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Ciena announced enhanced policy capabilities into its Blue Planet intelligent automation platform that incorporates the architectural framework from the Linux Foundation’s open-source Open Networking Automation Platform (ONAP) to aid network providers’ evolution to more adaptive, software-centric networks. Specifically, Ciena Blue Planet is adding support for ONAP virtual network function (VNF) descriptors and packaging specifications to […]
Digital Realty has achieved “five nines” of uptime for its data center suites for the 11th consecutive year, exceeding 99.999 percent availability throughout 2017. Digital Realty recently surpassed 1.7 billion operating minutes across its 205 datacenters, encompassing approximately 27 million square feet in 33 metropolitan areas globally. Over the past 11 years, the number of […]
Marvell confirmed that its 88Q5050 secure automotive Ethernet switch is integrated into the NVIDIA DRIVE Pegasus platform for autonomous vehicles. Marvell said its secure switch can handle multi-gigabit applications for OEM car manufacturers to deliver an in-car network that supports sensor fusion, cameras, safety and diagnostics. Its switch design employs a deep packet inspection (DPI) […]
Oracle Executive Chairman and CTO Larry Ellison introduced the first service based on new Oracle Autonomous Database — a self-managing, self-securing, self-repairing database cloud service called Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud. The service uses machine learning to deliver performance, security capabilities, and availability with no human intervention, at “half the cost of Amazon Web Services.” […]
This video looks at five things you need to know about adding automation and orchestration to your network for your VNFs. NFV is going to be a keep part of 5G architecture. Presented by Paul Brittain, Senior Product Manager, Metaswitch. See our whitepaper with Telia on this topic: https://www.metaswitch.com/knowledge-center/white-papers/cloud-native-vnf-operation-automation See video: https://youtu.be/NMuvvsX8690
AT&T, China Unicom, Comcast, Google, Deutsche Telekom, NTT Group, Telefonica, and Turk Telekom have agreed to back a new strategic plan for the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) focused on developing reference designs for open source, next-generation SDN solutions. The operators will work together inside the ONF to create Reference Designs (RDs) to serve as “gold […]
The Linux Foundation launched the Acumos AI Project, a federated platform for managing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications and sharing AI models. AT&T and Tech Mahindra contributed the initial Acumos code. “An open and federated AI platform like the Acumos platform allows developers and companies to take advantage of the latest AI […]
A consortium consisting of China Mobile, Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom, Chuan Wei, Facebook, KDDI, SK Broadband, Singtel and Vietnam’s VNPT, signed an agreement for the construction of the Southeast Asia-Japan 2 subsea cable network. NEC has been selected as the lead contractor. The SJC2 submarine cable will span 10.500 kilometers, connecting Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong […]
A group of investors, led by Aleph Capital Partners LLP and Crestview Partners, has committed to invest $175 million in GTT common stock at the closing of the acquisition of Interoute by GTT. “Aleph and Crestview’s investment is a strong vote of confidence in our vision to create a disruptive market leader with substantial scale, […]
Chile’s Comunicación y Telefonía Rural S.A. (CTR) has retained Huawei Marine to deploy the Fiber Optic Austral (FOA) subsea cable system. FOA, which will be the southernmost submarine cable in the world, will connect three regions in southern Chile. Huawei Marine will provide an end-to-end submarine cable solution using its 100G universal platform to provide […]
HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd., which owns GPU-based digital currency mining facilities in Iceland and Sweden for minting digital currencies like Ethereum, announced plans for a major new facility north of the Arctic Circle. HIVE Blockchain has agreed to acquire Kolos Norway AS for approximately US$9.9 million. Kolos’ primary asset is a 64-hectare property located in […]
Zayo announced a contract to supply approximately 50km of new fiber to Interdata, a systems and infrastructure integrator based in the Paris metropolitan area. The solution includes two diverse, dark fiber rings connecting the company’s data centers in Paris and Nozay. Completion of the rings will enable Zayo to reach a large data center campus […]
Microchip Technology Inc.unveiled a new DSA family of automotive grade Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) oscillators. The company says its MEMS devices provide 20 times better reliability, 500 times better tolerance to shock and five times better vibration resistance than traditional quartz-based crystal devices. The DSA family also includes the industry’s first multiple output MEMS oscillator, offering […]
