“VMware Cloud on AWS” Brings New Private/Public Model

Amazon Web Services and VMware announced a strategic alliance to drive hybrid cloud services for enterprise customers. Under the alliance, "VMware Cloud on AWS" will be the primary public cloud solution delivered, sold, and supported by VMware; AWS will be VMware’s primary public cloud infrastructure partner; and VMware will be AWS’s primary private cloud partner in new strategic alliance. The service, which will be sold by VMware beginning in mid-2017,...

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Docker Signs Aliyun Cloud for Container Service

Aliyun, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, and Docker announced a commercial agreement to provide a Docker image store and distribution for Docker Hub on Alibaba Cloud. In addition, Alibaba Cloud will resell Commercially Supported (CS) Docker Engine and Docker Datacenter, enabling enterprises to manage their production workloads across the entire application lifecycle. The companies said that because Docker Hub will be hosted locally in...

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Ericsson: 3 Steps on the Road to 5G

The journey to 5G is well underway and progressing in 3 steps, says Erik Ekudden, VP & Head of Group Technology Strategy at Ericsson. The first step in the implementation of a 5G-ready Core, where SDN and NFV are used for network slicing.  Next is the evolution of wide-area  IoT with LTE Cat-M, NB-IoT, etc.  And the third step is the rollout of 5G wireless access with the extreme capacity for AR/VR, 4k video streams, etc. See...

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Sprint to Launch SD-WAN with Velocloud

Sprint is preparing to launch global SD-WAN services in early 2017 using VeloCloud's platform. The first customer field trials are underway. “After a thorough vendor evaluation process, Sprint determined that the VeloCloud solution best aligned with Sprint’s focus on network agility, flexibility and cloud services enablement, said Mike Fitz, Vice President of the Sprint Global Wireline Business Unit. “We are excited to work with VeloCloud to support...

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Telia Achieves 15 Gbps with Ericsson 5G

In a 5G outdoor trial conducted in Kista, Sweden using 800 MHz of spectrum in the 15 GHz band, Telia and Ericsson achieved peak rates of 15 Gbps per user and a latency below 3 milliseconds. Ericsson said this marks an important milestone in our companies’ joint roadmap for 5G in Sweden and Estonia announced in January, with the goal to let Telia customers in Stockholm and Tallinn experience 5G services already in 2018. Mats Svärdh, Head of Networks...

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Hawaiki Transpacific Cable Project is On Track

Pre-deployment work on Hawaiki, the 14,000 km transpacific cable system scheduled for completion in mid-2018, is on track. Hawaiki will link Australia and New Zealand to the mainland United States, as well as Hawaii, with options to expand to several South Pacific islands. Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP and TE SubCom announced that system manufacturing has commenced. Some updates: More than 1,000 kilometers of lightweight cable has been manufactured...

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Aerohive Trims Guidance

Citing slower E-Rate funding approvals, Aerohive Networks trimmed its financial guidance, saying it now expects revenue for the third fiscal quarter to be $40 million, which is below the company's previously stated guidance of $46 million to $50 million. On a GAAP basis, the company expects gross margin for the third fiscal quarter to be between 66.3 percent and 66.8 percent and net loss per share for the third fiscal quarter to be between $0.19...

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