xRAN, Open vRAN, and OpenRAN: What’s the Difference?

These three initiatives are all focused on virtualizing the RAN, and some of the same companies belong to all three groups. But why are there three?

Hybrid-Cloud Monitoring Startup Sensu Raises $10M in Series A

The startup maintains a free and open source monitoring framework as well as a commercial platform.

Zededa Wants to Use the Cloud to Power IoT at the Edge

The company is building a software platform that can be deployed on virtually any edge device in support of IoT. This involves a lightweight software stack that can adapt to different deployment models.

xRAN Forum’s New Spec Focuses on Fronthaul

Operators want to be able to use different radio heads from different vendors and have them interoperate with existing baseband units. This spec will make that possible.

Paul Jacobs Thinks He Has a Greater Than 50% Chance of Taking Qualcomm Private

It’s possible that ARM may be one of the potential investors. Qualcomm and ARM have worked together for years, creating chips for mobile devices.

SDxCentral's Weekly Roundup — April 13, 2018

Intel debuts cloud-ready mainframes; Telefónica completes 5G automated car demo; Sprint and T-Mobile renew merger talks.

Alibaba Cloud Deploys Location-Based Technology With Esri

The agreement between Alibaba Cloud and Esri will bring together engineers from both companies to deliver GIS innovations to the cloud.

Finland’s Telia Tests 5G at a Nokia Base Station Factory

Using a video analytics application, the operator was able to monitor and analyze a video feed of an assembly line and make real-time corrections.

HyTrust, Twistlock Bolster Broad Focus on VM, Container Security

Both firms continue to tout their broader cloud security platforms as superior to more focused efforts or those from large cloud providers.

Israeli IoT Startup Axonize Scores Investment From Deutsche Telekom

The startup raised $6 million in its Series A round, bringing its total funding to $7.8 million. Axonize’s IoT orchestration platform is based on Microsoft Azure and is built for IoT service providers.

Palo Alto Networks Buys Endpoint Security Startup Secdo

This is the third Israeli security startup that Palo Alto Networks has purchased.

RAD Creates VNF for White Boxes to Talk to Physical Network

RAD's vAccess allows operators to use white boxes with VNFs over whatever access infrastructure they have installed.

Container Security Should Be Simple, Serverless Is More of a Challenge

New entrants, updates, and money continue to flow into the space, but organizations sometimes ignore the basics.

Zyxel Chooses Enea to Boost Application Visibility on Its UTM Products

Zyxel embedded Enea’s deep packet inspection engine within its UTM products to analyze traffic in real-time and identify application protocols.

Siebel’s C3 IoT Platform Will Be Available on Microsoft Azure

The IoT software firm’s executive team, including its CTO and its chief product officer, are former Oracle executives.

Luminate Launches Secure Access Cloud Based on Google’s BeyondCorp

It shifts access controls from the network perimeter to individual devices and users, allowing employees to work more securely from any location without a VPN.

ADVA Pushes Zero-Touch Provisioning to Network Edge Devices

The automated deployment capabilities are compatible with current standards and reference ongoing ETSI work on defining objectives for automated, intelligent management in NFV- and SDN-centric networks.

Cisco Adds Tetration SaaS, Virtual Deployment Options

The company also launched an integrated data center security architecture that includes four Cisco products.

Headcount: The Latest in Hirings, Firing, and Retirings — April 10, 2018

Riverbed CEO retires; Manoj Leelanivas returns to Juniper; and Microsoft reorganizes.

MEF Expands 3.0 Framework with Orchestration Specifications

The organization has more than 60 ongoing initiatives tied to its 3.0 framework and Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) efforts. These include a multi-vendor software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) implementation.

HPE Scoops Up Second Cloud Consulting Firm RedPixie

The deal strengthens HPE’s Microsoft Azure support and also boosts its hybrid cloud management platform.

OCI Standardizes Container Image Distribution Based on Docker Registry

The organization had run into challenges with different container registries implementing the protocol using different versions, which led to compatibility issues.

KDDI Europe Settles on Silver Peak for SD-WAN Services to Its Enterprise Customers

The company had been white labeling an SD-WAN service from another vendor, but it found it to be too expensive and not versatile enough.

Security Vendor Carbon Black Files for $100 Million IPO

The security vendor posted $116.2 million in revenue for fiscal 2017, up about 39 percent over 2016.

SevOne SDN Monitoring Platform Eases Transition to Cisco ACI Environments

The 2.0 version of its SDN Monitoring package integrates capabilities from SevOne’s data insights platform to automate operational insight of Cisco ACI environments, during and after its rollout.