Rob Sherwood leaves Big Switch for Facebook
Rob Sherwood is leaving Big Switch Networks to take up a research role at Facebook. Sherwood currently serves as Chief ...
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FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to Step Down
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will step down on January 20, 2017. “Serving as F.C.C. Chairman during this period of historic ...
BMC Names Peter Leav as its New CEO
BMC Software named Peter Leav as President and Chief Executive Officer, replacing Bob Beauchamp, who continues to serve as Chairman ...
Linux Foundation Appoints Arpit Joshipura
The Linux Foundation announced the appointment for Arpit Joshipura as General Manager, Networking & Orchestration. Joshipura has served as CMO/VP ...
BT Names Former Ofcom Regulator as Chairman of Openreach
BT announced the appointment of Mike McTighe as the first Chairman of Openreach, BT’s local fixed network business. McTighe is ...
VMware Renews Focus on NFV Opportunity for Service Providers
Citing its ability to combine network, cloud, mobility and IT architectures into a converged platform for network services and applications, ...
Versa Networks Hires Kelly Ahuja and Pankaj Patel
Versa Networks named Kelly Ahuja as its new CEO, replacing company co-founder Kumar Mehta, who now takes on the role ...
Cisco Brings on Roland Acra as SVP/GM, Data Center Business Group
Cisco announced the appointment of Roland Acra as SVP/GM, Data Center Business Group. He will be responsible for defining the ...
GSMA Elects Sunil Bharti Mittal as Chair
The GSMA elected new members of the GSMA Board for the two-year period from January 2017 through December 2018. The ...
Ericsson Brings on Investor AB’s Börje Ekholm to Head Turnaround
Ericsson's Board of Directors has appointed Börje Ekholm President and CEO, effective January 16, 2017. Ekholm currently serves as CEO ...
Aqua Comms Appoints Nigel Bayliff as CEO
Aqua Comms , the operator of Ireland’s first dedicated subsea fibre-optic network interconnecting New York, Dublin and London, has appointed ...
Google Fiber Expansion Officially Halted, Craig Barratt Steps Down
The Google Fiber project officially confirmed that it is pausing operations and laying off workers in many cities where it ...
Cisco Adds Amy Chang to its Board
Cisco has appointed Amy L. Chang, CEO and founder of Accompany, Inc., to its board of directors. Chang, 39, is ...
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