Top Twelve Cloud Computing Threats

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Top Threats Working Group published a report listing The Treacherous 12: Cloud Computing Top Threats in 2016: Data Breaches Weak Identity, Credential and Access Management Insecure APIs System and Application Vulnerabilities Account Hijacking Malicious Insiders Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) Data Loss Insufficient Due Diligence Abuse and Nefarious Use of Cloud Services Denial of Service Shared Technology Issues "Our...

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Gigamon Revs Metadata Engine for Contextual Security Analytics

Gigamon unveiled its Metadata Engine for their GigaSECURE Security Delivery Platform (SDP). The solution centrally generates and aggregates contextual information about network traffic. It sends that metadata to the security analytics devices that can leverage the information. The company said its Metadata Engine will ‘super-charge’ security information and event management systems (SIEMs), enabling forensics solutions and user behavioral analytics...

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Pica8 Cranks Up OpenFlow Switching by 1000x

Pica8 is introducing a Table Type Patterns (TTP) functionality in its PicOS network operating system that overcomes limitations in OpenFlow scaling for very large data centers. The company said TTP enables its PicOS to scale to 2 million flows with Cavium’s XPliant switch ASIC, and to 256,000 flows with Broadcom’s StrataXGS Tomahawk switch ASIC. Typical TCAM flow capacity in the top-of-rack installed base today is between 1,000 and 2,000 flows,...

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IBM to Acquire Resilient Systems for Security Incident Response

IBM agreed to acquire Resilient Systems, a leader in security incident response solutions, based in Cambridge, Mass. Financial terms were not disclosed. Resilient Systems' incident response platform technology enables clients to respond to security breaches faster and with greater precision and coordination, allowing orchestration of response process across functions (security, HR, finance, government relations, etc.) and across security systems...

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Trend Micro Cloud App Security Integrates Box, Dropbox and Google Drive

Trend Micro has extended its Cloud App Security solution to Box, Dropbox and Google Drive. Cloud App Security capabilities include: Guards against advanced threats with sandbox malware analysis Uses DLP to provide visibility into sensitive data use with cloud file sharing Detects malware hidden in office files using document exploit detection Supports all user functionality and devices with simple API integration in the cloud Integrates with...

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Check Point and IBM Form Threat Intelligence Alliance

Check Point Software Technologies and IBM announced an expanded alliance, including the sharing of threat intelligence, as the security industry moves to a more collaborative approach to defend against cybercrime. The new alliance includes four main areas of collaboration: Shared threat intelligence. An open approach to collaborative defense in the security industry is needed to effectively protect against new and evolving threats. IBM X-Force...

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Hibernia Networks Opens PoP in Dubai

Hibernia Networks has established a Point of Presence (PoP) in Dubai, UAE in one of the city's major telco hubs. The Ethernet-based connectivity service leverages the unmatched latency performance of the Hibernia Express cable across the Atlantic, which connects Europe and North America. “With its strategic location, Dubai is a major international hub for financial markets as well as media and content distribution throughout the region and beyond,”...

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Krish Prabhu joins University of Texas (Arlington) Faculty

Krish Prabhu, president of AT&T Labs and chief technology officer, has been named to The University of Texas at Arlington's Engineering Hall of Achievement and appointed a research professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He will remain in his current role at AT&T while serving as a resource for UTA as it bolsters its research and teaching in his areas of expertise. Prabhu previous was chief executive officer of Tellabs....

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Blueprint: Enterprise Cloud is the “New Normal,” Now It’s About Making It Work

by Boris Goldberg, co-founder of Cloudyn Predictions from 2014 suggested that enterprises would flock to the cloud, which actually happened. The spectacular growth that AWS has already enjoyed along with the estimates that by the end of 2015, AWS revenues would reach somewhere upwards of $7 billion, show that this market has evolved into something that is much more than what was anticipated. While Microsoft Azure is still in second place, it has...

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Preview #ONS2016 with Guru Parulkar

This year's Open Networking Summit is going to bring together everything in open source networking, says Guru Parulkar, Program Chair of ONS. Expect to see mini-summits of all the big open source projects underway. The event will also bring together builders, enterprise users and Service Providers at the forefront of SDN and NFV.   YouTube link: https://youtu.be/D2u1VhhAdZY Open Networking Summit - March 14-16, 2016 Santa Clara Convention...

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Preview #ONS2016 with Jim Zemlin

The Linux Foundation is bringing its unique industry standing to this year's #ONS2016, says Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of the Linux Foundation.  This relates directly to the big open source projects, including OpenDaylight, OPNFV, ONOS -- all of which are defining the future open source footprint of networking. YouTube link: https://youtu.be/anx_IWMxIDE Open Networking Summit - March 14-16, 2016 Santa Clara Convention Center Santa...

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Versa Networks Tightens Security for Branch Offices with SD-WAN

Versa Networks has expanded its FlexVNF software to enable service providers (through managed service offerings) and enterprise IT teams to evolve branch security infrastructure from legacy point appliances to a more agile and software-defined approach. Versa has expanded its portfolio of SD-Security functionality in Versa FlexVNF, which incorporates  a next-generation firewall (NGFW), anti-virus capability, intrusion prevention and category/content...

