KT to Launch Mobile Content Acceleration in LTE Network Q1 2014

KT will be the first commercial mobile content acceleration service in its LTE network in Q1 2014 based on Ericsson's Mobile Cloud Accelerator (MCA) solution. Ericsson said trials of its Mobile Cloud Accelerator showed that web page download times could be reduced by more than 50 percent.  The solution works by guaranteeing traffic transmission quality of certain categories of data, such as premium content and application traffic in the radio...

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AWS Intros Kinesis - Real-Time Processing of Streaming Big Data

Amazon Web Services introduced Kinesis, a fully managed service for real-time processing of high-volume, streaming data. The idea with Amazon Kinesis is to direct the flow of real-time data into cloud-hosted analytic applications and then display desired real-time intelligent via online dashboards. The new service interoperates with other AWS big data services, such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Map Reduce (Amazon...

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AWS Boosts Compute I/O Performance Via SSD

At the AWS re:Invent! show in Las Vegas, Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels announced the I2 instances are optimized for high performance random I/O.   AWS said the greater performance is achieved using 2.5 GHz intel Xeon E5-2670v2 processors with Turbo mode enabled. EC2's new enhanced networking, and SSDs.  At the high-end,  i2.8xlarge instances will be able to deliver 350,000 random read IOPS and 320,000 random write IOPS.  Instance NamevCPU CountRAM Instance Storage (SSD) i2.large215 GiB1 x 360 GB i2.xlarge430.5...

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IBM Positions Watson for Cloud Applications

IBM announced plans to make it Watson technology available as a development platform in the cloud. The idea is to enable software application developer to build a new generation of apps that leverage Watson's cognitive computing intelligence and ability to ingest both structured and unstructured data. IBM said its goal is to create a cloud-hosted marketplace where application providers can tap into its library of resources for Watson-powered...

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Zayo Builds Out Support for AWS Direct Connect

Zayo announced expansion of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect as an Amazon Partner Network (APN) Technology Partner. Specifically, Zayo will offer AWS Direct Connect sub-1G hosted connections at all US AWS Direct Connect locations, as well as Telecity in London.  Zayo provides private networks connectivity to each AWS Direct Connect location and offers flat rate Metro/Intercity pricing to its customers for connections directly to AWS...

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IBM to Acquire Fiberlink for Cloud-Based Mobile Management and Security

IBM agreed to acquire Fiberlink Communications, a mobile management and security company based in Blue Bell, Pennslyvania, for an undisclosed sum. Fiberlink's MaaS360 is an enterprise mobility management (EMM) platform encompassing: Mobile Device Management Mobile Application Management Mobile Content Management Secure Mail Secure Browser Mobile Expense Management Laptop Management IBM said Fiberlink’s MaaS360 cloud-based offerings will enable...

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China Mobile Selects Alcatel-Lucent’s all-IP Evolved Packet Core

China Mobile has selected Alcatel-Lucent’s all-IP Evolved Packet Core portfolio to support the nationwide rollout of its 4G LTE network, set to be the world’s largest mobile ultra-broadband network. Specifically, China Mobile has awarded Alcatel-Lucent 24 percent of its overall EPC network. The contract covers the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router - Mobile Gateway, the Alcatel-Lucent 9471 Wireless Mobility Manager, and the Alcatel-Lucent 5620...

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DragonWave Launches 60 GHz Radio for Small Cell Backhaul

DragonWave launched 60 GHz capabilities for its Horizon Compact+ and Avenue Link product lines. DragonWave said 60 GHz radios are well suited for metro deployment in small cell architectures due to their small form factor and high-capacity, low-delay transport capabilities. The 60 GHz spectrum is widely available and generally offered at a lower cost than other bands. First deployments and small cell trials have verified the operational feasibility...

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Fujitsu Delivers 100G Transport for the SC13 Conference

Fujitsu's FLASHWAVE 9500 Packet Optical Networking Platform (Packet ONP) will be deployed at next week's SC13 conference in Denver to support SCinet, which is used at the event by university, government, and industry volunteers to showcase cutting-edge platforms in high-performance computing (HPC), networking, storage and analysis. During the conference, one FLASHWAVE 9500 node will be located at the Colorado Convention Center, and the other node...

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NeoPhotonics Sees Strong Q3 As 100G Shipments Grow

NeoPhotonics, which supplies photonic integrated circuit based optoelectronic modules and subsystems, reported record Q3 revenue of $76.8 million, up $1.8 million, or 2.4%, from the prior quarter and up $10.7 million, or 16.1%, from the third quarter 2012. For the quarter, the Company had three customers that comprised over 10% of revenue including Alcatel-Lucent (18%), Ciena (13%) and Huawei Technologies (23%). “The third quarter was the highest...

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