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| VIAVI Introduces VAMOS VIAVI announced VIAVI Automation Management and Orchestration System, an intelligent automation platform that incorporates AI/ML capabilities to enable wireless and cloud service providers, network equipment manufacturers and their ecosystems to reduce operational expenses and accelerate time-to-market. |
| CrowdStrike and 1Password Expand Partnership CrowdStrike announced an expanded partnership with 1Password to simplify security for 150,000 customers, with a focus on small and midsize businesses. Through an easy-to-use bundle, customers of 1Password Extended Access Management can now access the enterprise-grade protection they need to stop ransomware and data breaches with CrowdStrike Falcon Go. |
| Nokia And OTE Group Set Dual World-record Optical Transmission Rates Nokia together and OTE Group announced two new optical transmission rate world records using Nokia’s sixth generation of super-coherent Photonic Service Engine technology. |
| Telenor and Google Cloud Deepen Partnership Telenor Group announced its expanded partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate Telenor’s digital transformation through advanced data capabilities. |
| Parloa Launches Industry-First GenAI Contact Center Agents Parloa announced the launch of its AI Agent Management Platform. Bolstered by a $66 Million Series B investment led by Altimeter Capital, Parloa has just released its industry-first generative AI-powered platform for contact centers. AMP has the power to go beyond today’s scripted conversation flows, with fully dynamic and autonomous agents. |
| Qubitekk Powers Oak Ridge National Laboratory EPB Quantum Network announced that Oak Ridge National Laboratory will run equipment developed at its research facilities on a commercially available quantum network at EPB Quantum Network powered by Qubitekk. ORNL is testing its Automatic Polarization Compensation, a key technology needed to convey quantum data across a network while maintaining all its complexities and probabilities. |
| RAD Strengthens Partnership Supporting Vorboss RAD and The Kenton Group announced the continued success of their partnership with Vorboss. Over the past 18 months, RAD, via its partnership with the Kenton Group, has enabled Vorboss to rapidly deliver Ethernet services to its enterprise customers. |
| Cyta Chooses Netcracker Digital BSS and OSS Netcracker Technology announced that Cyta has chosen Netcracker to deliver a full-stack IT deployment as part of a large-scale digital transformation. Cyta, which provides a wide range of services to residential and business customers, has built an island-wide 5G network and made a significant investment in fiber, necessitating the upgrade from a legacy IT infrastructure to a modern BSS/OSS platform in order to monetize its network and deliver exceptional experiences. |
| Verizon Acquires Frontier Verizon and Frontier announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Verizon to acquire Frontier in an all-cash transaction valued at $20 billion. This strategic acquisition of the largest pure-play fiber internet provider in the U.S. will significantly expand Verizon's fiber footprint across the nation, accelerating the company’s delivery of premium mobility and broadband services to current and new customers. |
| Oracle Partners With AWS Oracle and Amazon Web Services announced the launch of Oracle Database@AWS, a new offering that allows customers to access Oracle Autonomous Database on dedicated infrastructure and Oracle Exadata Database Service within AWS. Oracle Database@AWS will provide customers with a unified experience between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and AWS, offering simplified database administration, billing, and unified customer support. |
| ServiceNow Announces AI Solutions in Xanadu Release ServiceNow announced new AI powered, purpose built industry solutions in its Now Platform Xanadu release. The expansion of Now Assist into industry solutions for telecom, media, and technology, financial services, the public sector, and more allows organizations to recognize the value of GenAI, fast. |
| IBM Supports Oracle Cloud Applications IBM announced it has expanded its consulting services and solutions to help clients derive greater value from Oracle's cloud applications and technology and extend generative AI with an open, orchestrated approach. |
| Vonage and SAP Collaborate Ericsson announced that Vonage is collaborating with SAP SE to explore generative AI and next-generation technology use cases using Vonage’s Application Programming Interface platform and SAP Business AI. |
