Ciena delivers strong Q2, increases guidance

Citing continued market share gains and favorable industry dynamics, Ciena reported strong revenue and earnings for its fiscal second quarter ended April 30, 2019, beating market expectations. Q2 revenue amounted to $865.0 million, increasing 18.5% year over year, while Q2 net income per share amounted to $0.33 GAAP and $0.48 adjusted (non-GAAP). Ciena also increased its outlook for fiscal-third-quarter revenue to be in the range of $915 million...

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Google to acquire Looker for cloud analytics

Google agreed to acquire Looker, a start-up with a platform for business intelligence, data applications and embedded analytics, for $2.6 billion in cash. The Looker platform integrates data at web scale. The company claims 1,700 customers, including Amazon, Etsy, IBM, Kickstarter, Lyft, Sony, Spotify and The Economist. Looker is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California. Investors included CapitalG, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Meritech...

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LF Edge marks first release of Akraino

LF Edge marked the first release of Akraino Edge Stack Release 1, which is an open source software stack for edge computing systems and applications. LF Edge is part of the Linux Foundation. “Akraino R1 represents the first milestone towards creation of a much-needed common framework for edge solutions that address a diverse set of edge use cases,” said Arpit Joshipura, general manager, Networking, Automation, Edge and IoT, the Linux Foundation....

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Arista intros campus edge switches

Arista Networks introduced unified wired and wireless campus edge products designed to help enterprises support IoT. The Arista 720XP Series, which represents Arista’s first purpose-built campus leaf products, includes four fixed configuration models and offers capabilities for new multi-gigabit access port speeds (2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T) enabling the transition to higher speed access devices, up to 60 watts of Power over Ethernet (PoE) for powering...

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WhatsApp outage linked to Cogent' London data center

WhatsApp users from multiple locations around the world experienced a major service disruption on Thursday, 06-June-2019 from 10:50am - 11:30am BST & from 1:10pm - 2:13pm BST. ThousandEyes picked up the outages & identified the issue to 100% packet loss w/in Cogent’s London data center. https://www.thousandeyes.c...

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Cisco to acquire Sentryo for industrial IoT

Cisco agreed to acquire Sentryo, a company based in Lyon, France that provides device visibility and security solutions for industrial control system (ICS) networks. Financial terms were not disclosed. Sentryo’s industrial IoT/OT technology helps ensure the resilience of industrial networks and protect against cyber security attacks. The solution is used in the energy, manufacturing, oil and gas and transportation sectors. Cisco said it will combine...

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NTT Comm signs Zscaler for web security

Zscaler announced a global alliance partnership agreement with NTT Communications to deliver cloud-based internet and web security that scales to all users, regardless of location, enabling enterprises to securely embrace the cloud. “As a DX Enabler™ of digital transformation, we wish to provide services that help customers transform existing businesses and create new ones. To achieve this aim, we need a cloud platform that is not only flexible...

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Deutsche Telekom launches NB-IoT in Germany

Deutsche Telekom launched its NarrowBand IoT (NB-IoT) service in Germany. The network currently covers 90 percent of the nation's territory and 90% of its population. The rollout will be completed by the end of 2019. "Our machine and sensor network offers an enormous range of applications," says Kai-Ulrich Deissner, Head of International Technology & Services Delivery, Deutsche Telekom. "Mobility, security or waste management are just a few...

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Sprint's mobile hotspot hits 1 Gbps

Sprint is offering mobile hotspot from Inseego Corp. that boasts gigabit-speed performance and enterprise-grade security features. The MiFi 8000 leverages LTE Advanced-Pro (category 18) technology and 5x carrier aggregation, resulting in higher peak data rates. It allows up to 15 Wi-Fi clients to connect in 2.4GHz or 5GHz bands simultaneously. It also offers IT admin controls, on-board VPN, guest Wi-Fi network, anti-hacking cybersecurity features...

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Nokia supplies virtualized Distributed Access Architecture in Norway

Altibox, one of the largest regional telecommunication operators in Norway and Denmark, will deploy Nokia's Gainspeed Unified Cable Access solution, based on a fully virtualized Distributed Access Architecture (vDAA).  The solution enables the operator to deliver enhanced all-IP-based ultra-broadband services to residential and business customers. Nokia says that by moving the cable access layer functions in the headend and hub sites to the...

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Sharon White to step down as CEO of Ofcom

Sharon White is to step down as Chief Executive of Ofcom, the telecoms regulator for the UK, to become Chairman of The John Lewis Partnership. White joined Ofcom in March 2015 from HM Treasury where she was Second Permanent Secretary. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/how-ofcom-is-run/ofcom-boa...

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