GSMA: North America Leads in New Mobile Tech Adoption

The North American mobile industry continues to lead other regions in the adoption of new mobile technologies, according to a newly released GSMA report called "The Mobile Economy - North America 2015’, including 4G networks, the Internet of Things (IoT) and digital commerce. North America is home to more than 250 million unique subscribers, equivalent to a unique subscriber penetration rate of 70 per cent and 360 million mobile connections (excluding...

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Equinix Picks Infinera Cloud Xpress for Metro Datacenter Interconnection

Equinix is deploying the Infinera Cloud Xpress to interconnect its four data centers in Tokyo. The Equinix IBX data centers in Tokyo currently serve over 260 companies. Equinix is also using the Infinera Cloud Xpress in Hong Kong to interconnect local data centers. “Equinix is rapidly expanding across the globe,” said Teri Francis, vice president of technology at Equinix. “Cloud Xpress is an ideal solution for us to scale bandwidth in our Hong...

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Cisco to Acquire Lancope for Traffic Behavior Analytics

Cisco agreed to acquire Lancope, a privately held network security company for $452.5 million in cash and assumed equity awards, plus additional retention based incentives for Lancope employees who join Cisco. The companies have been commercial partners for some time. Lancope, which is based in Alpharetta, Georgia, provides network behavior analytics, threat visibility and security intelligence to help protect companies against top cyber security...

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IHS: Growing Prospects for SDN in Macrocell Backhaul

A growing number of Service Providers will be deploying SDN technologies in their mobile backhaul networks in 2016, according to a newly published 2015 IHS Infonetics Macrocell Backhaul Strategies and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey. Some highlights of the survey: Greater network flexibility and improved operational efficiencies are the chief drivers for implementing network functions virtualization (NFV) within the backhaul...

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IHS: QSFP28 Shipments to Surge in 2016

Big changes are underway in the market for optical transceivers aimed at data center applications, according to a newly released IHS Infonetics 10G/40G/100G Data Center Optics report. The report tracks in granular detail optical transceivers, or short reach optics, by speed, reach, wavelength and form factor. Some highlights: Global 10/40/100G datacom transceiver revenue was up 14 percent in the first half of 2015 (1H15) from the same period...

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Intel Security Aligns Strategy to End-points and Cloud

Intel Security is revamping its corporate strategy to focus on the endpoint and the cloud as the most effective areas for advanced visibility and practical operational control. The company seeks to deliver a simplified user experience powered by centralized management and a connected architecture across Intel and third-party products. “The rising volume and complexity of attacks present a vicious cycle of challenges for organizations and makes...

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Infinera Reports Q3 Revenue of $232.5 Million

Infinera reported GAAP revenue for its third fiscal quarter of $232.5 million compared to $207.3 million in the second quarter of 2015 and $173.6 million in the third quarter of 2014. GAAP gross margin for the quarter was 44.2% compared to 46.7% in the second quarter of 2015 and 43.4% in the third quarter of 2014. GAAP operating margin for the quarter was 6.1% compared to 8.0% in the second quarter of 2015 and 4.3% in the third quarter of 2014....

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Radisys Posts Growth in its Software-Systems Revenue

Radisys reported consolidated revenue was $44.8 million, compared to $47.0 million in the prior quarter and $50.8 million in the third quarter of 2014. Gross margin (GAAP) for the quarter was 29.0%, compared to 26.8% in the prior quarter and 28.9% in the third quarter of 2014. There was a net loss (GAAP) of $2.1 million, or $0.06 per share, compared to a GAAP net loss of $4.1 million, or $0.11 per share, in the prior quarter and GAAP net loss of...

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Cato Raises $20 Million for Network Security as a Service

Cato Networks, a start-up based in Tel Aviv, Israel, announced $20 million in Series A funding for its rethinking of network security. Cato Networks is developing a new Network Security as a Service (NSaaS) platform for the distributed, mobile and Cloud-based enterprise. The solution will be available to the general public in the first half 2016, and the company is currently accepting beta customers. The company was founded by Shlomo Kramer and...

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