Microsoft Builds Out Azure Networking Capabilities

Microsoft announced a number of new Azure networking capabilities and partnerships aimed at enabling better hyper-scale and enterprise grade applications in public and hybrid cloud environments. New capabilities and partners include: New ExpressRoute partnerships with Colt Technology Services in Europe, Tata Communications in Asia, and Telstra in Australia. ExpressRoute is now generally available in Australia with a Meet-Me location in Sydney that...

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Tata Launches "IZO" Cloud Enablement Platform

Tata Communications, which operates one of the most advanced and largest submarine cable networks and a Tier-1 IP network, launched its "IZO" cloud enablement platform for connecting network, data center and cloud resources on a global basis. The vision behind Tata's IZO network platform is to combine the ubiquity of the public Internet with predictable routing, enterprise cloud connectivity and interconnected data centers. Tata's IZO ecosystem...

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ALU's 7950 Core Router Lands at CenturyLink, China Telecom, China Unicom, China Mobile

Alcatel-Lucent announced key contracts to supply its 7950 Extensible Routing System (XRS) to four major carriers: CenturyLink, China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile.  Financial terms were not disclosed. Alcatel-Lucent said the deployments in China will help the nation address the expected explosion of demand for capacity over the next five years, as well as supporting the operators’ contributions to China’s national ‘Broadband China’...

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NTT DOCOMO Deploys Oracle's Virtualized Diameter Signaling Router

NTT DOCOMO has deployed Oracle Communications' Diameter Signaling Router to support new LTE roaming services. It was implemented as a virtualized solution. Specifically, the Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router enables NTT DOCOMO to: Provide LTE roaming services outside of Japan Centralize routing, traffic management, and load-balancing tasks to enable the LTE network to grow incrementally to support increasing service and traffic demands NS...

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MegaChips to Acquire SiTime for MEMS Timing

MegaChips Corporation, a top 25 fabless semiconductor company based in Japan, agreed to acquire SiTime for $200 million in cash. SiTime, which is based in Sunnyvale, California, specializes in silicon MEMS-based oscillators and clock generators that are a drop-in replacement for legacy quartz crystal products. Its  MEMS timing solutions replace quartz products in the telecom, networking, computing, storage and consumer markets, with the benefits...

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VMware Labs Asia Targets US$1 Billion for Development in China

VMware is aiming to deepen its reach into the technology ecosystem in China by forming partnerships with leading players and universities. The company plans a US$1billion investment over the next five years for market development and innovation specifically in China. A newly formed VMware Labs Asia has been established to spur joint solution development with developers and academia. The lab will be headed Dr. Ying Li, who most recently led EMC China's...

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F5 Sales Rise 18% YoY to $465.3 million, CEO to Retire Next Year

F5 Networks reported revenue of $465.3 million for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2014, up 6 percent from the prior quarter and 18 percent from $395.3 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013. For fiscal year 2014, revenue was $1.73 billion, up 17 percent from $1.48 billion in fiscal year 2013. GAAP net income for the fourth quarter was $94.0 million ($1.26 per diluted share) compared to $79.5 million ($1.05 per diluted share) in...

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Hitachi Cloud Coming to Equinix Data Centers

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) announced an agreement with Equinix to offer its Hitachi Cloud - Compute as a Service solution inside Equinix International Business Exchange data centers. HDS will offer fully managed, enterprise-grade services for private cloud from a global footprint of Equinix IBX data centers in 32 markets around the globe. HDS said the variety of interconnection solutions for cloud and network service providers available inside Equinix,...

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Pacnet Inaugurates Tier III Data Center in Tianjin China

Pacnet inaugurated its latest data center in China, a new facility in Tianjin (TJCS1) to address growing demand in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The new data center is strategically located in the Gaocun Science & Technology Innovation Park of the Tianjin Wuqing District in China and was developed in partnership with the Tianjin Wuqing government. The Tier III, 226,000-square-foot facility provides colocation, connectivity and managed services...

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Algeria Telecom Picks Ericsson SSR Provider Edge Router

Algeria Telecom has chosen Ericsson to upgrade its broadband aggregation network. Under the deal, Ericsson will consolidate the existing network using its SSR 8000 platform with Provider Edge (PE) and BNG functionality. The network will support residential broadband connectivity and IPTV as well as high-speed virtual private network (VPN) services for enterprise customers. The agreement includes Broadband Network Gateways (BNG) and Provider Edge...

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