Nokia to Acquire Alcatel-Lucent for EUR 15.6 billion

Nokia agreed to acquire Alcatel-Lucent in a deal valued at EUR 15.6 billion -- a premium to shareholders of 28% (equivalent to EUR 4.27 per share) over the unaffected weighted average share price of Alcatel-Lucent for the previous three months.  Under the transaction Nokia will make an offer for all of the equity securities issued by Alcatel-Lucent, through a public exchange offer in France and in the United States, on the basis of 0.55 of...

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Skyport Raises $30 Million for New Approach to Security

Skyport Systems, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, announced $30 million in Series B funding for its Hyper-Secured Infrastructure solutions.  Product plans have not yet been disclosed. Skyport said it is working on a fundamentally new approach to security, which requires a fundamentally new approach to secure computing.  Its goal is to ensure the security of mission-critical IT and corporate assets. “Network security models...

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Napatech Video: Conquer the Time-to-Market Challenge

The volume, variety and velocity of data in IT and telecom networks is increasing at explosive rates. Staying ahead of this data growth curve is a challenge, not only for switch and router vendors, but also the vendors of appliances that assure that the networks we are all rely upon are available and secure. Appliance vendors need to stay ahead of the curve in more ways than one. Not only do they need to ensure that they are capable of continuously...

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Telefónica Germany Selects Coriant Smart Router

Telefónica Germany has selected Coriant's 8600 Smart Router Series and 8000 Intelligent Network Manager (INM) for its mobile backhaul network, including the integration of the O2 and E-Plus network infrastructures. The deployment will help Telefónica Germany expand coverage across a range of mobile backhaul locations.  Financial terms were not disclosed. Coriant’s new high-capacity 8665 Smart Router will play a key role in Telefónica Germany’s...

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PLUMgrid Joins Canonical Ubuntu OpenStack Interoperability Lab

PLUMgrid has become an Ubuntu Cloud partner and a part of the Canonical OpenStack Interoperability Lab program. PLUMgrid Open Networking Suite (ONS) provides virtual network infrastructure including SDN and NFV based on fully distributed, programmable architecture. The Canonical OpenStack Interoperability Lab (OIL) in testing more than 3,000 cloud configurations on Ubuntu OpenStack each month. As part of OIL, PLUMgrid ONS will participate in the...

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ALU Passes 300 Million Milestone for DSL Ports

Alcatel-Lucent has passed the 300 million milestone for the total number of DSL ports shipped. The company estimates that its equipment is used in at least 33% of current active DSL ports worldwide. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/blog/2015/300-million-dsl-ports-its-drive-connect-wo...

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