BROWSING: Cloud

Network slicing. Major reductions in capex and opex. A better customer experience. These are all goals of NFV and SDN innovation but progress is slow and the need increasingly pressing. Here we explore how operators cloudify their networks—while maintaining quality and control through the transition—to...

EXFO, VMware on how service assurance evolves with 5G The complexity of future 5G networks, simultaneously handling consumer, enterprise and machine-based data transmission, requires investments in network automation. But, as operators take a step-by-step to automating operational processes, the rewards are clear but the risks...

Digital and connected technologies are transforming first responder organizations by increasing accountability, improving first responder safety, and enhancing triage and treatment. However, these new technologies can create new challenges if they are not implemented correctly, which can consume already limited budgets and precious man-hours. This...

Why CSPs must take immediate action on their investment priorities, innovation, partner ecosystems and more We’re currently witnessing an explosion in enterprise spending on ICT. Analyst firm Gartner estimates the enterprise ICT market will increase its spend and is expected to be worth USD$3.6 trillion...

Every business today is feeling the pressure to digitally transform its operations to keep up with or stay ahead of its competitors. But nobody feels that imperative more keenly than small business and franchise owners. That’s because smaller businesses, which are often in remote...

  With the advent of the 5G era, the network architecture is more open, and the emergence of innovative service applications in vertical industries poses a brand-new challenge to the operation and maintenance of telecom networks. In the conditions that operators’ investment remains steady, how...

Companies have begun investing in AI, the next transformative technology. However, many are wasting money focusing on the wrong areas at this early stage. True, in coming years the AI revolution will completely reinvent the way we do business, but we are still just...

Ericsson announced the upcoming launch of Ericsson D-Fifteen, a new innovation and co-creation center at the company’s Santa Clara office, the vendor said in a release. The Swedish firm said that the new center will enable the company to bring multiple core capabilities together under...

  The two partners said they will build solutions for predictable performance and high availability Ericsson has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with Korean telco SK Telecom to focus on possible enhancements and optimization enabled by cloud native micro-services-based principles, the Swedish vendor said in...

The size of distributed denial of service attacks is "growing at an alarming pace all around the world," according to NetScout Systems' 14th annual report on worldwide infrastructure security -- and as more enterprises and networks move operations to the cloud, attackers' focus is shifting...

Rakuten says it will build a cloud-native, nationwide network for about $5 billion As operators transition from LTE to 5G, there's significant discussion around how 5G requires a cloud-native, fully-virtualized design capable of dynamically supporting the myriad applications and device types that will connect over...

The cloud is a powerful transformational agent for emerging markets, but only when dovetailed with other emerging and evolving digital technologies to deliver complete solutions.  The International Data Corporation or IDC's top 10 predictions for IT, 2019, says that by 2022, 40% of organizations’...

  Network and service assurance needs are evolving rapidly, as more applications — both network functions that support telecom network operations, and enterprise applications — are becoming virtualized. SNS Research estimates that service provider SDN and NFV investments will have a compound annual growth rate...

Next-gen mobile services depend on pervasive cloud capabilities While early 5G deployments are limited in scale and services, the best is yet to come. Like previous generational wireless cellular upgrades, 5G is a disruptive change to the overall telco/carrier architecture marked by a transition to...

5G updates cover RAN, core, transport, orchestration Ahead of Mobile World Congress Barcelona next week, Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm made clear that while 5G is the subject of significant marketing hype, "It's not just talk." Pointing to 5G-related deals with 10 named operators and 42 memorandums of...

Operational intelligence does not come just by connecting machines; it requires advanced analytics to sort the data and recommend a course of action. Many critical use cases at the edge can’t wait for the cloud. Instead, they demand insights and decisioning at the source,...

Operational intelligence does not come just by connecting machines; it requires advanced analytics to sort the data and recommend a course of action. Many critical use cases at the edge can’t wait for the cloud. Instead, they demand insights and decisioning at the source,...

Operational intelligence does not come just by connecting machines; it requires advanced analytics to sort the data and recommend a course of action. Many critical use cases at the edge can’t wait for the cloud. Instead, they demand insights and decisioning at the source,...

Software-defined infrastructure focuses on using common hardware to support variable 5G workloads As service providers increasingly take an IT-centric approach to building and managing increasingly complex networks, there's a move toward swapping out single-purpose hardware for more flexible infrastructure that uses software to virtually spin-up...

Metaphors aside, big data is the key to AI development We've all heard the comparison, perhaps too often, but here it is: big data is the new oil that business needs to run. But what exactly does that mean? IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, speaking to...

RAN Intelligent Controller development early focus of partnership 5G is often described as the first generation of cellular "born in the cloud," which describes a dynamic, flexible network that's increasingly automated through the use of NFV and SDN tools. This gives operators more flexibility while...

Service assurance and analytics company MYCOM OSI has been acquired by private equity Inflexion, which said that the telecom industry's transition to 5G and internet of things services represents a significant opportunity for MYCOM OSI's cloud-based assurance solutions. Financial terms of the deal were...

  The cloud transformation that Huawei helped operator W implement is comprised of four steps: The first was forming a hybrid cloud blueprint and planning the migration rollout roadmap for the solution with the best return on investment (ROI). The second was building the cloud...

Once a successful proof-of-concept has been established, what’s next? The day after creating a proof-of-concept of your custom IC, you might ask “Now what do we do?” It is time to make your idea real and start developing a system prototype. This white paper covers...