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The open source Kata Containers project marked its version 1.0 release. Kata Containers 1.0 delivers the fully integrated code bases of the two technologies contributed to form the foundation of the project: Intel Clear Containers from Intel Corporation and runV technology from Hyper.sh. The developers q1say Kata Containers offer a fast and secure deployment option […]
Telefónica Business Solutions has agreed to sell Amazon Web Services in its cloud offering portfolio. Telefónica will train and certify specialists in AWS services and best practices. AWS has agreed to have dedicated resources to support Telefónica and their customers. Hugo de los Santos, Director Global B2B Products and Services at Telefónica commented, “Our customers […]
Verizon Digital Media Services has deployed Quick UDP Internet Connections (QUIC) across its content delivery network, with 125 points of presence globally. QUIC is a transport protocol developed by Google to improve web page load and transaction speeds. Specifically, QUIC improves web application performance across Chrome and Opera web browsers and select connected devices by […]
The OIF (Optical Internetworking Forum) will conduct several public read-out events to present the results of the 2018 Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Transport Application Programming Interface (T-API) interoperability demonstration. This year’s demo, in collaboration with MEF, is focused on accelerating the commercialization of Transport SDN through validating the industry-leading T-API 2.0 northbound interface (NBI) from the […]
Ixia, a division of Keysight Technologies, announced first shipment of a 400GE test system with multi-rate 200/100/50GE speed options for the K400 400GE QSFP-DD load module family. These multi-rate speed options allow network equipment manufacturers to test products at speeds based on the new IEEE 802.3cd draft standard and IEEE 802.3bs standard using the 400GE […]
Pica8 introduced switch orchestration software designed to automatically connect almost any number of multivendor 1G to 100G white box Ethernet switches and run them as if they were a single logical switch with a single IP address. Pica8 said that by compressing dozens of white box switches int o a single logical device for configuration […]
Previder, the largest Dutch-based and owned data center company in the Netherlands, has deployed ADVA’s FSP 3000 CloudConnect data center interconnect (DCI) platform to meet booming enterprise cloud service demand. Previder has built a 400km ring network to deliver 100GbE and 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel services to its enterprise customers. ADVA said the open, multi-protocol […]
Fujitsu Limited has deployed Juniper’s AppFormix cloud management platform to support its K5 enterprise cloud service in Japan. Fujitsu’s K5 is described as the world’s largest open-source based platform for enabling digital business transformation across the public, private and hybrid cloud. Juniper said its AppFormix management was selected to address the growing operational needs of […]
SpaceX successfully launched five Iridium NEXT satellites and two GRACE-FO satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The launch used the Falcon 9 rocket. Falcon 9’s first stage for this mission was previously used in January for the Zuma mission from Cape Canaveral in Florida. After today’s launch, SpaceX did not attempt to recover the […]
The Google Kubernetes Engine 1.10 has now entered commercial release. In parallel to the GA of Kubernetes Engine 1.10, Google Cloud is new features to support enterprise use cases: Shared Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) for better control of network resources Regional Persistent Disks and Regional Clusters for higher-availability and stronger SLAs Node Auto-Repair GA, and […]
OpenStack and Kubernetes are being used in tandem to develop a new generation of cloud-native platforms, according to SIG-Kubernetes, an OpenStack special interest group focused on cross-community efforts with Kubernetes. Development efforts combining OpenStack and Kubernetes can be found at AT&T, CERN, SK Telecom, and Superfluidity, which is a European Research project (Horizon 2020) trying […]
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13, the newest version of Red Hat’s cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution provides the capability to containerize all OpenStack services, including networking and storage, for the first time in a Red Hat OpenStack offering. Some key features of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13: Red Hat Ceph Storage for massively scalable, integrated storage, […]
Qualcomm introduced the first 5G NR solution for small cells and remote radio head deployments. The new device (FSM100xx), which builds on Qualcomm’s FSM Platform for 3G and 4G small cells, support 5G NR in both mmWave and sub-6 GHz spectrum. Qualcomm said its 5G NR solutions allows OEMs to reuse both software and hardware […]
