IBM to Sell x86 Server Business to Lenovo for $2.3 Billion

IBM will sell its x86 server business to Lenovo for $2.3 billion. The deal includes IBM's System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, x86-based Flex integrated systems, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers and associated software, blade networking and maintenance operations. IBM will retain its System z mainframes, Power Systems, Storage Systems, Power-based Flex servers, and PureApplication and PureData appliances. IBM said it...

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Huawei Tests Ultra-Flash Circuit-Switched Fallback with Qualcomm

Huawei completed an interoperability test (IOT) for an Ultra-Flash Circuit-switched fallback (CSFB) solution using its infrastructure and chipsets from Qualcomm Technologies. The tests, which were conducted at Huawei’s Shanghai R&D facility, demonstrated shortened voice call setup times for 4G networks. Ultra-Flash CSFB makes special use of a single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) process to significantly shorten voice call setup times...

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Finland's Elisa Picks NSN as Sole Supplier for 800 MHz LTE

Nokia Solutions and Networks has been named sole supplier for Elisa's next-generation mobile broadband network in Finland. NSN previously supplied Elisa's 2G and 3G infrastructure. NSN said the contract marks the single largest mobile telecommunications deal in Finland and covers a period of 5 years from 2014 to 2018. Financial terms were not disclosed. Under the contract, NSN will upgrade its efficient NetAct network management system to integrate...

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AMD Adds 12- and 16-core "Warsaw" Opteron Server Processors

AMD released new 12- and 16-core AMD Opteron 6300 Series server processors, code named “Warsaw,” designed for virtualized enterprise workloads. The new AMD Opteron 6300 Series processors feature the "Piledriver" core and are fully socket and software compatible with the existing AMD Opteron 6300 Series. The company said the power efficiency and cost effectiveness of the new processors make them a good fit for the AMD Open 3.0 Open Compute Platform. “With...

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Huawei Purchased US$3.4 billion from Europe in 2013

Saying that its business practices are a win-win, Huawei announced that it procured US$3.4 billion worth of components, engineering services, and logistical services from Europe in 2013. In addition, Huawei said it now has more than 7,700 employees in Europe and it has has set up two R&D centers with total 14 locations, and established six centers of expertise encompassing finance, marketing, service, and other fields.  Huawei has also set-up...

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Equinix to Open Sixth London Data Center

Citing demand from the financial services, content, cloud and enterprise segments, Equinix announced plans for a sixth data center at its London Slough campus. The new LD6 data center will provide total capacity of approximately 8,000 square meters (86,000 square feet; 2,770 cabinet equivalents). With $79 million of capital expenditures invested, the first phase is scheduled to open in in the first half of 2015 and will provide initial capacity...

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Qualcomm Acquires Palm, IPAQ and Bitfone Patent Portfolio from HP

Qualcomm has acquired approximately 1,400 granted patents and pending patent applications from from Hewlett-Packard Company, Hewlett-Packard Development Co LP and Palm Inc.   The patent portfolio covers technologies that include fundamental mobile operating system techniques. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.hp.com http://www.qualcomm....

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Equinix Builds US$60M Data Center in Melbourne

Equinix plans to invest approximately US$60 million to build a new data center in Melbourne, Australia. The new ME1 data center will provide a capacity of 1,500 cabinets, with the first phase of 375 cabinets scheduled for completion in Q4 2014. Equinix will construct a specially built 105,000 square foot building shell to house the new ME1 data center and allow for future development. http://www.equinix.c...

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Dell’Oro: Microwave Transmission Equipment Market to Reach $4.5 Billion by 2018

The point-to-point Microwave Transmission equipment market is forecast to reach $4.5 billion by 2018, following two recent years of market contraction in 2012 and 2013, according to a newly published report by Dell’Oro Group. Two segments of the Microwave Transmission equipment market that are expected to benefit the most during the forecast period through 2018 are: Packet microwave systems that hold all data transmissions in native Ethernet are...

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Cisco Offers Cybersecurity Specialist Training & Certification

Cisco has updated its professional training program to include a new Cisco Cybersecurity Specialist certification.  The new Cisco Cybersecurity Specialist Certification focuses on the latest threat detection and mitigation skills using the most advanced security solutions. The certification recognizes security professionals that have attained specialist in-depth expertise and proven kno wledge in the essential areas of proactive cyber threat...

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