Saturday, July 09, 2022

Money Moves: June 2022

Here are some of the most prominent venture capital and merger and acquisition news items from June. If you’d like SDxCentral to report on your company’s VC or M&A activity in our monthly Money Moves section, or if you have any tips on that activity, please send the information to Julia King (jking@sdxcentral.com).

Friday, July 08, 2022

Y2Q: Let the Prep Begin

Quantum computing has gathered increasing tech industry attention over the past few years, and analysts expect broken algorithms and security threats posed by the computing evolution will unfold and gradually build steam over the next decade.

Thursday, July 07, 2022

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

The Long Road Ahead for Telco Sustainability

The telecom industry boasts the potential to aid in the decarbonization of other industries as connected service providers, and operators have given plenty of lip service to their net-zero targets. But new research from Mobile World Live and Galooli revealed a majority of operators have more room to fully act on their climate claims.

Parallel Wireless Job Cuts Tied to Volatile Open RAN Market

Beleaguered open radio access network (RAN) vendor Parallel Wireless executives explained in a LinkedIn post that the firm’s recent job cuts were tied to a broader corporate strategy realignment focused on what it’s calling a “marathon” rather than a “sprint.”

AWS, Microsoft, Google Target Telecom’s NaaS Lead, ABI Finds

Telecom network operators remain positioned to tap into the increasingly lucrative network-as-a-service (NaaS) market but must act fast if they want to take advantage of that positioning and $75 billion market opportunity by 2030, according to a recent report from ABI Research.

Forgepoint Founder on What it Takes to be a Cyber Investor

Since its conception in 2015, Forgepoint Capital has become one of the most active cybersecurity venture capital (VC) firms in the world. Founder and Managing Director Alberto Yepez said he and cofounder Donald Dixon started the fund when they saw cybersecurity becoming an integral part of digital transformation and the global economy. 

Tuesday, July 05, 2022

Cloudflare Claims Completion of Zero-Trust Platform

Cloudflare added several new capabilities to its zero-trust and secure access service edge (SASE) platform, called Cloudflare One. Included in the additions are email security protection, data loss prevention, cloud access security broker (CASB), and private network discovery.

NEC Boosts 5G Open RAN SI Capabilities

NEC says it’s still early innings in the open radio access network (RAN) game, but that operators will need integration help to get the most benefit from what the technology can provide. Oh, and it just acquired a firm that can do that.

Monday, July 04, 2022

Nitel Nabs Hypercore to Boost SD-WAN Growth

Nitel last week acquired Hypercore Networks in a move CEO Margi Shaw said is part of an “inorganic growth strategy” for the Chicago-based network provider. Hypercore is the company’s first acquisition since it received investment from U.K. private equity firm Cinven last December.  

Eir sells half its fibre network

Irish telco Eir has completed a deal to sell a shade under half of its fibre broadband network to investor InfraVia, a move that will help it to fund its rollout plans.

Sunday, July 03, 2022

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