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BBVA and Cisco Strengthen Strategic Partnership Cisco and BBVA announced the companies have deepened their strategic alliance and signed a Strategic Whole Portfolio Agreement, providing BBVA faster access to Cisco’s comprehensive software and Customer Experience portfolio. BBVA is the first EMEA-based financial services institution to sign a WPA with Cisco in Europe and Latin America.
Adtran Uses ALM to Rapidly Detect Fiber Faults Adtran announced that South Central Rural Telecommunications Cooperative is using its ALM in-service fiber monitoring solution to continuously probe its fiber network for faults and degradations. The comprehensive assurance platform empowers SCRTC to locate and resolve issues before they impact services for its customers across South Central Kentucky.
NVIDIA and HP Supercharge Data Science and Generative AI NVIDIA and HP announced that NVIDIA CUDA-X data processing libraries will be integrated with HP AI workstation solutions to turbocharge the data preparation and processing work that forms the foundation of generative AI development. Built on the NVIDIA CUDA compute platform, CUDA-X libraries speed data processing for a broad range of data types, including tables, text, images and video.
Telefonica Tech Partners With Teradata to Expand AI Services Telefonica Tech announced that it has partnered with Teradata to expand its services and go to market with an advanced proposition that helps companies and organizations in Spain to digitally transform.
5G Open Innovation Lab Announces More Startups 5G Open Innovation Lab announced its Batch #9 cohort, eleven startups carefully curated from around the globe to embark on 5G OI Lab’s Spring program. Now in its fifth year, 5G OI Lab has built a thriving ecosystem of 129 startups supported by world-class partners including AT&T, Comcast, Microsoft, Intel, VMware by Broadcom and more.
DoiT Achieves Gen AI Competency DoiT announced it has achieved the Amazon Web Services Generative AI Competency. This specialization recognizes DoiT as an AWS Partner that helps customers and the AWS Partner Network drive the advancement of services, tools and infrastructure pivotal for implementing generative AI technologies.
Zapier Launches Zapier Central Zapier announced that it has acquired the team behind Vowel, an AI-powered video conferencing tool, for an undisclosed amount. Vowel's CEO, Andrew Berman, will become the new Director of AI at Zapier. Through this acquisition, the Vowel team will focus on enhancing Zapier's AI automation capabilities.
Archtop Provides Kingston with Fiber Archtop Fiber announced that it is turning on fiber for customers in the City of Kingston and soon in the greater Kingston area following weeks of successful service for test homes connected to its network. Over the past few weeks, a half-dozen testers in the Kingston area have enjoyed Archtop’s reliable, 2-Gig product with symmetrical speeds up to 2Gbps. Archtop’s superior service far surpasses local competitors, with twice the download speed and more than 57 times faster upload speeds.
Zayo Expands Managed Edge Offerings Zayo announced its partnership with Secure Access Service Edge leader Netskope. The partnership brings Netskope's best-in-class Security Service Edge capabilities to Zayo's Managed Edge portfolio to deliver the most robust network protection and application performance for Zayo customers - from edge to core to cloud.
Salesforce Launches Einstein 1 Studio Salesforce announced the availability of Einstein 1 Studio, a set of low-code tools that enables Salesforce admins and developers to customize Einstein Copilot, the conversational AI assistant for CRM and seamlessly embed AI across any app for every customer and employee experience.
IBM Launches Mainframe Skills Council IBM announced the Mainframe Skills Council, to provide a forum where global organizations will foster a skilled, diverse, sustainable workforce for the mainframe platform. In addition to IBM, the council includes organizations spanning IBM clients, IBM partners, academia, user groups, non-profits, and open communities that will collaborate to implement mainframe skills development solutions.
Nokia and stc Perform O-RAN Based 5G Private Wireless Network Trial Nokia and stc announced that they have achieved a significant milestone by successfully testing 5G private wireless network based on cloud-native O-RAN technology. The trial was hosted on Microsoft Azure Operator Nexus, Microsoft’s carrier-grade cloud platform. The accomplishment reinforces stc's position as a leading technology provider in the region and also empowers businesses to accelerate their digital transformation efforts to take advantage of new 5G growth opportunities.
Cloudflare Enters Multicloud Networking Market Cloudflare announced the launch of Magic Cloud Networking, a simple, secure and scalable way for businesses to connect and secure their public cloud environments. To accelerate its entrance into the new market, Cloudflare acquired the technology of Nefeli Networks, a multicloud networking startup focused on reducing the complexity of IT and DevOps teams by providing a unified network management layer for cloud infrastructure deployments.
