Tuesday, April 12, 2022

LF Networking highlights progress with its 5G Super Blueprint

LF Networking cited progress with its 5G Super Blueprint,  a community-driven integration/illustration of multiple open source initiatives, projects, and vendors coming together to show use cases.The 5G Super Blueprint is now integrated across additional projects––including Magma (1.6), EMCO, and Anuket––building open source components applicable to a variety of industry use cases. Preliminary scoping for future integrations with the O-RAN Software...

Vertical Systems: U.S. carrier managed SD-WAN to hit $7.8B by 2026

The U.S. market for Carrier Managed SD-WAN Services is projected to surge to $7.8 billion by 2026, according to latest research from Vertical Systems Group.Revenue for this rapidly expanding market segment is derived from U.S. customer site installations with SD-WAN Service overlay components plus WAN Access underlay connectivity. SD-WAN is one of the three Carrier Managed VPN Services tracked by Vertical, along with MPLS and Site-to-Site VPNs....

Japan's TOYO Corp to harness ADVA’s optical cesium atomic clock

TOYO Corporation has deployed ADVA's Oscilloquartz optical cesium atomic clock solution to enable R&D institutions to achieve new levels of accuracy in network synchronization. ADVA’s optical cesium atomic clock leverages advanced optical-pumping techniques. This enables the device to optimize both time delivery performance and product lifetime. ADVA says that by utilizing cesium atoms in a much more efficient way than legacy magnetic...

team.blue Denmark deploys Ciena's Waveserver Ai

team.blue Denmark has selected Ciena’s Waveserver Ai platform to serve as the foundation for its WAN-ring, providing point-to-point metro data center interconnect (DCI) network service between sites.Ciena’s Waveserver Ai platform delivers high capacity – up to 2.4 Tb/s in a single rack unit. “We needed a solution to extend the capabilities of our current dark fiber infrastructure. It needed to be powerful, easy to use, and extremely stable while...

Ekinops reports strong Q1 demand and +20% revenue growth

Ekinops reported Q1 2022 consolidated revenue of €27.8m, up 20% vs. Q1 2021 (+19% at constant scope). At constant scope and exchange rates, revenue rose 16%, in line with the 2022 annual target for organic growth at least equal to that of 2021 (+12%).The company reported growth in all of its businesses, with software and services up +64%. Profiting from the strength of its Services activity, its SDN (Software Defined Networks) solutions, the network...

Zayo launches Enterprise Solutions

Zayo launched a suite of connectivity, security and networking services for enterprises.“With Zayo Enterprise Solutions, we are taking the expertise we’ve built serving the large hyperscalers, major carriers and 70% of the top U.S. financial services firms and extending that same level of speed, security and service to enterprises of all sizes,” said Dan Stoll, Managing Director of Regional Network Services at Zayo. “Too many businesses are stuck...

KKR to acquire Barracuda Networks from Thoma Bravo

KKR, a leading global investment firm, agreed to Barracuda Networks from Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm. Financial terms were not disclosed.Founded in 2003, Barracuda offers a broad suite of cybersecurity solutions across email protection, application security, network security and data protection that can be deployed and managed in both cloud and hybrid environments. The company focuses on serving small and medium sized enterprises...

IP Infusion cites Q1 momentum

IP Infusion said its network operating system platform, OcNOS, attracted 20 new customers in 1Q 2022 and now has 160 unique paying customers.The company reports heightened demand for its Provider Edge and Aggregation Router, which yielded a 60 percent increase in new orders representing five times the revenue growth posted in 1Q 2021.First quarter customer wins announced include Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Mobicom, uGrid and...