NTT Com Launches WideAngle Security Service

NTT Com Security (formerly Integralis) introduced its next generation Managed Security Services (MSS) for global enterprises. The enhanced MSS, which is available under the company’s single global brand, WideAngle, is capable of analysing vast amounts of disparate data and distilling it into actionable information that enables businesses to manage increasingly diverse threats and make informed risk management decisions. The new service has three...

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T-Systems Unifies onto Dynamic Cloud Platform with Cisco

Deutsche Telekom's T-Systems will operate all cloud solutions on a single Dynamic Cloud Platform (DCP), which it plans to launch shortly. The unified platform, which will begin operations in Munich, will support all of the company's cloud offers, including Infrastructure as a Service, Collaboration as a Service and Software as a Service. T-Systems' Dynamic Cloud Platform (DCP) was developed by Cisco.  The DCP is fully IPv6-capable and features...

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Akamai to Acquire Prolexic for Cloud-based DDoS Control

Akamai agreed to acquire Prolexic, a start-up based in Hollywood, Florida, for a net cash payment of approximately $370 million. Prolexic offers a FIPS 140-2 SSL/TLS Layer 7 DDoS detection, monitoring and analysis solution for protecting data centers and enterprise IP applications from attacks.  Prolexic operates a DDoS "scrubbing center" in Ashburn, Virginia and San Jose, California as well as other facilities in London and Hong Kong.  The...

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AMS-IX New York Signs Netflix as First Customer

The Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) announced that Netflix is the first customer for AMS-IX New York.  Netflix established a peeringconnection at AMS-IX in Amsterdam earlier this year. AMS-IX USA recently reached agreements with Digital Realty, DuPont Fabros Technology, Sabey Data Centers and 325 Hudson to operate and build an Open-IX Internet Exchange in the New York/New Jersey area. AMS-IX also has plans to deploy its distributed Internet...

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Mavenir Releases Software-based SBC for VoLTE

Mavenir Systems released a software-based Session Border Controller (SBC) for delivering Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and Rich Communication Services (RCS) services. The company said its SBC provides the full suite of standards-defined wireless functions needed to launch VoLTE and RCS services. The software-based, carrier grade solution can be deployed on cloud-based infrastructures using Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Network...

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University of Florida Deploys Brocade 100 GbE Core Routers

The University of Florida is deploying Brocade MLXe Core Routers with 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) blades and Brocade ICX Switches in its core network connecting the institution's HiPerGator supercomputer and external research networks, such as Internet2. In the newly opened data center, the University of Florida consolidated three primary Campus Research Network (CRN) sites to two, resulting in a 200 GbE triangle configuration connection between the...

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Orange Business Services Opens Integration Center in Florida

Orange Business Services has opened its first U.S.-based integration and briefing center in Clearwater, Florida. The facility, a joint investment between Orange and top technology partners, contains state-of-the-art equipment to demonstrate the latest in cloud computing, unified communications and collaboration, mobility, network and application optimization, infrastructure management services and customized implementations.  It offers multi-platform...

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