SmartNIC Offload for 5G User Plane Function

 Optimizing the utilization of servers is important to carriers as they look to maximize the ROI for their network infrastructure. In this video, Charlie Ashton, Senior Director of Business Development at Napatech, discusses the business benefits of offloading the 5G user plane function (UPF) to dedicated accelerators like SmartNICs and details Napatech’s UPF offload solution.Download the 2022 SmartNICs and Infrastructure Acceleration Report:...

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Can SONiC become the Linux of Network Operating Systems?

In this video, David Maltz, Technical Fellow and Corporate Vice President at Azure Networking, details the features and benefits of SONiC, an open source network operating system based on Linux that runs on switches from multiple vendors and ASICs.First, what is SONiC and where is it deployed?What are the use cases for telcos, mobile operators, edge-cloud providers and enterprises?Can SoNIC benefit from the new generation of DPU-powered SmartNICs?What's...

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Ayar Labs lands $130m for In-Package Optical I/O

Ayar Labs, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, secured $130 million in additional financing for its optical I/O solution. With the new investment, Ayar Labs said it is ramping production and securing supply chain partners, as signaled by previously announced multi-year strategic collaborations with Lumentum and Macom, both leaders in optical and photonic products, as well as GlobalFoundries on its new GF Fotonix platform. The company...

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Arelion activates new Southwest U.S. route

Arelion activtated its latest US East-to-West coast network project: a new Southwest route provides long-haul connectivity at multi-terabit scale for Dallas and El Paso to the West coast through Phoenix, Arizona; San Diego, California; and Los Angeles, California.This expansion completes the high-capacity system across the United States connecting previously announced deployments eastward from Dallas, Texas, via Nashville, Tennessee to Ashburn, Virginia.The...

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Microsoft shows strong Azure growth, up 46% yoy

Driven by surging cloud sales, Microsoft reported quarterly revenue of $49.4 billion, up 18% yoy, and net income of $16.7 billion, up 8% GAAP (up 13% non-GAAP).“Going forward, digital technology will be the key input that powers the world’s economic output,” said Satya Nadella, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft. “Across the tech stack, we are expanding our opportunity and taking share as we help customers differentiate, build resilience,...

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Juniper reports revenue of $1.168 billion, supply chain pressure

 Juniper Networks reported net revenues of $1,168.2 million, an increase of 9% year-over-year and a decrease of 10% sequentially. GAAP operating margin was 5.0%, an increase from 2.6% in the first quarter of 2021, and a decrease from 11.8% in the fourth quarter of 2021.“Business momentum remained strong and exceeded our expectations during the March quarter, with solid double-digit order growth across all customer verticals and all customer...

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Aviz Networks raises seed funding for SONiC

Aviz Networks, a start-up based in San Jose, California, announced a $4 million seed funding round to support its development of SONiC software solutions for hybrid cloud and edge networks.Aviz is enabling a unified and consistent user experience across multi-vendor environments with its Aviz Certified SONiC program and a high quality application-driven support model, backed by 24/7 availability of SONiC experts. Aviz has signed partnerships with...

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Google promises planet-scale Media CDN

Google announced general availability of Media CDN, a new service to help media and entertainment customers to efficiently and intelligently deliver streaming experiences to viewers anywhere in the world. In a blog post, Shailesh Shukla, Vice President and General Manager, Networking, Google Cloud, writes "Media CDN builds on the success of the existing Cloud CDN portfolio for web and API acceleration and complements it by enabling delivery...

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