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Microsemi Targets 400G Metro Optical with DIGI-G4 OTN Processor

Microsemi announced  mass production of its DIGI-G4, its latest DIGI Optical Transport Network (OTN) processor enabling the transition to 400G OTN switching solutions in metro transport networks. Microsemi's DIGI-G4 enables network equipment vendors to double the 100G OTN port density on their optical transport systems, while achieving a 50 percent reduction in power per 100G port. Some highlights: Industry's first single-chip 4x100G solution...

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AT&T Announces Labor Accord in Southwest

AT&T announced a tentative agreement with the Communications Workers of America in Mobility contract negotiations in CWA District 6 (AT&T's Southwest region). The deal was reached prior to expiration of the extended contract at 11:59 p.m. Central Time Feb. 28. It covers more than 9,400 Mobility employees in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. http://www.att.com/corewirelinebargain...

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Mediatek Unveils Ultra Power-Saving Mobile Processor

MediaTek introduced an "ultra power-saving" mobile processor for the next generation of smartphones. The MediaTek Helio P20, which promises 25 percent better power efficiency than its predecessor, leverages 16nm process technology and is the world’s first SoC to support low power double data rate random access memory – LPDDR4X.  The processor features upgraded CPU and GPU capabilities with its True Octa-Core architecture clocked up to 2.3GHz,...

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DOCOMO Partners with Mediatek on 5G Access

NTT DOCOMO is working with MediaTek of Taiwan to jointly develop and conduct trials of technology that will enable increased data capacity for 5G systems. The trials, which will be conducted in either Taiwan or Japan from 2017 onwards, will develop a communication system to combine non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) wireless access technologies from DOCOMO and multi-user interference cancellation (MUIC) technologies from MediaTek. NOMA multiplexes...

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Mobile World Congress Topped 100,000 Visitors, up 6%

At the close of this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the GSMA said attendance surpassed the 100,000 mark for the first time in the event’s history, with nearly 101,000 attendees, up 6% over 2015. The GSMA’s Ministerial Programme, which ran along side the main event, also attracted record attendance, with delegations representing 137 countries and 31 international organizations. Next year's MWC will be held 27 February – 2 March 2017...

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#MWC16: Top Awards at Mobile World Congress

The GSMA announced the winners of its 2016 Glomo Awards, which are judged by analysts, journalists, academics and, in some cases, mobile operator representatives. Awards were give in 40 categories (a few listed below) Some highlights: Best Mobile Infrastructure Ericsson for Ericsson Radio System Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough ZTE for Pre5G Massive MIMO base station Best Technology Enabler Accedian and SK Telecom for QoE-Aware SDN Control Best...

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#MWC16: Huawei Showcases 5G Technologies

Huawei showcased a number of 5G innovations at Mobile World Congress, including: 5G New Radio Access Technologies (5G New RAT) in a large scale field trial with NTT DOCOMO, 5G Full Duplex Radio Technology with China Mobile, 5G mobile architecture for the Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) applications with Vodafone, Extremely fast 5G mmWave technology operating at 70 Gbps, and end-to-end network slicing technologies with Deutsche...

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#MWC16: Ericsson Supplies First 5Gbps Microwave Link in Egypt

Ericsson announced the first commercial deployment of its E-band microwave radio with 5 Gbps capacity.  The installation occurred in January in Mobinil's network in Egypt. Hisham Sibilini, Mobinil CTIO, said: "We hold our customers at the core of our operations. Launching this global first technology is an anticipatory move in light of our expanding customer base and its long-term sustainability. With Ericsson as our partner in Egypt, we...

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ThousandEyes Raises $35 Million for Monitoring Software

ThousandEyes, a start-up based in San Francisco, closed $35 million in Series C funding for its network intelligence solutions. ThousandEyes is a network intelligence platform that delivers visibility into every network an organization relies on, enabling them to optimize and improve application delivery, end-user experience and ongoing infrastructure investments. The company said modern enterprises rely on third-party applications, services and...

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Palo Alto Networks Posts Revenue of $335M, up 54% YoY

Palo Alto Networks reported record revenue of $334.7 million for the fiscal second quarter 2016, up 54 percent compared with total revenue of $217.7 million for the fiscal second quarter 2015. GAAP net loss for the fiscal second quarter 2016 was $62.5 million, or $0.72 per diluted share, compared with GAAP net loss of $43.0 million, or $0.53 per diluted share, for the fiscal second quarter 2015. “We reported strong fiscal second quarter results...

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#MWC16: Cavium Demos M-CORD with ON.Lab

Cavium hosted a Proof of Concept (POC) for the Mobility Data Center (M-CORD) in collaboration with ON.Lab.  The demo used for using Cavium's ThunderX COTS servers and OCTEON Fusion-M baseband processors at Mobile World Congress. CORD (Central Office Re-architected as a Datacenter) combines SDN, NFV and the elasticity of commodity clouds, leveraging merchant silicon, white boxes, standard leaf-spine fabric for network connectivity and open source...