VIAVI Agrees to Acquire Spirent VIAVI and Spirent announced an agreement on the terms of a cash offer for Spirent which the Spirent Board intends to unanimously recommend. The Acquisition price values Spirent at approximately 1,005 million GBP.
FCC Chairwoman Announces Push To Lower Broadband Costs The FCC announced a plan to lower costs and address the lack of choice for broadband services available to households in apartments, condos, public housing, and other multi tenant buildings.
MATRIXX Software Partners With Yaqoot Digital MATRIXX Software announced its partnership with Yaqoot Digital, a subsidiary of Zain KSA. Under the partnership, MATRIXX will provide a comprehensive solution to Yaqoot Digital, ensuring its subscribers enjoy seamless, convenient experiences for purchasing, activating and renewing packages.
Safran Selects Gilat for In-Flight Connectivity Program Gilat Satellite Networks announced that it was selected by Safran Passenger Innovations for a strategic, multimillion-dollar in-flight connectivity program. Gilat’s Wavestream subsidiary will develop, qualify, and produce a new line of Ku band Power Supply Unit products to support Safran’s Ku-band electronically steerable antenna, bolstering further growth in the IFC market.
Cogniteam Selects RTI Connext for Cloud Robotics Platform Real-Time Innovations announced that Cogniteam, a robotics AI software development company, has selected RTI Connext to provide commercially supported communications to its unified cloud based platform for the robotics industry. Cogniteam brings users a unique robotic AI solution in one place to design, develop and test robots. By leveraging Connext, based on the Data Distribution Service standard, developers can monitor incoming data in real-time from robots to the cloud.
Oracle Announces Globally Distributed Autonomous Database Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle Globally Distributed Autonomous Database. Built on Oracle’s proven sharding technology, Globally Distributed Autonomous Database delivers the benefits of Oracle Autonomous Database while also giving customers control over data distribution and data placement policies.
Ericsson And ACES Partner To Revolutionize Indoor 5G Ericsson has announced a strategic three-year Neutral Host Provider agreement with Advanced Communications and Electronics Systems, an international neutral host provider. This agreement will enable ACES to provide cutting-edge Ericsson indoor products to multiple communications service providers and cater to the growing demands for enhanced 5G network connectivity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Nokia And Siemens To Deliver Mission-critical Communications Nokia announced it is working with Industrial Partner Siemens Mobility to deliver an IP/MPLS backbone communications network and cybersecurity solution for the new metro railway network in Sydney, Australia.
Dell and CrowdStrike Expand Partnership Dell Technologies and CrowdStrike announced an expanded strategic partnership to deliver Dell’s Managed Detection and Response services with the industry-leading AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon XDR platform, helping customers defend against increasingly complex cyberattacks.
STL And Nokia To Collaborate On Enterprise Connectivity Solutions Nokia announced its partnership with STL, a leading optical and digital solutions company, to develop and deliver cutting-edge enterprise connectivity solutions. The collaboration aims to drive innovation, enhance connectivity, and empower businesses to thrive in the digital era.
Cloudflare Firewall for AI Will Help Secure AI Applications Cloudflare announced the development of Firewall for AI, a new layer of protection that will identify abuse and attacks before they reach and tamper with Large Language Models, a type of AI application that interprets human language and other types of complex data. Backed by the power of Cloudflare's global network, one of the largest in the world, Firewall for AI will position Cloudflare as one of the only security providers prepared to combat the next wave of attacks in the AI revolution.
Fortinet Joins Cybersecurity Skills Academy Initiative Fortinet announced it has joined the European Commission’s Cybersecurity Skills Academy initiative. Through the Fortinet Training Institute, Fortinet pledges to offer its award-winning cybersecurity training and security awareness curriculum to up to 75,000 individuals for free in Europe over the next three years.
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BBVA and Cisco Strengthen Strategic Partnership
Cisco and BBVA announced the companies have deepened their strategic alliance and signed a Strategic Whole Portfolio Agreement, providing BBVA faster access to Cisco’s comprehensive software and Customer Experience portfolio. BBVA is the first EMEA-based financial services institution to sign a WPA with Cisco in Europe and Latin America.

