McAfee to Spin Out of Intel as Independent Company

Intel reached an agreement with TPG, a private investment fund, to spin out its security division as a newly formed, jointly-owned, independent cybersecurity company. The new company will be called McAfee, its former name. Chris Young will be appointed CEO of the new company upon closing of the transaction. TPG will own 51 percent of McAfee and Intel will own 49 percent in a transaction valuing the business at approximately $4.2 billion. TPG is...

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HPE to Spin Out Software Group with Micro Focus

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) will spin-off its non-core software assets, merging this business unit with Micro Focus.  The deal was valued at approximately $8.8 billion. The software assets include HPE’s Application Delivery Management, Big Data, Enterprise Security, Information Management & Governance and IT Operations Management businesses.  These will be merged with Micro Focus, thereby creating one of the world’s largest pure-play...

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Pokémon GO Downloads Surpass 500 Million

Pokémon GO, the location-based augmented reality game developed by Niantic and The Pokémon Company, has been downloaded more that 500 million times since its launch in July. At Apple’s event in San Francisco, Niantic unveiled early details about Pokémon GO for Apple Watch. Fans can look forward to Pokémon GO for Apple Watch to launch later in 2016. “The globally loved Pokémon brand paired with Niantic’s platform and game design that encourages...

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Cologix Plans $130 Million Data Center Expansion

Cologix, a network neutral interconnection and data center company, announced today that construction has begun on a 160K SQF, 18+MW data center on its current 8 acre campus in Columbus, Ohio. The new $130M+ facility will become Columbus's largest neutral data center and will be directly linked to Cologix's existing data centers which are the most connected facilities in Ohio, offering connectivity to 45+ network service providers, 20+ cloud...

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NETSCOUT Debuts its InfiniStreamNG Visibility Platform

NETSCOUT SYSTEMS released its next-generation, real-time information platform called the InfiniStreamNG featuring multiple form factors and deployment options: virtual, software and hardware appliances. InfiniStreamNG, which provides end-to-end visibility in data center, cloud, and hybrid infrastructures for both enterprise and service provider customers is the first proof point of the combined assets and technologies enabled by NETSCOUT’s strategic...

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Sprint Chalks Up Performance Quality Gains

Sprint cited significant gains in its mobile network performance following two years of infrastructure enhancements. Sprint now ranks second for wireless network quality performance in five out of six geographic regions of the U.S. according to J.D. Power's 2016 Wireless Network Quality Performance Study – Volume 2. Sprint has the second-highest network quality in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Southwest and West Regions. The study shows...

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T-Mobile US Tests 5G on 28 GHz Spectrum with Samsung

Samsung Electronics is collaborating with T-Mobile US on new 5G demonstrations and lab tests, including an outdoor environment using T-Mobile’s 28 GHz (mmWave) spectrum and Samsung’s 5G proof of concept system, which will be enabled by Samsung’s advanced beam forming technology. In early 2017, additional in-depth trials will continue using a Samsung pre-commercial 28 GHz system. “We are excited to work with Samsung to see how we can bring to...

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NEC to Build Indonesia Global Gateway Submarine Cable

PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia has selected NEC to build an optical submarine cable system that will connect the islands of Sumatra, Batam, Jawa, Bali, Kalimantan and Sulawesi with Singapore. The Indonesia Global Gateway Cable System (IGG) is specified at 100 Gbps x 80 wavelengths (wl) x 4 fiber pairs (fp) optical fiber pairs. The systems will span approximately 5,300 kilometers, connecting the cities of Dumai, Batam, Jakarta, Madura, Bali, Makassar,...

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Celeno Secures $38 Million for Wi-Fi Silicon

Celeno Communications, a start-up based in Israel, raised $38 million in new funding for its semiconductors for multimedia Wi-Fi networking. Celeno's portfolio includes its 802.11ac Wave 2 product line and software technologies. The new funding round was led by Red Dot Capital Partners, a capital fund focused on growth stage investments funded by Temasek, an investment company based in Singapore, through its enterprise development unit. Additional...

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Finisar Intro WaveShaper Optical Processors

Finisar introduced its WaveShaper Series A Programmable Optical Processors for optical filtering and processing applications in advanced communication systems in R&D and manufacturing. Finisar said its new WaveShaper Series A processors significantly reduce insertion loss and polarization dependent loss (PDL), and provide an increased operating wavelength range for both C- and L-band units. All WaveShaper instruments now include an Ethernet...

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Microsoft Activates Azure from UK Data Centers

Microsoft announced the availability of its Azure cloud services and Office 365 from multiple data centers in the UK. Microsoft has now announced 34 Azure regions around the world with 28 generally available today – more than any other major cloud provider. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-azure-now-available-from-uk-datacente...

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