Verizon SDN Strategist Sees Big Open Source Savings

Telecommunication operators and their vendors can save millions of dollars in testing and certification by using the numerous open source tools and platforms lying under the Linux Foundation umbrella, according to Beth Cohen, SDN product strategist at Verizon.

Netskope: Unified SASE Is at Least a Decade From Practicality

Netskope Chief Strategy Officer Jason Clark spends a lot of time talking to CISOs and CIOs to better understand how to protect their businesses.

Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 Claims Cloud Identities Too Permissive

Misconfigurations remain at the center of cloud security issues, with many the result of poorly written identity and access management (IAM) policies, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 threat research team warns.

Ericsson’s Corruption Quagmire Overshadows Raw Results

Ericsson posted disappointing first-quarter financial results relative to what was recently declared the world’s largest radio access network (RAN) equipment vendor, though those numbers only portend to the expected financial – or worse – hit the vendor is expecting from the U.S. government tied to ongoing corruption issues.

Can Corporate Sustainability Claims Be Trusted?

Corporate sustainability messaging speaks much louder than measured impact, and a majority of business leaders suspect their organizations of greenwashing, according to a new survey from Google Cloud.

SDxCentral 2-Minute Weekly Wrap: Telco Giants Ditch Russia

Samsung Tops Intel in Chip Revenues, Capex Spending

Samsung ousted Intel to reclaim its spot as the No. 1 chipmaker in Gartner’s latest semiconductor market report. The swap came amid a surge in semiconductor revenues, which grew 26% in 2021 to $595 billion.

Daily Roundup: Kyndryl, Dell Team on Cyber Resilience

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Elon Musk makes stunning offer to buy Twitter entirely

“Twitter has extraordinary potential. I will unlock it,” said the Tesla and Space X founder as he makes an offer worth about $43 billion for the social media platform.

Snapchat tops list of UK’s most deleted apps

For every 100,000 UK Snapchat users, 971 are searching how to delete the app, according to a new bit of research.

Ericsson shares sink further after tough Q1 earnings report

A combination of historical misdeeds in Iraq and the need to pull out of Russia loomed heavy on Swedish kit vendor Ericsson’s latest quarterlies.

UK’s full fibre rollout ramps up

UK fibre infrastructure providers Openreach and Hyperoptic have announced an extension of their deployment plans to new locations.

What’s New in Cisco’s Latest SD-WAN Update

Networking giant Cisco released a series of new features to its SD-WAN platform this week, claiming improved application performance, visibility, and security.

Nephio Carves Kubernetes Automation Into 5G

The recently launched Nephio project is the latest attempt by automation experts to drive that innovation into the roll out of 5G network infrastructure. As such, it joins a crowded space of options for operators.

AWS Carbon Calculator Has Room for Improvement

If Amazon Web Services (AWS) truly wants to deliver on its environmental promises, it needs to make sustainable choices as easy and familiar for cloud customers as one-click shopping, according to RedMonk analyst James Governor.

Bitdefender VP: Open XDR Is a 'Defensive Mechanism’

Bitdefender today expanded its eXtended endpoint detection and response (XEDR) capabilities to what it claims is a native extended detection and response (XDR) platform.

Kyndryl, Dell Team on Cyber Resilience

Kyndryl announced an expanded partnership with Dell Technologies to jointly develop cybersecurity resilience services.

Daily Roundup: Huawei Scales Back Russian Business, Furloughs Workers

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Samsung and VMO2 roll out new 4G and 5G sites

South Korean tech giant Samsung and UK telco VMO2 have deployed a series of new 4G and 5G sites across the UK.

T-Mobile US reportedly got hacked, tried to pay off hackers, but still got stung

Following a hack last year, US operator T-Mobile apparently tried to buy back the stolen data, a move which backfired as the data remained on sale nonetheless.

Orange contests the legitimacy of French antitrust investigation

French telecoms group Orange had several of its offices visited by French antirust officials recently but it’s not clear why.

