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Vantis Consulting Group (Vantis) has become the first partner in Hong Kong to join NTT Communications’ Global Management One (GMOne) Managed Services Partner Program. Vantis will resell NTT Com GMOne managed services, cloud and hosting solutions, and further integrates with their service offerings to meet enterprises’ growing hybrid ICT needs. GMOne managed services leverage NTT […]
The FCC voted 3-2 along partisan lines to adopt the “Restoring Internet Freedom Order” proposed by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to rollback Obama-era Net Neutrality rules. Voting in favor of the order were Republicans Ajit Pai, who argued that measure will usher in a new era of investment for Internet infrastructure. Also voting in favor […]
Molex Electronic Technologies has formed a subsidiary dedicated to investing in emerging technologies and companies. Molex Ventures specializes in investments and collaborations with startup companies that can leverage Molex design and manufacturing capabilities across a range of industry sectors, including Medical and Pharmaceutical sensors, connected health and point of care diagnostics; Automotive connected mobility, electrification […]
Juniper Networks will move the codebase for OpenContrail, an open-source network virtualization platform for the cloud, to the Linux Foundation. OpenContrail is a scalable network virtualization control plane that provides feature-rich software-defined networking (SDN) and strong security. Juniper first released its Juniper Contrail products as open sourced in 2013. It has been deployed by various […]
Verizon Communications completed its previously announced acquisition of fiber network assets in Chicago from WideOpenWest (WOW). The price was $225 million. Verizon said the transaction secures fiber to more than 500 macro-cell wireless sites and more than 500 small-cell wireless sites in the Chicago area. “The addition of these fiber assets is an important part […]
After a distinguished 22-year career at Cisco, Rebecca Jacoby announced plans to retire. She currently serves as senior vice president of Operations. Cisco has appointed Irving Tan to take on the newly created role of senior vice president of Operations and Digital, responsible for leading Cisco’s digital transformation across the company in partnership with Sales, […]
Gremlin, a start-up based in San Jose, California, announced $7.5 million in series A funding for its tool for deliberately injecting failure into software systems in order to proactively identify and fix unknown faults. Gremlin, which was founded by a former engineer at Amazon and Netflix, said it helps customers build more resilient system through […]
Oracle reported total revenues of $9.6 billion for Q2 of its fiscal 2018, up 6% compared to Q2 last year. The company posted GAAP operating income of $3.1 billion, up 1% yoy, and GAAP operating margin of 32%. Non-GAAP operating income was up 10% to $4.2 billion and non-GAAP operating margin was 44%. “Overall cloud […]
Apple will invest $390 million in Finisar to support the high-volume production of Finisar’s vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), which are used power Apple’s TrueDepth camera on the iPhone X as well as the proximity-sensing capabilities of AirPods. The iPhone X’s TrueDepth camera enables Face ID, Animoji and Portrait mode selfie capabilities. The $390 million investment […]
Bell, Canada’s largest communications company, is deploying the open source version of the Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) in its production network — the first carrier to do so. The installation is part of the Bell’s Network 3.0 transformation initiative. The open source ONAP platform initially is being used by Bell to automate its data […]
Facebook announced plans to add 900,000 square feet to its data center campus in Prineville, Oregon. The expansion comes in the form of two new buildings expected to enter service in 2020 and 2021. The Prineville site is where Facebook opened its first owned data center eight years ago. Since then, the site has expanded […]
Google is opening an AI China Center to focus on basic research. Ms. Fei-Gei Li, who is Chief Scientist AI/ML at Google, notes that many of the world’s top experts in AI are Chinese. Google also has AI research groups located in New York, Toronto, London and Zurich.
China Mobile is entering the UK telephony market as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) with leased capacity on the EE network. The new service — called CMLink — will provide mobile voice and data services for Chinese immigrants, students and professionals living in and traveling to the UK. The company estimates the size of […]
