Open Policy Agent: Building a standard for cloud-native authorization

Here is a quick introduction to Open Policy Agent (OPA), which is now a Cloud Native Computing Foundation incubating project, and which provides an open source, general-purpose policy engine for cloud infrastructure. The cloud-native stack is becoming so complex and distributed that a common, application autorization mechanism is necessary.  In this video, Bill Mann, CEO of Styra, talks about how OPA is gaining momentum as the de facto approach...

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T-Mobile US begins lighting up 5G with 2.5 GHz spectrum

T-Mobile started lighting up its mid-band 5G spectrum (2.5 GHz) in more than 80 new cities and towns across the United States. The service is delivering peak download speeds of up to 1 Gbps and average speeds of around 300 Mbps - about 7.5x faster than today’s average LTE speeds. “T-Mobile has the competition in the rear-view mirror on 5G, and they’re only getting farther behind. While the other guys are playing catch-up, we’ve had nationwide...

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VMware intros 5G Telco Cloud Platform

VMware introduced its 5G Telco Cloud Platform, featuring Tanzu Kubernetes Grid - an embedded Kubernetes distribution - that will allow Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to reliably build, manage and run containerized workloads across private, telco, edge and public clouds. VMware said its new solution provides a cloud-first network architecture to accelerate 5G and edge innovation while delivering service agility, operational consistency and...

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Verizon is biggest winner in 3.5 GHz spectrum auction

The FCC posted the winning bidders in its recently completed auction of 70 megahertz of Priority Access Licenses (PALs) in the 3550-3650 MHz band (Auction 105). Auction 105 gross proceeds reached $4,585,663,345, with net proceeds totaling $4,543,232,339.  A total of 228 bidders won 20,625 of 22,631, or more than 91.1%, of available licenses.  The full auction results are posted here: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-20-1...

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ADTRAN enhances its Gigabit switch portfolio

ADTRAN has expanded its NetVanta Gigabit Ethernet Enterprise Switch portfolio to meet a broader range of Power over Ethernet (PoE) budgets. The new family of switches are designed to support emerging applications in the enterprise, ranging from site surveillance to industrial automation, demand high availability, security and flexible power options. The NetVanta 1560 Gigabit Ethernet switches combine carrier-grade features like Ethernet OAM and...

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Credo showcases 50G Optical DSPs

At next week's China International Optoelectronic Expo in Shenzhen, Credo will be showcasing its next gen product suite, including: New 50G Optical DSPs for 5G Wireless Service Providers Next-Gen 100G/200G/400G Optical DSPs for Hyperscale Data Centers New Low Power 800G Gearboxes/400G Retimers Industry-leading security solutions for MACsec and IPsec 7nm and 12nm XSR SerDes IP and Chiplets “We recently closed a Series D Preferred financing round...

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IDC: Worldwide Enterprise WLAN market dips

The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments rose 7.1% year over year in 2Q20, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Wireless LAN Tracker, although the enterprise segment declined 9.5% year over year in 2Q20 with $1.4 billion in revenue. IDC attributes the decline to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the enterprise WLAN market. Some highlights from IDC: Revenues for the enterprise class...

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Mitsubishi Electric samples 100Gbps EML

Mitsubishi Electric will begin sampling its 100Gbps EML (electro-absorption modulator laser) CAN, which is aimed at 5G base stations. The company says its new 100Gbps EML CAN will benefit from greater efficiency in manufacturing optical transceivers.  The device is tuned to the 1310nm wavelength and will operate in the -40°C to + 95°C ran...

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Zayo appoints Jesper Aagaard as Managing Director of Europe

Zayo appointed Jesper Aagaard as Managing Director of Europe. He will report directly to Zayo’s CEO, Dan Caruso. Aagaard joins Zayo from GTT Communications where he served as division president of Europe and drove GTT’s successful integration of Interoute Communications. Prior to GTT, he held leadership positions at Interoute where he was responsible for operations and sales to enterprises, wholesale and channel. He was the co-founder and CEO of...

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