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Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) has selected Nokia to enhance the microwave communications network that supports a range of mission-critical services for the utility’s power transmission and distribution grid. Nokia said that for this project it is introducing the latest microwave packet radio technology as an overlay to existing equipment. KCP&L is deploying Nokia’s […]
IBM unveiled its next-generation Power Systems Servers based on its newly designed POWER9 processor and designed for compute-intensive AI workloads and frameworks, such as Chainer, TensorFlow and Caffe, as well as accelerated databases such as Kinetica. The new POWER9-based AC922 Power Systems are the first to embed PCI-Express 4.0, next-generation NVIDIA NVLink and OpenCAPI, which […]
Broadcom reported Q4 2017 revenue of $4,844 million, an increase of 9 percent from $4,463 million in the previous quarter and an increase of 17 percent from $4,136 million in the same quarter last year. Gross margin was $2,383 million, or 49.2 percent of net revenue, compared with gross margin of $2,149 million, or 48.2 […]
One of the challenges with SDN and NFV, especially with operators, is the need to transform the entire organization, says Marc Cohn. This video covers new certification programs being developed for MEF 3.0. There are plans to broaden the certifications across multiple domains. One goal is to help people leverage this knowledge into career opportunities. […]
Fortinet has just released an SD-WAN solution that provides tight integration of security from Layer 3 to Layer 7. This makes connectivity to the cloud much more secure, says Sony Kogin, Director of Service Provider Marketing, Fortinet. See video: https://youtu.be/3ytpBXHB6u4
How do you provide services across secure Service Provider boundaries? Fortinet is working with other MEF members to define Security-as-a-Service, explains Richard Orgias, Director of Segment and Audience Marketing, Fortinet. See video: https://youtu.be/wHwpqRUy2fc
T-Mobile US’ Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program for up to $1.5 billion of T-Mobile’s common stock through December 31, 2018. Deutsche Telekom is also expected to purchase another $500 million in T-Mobile’s common stock on the common market. “Since launching Un-carrier, T-Mobile has delivered unmatched growth and continues to take share in […]
Ciena reported revenue of $744.4 million for its fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, ended 31-October-2017, as compared to $716.2 million for the fiscal fourth quarter 2016. For fiscal year 2017, Ciena reported revenue of $2.80 billion, as compared to $2.60 billion for fiscal year 2016. Ciena’s fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year 2017 results reflect […]
Royal KPN announced the appointment of Mr. Maximo Ibarro as CEO and as chairman of KPN’s Board of Management. He replaces Mr. Eelco Blok in both positions. Ibarra previously led the merger of Wind and Tre Italia, Italy’s two biggest telcos. Previously he was CEO of Wind.
The Broadband Forum and NTT are undertaking a project to standardize the virtualization of PON networks to support the delivery of Time Critical Applications (TCAs), such as 5G fronthaul. The project, which was initiated by Forum member NTT, is called PON Abstraction Interface for TCAs. It looks at how SDN and NFV can be applied […]
The Monet subsea cable system, which links the U.S. and Brazil, is complete and ready for commercial service. The 100Gbps-capable cable system offers an initial 64 Tbps of capacity. The 10,556km cable has shore landings in Boca Raton, Florida; Fortaleza, Brazil; and Praia Grande, Brazil. Monet is owned by Algar Telecom (Brazil), Angola Cables (Angola), […]
VeloCloud Networks’ Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN is enhancing the ability for enterprises to connect to Amazon Web Services (AWS). Specifically, VeloCloud is leveraging AWS to offer a range of flexible deployment options for customers, including topology designs that require minimal changes to their existing networks. Enterprises now have the flexibility of including Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon […]
GBI, which stands for Gulf Bridge International, is well-known for its subsea cable system extending from the Arabian Gulf to the United Kingdom to the west and Singapore to the east. In this video, Rick Hillson, VP of Next Gen Architecture for GBI, talks about transforming this system with #SDN and #NFV. See video: https://youtu.be/O09truKmCkU
