Ciena reports robust Q3 2019 results, highlighting what they perceive as a competitive edge against Huawei, one of its key rivals. While perhaps somewhat self-serving, this perspective has resonance due to the mounting geopolitical pressure to exclude Huawei from strategic operator 5G-IoT build-outs and using the company’s AI engines.
Symantec Acquisition Prospects Get Interesting
Symantec reportedly has two new suitors, this time for its very lucrative consumer security business. The takeover deal would value Symantec stock at between $26 and $27 a share, valuing the company at about $16.4 billion. As might be expected, Symantec stock surged on Friday following the news of the possible buyout, jumping 4.5% to $24.52. What’s next here as it relates to the Broadcom acquisition?
Qualcomm Propels 5G With New Snapdragon Announcements at IFA 2019
At IFA 2019 Qualcomm announced a series of important announcements including the launch of 5G support for the 6 and 7 series Snapdragon Platform.
How Electronic Security and Cybersecurity Can Work Together
Electronic security and cybersecurity cover very different ground, but as technology continues to evolve these teams are starting to work together. Here’s how.
Slack’s First Earnings Beat: Cut Them Some Slack?
This week collaboration and productivity darling Slack ($WORK) reported earnings for the first time since going public, it wasn’t a good day for the stock.
WalkMe’s Platform Is Built To Help CIOs Drive Digital Transformation
With Digital Transformations driving a mass of new software tools into organizations, CIOs need a platform to manage their platforms. Is WalkMe the answer?
Amazon’s Upskill 2025 Initiative: What Does This Do for the Future of Work
Amazon recently announced that it would invest $700 million to upskill 100,000 of its own employees, in all areas of the company, in all skill levels. Will this initiative work?
DXC Technology and Google Cloud Announce Global Partnership
DXC’s well-known expertise in helping organizations modernize their IT systems along with its expertise in AI and machine learning is a good match for Google Cloud Platform Services, as both join together to target the enterprise customer.
Huawei on 5G: Asia-Pacific is the Early Pace Setter
Huawei’s standing in the nascent worldwide 5G market is solid as it has secured over fifty 5G commercial contracts and shipped over 200,000 Massive MIMO AAUs. The timing of this update is critical as Huawei must contend with mounting geopolitical pressure to exclude its portfolio from a multitude of 5G network build-outs due primarily to national security concerns. Even with geopolitical restrictions and mounting concern over its supply chain stability, Huawei is fulfilling ongoing 5G customer demands.
HPE and VMware Deliver VMware Cloud Foundation as a Service
HPE and VMware have partnered to leverage HPE’s Greenlake and Composable infrastructure capabilities to deliver VMware Cloud Foundation as a Service.