in Singapore and Hong Kong, which it acquired from Superloop. Xenith IG will be led by Clement […]
Semtech agreed to acquire Sierra Wireless, a leading supplier of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, for US$31 per share in an all-cash transaction representing a total enterprise value of approximately US$1.2 billion. Semtech said the deal will significantly expand its addressable market and is expected to approximately double Semtech’s annual revenue and create a strong […]
Arista Networks reported Q2 revenue of $1.052 billion, an increase of 20.0% compared to the first quarter of 2022, and an increase of 48.7% from the second quarter of 2021. GAAP gross margin was 61.2%, compared to GAAP gross margin of 63.1% in the first quarter of 2022 and 64.2% in the second quarter of […]
Comcast Business today announced a strategic partnership with Fortinet to deliver enterprises a new set of secure access service edge (SASE), and security service edge (SSE) solutions. The new Comcast Business offerings — delivered through Comcast Business Secure Gateways — give enterprises the option to choose from either SASE or SSE solutions backed by Fortinet’s […]
https://youtu.be/GE4dlNnV8QE Automation is the process of streamlining business interactions, explains Daniele Mancuso, SVP Chief Product Management, Sparkle, and Board Director of MEF. MEF has developed its Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) framework to promote this vision. The next step is to combine the LSO APIs with Blockchain.