Adtran Uses ALM to Rapidly Detect Fiber Faults
Adtran announced that South Central Rural Telecommunications Cooperative is using its ALM in-service fiber monitoring solution to continuously probe its fiber network for faults and degradations. The comprehensive assurance platform empowers SCRTC to locate and resolve issues before they impact services for its customers across South Central Kentucky.

NVIDIA and HP Supercharge Data Science and Generative AI
NVIDIA and HP announced that NVIDIA CUDA-X data processing libraries will be integrated with HP AI workstation solutions to turbocharge the data preparation and processing work that forms the foundation of generative AI development. Built on the NVIDIA CUDA compute platform, CUDA-X libraries speed data processing for a broad range of data types, including tables, text, images and video.

Telefonica Tech Partners With Teradata to Expand AI Services
Telefonica Tech announced that it has partnered with Teradata to expand its services and go to market with an advanced proposition that helps companies and organizations in Spain to digitally transform.

5G Open Innovation Lab Announces More Startups
5G Open Innovation Lab announced its Batch #9 cohort, eleven startups carefully curated from around the globe to embark on 5G OI Lab’s Spring program. Now in its fifth year, 5G OI Lab has built a thriving ecosystem of 129 startups supported by world-class partners including AT&T, Comcast, Microsoft, Intel, VMware by Broadcom and more.

DoiT Achieves Gen AI Competency
DoiT announced it has achieved the Amazon Web Services Generative AI Competency. This specialization recognizes DoiT as an AWS Partner that helps customers and the AWS Partner Network drive the advancement of services, tools and infrastructure pivotal for implementing generative AI technologies.

Zapier Launches Zapier Central
Zapier announced that it has acquired the team behind Vowel, an AI-powered video conferencing tool, for an undisclosed amount. Vowel's CEO, Andrew Berman, will become the new Director of AI at Zapier. Through this acquisition, the Vowel team will focus on enhancing Zapier's AI automation capabilities.

Archtop Provides Kingston with Fiber
Archtop Fiber announced that it is turning on fiber for customers in the City of Kingston and soon in the greater Kingston area following weeks of successful service for test homes connected to its network. Over the past few weeks, a half-dozen testers in the Kingston area have enjoyed Archtop’s reliable, 2-Gig product with symmetrical speeds up to 2Gbps. Archtop’s superior service far surpasses local competitors, with twice the download speed and more than 57 times faster upload speeds.

Zayo Expands Managed Edge Offerings
Zayo announced its partnership with Secure Access Service Edge leader Netskope. The partnership brings Netskope's best-in-class Security Service Edge capabilities to Zayo's Managed Edge portfolio to deliver the most robust network protection and application performance for Zayo customers - from edge to core to cloud.

Salesforce Launches Einstein 1 Studio
Salesforce announced the availability of Einstein 1 Studio, a set of low-code tools that enables Salesforce admins and developers to customize Einstein Copilot, the conversational AI assistant for CRM and seamlessly embed AI across any app for every customer and employee experience.

IBM Launches Mainframe Skills Council
IBM announced the Mainframe Skills Council, to provide a forum where global organizations will foster a skilled, diverse, sustainable workforce for the mainframe platform. In addition to IBM, the council includes organizations spanning IBM clients, IBM partners, academia, user groups, non-profits, and open communities that will collaborate to implement mainframe skills development solutions.

Nokia and stc Perform O-RAN Based 5G Private Wireless Network Trial
Nokia and stc announced that they have achieved a significant milestone by successfully testing 5G private wireless network based on cloud-native O-RAN technology. The trial was hosted on Microsoft Azure Operator Nexus, Microsoft’s carrier-grade cloud platform. The accomplishment reinforces stc's position as a leading technology provider in the region and also empowers businesses to accelerate their digital transformation efforts to take advantage of new 5G growth opportunities.

