Oak Thorne takes the helm at Gogo
Oakleigh Thorne has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, replacing Michael J. Small, who has stepped down as President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a director...
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Coriant appoints Sandra Krief as Managing Director for N America
Coriant appointed Sandra Krief as Managing Director for North America, responsible for sales operations, business development, channel strategy, and customer support throughout the U.S. and Canada. She will report directly...
Eutelsat faces pressure in its traditional video business, seeks new opportunities
Eutelsat, originally known as the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization, is known for being the first satellite operator in Europe to broadcast television channels direct-to-home beginning in the 1980s with its...
2018 Mobile World Congress nets 107,000 visitors just below last year’s record
Attendance at the 2018 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was 107,000 visitors, down slightly from 108,000 attendees in 2017 and compared with 101,000 attendees in 2016. Some stats for #MWC2018:...
Coriant advances its Hyperscale Carrier Architecture
Coriant has announced several advancements to its Hyperscale Carrier Architecture (HCA), which is its open, agile, automated, and software-driven approach to network service innovation and which is aligned to CORD...
Nutanix to acquire Minjar for multicloud capabilities
Nutanix agreed to acquire Minjar, a start-up with development offices in Bengaluru, India that offers cost control and visibility services for workloads in public clouds. Financial terms were not disclosed....
Viasat boasts 100 Mbps of home Internet downlinks in U.S. with its new satellite
Viasat introduced its fastest satellite-based home Internet service for the U.S. market to date, boasting nation—with downlink speeds up to 100 Mbps. The new Viasat service also offers unlimited data...
TE Connectivity targets higher density switches with zQSFP+ Stacked Belly-to-Belly Cages
TE Connectivity (TE) introduced its zQSFP+ stacked belly-to-belly cages designed for high-density switches with 48 or 64 silicon ports. The cage supports a single printed circuit board (PCB) architecture (versus...
Huawei sets up ICT academy in Singapore
As part of its global initiative to support ICT skills development, Huawei announced a partnership with Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) to set up the first ICT Academy in Singapore. The not-for-profit...
Dell’Oro: Chinese cloud giant to overtake U.S. providers in server growth by 2022
The top three Chinese Cloud service providers – Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu – are forecast to outpace the top four U.S. Cloud providers – Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook –...
Nutanix hits revenue of $286.7 million, shifts to software sales
Nutanix reported revenue of $286.7 million for its second quarter of fiscal 2018, up 44% year-over-year from $199.2 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2017, and reflecting the elimination...
Canadian insurance company chooses Google Cloud
La Capitale Insurance and Financial Services signed an agreement with Google Cloud to accelerate its digital transformation. "The rapid development of financial technology and the challenges associated with the digital...
Huawei is first with 5G CPE based on its own silicon
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Huawei introduced the world’s first commercial terminal device supporting 3GPP 5G NR. The device uses Huawei’s internally-developed Balong 5G01 chipset, which is compatible with...
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