AT&T Transfers Managed App and Hosting Business to IBM

AT&T agreed to transition its managed application and managed hosting services unit to IBM. IBM will then align these managed service capabilities with the IBM Cloud portfolio. IBM will also acquire equipment and access to floor space in AT&T data centers currently supporting the applications and managed hosting operations. Financial terms were not disclosed. AT&T will continue to provide other managed networking services, including...

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Juniper Discloses Unauthorized Code in ScreenOS

Juniper Networks disclosed the discovery of unauthorized code in its ScreenOS that could allow a knowledgeable attacker to gain administrative access to NetScreen devices and to decrypt VPN connections. It is not known who inserted the code into the OS nor how long it has been there. All NetScreen devices using ScreenOS 6.2.0r15 through 6.2.0r18 and 6.3.0r12 through 6.3.0r20 are affected by these issues and require patching. The urgent security...

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Box Extends its Strategic Sales Partnership with IBM

Box announced a new agreement to expand its strategic partnership with IBM. The companies will undertake stronger go-to-market and sales commitments. With a new term that has the potential to last for a decade or more, the partnership underscores the companies’ long-term commitment to delivering modern enterprise content management and collaboration solutions. “IBM and Box are committed to delivering world-class solutions that transform how businesses...

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Linux Foundation Backs Blockchain for Transaction Verification

The Linux Foundation announced a new collaborative effort to advance blockchain technology. Blockchain is a digital technology for recording and verifying transactions. The distributed ledger is a permanent, secure tool that makes it easier to create cost-efficient business networks without requiring a centralized point of control. With distributed ledgers, virtually anything of value can be tracked and traded. The application of this emerging technology...

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Spirent Debuts First 50Gb Ethernet Test System

Spirent unveiled the world's first 50 Gbps Higher Speed Ethernet test solution. Spirent's 50GbE Boost system tests layer 1 to layer 3 quality and highlights error-free performance with different combinations of streams, frame lengths and rates by delivering per-port and per-stream statistics such as latency, frames out of sequence, frame counts and rates, L1 PRBS capability and layer 1 statistics to help debug physical link problems. "According...

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