Blueprint: The Role of Policy in the Hybrid Cloud

by Harsh Karmarkar, Director, Solutions Consultants, Alliances & Channels at Apcera Enterprises today are looking to hybrid cloud to achieve a range of goals: to cut costs; enable a more flexible workforce; offer better customer service; and achieve greater scale. But in an era of “Big Data”, escalating security concerns, and an ever more fragmented set of technology functions being moved to the cloud, fulfilling those goals requires an IT management...

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#MWC15: Innovating with Hybrid Cloud OS - @Apcera

http://youtu.be/m0FST-mqHRg Mobile World Congress will showcase lots of innovation in radio access technologies, says Derek Collison, founder and CEO of Apcera. But once the flood of data arrives on the network, how do you trust it and how do you know which clouds services can tap into it. Apcera is introducing its Hybrid Cloud Operating System as a trusted platform to run anywhere.  ...

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Ericsson's 5G Radio Test Bed Tops 5 Gbps

An Ericsson 5G radio test bed has topped 5 Gbps throughput.  The company will demonstrate fundamental 5G technologies at next week's Mobile World Congress, including 5G-LTE Dual Connectivity and 5G Multipoint Connectivity. Ericsson's 5G radio test bed features 5G devices and 5G radio base stations operating at in the high frequency 15 GHz band. 5G-LTE Dual Connectivity:  The 5G mobile device moves between LTE and 5G radio access coverage...

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Ciena Debuts New Wavelogic Chipsets and Coherent Select Architecture

Ciena announced significant additions to its portfolio, including two new chipsets to power its next-gen optical transport systems, along with a new 100G photonic architecture. These innovations are aimed at solving the web-scale dynamics caused by cloud computing, network virtualization and openess. The two new Ciena WaveLogic 3 coherent optical chipsets, the WaveLogic 3 Extreme and WaveLogic 3 Nano,  are designed for the massive bandwidth...

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Mavenir Intros VoWiFi Calling for MSOs

Mavenir Systems introduced an NFV-based Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) solution for cable operators. Mavenir’s offering includes session control, application/messaging servers, access/border gateways, subscriber management/activation systems, and clients. It integrates with an operator’s existing IMS core network or can be deployed as a greenfield network to offer voice, video, and messaging applications using Wi-Fi access. Mavenir is engaged with multiple...

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IDT, NVIDIA and Orange Silicon Valley Develop

Integrated Device Technology (IDT), NVIDIA and Orange Silicon Valley are developing a supercomputing platform that uses clusters of low-power NVIDIA Tegra K1 mobile processors with IDT’s RapidIO interconnect and timing technology to analyze 4G to 5G base station bandwidth data in real time. Specifically, the Supercomputing at the Edge platform uses IDT’s 20 Gbps interconnect technology to connect a low-latency cluster of NVIDIA Tegra K1 mobile processors....

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Allot to Acquire Optenet, a Security-as-a-Service Solution Provider

Allot Communications agreed to acquire the operations of Optenet, a global IT security company providing high-performance Security-as-a-Service (SECaaS) solutions to service providers and large enterprises worldwide, for approximately $6.5 million in cash plus a deferred payment of approximately $5.5 million to be paid over two years following closing. Optenet is a pioneer and global leader of enabling SECaaS. The company is based in Madrid, Spain...

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Telstra Selects Metaswitch to Interconnect International Voice Network

Telstra has selected Metaswitch Networks to upgrade and enhance its TDM and IP voice network in response to the company’s growth throughout Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Americas. Telstra’s Global Enterprise and Services (GES) business provides telecommunications services and solutions to carriers and multinational enterprises globally. It is a leading carrier in Asia-Pacific and facilitates access to more than 2,000 points of presence (PoPs) in...

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Dell'Oro: Microwave Transmission Outlook

http://youtu.be/lzIskAmieVQ Jimmy Yu, Vice President of Optical Transport Research at Dell'Oro Group, discusses key trends in the microwave market. including geographic variations in backhaul, the growth in packet microwave, and the impact of small cells.  The video also discusses the use of new spectrum bands for small cell backhaul. ...

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ADVA Posts Q4 Revenue of EUR 87 Million, up Nearly 14% YoY

ADVA Optical Networking reported Q4 2014 revenue of EUR 86.7 million, in the upper half of guidance between EUR 83 million and EUR 88 million. The figure is up a significant 13.8% vs. Q4 2013 at EUR 76.2 million and slightly down 0.4% vs. Q3 2014 at EUR 87.1 million. The IFRS operating income in Q4 2014 was EUR 5.1 million, up significantly from EUR 1.9 million in Q4 2013. "We are extremely pleased with our 2014 revenues which are at a record high...

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