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The U.S. Department of Commerce announced a deal to allow the export of U.S. components and technology to ZTE, enabling the company to resume operations. Under the deal, ZTE must pay $1 billion and place an additional $400 million in escrow. ZTE also agreed to certain provisions allowing monitoring of its compliance with U.S. export […]
Alibaba Cloud is launching a proprietary ET Agricultural Brain service that taps into its AI technologies such as visual recognition, voice recognition and real-time environmental parameter monitoring. The AI program has been adopted already by a number of pig farms, where the Agricultural Brain monitors each hog’s daily activity, growth indicators, pregnancy and other health […]
A major health system in the south-central U.S. has selected Zayo to provide a Private Dedicated Wavelength Network (PDN-W). A 40G network will provide diverse connectivity between the customer’s primary hospital campuses and data centers, supporting all data needs, from electronic health records (EHR) to medical device applications. “Zayo’s solution will deliver the dedicated, diverse, […]
Cisco regularly publishes its Visual Networking Index and Ericsson does likewise with its Mobility Report — both are well-regarded across the industry for their primary data and forecasts. Huawei is doing the same with its Global Connectivity Index, which is now in its fifth annual edition. Huawei’s Global Connectivity Index provides a big picture look […]
Facebook is pioneering a StatePoint Liquid Cooling (SPLC) system, developed in partnership with Nortek Air Solutions, that promises to increase the power efficiency of its data centers. The latest Facebook data centers in certain dry climates currently use a direct evaporative cooling system based on outdoor air rather than water. Facebook estimates that the new […]
T-Mobile has now lit up 600 MHz LTE coverage in more than 900 cities and towns across 32 states. T-Mobile is now referring to its 600 MHz deployment as “Extended Range LTE”, noting that 600 MHz signals travel twice as far from the tower and are four times better in buildings than mid-band LTE. The […]
Fortinet has acquired Bradford Networks for an undisclosed sum. Bradford, which was founded in 2000 and is based in Boston, provides a Network Sentry solution that continuously assesses the risk of every user and endpoint, and automatically contains compromised devices that act as backdoors for cyber criminals. The platform integrates with leading endpoint security, firewall […]
Paul Jacobs, the former CEO and executive chairman of Qualcomm, has founded a new company called XCOM to focus on next-generation mobile technologies. Jacobs is joined in the effort by Derek Aberle, previously president of Qualcomm from March 2014 to January 2018, and Matt Grob, previously CTO of Qualcomm from 2011 to 2017. https://xcom-tech.com
Riverbed introduced a unified application performance management (APM) and end-user experience monitoring solution to help enterprises eliminate digital experience blind spots. The latest release of Riverbed SteelCentral leverages ML-based business analytics to derive performance insights from every transaction and every application experienced by the end customer. Riverbed SteelCentral blends device-based end user experience, infrastructure, application, […]
Avi Networks, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, announced $60 million in new funding including investments from Cisco Investments along with DAG Ventures, Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Menlo Ventures. Cisco resells the Avi Vantage Platform in markets around the world, and Avi closely integrates with Cisco ACI, Cisco’s intent-based networking and automation […]
Cloudera, which specializes in enterprise analytic data solutions powered by Apache Hadoop, reported total revenue of $102.7 million for its first quarter fiscal 2019, ended April 30, 2018, an increase of 29% from the first quarter of fiscal 2018. GAAP loss from operations for the first quarter of fiscal 2019 was $50.4 million, compared to […]
EE, which operates the UK’s biggest mobile network, plans to launch a live 5G trial network in East London in October. The EE 5G trial will encompass 10 sites around East London in areas including City Road, Old Street, Hoxton Square, St Paul’s and Chiswell Street. EE will be using social media channels to sign-up […]
Commvault, which specializes in enterprise backup, recovery, archive and the cloud, announced a strategic partnership with Alibaba Cloud to deliver scalable hybrid cloud data management solutions. The strategic partnership includes the joint delivery of: Integrated features on a single unified platform Advanced centralized support Innovative, personalized offerings Dajiang Han, Head of Global Alliance, Alibaba Cloud […]
