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Ekinops confirmed that it has initiated preliminary discussions with Nokia Corporation regarding a possible acquisition of Alcatel Submarine Networks. No further details have been posted. Ekinops, which is based in France, supplies optical transport solutions for metro, regional, and long-haul applications. The company also supplies physical and virtualized deployment options for layer 2 and layer […]
Huawei and Riverbed Technology announced a joint solution that integrates Riverbed SteelHead WAN optimization with Huawei’s network attached storage (NAS) data migration technology. The collaboration expands on partnership agreement signed between the two parties in 2017. The companies said their joint solution improves the process of migrating data from one NAS system to another over […]
Ekinops reported Q3 2018 consolidated revenue of €20.93 million, up 395% as reported from €4.22 million in Q3 2017. On a pro forma basis, with the consolidation of OneAccess and its subsidiaries backdated to January 1, 2017, Group quarterly growth came to 32%. For the first nine months of the financial year, EKINOPS consolidated revenue […]
Shares in SolarWinds, which provides IT management software, began trading on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “SWI”. The company offered 25,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $15.00 per share. Trading on Friday, 19-October-2018, closed at $15.03. SolarWinds, which is based in Austin, Texas, began operations in 1999 […]
Is cloud bursting from private to public using Kubernetes a current reality or still a future vision? Cloud bursting is here and now, says Bikash Koley, CTO of Juniper Networks, explaining how Contrail is the Kubernetes network interfacing that makes it possible to spin-up workloads on-prem or on AWS, Azure or GCP. https://youtu.be/Xy0kPxCcTH0
Is it possible to fully automate the service migration for all clients during a major network upgrade? Ruben Van Den Brink, Head of Network for Surf.Net, discusses the migration process to the eigth generation of the national research network serving the Netherlands. https://youtu.be/7x0rDcEJsME
Ericsson reported strong momentum in the global 5G market and in North America in particular, as it posted Q3 net sales of SEK 53.8 billion (US$5.94 billion), up 9% compared to a year ago in absolute terms but up 1% when adjusted for comparable units and currency. Gross margin was 36.5% (26.9%). Gross margin excluding […]
CommScope and Google agreed to jointly develop, deploy and operate an Environmental Sensing Capability (ESC) network for the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) market. CBRS spectrum is managed by Spectrum Access Systems (SASs), which require an ESC network to sense radar operation. The ESC will alert the SASs of naval radar operations, so the connected […]
NEC announced a strategic collaboration with Arm to drive the development of secure Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for Smart Cities using artificial intelligence (AI). Under the alliance, NEC will adopt the Arm Platform Security Architecture, which is an industry framework for building securely connected devices. This framework includes the concept of threat modeling, architectural […]
Sales of optical equipment to the cloud and colo market, which includes Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, reached record levels during 2Q18 and were nearly a quarter of all North American operator purchases during 2Q18, according to the most recent Optical Customer Markets Report issued by networking component and equipment market research firm Cignal AI. “While […]
Comcast has officially completed it rollout of DOCSIS 3.1 powered gigabity broadband service across all of its network footprint, which covers 58 million homes and businesses passed in 39 states and the District of Columbia. The company said this deployment represents the fastest roll out of gigabit speeds to the most homes in the country. […]
Bell launched its new Virtual Network Services (VNS) platform, offering enterprise customers across Canada a catalogue of on-demand network functions that reside securely in Bell’s private cloud. Bell also announced it will be the first Canadian service provider to offer a managed SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network) solution powered by Cisco Viptela, the first Virtual […]
Rogers is preparing to launch its LTE Cat M1 network (LTE-M) in Ontario before the end of the year. Nationwide coverage will follow in 2019/2020. to help businesses connect and track their assets in real time – using solutions such as logistics tracking, alarm monitoring, and smart metering. LTE-M will connect fixed and mobile low-power […]