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#MWC16 - Nokia Demos NB-IoT with Intel and Vodafone

At this week's Mobile World Congress, Nokia demoed Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) in collaboration with Intel and Vodafone. The demo shows future NB-IoT services from Vodafone in both rural and urban scenarios, supported by NB-IoT-enabled network equipment from Nokia and client device technology from Intel. The system highlights NB-IoT’s capability to support the massive number of low-throughput sensors and devices that will enable next-generation...

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#MWC16: MulteFire Alliance Pursues LTE in Unlicensed Spectrum

There is a growing interest in using LTE in unlicensed spectrum, according to The MulteFire Alliance, which was launched just over a year ago to promote the technology.  The alliance is developing a global ecosystem for LTE in unlicensed spectrum and the further development of small cell technology. Ericsson, Intel, Nokia and Qualcomm are key players behind MulteFire. Multiple demos were held at MWC16 this week in Barcelona. The MulteFire...

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#MWC16: Baicells' Mini Base Station Fits in Palm of Your Hand

Baicells introduced a mini, small cell base station based on Qualcomm's the FSM90xx chipsets. The palm-sized elfCell, which integrates baseband, RF and antenna, is considered to be one of the world’s smallest base stations. “Compliant with 3GPP standard, elfCell can be used by the general public. It can support flexible frequency bands, FDD/TDD dual modes and most importantly plug & play, which means a zero configuration, zero installation...

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#MWC16- Samsung Spins 256GB Flash for High-End Phones

Samsung Electronics has begun mass production of the first 256-gigabyte (GB) embedded memory based on the Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 2.0 standard.  The newly introduced embedded memory, which is targeted at high-end mobile devices, exceeds that of a typical SATA-based SSD for PCs. The new Samsung UFS memory is based on the company’s most advanced V-NAND flash memory chips and a specially-designed high-performance controller. The UFS memory...

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#MWC16: IDT Partners with 5G Lab Germany on Autonomous Cars

Integrated Device Technology announced a multi-year collaboration with 5G Lab Germany on 5G tactile networks, including the application of IDT technology to enable network-connected autonomous vehicles. The project extends the Dresden-based lab's focus on combining 5G technologies with system-transforming applications. IDT said its RapidIO technology will be used to explore two key elements of the network. First, the 100ns latency RapidIO switching...

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#MWC: Pluribus Updates SDN Software for Dell ON Switches

Pluribus Networks released a new version of its Open Netvisor Linux (ONVL) for Dell, enabling the automatic creation of fully connected mesh networking for the data center along with deep visibility and application-awareness for applications like big data, network storage and virtual desktop infrastructure. Highlights of Open Netvisor Linux version 2.3.2 for Dell include: The ability to create an agile, fully connected and single fabric regardless...

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#MWC16: Vimplecom Picks ZTE for NFV Rollout in 5 Countries

Vimplecom has selected ZTE to build a complete virtual network infrastructure providing 4G, 3G and 2G mobile data services to customers across five markets in 2016. Financial terms were not disclosed. ZTE’s virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) network will be introduced in Kyrgyzstan and Laos in February 2016. Following these two markets, VimpelCom plans to introduce the fully virtualized network in Uzbekistan, Armenia, and Tajikistan during the course...

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Martin Casado Joins Andreessen Horowitz as a General Partner

Martin Casado, the founder and CTO of Nicira and most recently General Manager and Executive Vice President of VMware's Networking and Security Business, has joined Andreessen Horowitz as a General Partner. Casado is known for his pioneering work with OpenFlow while at Stanford.  In 2009, Nicira Networks was established to commercialize software-defined network. In 2012, VMware acquired Nicira for $1.26 billion. In a blog post, Marc Andreessen...

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VMware Appoints Rajiv Ramaswami as GM of Networking & Security

VMware announced the appointment of Dr. Rajiv Ramaswami as General Manager and Executive Vice President of its Networking and Security Business, replacing Martin Casado. Ramaswami most recently served as executive vice president and general manager of the Infrastructure & Networking Group of Broadcom Corporation. Prior to Broadcom, Ramaswami was vice president and general manager of the Cloud Services and Switching Technology Group at Cisco...

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#MWC16: Telefónica Picks Ericsson for UNICA

Telefónica has selected Ericsson as a key partner of this program to provide the infrastructure and software required to launch the UNICA architecture in Telefónica Germany in 2016. UNICA is the telecommunication cloud architecture of Telefónica which aims to virtualize NFV in an automatized fashion across its operations. It is a solution open, modular, multi-vendor, multi-site, standard, secure, flexible and extensible, designed to meet Telefonica's...

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#MWC16: Juniper Selected for Telefónica Fusión Network.

Telefónica has selected Juniper Networks to provide the core infrastructure for its next generation Fusión Network, which aims to transform the customer experience for mobile, residential and business services across Spain. Financial terms were not disclosed. Specifically, Telefónica Spain will use Juniper's MX Series 3D Routers to provide a high performance, intelligent SDN control, service rich core network for the Fusión Network. The MX2020 will...

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