Vodafone offers ‘social tariff’ with unlimited 5G use for £10

UK operator Vodafone’s Voxi For Now tariff is available to anyone receiving benefits, and offers unlimited 5G data, calls and texts for a tenner.

Daily Roundup: Axis Security Pivots to SSE With Atmos Launch

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Here’s Why Security Analysts are Making the Shift to Evangelists

With the risk of cyberattacks on the rise and demand for security education skyrocketing, many security analysts are finding themselves transforming to security evangelist roles.

Palo Alto Networks Doubles Down on WFH Security With SASE Gateway

Palo Alto Networks rolled out the enterprise edition of its Okyo Garde — pronounced guard — network security gateway in a bid to extend secure access service edge (SASE) functionality to remote workers’ entire home.

Huawei Scales Back Russian Business, Furloughs Workers

Russian newspapers report Huawei is scaling back operations in the country to avoid U.S. sanctions.

Deutsche Telekom reportedly fielding multiple bids for tower business

German operator Deutsche Telekom is apparently reviewing bids for its tower business from multiple suitors including Vodafone’s Vantage Towers, KKR, GIP, Cellnex and America Tower Corp.

Sony and KIRKBI invest $2 billion in Epic Games to build the kids metaverse

Following the news that toy firm Lego and Epic Games are teaming up to build a metaverse for children, Sony and Lego owner KIRKBi have ploughed $1 billion each into the games publisher.

TikTok ad revenues set to triple this year

Research from Insider Intelligence predicts social video platform TikTok’s ad revenues will surpass those of Twitter and Snapchat combined this year.

Nokia mostly pulls out of Russia

Finnish kit vendor Nokia has announced it will cease operations in Russia, but will ‘provide the necessary support to maintain the networks and [is] applying for the relevant licenses to enable this support’.

Axis Security Pivots to SSE With Atmos Launch

Axis Security officially joined the security service edge (SSE) market this week with the launch of its Atmos platform.

Daily Roundup: Ericsson Pulls Out of Russia

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5 Ways to Conquer Cloud Security

Cloud security should be viewed by enterprises not as a roadblock, but as a means of enabling innovation, according to Snyk Chief Architect Josh Stella.

What Is the CISO’s Role in Zero Trust Adoption?

CISOs play an important role in implementing the zero-trust strategy, but what are their responsibilities?

Nokia Follows Ericsson on Russia Exit

One day after Ericsson announced it was pulling out of Russia, Nokia announced the same move, saying it would suspend all business in the country.

Vodafone and Sky reportedly eyeing up TalkTalk M&A

Owners of broadband provider TalkTalk have apparently have received ‘tentative approaches’ about a sale worth £3 billion, with Vodafone and Sky among the suitors.

AT&T’s WarnerMedia exit merger with Discovery completes

AT&T and Discovery have closed the transaction to merge Warner Business Media with Discovery to create a new entertainment entity leveraging all the properties owned by both firms.

Musk winds his neck in, for now, after weekend tweet frenzy

The enigma that is Tesla and Starlink founder Elon Musk seems to have decided to treat social media company Twitter as a giant plaything.

Ericsson suspends ‘affected business’ in Russia indefinitely

Swedish kit vendor Ericsson says it has suspended affected business in Russia indefinitely, having already suspended ‘all deliveries’ to customers in Russia in late February.

Ericsson Pulls Out of Russia

Ericsson is suspending its business in Russia and putting its 600 employees in the country on indefinite leave.

Daily Roundup: Aruba CTO Says SSE Needs Better Intrinsic Network Security

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CrowdStrike, Microsoft, Trend Micro Surf Forrester’s EDR Wave

Endpoint detection and response (EDR) products remain in demand despite the rise of extended detection and response (XDR), according to a recent Forrester report which found CrowdStrike, Microsoft, and Trend Micro are leading the EDR market.

Equinix Energizes Green Bond Market

Equinix plans to allocate another $1.2 billion through its fourth green bond offering to fund sustainability initiatives, bringing the company’s total green bond contributions to just under $5 billion amid a growing sustainability-focused bond market.