Zoom shifts its video service to Oracle Cloud

Zoom Video Communications, which earlier this month hit the milestone of 300 million daily users (up by 100 million users in a month), is turning to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to add capacity. The companies said that within hours of deployment, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure was able to support hundreds of thousands of concurrent Zoom meeting participants. After achieving full production, Zoom is now enabling millions of simultaneous meeting participants...

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Equinix expands Cloud Exchange Fabric in EMEA

Equinix is expanding its Cloud Exchange Fabric in seven new EMEA markets: Barcelona, Brussels, Geneva, Istanbul, Lisbon and Sofia, and extending into Hamburg in Q2 2020. The Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric enables enterprises and service providers to seamlessly interconnect to a rich ecosystem of clouds, networks, partners and customers. With the addition of the seven new EMEA markets, ECX Fabric will be available to customers across 45 strategic...

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Keysight launches new 5G Core Network Test Solution

Keysight Technologies announced LoadCore 5G Core (5GC) Testing software to help mobile operators move from an evolved packet core (EPC) to 5GC. Keysight’s LoadCore 5GC Testing software simulates complex real-world subscriber models to enable mobile operators and network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) to qualify performance and reliability of voice and data transferred over 5GC networks. Carrier-grade quality of service (QoS) benefits consumers accessing...

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Bharti Airtel picks Nokia for 4G/5G

Bharti Airtel awarded a multi-year agreement to Nokia for the deployment of its SRAN solution across 9 circles1 in India. The deal includes approximately 300,000 radio units deployed across several spectrum bands, including 900 Mhz, 1800 Mhz, 2100 Mhz and 2300 Mhz. The deployment will expand the capacity of Airtel's 4G network and lay the foundation for providing 5G connectivity in the future. Deployment is expected to be completed by 2022. Nokia...

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Huawei intros Cascade Lake storage server with up to 450 TB of storage

Huawei introduced its next-gen FusionServer Pro 2298 V5, a 2U 2-socket storage rack server that provides up to 450 TB storage capacity. The Huawei next-generation FusionServer Pro 2298 V5 storage server is based on the Cascade Lake Refresh processor, the newest member of the Intel Xeon Scalable processor family. The server supports the Intel Optane DC persistent memory (DCPMM). The FusionServer Pro 2298 V5 can house 24 3.5-inch and 4 2.5-inch drives,...

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QTS reports on-going data center demand growth from hyperscalers

QTS Realty Trust, a leading colocation data center operator, reported consolidated revenues of $126.3 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, an increase of 12.1% compared to the same period in 2019.  EBITDA amounted to $66.8 million, up 13.5% yoy. QTS said that leasing of new data center capacity in Q1 was driven by continued hyperscale strength combined with steady enterprise demand. Leasing was +15% above the prior four quarter average...

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Pluribus and Dell build SDN-enabled IoT Video Security Fabric

Pluribus Networks and Dell Technologies have developed an SDN-enabled networking solution to simplify the provisioning and operation of IoT video networks for security and surveillance. Pluribus said its IoT Video Security Fabric creates a unified, automated multi-site network fabric with highly efficient multicast streaming that enables full visibility and one touch fabric-wide provisioning for efficient operations. The  SDN-enabled distributed...

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Juniper posts Q1 revenue of $998 million, flat YoY

Juniper Networks reported Q1 2020 revenue of $998.0 million, flat year-over-year, and a decrease of 17% sequentially. GAAP net income was $20.4 million, a decrease of 34% year-over-year, and a decrease of 88% sequentially, resulting in diluted earnings per share of $0.06. Non-GAAP net income was $77.2 million, a decrease of 17% year-over-year, and a decrease of 61% sequentially, resulting in non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.23. "Orders...

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FireEye sees Q1 sales rise to $225 million, up 7%

FireEye reported Q1 revenue of $225 million, up 7 percent from the first quarter of 2019. Q1 billings amounted to $170 million, down 7 percent from the first quarter of 2019. GAAO income was $(0.35) compared to $(0.38) a year ago. "While the COVID-19 pandemic has brought several segments of the global economy to a standstill, the cyber threat environment remains very active," said Frank Verdecanna, FireEye chief financial officer and chief accounting...

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