Video: SDN and the Future of Service Provider Networks

SDN makes for better transport in the network says David Jameson, Principal Solutions Architect for Fujitsu.  Networks are no longer being defined by the hardware that is in place. SDN is opening the door to programmable networks, making new service types more easily implementable.  Fujitsu has multiple proof-of-concepts under development globally, including a bandwidth-on-demand and provisioning tool that can automatically create a circuit...

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Cisco Beats Estimates with Quarterly Revenue of $11.5 Billion

Cisco reported third quarter revenue of $11.5 billion, net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $2.2 billion or $0.42 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $2.6 billion or $0.51 per share. Revenue was down 5.5% compared with the same period last year, while net income declined 12% compared to last year. "I'm pleased with our performance in Q3. Our financial results exceeded the guidance we provided last quarter...

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Riverbed Tunes its SteelHead WAN Optimization for Microsoft Azure

Riverbed Technology announced a series of enhancements for its SteelHead WAN optimization solution for accelerating application performance to the Microsoft Azure cloud.  Connections into Azure and be accelerated and optimized by spinning up a virtual SteelHead in the Microsoft cloud to sync with a SteelHead at an enterprise data center or branch office. In addition to de-duplicating traffic traversing the WAN, Riverbed can identify over 1,000...

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Russia's MTS Tests VoLTE on Telco Cloud with NSN

MTS, the leading operator in Russia and CIS, completed the first Voice over LTE (VoLTE) call on a telco cloud infrastructure using Nokia’s technology and expertise. Nokia said the end-to-end testing, conducted in the operator’s live LTE network, was the first such trial to leverage the virtualization of service and control functions in the core network, including its IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), Telephony Application Server (TAS) and Home Subscriber...

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ADVA's 100G Metro Adds On-the-Fly Encryption

ADVA Optical Networking introduced a new 100G Metro solution with built-in on-the-fly encryption and fully integrated with its ADVA FSP 3000 platform.  The card, which is based upon the 4x28G technology of the original ADVA 100G Metro, leverages Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with a key size of 256 bits. It features a Diffie Hellmann dynamic key exchange with over 60 exchanges per hour. ADVA said its solution provides encryption at the...

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Mid-Atlantic Broadband Deploys Cyan's Blue Planet SDN

Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation (MBC), a wholesale fiber-optic open-access network transport provider, selected Cyan’s Blue Planet SDN software along with Cyan’s Z-Series Packet-Optical Platforms for its regional metro network in southern Virginia. MBC deployed Cyan’s Z-Series Packet-Optical Platforms to provide optical scale and Ethernet services across their network. In addition, MBC deployed Blue Planet, an open SDN orchestration...

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Hughes Signs Xplornet for Echostar XIX Broadband over Canada

Xplornet Communications, Canada's largest rural broadband provider, signed a lifetime lease for all of the Canadian satellite broadband capacity on Hughes' Echostar XIX, a next-generation high throughput satellite due for launch in mid-2016. In addition to satellite capacity, Xplornet will take delivery of satellite gateways, operational and support services and consumer user terminals in a program that is expected to be worth more than $200 million. Built...

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AT&T Continues Roll-out of Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles

AT&T recently deployed its 8,000th compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle, achieving a major milestone in the company's overall 10-year, $565 million commitment to add approximately 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) to its fleet by end of year 2018. The company also has hybrid electric, all electric and extended-range electric vehicles, achieving a total fleet of more than 10,000 alternative vehicles located in 43 states, Puerto Rico and...

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Cisco Looks to Expand Customer Financing in Latin America

Cisco Capital has established operations in Mexico, expanding its financing capabilities in Latin America. Cisco plans to provide direct local financing to customers, beginning in Mexico, complementing its existing network of financing partners in the region. “This represents a significant milestone for Cisco Capital and our customers in Latin America,” said Kristine A. Snow, president of Cisco Capital. “This is the first time we have had direct...

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