Ericsson: Mobility Forecast Shows Regional Differences

The proliferation of smartphones worldwide is forcing rapid changes in mobile networks, according to the latest edition of the semi-annual Ericsson Mobility Report, but regional differences will persist through 2019 in terms of the pace of LTE adoption. The report leverages data traffic measures from a large base of live networks covering all regions of the world, along with internal forecasts and other relevant studies to provide insights into...

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Open Compute Project Cites Progress

The Open Compute Project, which was launch by Facebook two years ago with a charter to revolutionize data center architecture, cited progress in opening up server, storage, and data center designs. So far, the Open Compute Project has garnered more than 30 potential contributions, covering most of the network hardware stack and even some of the network software stack.  In a blog posting, the Open Compute Project highlights four contributions...

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Cumulus Networks Unveils Open Boot Loader for Network Operating Systems

Cumulus Networks cited support for its Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) project, a network boot loader for installing software on network switches. ONIE aims to accelerate the adoption of bare metal switches by making it much easier for customers to buy and deploy standards-based network hardware. Specifically, ONIE is the combination of a boot loader and a small Linux operating system for bare metal network switches that provides an environment...

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Deutsche Telekom Acquires GTS Central Europe

Deutsche Telekom is acquiring GTS Central Europe for Euro 546 million. GTS has extensive network assets and data center infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe. GTS operates inn the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, combining a regional fiber footprint with local networks to deliver a broad range of services. In 2012, GTS achieved revenues of Euro 347 million and EBITDA of Euro 87 million pro-forma excluding the Slovak...

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Procera Networks and Avvasi Partner on Mobile Video QoE and Analytics

Procera Networks and Avvasi, a developer of QoE-driven video management and monetization solutions, announced a joint solution and strategic partnership  for mobile operators.  The solution integrates Avvasi’s Q-VUE product with Procera’s PacketLogic Intelligent Policy Enforcement (IPE) system. The joint offering performs video Quality of Experience (QoE) measurement in real-time to provide the communication industry’s most comprehensive...

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Sprint Offers Cloud Optimizer for Microsoft Office 365

Sprint launched a Cloud Optimizer service that leverages caching technology to optimize bandwidth and performance for Microsoft Office 365 and Sharepoint applications.  The service lets users enjoy the collaboration functionality of Office 365 and SharePoint online as well as read access to customer-selected public websites from virtually anywhere, even if they have limited or no Internet access. Bandwidth optimization reduces network traffic...

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Xilinx Ships 20nm FPGA

Xilinx announced the first customer shipment of the semiconductor industry's first 20nm product manufactured by TSMC, and the PLD industry's first 20nm All Programmable device. Xilinx UltraScale devices offer an ASIC-class programmable architecture coupled with the "Vivado" ASIC-strength design suite and recently introduced "UltraFast" design methodology. "This announcement underscores our first-to-market leadership commitment of delivering...

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Akamai Acquires Velocius Networks

Akamai Technologies has acquired Velocius Networks, a provider of quality of service (QoS) technology for optimizing application traffic across enterprise networks, for an undisclosed amount of cash. Velocius Networks is a privately-funded start-up with five employees. The entire team will be integrated into Akamai's engineering group in India. The acquisition is not material to Akamai's financials. Velocius was established in 2011. Akamai said...

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T-Systems Partners with RSA on Cyber Security

The Deutsche Telekom's T-System subsidiary announced a partnership with RSA to focus on early detection and precise strategies against attacks. Under the partnership, the companies will use their combined expertise on cyber security and protection of complex IT landscapes to analyze corporate customers’ systems and provide consulting services. The service portfolio ranges from offering an analysis of individual cyber risks for companies, advising...

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CipherCloud Introduces Cloud Encryption for Amazon RDS and Amazon Redshift

CipherCloud is now available for Amazon Web Services (AWS), enabling users to encrypt data on Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Amazon Redshift, AWS' petabyte-scale data warehouse service. The solution, which offers several encryption options that can be applied on a field-by-field basis, provides AES 256-bit encryption and customer-retained key management to provide tighter control of data in Amazon RDS and Amazon Redshift. The company...

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Rackspace Tops 101,000 Hosted Servers

Rackspace posted Q3 2013 revenue of $389 million, up 3.4% from the previous quarter and 16% from the third quarter of 2012. Net income was $16 million for the quarter, down 27.1% from the previous quarter and 40% from the third quarter of 2012. Net income margin for the quarter was 4.2% compared to 6.0% for the previous quarter and 8.1% in the third quarter of 2012. Total server count increased to 101,967, up from 98,884 servers at the end of the...

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