Blueprint: How NFV is Shifting Service Provider Culture

by Jack Barrett, Senior Director of Strategic Account Marketing, Juniper Networks Gone are the days where mobile providers and telecommunications companies can rightfully be called “phone companies.” As early as the end of last year, U.S. service providers for the first time saw data revenue outpace voice fees. Nokia Networks has posited that mobile subscribers will consume a full gigabyte of data daily, up from approximately 500 megabytes today. This...

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AT&T Adds Brocade, Ciena and Cisco to its Domain 2.0 List

AT&T confirmed the latest vendors to join its Domain 2.0 supplier list: Brocade, Ciena and Cisco. Previously, AT&T has announced Alcatel-Lucent, Amdocs, Juniper Networks, Fujitsu Network Communications, Ericsson, Affirmed Networks, Tail-F Systems (acquired by Cisco, and Metaswitch Networks.  This brings the program to ten vendors. “With Domain 2.0, we are seeking out agile and disruptive suppliers to help us innovate more quickly as...

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AT&T Rolls out VoLTE in First Markets

AT&T has launched VoLTE and HD Voice in select areas in the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. The carrier's first VoLTE rollouts occurred in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Wisconsin earlier this year. AT&T also noted that its VoLTE is network performing very well. VoLTE includes...

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Avi Networks Unveils its Cloud Application Delivery Controller

Avi Networks, a start-up founded by key engineers behind Cisco's Nexus data center platforms, unveiled its hyperscale application delivery controller (ADC) for helping enterprise customers deliver for on-premise and cloud-based applications. Instead of using fleets of hardware-based ADC appliances, Avi's Cloud Application Delivery Platform (CADP) and Hyperscale Distributed Resources Architecture (HYDRA) adopts the same approach taken by large cloud...

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Accenture and Microsoft Launch Hybrid Cloud

Accenture and Microsoft officially introduced the Accenture Hybrid Cloud Solution for Microsoft Azure, aiming to bring new capabilities, economics and innovation to the enterprise infrastructure and applications. “Our expanded relationship with Microsoft represents a game-changing proposition that addresses the biggest concerns and our clients face as they look to leverage the cloud,” said Pierre Nanterme, chairman and CEO, Accenture. “With new...

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Cisco to Acquire Neohapsis for Security AdvisoryService

Cisco agreed to acquire Neohapsis, a privately-held provider of mobile and cloud security advisory services. Financial terms were not disclosed. Neohapsis provides risk management, compliance, cloud, application, mobile, and infrastructure security solutions to Fortune 500 customers. The company is based in Chicago. The Neohapsis team will join the Cisco Security Services organization under the leadership of Senior Vice President and General Manager...

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Juniper: Mobile Users in Developing Countries More Satisfied

Mobile users in developing nations tend to more satisfied with their service despite lower bandwidth than people in developed countries, according to a new Global Bandwidth Index Report from Juniper Networks. The report explores differences between how people use mobile Internet connectivity in their day-to-day lives at work and at home and what they hope to achieve using their connected devices in the future. Some highlights: Nearly twice as...

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