AT&T Expands Service Offerings on AWS

AT&T is integrating its NetBond service with the AWS Direct Connect (DX) bundle to offer highly secure access to Infor and Pegasystems, two leading application and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers. Both Infor and Pegasystems will become a part of the AT&T NetBond ecosystem. AT&T NetBond is now active in seven domestic and global AWS Direct Connect regions including: Northern CA, Northern VA, Oregon, Ireland, Frankfurt, Singapore,...

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Palo Alto Networks Offers AutoScaling Firewalls on AWS

Palo Alto Networks has integrated its VM-Series virtualized next-generation firewalls with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB). This allows enterprise customers to automatically scale the cyber breach prevention capabilities of the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform as their AWS workload demands fluctuate. Additionally, Palo Alto Networks joins the AWS Competency Program for Security, which...

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Barracuda Adds Metered Billing for Application Firewall on AWS

Barracuda announced a new metered billing option for its Web Application Firewall on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The metered billing option enables customers to deploy an unlimited number of Web Application Firewalls and only pay for what they consume. The company said its Web Application Firewall is the first third-party web application security solution available on the AWS Marketplace where customer usage is aggregated and charged as part of an...

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Chef Launches as Fully Managed Service on AWS

Chef's commercial platform have been integrated into a new managed service provided, supported, and backed by Amazon Web Service (AWS). Chef's tools aid in configuring, deploying, and scaling cloud and on-premises infrastructure automating infrastructure as code. The cloud version provides access to Chef's entire platform, while also taking care of all Chef maintenance, from provisioning environments to backups. "Many of our customers have been...

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Juniper to Acquire AppFormix for Cloud Optimization

Juniper Networks agreed to acquire AppFormix, a start-up based in San Jose, California, specializing in cloud operations management for enterprise devops teams. Financial terms were not disclosed. The AppFormix software platform provides real-time analytics, capacity planning, and orchestration tooling in a shared dashboard that gives cloud operators and applications developers a better way to understand performance across the entire cloud stack....

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IDC: Worldwide Server Sales Decline 7% in Q3

Vendor revenue in the worldwide server market declined 7.0% year over year to $12.5 billion in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. Server demand across enterprise portfolios was soft for the quarter, and demand for high-end systems experienced a year-over-year revenue decline of 25.0% to $1.1 billion. IDC said overall server market growth had recently slowed...

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Telefónica Hits 10Gbps with Nokia's XGS-PON FTTH

Telefónica has successfully tested Nokia's XGS-PON next-generation fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) technology in its labs, delivering symmetrical broadband speeds of up to 10Gbps. The technology is expected to facilitate Telefonica's 5G mobile network roll-out. Nokia said its XGS-PON will provide a simple upgrade path from the current GPON fiber technology deployed by Telefonica. The companies noted that the XGS-PON lab trial showed four times more upstream...

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Ericsson's Accelerated Network Build Looks to Automation

Ericsson launched Accelerated Network Build, a new solution aimed at accelerating and streamlining the network build process for operators to deliver a faster time to market with quicker return on investment. The solution uses a proprietary cloud-based toolkit that delivers streamlined process improvements. Ericsson Accelerated Network Build promises to cut build time 50 percent, improve quality by reducing number of site visits by 70 percent...

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