OpenPOWER Advances in HyperScale Data Center Race

Since its founding two years ago, the OpenPOWER Foundation, which is an open development alliance based on IBM's POWER microprocessor architecture, has grown to more than 200 participating companies and organizations. The goal is to build advanced server, networking, storage and GPU-acceleration technology for next-generation, hyperscale data centers. At the second annual OpenPOWER Summit held in San Jose this week, more than 50 new infrastructure...

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U-Michigan Collaborates with IBM on HPC

The University of Michigan is collaborating with IBM to develop and deliver “data-centric” supercomputing systems based on OpenPower architecture. Specifically, under a grant from the National Science Foundation,  U-M researchers have designed a computing resource called ConFlux to enable high performance computing clusters to communicate directly and at interactive speeds with data-intensive operations. ConFlux incorporates IBM Power Systems...

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Nokia Begins Post-Merger Job Cuts

Nokia announced global job cuts related to its recent acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent. Nokia is targeting EUR 900 million of operating cost synergies to be achieved in full year 2018 . The headcount reductions are expected to take place between now and the end of 2018, consistent with the company's synergy target timeline. The company said personnel reductions will come largely in areas where there are overlaps, such as research and development,...

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Alliance for Open Media Targets Open Source Video Codec

The Alliance for Open Media, which was launched last year with the goal of developing an open standard for video compression and delivery over the web, has just added AMD, ARM and NVIDIA to its ranks. The AOMedia consortium already included Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla and Netflix. The Alliance is also announcing public availability of its AOMedia Video source code as an open source project, and is welcoming contribution from...

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Baidu's Silicon Valley R&D Team Demos Deep Speech

Baidu Research demonstrated its Deep Speech technology integrated into Peel's AI-based platform for home control to create next-generation voice-enabled smart home products. Peel Smart Remote is universal remote app that puts content discovery and device control onto a smartphone. The app has more than 150 million users in 200 countries and 10 billion monthly remote commands. Deep Speech is a state-of-the-art speech recognition system developed...

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Vasona Raises $14.6 Million for Mobile Edge Platform

Vasona Networks, a start-up based in San Jose, California with R&D in Tel Aviv, secured $14.6 million in series C funding for its platform for mobile network capacity, resource management and edge intelligence. Key Vasona Networks offerings include the SmartAIR edge application controller and SmartVISION analysis suite. These platforms leverage edge locations between core and radio access networks, which is a key position for precise traffic...

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Coriant Launches Multi-layer Network Optimization and Planning

Coriant introduced a Multi-layer Network Optimization and Migration Planning Service to help network operators optimize multi-layer (Layer 0-3) network resources while reducing the operational cost and complexity associated with service deployment and time-to-revenue. Key benefits of the vendor-agnostic service include: Improve multi-layer network efficiency by optimizing network design based on traffic patterns Reclaim network resources through...

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Germany's Energy Grid Deploys Ciena

Open Grid Europe, Germany's leading natural gas transmission network, is working with Ciena, in consultation with Kapsch CarrierCom, to deploy a dedicated communications network backbone. The programmable network will enable Open Grid Europe’s intelligent coordination of gas transmission and sustainable energy supply. The deployment includes Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform and unified management capability. http://www.ciena....

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Nokia Offers Passive Optical Alternative to Ethernet

Nokia is launching a Passive Optical LAN (POL) solution that is positioned as an alternative to a copper-based Ethernet LANs for operators, enterprises, governments, healthcare and hospitality providers, and higher education institutions. Nokia said its POL solution, which leverages existing GPON technology, is less costly and requires, on average, 50 percent less space to deploy and power to run than traditional Ethernet based LANs. To better...

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ZTE's Revenue Tops RMB100.1 Billion in 2015

ZTE's full operating revenues for 2015 topped RMB100.19 billion (US$15.62 billion), while operating cash flow and cash dividend hit historic highs as sales in 4G products, smart city and emerging ICT technologies pushed operating revenues up 23% compared to 2014. The ZTE Group reported net profit attributable to holders of ordinary shares of the listed company of RMB3.21 billion for 2015, with basic earnings per share amounting to RMB0.78. The Group’s...

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