Cloudflare Enters Multicloud Networking Market
Cloudflare announced the launch of Magic Cloud Networking, a simple, secure and scalable way for businesses to connect and secure their public cloud environments. To accelerate its entrance into the new market, Cloudflare acquired the technology of Nefeli Networks, a multicloud networking startup focused on reducing the complexity of IT and DevOps teams by providing a unified network management layer for cloud infrastructure deployments.

VIAVI Agrees to Acquire Spirent
VIAVI and Spirent announced an agreement on the terms of a cash offer for Spirent which the Spirent Board intends to unanimously recommend. The Acquisition price values Spirent at approximately 1,005 million GBP.

FCC Chairwoman Announces Push To Lower Broadband Costs
The FCC announced a plan to lower costs and address the lack of choice for broadband services available to households in apartments, condos, public housing, and other multi tenant buildings.

MATRIXX Software Partners With Yaqoot Digital
MATRIXX Software announced its partnership with Yaqoot Digital, a subsidiary of Zain KSA. Under the partnership, MATRIXX will provide a comprehensive solution to Yaqoot Digital, ensuring its subscribers enjoy seamless, convenient experiences for purchasing, activating and renewing packages.

Safran Selects Gilat for In-Flight Connectivity Program
Gilat Satellite Networks announced that it was selected by Safran Passenger Innovations for a strategic, multimillion-dollar in-flight connectivity program. Gilat’s Wavestream subsidiary will develop, qualify, and produce a new line of Ku band Power Supply Unit products to support Safran’s Ku-band electronically steerable antenna, bolstering further growth in the IFC market.

Cogniteam Selects RTI Connext for Cloud Robotics Platform
Real-Time Innovations announced that Cogniteam, a robotics AI software development company, has selected RTI Connext to provide commercially supported communications to its unified cloud based platform for the robotics industry. Cogniteam brings users a unique robotic AI solution in one place to design, develop and test robots. By leveraging Connext, based on the Data Distribution Service standard, developers can monitor incoming data in real-time from robots to the cloud.

Oracle Announces Globally Distributed Autonomous Database
Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle Globally Distributed Autonomous Database. Built on Oracle’s proven sharding technology, Globally Distributed Autonomous Database delivers the benefits of Oracle Autonomous Database while also giving customers control over data distribution and data placement policies.

Ericsson And ACES Partner To Revolutionize Indoor 5G
Ericsson has announced a strategic three-year Neutral Host Provider agreement with Advanced Communications and Electronics Systems, an international neutral host provider. This agreement will enable ACES to provide cutting-edge Ericsson indoor products to multiple communications service providers and cater to the growing demands for enhanced 5G network connectivity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Nokia And Siemens To Deliver Mission-critical Communications
Nokia announced it is working with Industrial Partner Siemens Mobility to deliver an IP/MPLS backbone communications network and cybersecurity solution for the new metro railway network in Sydney, Australia.

Dell and CrowdStrike Expand Partnership
Dell Technologies and CrowdStrike announced an expanded strategic partnership to deliver Dell’s Managed Detection and Response services with the industry-leading AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon XDR platform, helping customers defend against increasingly complex cyberattacks.

STL And Nokia To Collaborate On Enterprise Connectivity Solutions
Nokia announced its partnership with STL, a leading optical and digital solutions company, to develop and deliver cutting-edge enterprise connectivity solutions. The collaboration aims to drive innovation, enhance connectivity, and empower businesses to thrive in the digital era.

Cloudflare Firewall for AI Will Help Secure AI Applications
Cloudflare announced the development of Firewall for AI, a new layer of protection that will identify abuse and attacks before they reach and tamper with Large Language Models, a type of AI application that interprets human language and other types of complex data. Backed by the power of Cloudflare's global network, one of the largest in the world, Firewall for AI will position Cloudflare as one of the only security providers prepared to combat the next wave of attacks in the AI revolution.

Fortinet Joins Cybersecurity Skills Academy Initiative
Fortinet announced it has joined the European Commission’s Cybersecurity Skills Academy initiative. Through the Fortinet Training Institute, Fortinet pledges to offer its award-winning cybersecurity training and security awareness curriculum to up to 75,000 individuals for free in Europe over the next three years.

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