Next-Gen Network Automation - ONAP advances with 5G blueprints

Arpit Joshipura, GM Networking & Orchestration + Edge/IOT for The Linux Foundation, discusses ONAP's recent release, Dublin, and how the LF's new blueprints help operators deploy network automation at scale in production. https://nginfrastructure.com/network-automation/ ...

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Digital Realty + Interxion merger brings scale and interconnectivity

Digital Realty and Interxion agreed to a merger that would create a global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions.  Under the deal, Interxion shareholders will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 0.7067 Digital Realty shares per Interxion share.  The transaction values Interxion at approximately $93.48 per ordinary share or approximately $8.4 billion of total enterprise value, including assumed net debt. Interxion's...

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Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Forum launched by NTT

NTT, Intel and Sony are joining forces to create a new Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) Global Forum, which aims to accelerate the adoption of new communications infrastructure. The goal is to will bring together an all-photonic network including silicon photonics, edge computing, and distributed connected computing, along with wireless access.. IOWN will develop new technologies, frameworks, specifications and reference designs, in...

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Intel posts record revenue of $19.2B driven by data-centric business

Intel reported Q3 2019 revenue of $19.2 billion, which is $1.2 billion higher than guidance issued in July, and an all-time quarterly record. Intel said the performance was driven by record data-centric revenue, which were up 6 percent YoY. PC-centric revenue was in-line with expectations, down 5 percent compared to last year. GAAP EPS of $1.35 declined 2 percent YoY; non-GAAP EPS of $1.42 was up 1 percent. The company raised its full-year revenue...

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Aligned Energy expands colo data center campus in Salt Lake City

Aligned Energy is expanding its Salt Lake Metro data center campus, breaking ground on a second facility in West Jordan, Utah. The expansion is driven by the addition of a new anchor customer as well as demand for adaptable, scalable data center infrastructure in the Western technology hub. Building on Aligned’s existing 34 MW, 300,000 sq. ft. West Jordan data center, the adjacent new 240,000-sq.-ft. facility will add 48 MW of capacity. At full...

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Equinix announces sales of $1.397B, up 9% yoy

Equinix reported Q3 2019 revenues of $1.397 billion, up 9% year-over-year, which includes $8 million of negative foreign currency impact when compared to prior guidance rates. GAAP net income amounted to $121 million, a 16% decrease from the previous quarter including a $16 million increased income tax expense attributable to FX hedge gains. Charles Meyers, President and CEO, Equinix, stated: “We had another great quarter, building on our market...

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Rambus GDDR6 Memory PHY hits 18 Gbps

The newest Rambus GDDR6 Memory PHY has achieved industry-leading 18 Gbps peak performance, roughly four-to-five times faster than current DDR4 solutions. The Rambus GDDR6 PHY pairs with the companion GDDR6 memory controller from the recent acquisition of Northwest Logic to provide a complete and optimized memory subsystem solution. “Memory bandwidth poses a significant obstacle for designers working on performance-intensive applications such...

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Inphi posts record revenue of $94 million, up 21% yoy

Inphi Corporation reported record revenue of $94.2 million for Q3 2019, up 20.8% year-over-year, compared with $78.0 million in the third quarter of 2018. The increase was due to higher demand for long haul, metro and datacenter products. Gross margin under GAAP in the third quarter of 2019 was 57.8%, compared with 55.7% in the third quarter of 2018. The increase was mainly due to product and revenue mix. GAAP operating loss in the third quarter...

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Twilio posts Q3 revenue of $295m, up 75% yoy

Twilio reported Q3 2019 revenue of $295.1 million, up 75% from the third quarter of 2018 and 7% sequentially from the second quarter of 2019 (including revenue from Twilio SendGrid, which was acquired in February). Base revenue was $275.5 million, up 79% from the third quarter of 2018 and 7% sequentially. There was a GAAP net loss of $0.64. Non-GAAP net income was $0.03 per share. Key Metrics and Recent Business Highlights 172,092 Active Customer...

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ADTRAN posts Q3 results, cites dip in shipments 2 international customers

ADTRAN reported Q3 2019 revenue of $114.1 million compared to $140.3 million for the third quarter of 2018. Net income was a net loss of $46.1 million compared to net income of $7.6 million for the third quarter of 2018. Earnings per share was a loss of $0.96 per share compared to earnings per share, assuming dilution, of $0.16 for the third quarter of 2018. Non-GAAP net income was a net loss of $2.8 million compared to non-GAAP net income of $9.9...

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Western Digital's CEO announces retirement

Steve Milligan, chief executive officer and a member of the Western Digital Board of Directors, announced plans to retire. A search is underway for a successor. “On behalf of the Board, I want to thank Steve for his significant contributions and dedicated years of service to Western Digital,” said Matthew Massengill, chairman of the Board. “Since his appointment as CEO in 2013, Steve has led Western Digital’s transformation from a storage component...

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