| TDC NET Selects Ciena Blue Planet Ciena announced that TDC NET is transforming its Operating Support System using automation software from Blue Planet, a division of Ciena. Blue Planet Inventory, supported on Blue Planet’s Cloud Native Platform, will give TDC NET an accurate, unified view of its current mobile and fixed network resources and services. |
| Can Juniper Revolutionize Data Center Assurance? Juniper Networks announced several new and unique enhancements to its data center assurance capabilities, driving exceptional user experiences through increased network visibility, analysis and automation. |
| EXFO Boosts Field Testing Efficiency For FTTH Networks EXFO announced two new field test solutions that make EXFO-quality testing accessible to all technicians supporting today’s expansive FTTH deployments. EXFO’s FIP-200 Connector CheckerTM ensures trouble-free broadband activation in one click, while the AXS-120 mini-Optical Time Domain Reflectometer improves field testing of last mile FTTH access networks. These entry level, easy-to-use solutions are featured at EXFO’s booth #147 at Connected Britain in London underway today and tomorrow. |
| Fortinet Opens Innovation Hub in Chicago Fortinet announced the opening of a new Innovation Hub in downtown Chicago. This is the latest Fortinet-owned facility to open this year and is part of the company’s global expansion strategy to foster innovation and enhance collaboration for Fortinet’s customers, partners, employees, and other key stakeholders. |
| Jabra Unveils AI-Powered Speech Enhancement Solution Jabra announced the launch of Jabra ClearSpeech, an AI-driven solution to remove unwanted noise for a better and clearer audio experience for contact center professionals. The quality of the audio experience is paramount to contact centers, and this innovative technology provides an AI-driven solution to mitigate distracting noise, enhancing speech on calls. |
| Alation Forms Partnership With Salesforce Alation announced a partnership with Salesforce to deliver trusted, governed data across the enterprise. Alation provides a bidirectional integration that seamlessly delivers data governance and end-to-end lineage within Salesforce Data Cloud, enabling organizations to harness the power of metadata for faster, more confident decision-making while maximizing the impact of their AI initiatives. |
| BIO-key Earns Government Defense Contract BIO-key announced that one of the world’s most respected government defense ministries has awarded BIO-key over $500K in new orders for BIO-key’s biometric user authentication solution pursuant to a three-year purchasing agreement. |
| Quickline Utilizes Adtran Rural Broadband Solution Adtran announced that Quickline has deployed its Mosaic CP and software-defined access hardware to bring full-fiber connectivity to rural regions in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Using Adtran technology, Quickline is rapidly expanding its network into areas previously overlooked by other service providers. Quickline’s subscribers can now access fast and reliable broadband, enabling them to work from home, stream high-definition content, leverage remote educational opportunities and much more. |
| POET Selected by Mentech POET announced that Mentech has selected POET’s transmit and receive optical engines for use in the development of 800G pluggable transceiver and has placed purchase orders for those engines. The sample orders by Mentech are for initial builds and engineering development. |
| VIAVI Announces Ethernet Testing For AI Workloads VIAVI announced the first solution to address testing and validation needs of the emerging 1.6Tb/s ecosystem based on 224G SERDES. This new testing module, the ONE-1600, is the latest addition to the company’s growing ONE LabPro platform, which also includes the HSE-800 800Gb/s test module. Designed to accommodate OSFP1600 and QSFP-DD1600 form factors, the ONE-1600 is available initially in a two-port configuration, and incorporates 224G SERDES technology. |
| Radware Powers Cloud SaaS for Cirion Technologies Radware announced it signed a managed security service provider agreement with Cirion Technologies. Based on the agreement, Cirion Technologies, a more than 30-year veteran and leading provider of digital infrastructure, plans to invest in Radware’s industry-leading Cloud DDoS Protection Service and offer it as a service to customers across Latin America. The MSSP agreement represents an expansion of an existing channel relationship between Radware and Cirion. |
| IBM to Acquire Accelalpha IBM announced its intent to acquire Accelalpha, a global Oracle services provider with deep expertise helping clients digitize core business operations and accelerate adoption of Oracle Cloud Applications. This acquisition expands IBM's Oracle consulting expertise in supply chain and logistics, finance, enterprise performance management (EPM) and customer transformation. |
