AT&T releases its Virtual Optical Line Termination Hardware Abstraction to ONF

AT&T is contributing its Virtual Optical Line Termination Hardware Abstraction (VOLTHA) code into the Open Networking Foundation (ONF). VOLTA provides the framework behind AT&T's XGS-PON access network in the cloud. AT&T is currently performing proof-of-concept testing of VOLTHA in its labs and are planning to deploy XGS-PON field trials before the end of 2017. AT&T described its decision to contribute its VOLTHA code as one more...

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IDC: Worldwide cloud IT infrastructure revenues up 25.8% in Q2

Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew 25.8% year over year in the second quarter of 2017 (2Q17), reaching $12.3 billion, according to IDC's updated Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker service. "The strength in public cloud growth continued at an accelerated pace through the first half of 2017," said Kuba Stolarski, research...

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Carrier-1 Dallas offers "data center with a data center"

Carrier-1, which owns a wholesale colocation building in Dallas, has begun offering private, purpose-built, dedicated suites within its 106,866 square foot facility. Carrier-1 refers to its offering as a "data center within a data center" because the private suites are separated from the general colocation area. The Dallas-Fort Worth area is widely acknowledged as one the hottest data center markets in the U.S....

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General Electric picks AWS as its preferred cloud

General Electric has named Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider. Financial terms were not disclosed. The companies said that GE has been migrating thousands of its core applications to AWS in process that began in 2014. So far, more than 2,000 applications have been migrated to AWS, including several that leverage AWS’s analytics and machine learning services. Business units with applications on AWS include GE Power, GE Aviation,...

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AT&T now has temporary cell sites in 11 sites in Puerto Rico

AT&T announced that it now has temporary cell sites operational in the following locations in Puerto Rico: Fajardo, San German, Ponce Cursillo, Manati, Cayey, Mayaguez Mesa, Ponce, Arecibo, Humacao, Rio Grande, and Aguadilla. Further deployments are planned in Yauco, Guayama, and Vega Alta. AT&T is currently carrying more than 9 million calls and 5 million text messages a day on its network in Puerto Rico. The temporary cell sites are carrying...

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NeoPhotonics announces layoffs and cost reduction efforts

Citing uncertainty in demand from China, NeoPhotonic announced a set of restructuring actions, including a reduction in force, real estate consolidation, a write-down of inventory for certain programs and assets and a write-down of idle assets. NeoPhotonics also trimmed its financial outlook for the third quarter of 2017, saying revenue is now expected to be in the range of $69 to $71 million, with GAAP gross margin of approximately 10% to 13% and...

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Colt upgrades Asia Pac networks with Ciena's 6500

Colt Technology Services is deploying Ciena’s 6500 Converged Packet Optical Platform as part of an upgrade to its core network assets in the Asia Pacific region. The deployment on the Colt IQ Network began in September 2017 and includes installations in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore, as well as help strengthen intercontinental connections into Europe.  Financial terms were not disclosed. Ciena noted that Colt is also using its Unified Management...

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WSJ: Russian hackers stole NSA data in 2015

There was another major cyber breach at the U.S. National Security Agency. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, an NSA employee accessed classified information using a personal computer at home that was running  Kaspersky's antivirus software. The incident reportedly occurred in 2015 and led to the cyber theft of sophisticated hacking tools used by the NSA's Tailored Access Operations group. https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-hackers-stole-nsa-data-on-u-s-cyber-defense-1507222...

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