Intel's Latest Xeon E7 Packs up to 18 Cores for Big Performance Gains

Intel introduced its latest Xeon processor E7-8800/4800 v3 product families, targeted at real-time analytics and enhanced performance and reliability for mission-critical computing. The design is optimized for processing and analyzing massive data sets in system memory. Some highlights for the Xeon processor E7-8800/4800 v3: 40 percent average performance improvement compared to the prior generation. Up to 6x improvement in business processing...

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HP Debuts NFV System with Helion OpenStack Carrier-Grade

HP introduced its pre-integrated network functions virtualization (NFV) platform for communications service providers (CSPs). The HP NFV System, which leverages HP Helion OpenStack Carrier Grade, is an open source based cloud platform that enables CSPs to decouple the network functions from proprietary hardware appliances. “Many telcos and suppliers have done NFV proof-of-concepts and are now ready to move to production. To do that, they need solutions...

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EMC Releases Open Source ViPR Controller for Software-defined Storage

EMC released "Project CoprHD" ("copperhead"), an open source version of its EMC ViPR Controller for software-defined storage. Project CoprHD makes the code for ViPR Controller – all the storage automation and control functionality – open for community-driven development. ViPR Controller is storage automation software that centralizes and transforms EMC and third-party storage into a simple, extensible and open platform and EMC will continue to sell...

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Big Switch' Big Tap Monitoring Fabric 4.5 Aims for Security and Visibility

Big Switch Networks released the latest version (4.5) of its Big Tap Monitoring Fabric 4.5, delivering new security monitoring and visibility features, including inline/out-of-band deployment, flow-level granularity, and advanced analytics. Big Tap is a 1G/10G/40G network visibility fabric that leverages software defined networking (SDN) principles and high-performance ODM or Dell Open Networking switches to provide scalable data center wide monitoring. “With...

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Infinera and Arista Target Data Center Interconnection

Infinera and Arista Networks announced a technology alliance to deliver scalable, turn-key metro and regional cloud networking solutions. The solution integrates Arista's 7000 series switching portfolio with the Infinera Cloud Xpress to deliver an interoperable solution designed for data center interconnects of up to 8 Tbps and extending up to 200km. The companies completed interoperability testing earlier this year. "Arista and Infinera are redefining...

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Cloudera and Intel Accelerate Big Data Encryption by 2.5X

Cloudera and Intel have been able to achieve a 2.5X improvement in encryption off-load performance, enabling an entire Hadoop data set to be encrypted with a system overhead that ranges from only 1% to 4% depending on the workload. The gains are made by optimizing Cloudera’s distribution, including Apache Hadoop, with the latest Intel Xeon processor with embedded Intel AES New Instructions (Intel AES-NI) has enabled more robust protection of critical...

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HP and SAP Pitch S/4HANA on Helion Managed Cloud

SAP and HP are deepening their partnership to help customers transition to SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA) utilizing HP Helion Managed Cloud service. “By combining SAP S/4HANA with HP migration and cloud expertise, we are demonstrating our commitment to providing customers with simplicity and choice for their journey to the digital economy,” said John Hinshaw, chief customer officer and executive vice president, Technology & Operations,...

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IBM Watson Develops Hybrid Cloud Capabilities

IBM Watson will be gaining new hybrid cloud capabilities that help bridge enterprise data with web-based cloud applications for faster and more insightful data intelligence. IBM said Watson Hybrid Cloud will use Watson Explorer — a cognitive computing exploration capability for the enterprise — as the on-premises platform for the application development, combining enterprise data sources into the application through a scalable environment that keeps...

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Ixia Posts Q1 Revenue of $121 Million

Ixia reported total revenue for the 2015 first quarter of $121.0 million, compared with $113.7 million reported for the 2014 first quarter and $127.2 million reported for the 2014 fourth quarter. On a GAAP basis, the company recorded a net loss for the 2015 first quarter of $9.6 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $19.5 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, for the 2014 first quarter. Non-GAAP net income for the 2015 first...

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CloudGenix Raises $25 Million for Software-Defined WAN

CloudGenix, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, announced $25 million in Series B funding for its software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) solutions. CloudGenix virtualizes underlying transports into a secure application-defined WAN. The solution leverages a CloudGenix controller with selective peering to interoperate with the physical carrier network. The design supports application-specific overlays and policies, including allowed...

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Marvell Introduces ARMADA Mobile PXA 1826 LTE Modem with Carrier Aggregation

Marvell Semiconductor's latest ARMADA Mobile PXA 1826 LTE modem supports the latest carrier aggregation features.  Marvell has been a leader in TDD LTE technology. Several carriers now have licenses across TDD and FDD, creating a need for LTE modems supporting both. Presented by Allen Leibovitch, Senior Product Marketing Manager. See video: https://youtu.be/OZ5_DdQu9kg...

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Neighbor-Awareness Networking in Wi-Fi

Marvell is implementing support neighbor-awareness networking, or social Wi-fi, in its 802.11 silicon, enabling any nearby devices to connect in a peer-to-peer fashion, which can then engage in all sorts of shared applications. The Wi-Fi is working on neighbor-awareness networking for smartphones, tablets, smart watches, without the need for an AP between them. It is also working on a Wi-fi Aware capability and Marvell's plans to certify its...

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Indoor Navigation Capabilities with 802.11ac Silicon

Marvell Semiconductor is implementing indoor navigation capabilities on its 802.11ac chipsets. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals can used to navigate large indoor facilities, such as malls, office complexes, hospitals, etc. See video: https://youtu.be/RpgLAsUgc4I ...

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Enabling the Mobile Ecosystem with Leading-Edge Technology - Lu Chang

Mobile is a fast moving industry, both from the consumer point-of-view and the service provider point-of-view, says Lu Chang, Sr. Director, Mobile Products at Marvell. Here he discusses the mobile ecosystem. Marvell has been in the mobile sector for some times, starting out building 3G products and later expanding into multi-mode 2/3/4G and LTE. The company works closely with service providers around the world to enable the next generation of smartphones...

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Marvell Powers Samsung’s Galaxy J1 LTE Smartphone

Marvell is supplying its PXA 1908 processor to power Samsung’s Galaxy J1 LTE Smartphone, says Allen Leibovitch. It is a 64-bit architecture with integrated LTE modem supporting 5-mode operation. See video: https://youtu.be/L3HwcpUtRM...

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Marvell Partners with Google’s ATAP to Support Project Ara

Allen Leibovitch discusses Marvell's partnership with Google’s Advanced Technology and Products (ATAP) Group to support Project Ara. Specifically, Marvell can provide the processor, the LTE and the Wi-Fi, enabling a new round of innovation in handset technology. See video: https://youtu.be/DwpxApc_rUs...

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