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1. Financial, M & A Updates..................................................................................................................................1
2. Solution Updates.................................................................................................................................................14
3. Rewards and Recognition Updates..................................................................................................................58
4. Customer Success Updates...............................................................................................................................79
5. Partnership Ecosystem Updates......................................................................................................................105
6. Miscellaneous Updates.....................................................................................................................................145
7. Event Updates...................................................................................................................................................146

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AT&T to Sell its Operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
Islands to Liberty Latin America
AT&T announced that it plans to sell its wireless and wireline operations in
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to Liberty Latin America. The
transaction includes network assets, including spectrum; real estate and
leases; customers, including 1.1 million wireless subscribers; and contracts.
At close, approximately 1,300 current AT&T employees will move to Liberty
Latin America. To ensure a smooth transition for its customers, AT&T will
provide certain transition support functions to Liberty Latin America
following close of the transaction. Under terms of the agreement, AT&T will
retain FirstNet responsibilities and relationships as well as DIRECTV and
certain global business customer relationships. The sale does not affect
AT&T’s FirstNet commitment. AT&T retains its dedicated FirstNet network
core and service capabilities. Among other services, post-close Liberty Latin
America will support AT&T’s FirstNet build in Puerto Rico and the U.S.
Virgin Islands, expanding LTE coverage and capacity to best meet the needs
of first responders in the region. Eligible first responders subscribing to
AT&T’s FirstNet services in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands will still
have access to the benefits and capabilities of the FirstNet network platform,
including priority and preemption.
Executive Commentary
“I’m proud of AT&T’s history in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
Islands,” said AT&T Vice President-General Manager for the region. “I’m
especially proud of our network and the recent network enhancements
that have helped AT&T rank as the fastest network in Puerto Rico.1
AT&T also has the most coverage on the island. Our experienced and
committed team members will continue to support these operations as we
join Liberty Latin America. Liberty Latin America has expressed its
commitment to provide high-quality communications services to the
people of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. And we’re confident
that it is equally committed to supporting these communities.”
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Dragos Reports Record Company Performance and 100% Revenue Growth,
Achieves Industrial Cybersecurity Industry Leadership
Dragos, Inc., provider of the industrial sector’s most trusted
asset identification, threat detection, and response platform
and services, announced strong annual growth and company
performance on all fronts experiencing a 100% year over year
revenue growth and 70% new customer growth. The company
now boasts 120 customers across 11 countries and four
continents and counts seven of the 10 largest U.S. electric
utility companies and five of the 10 largest oil and gas
companies in North America and EMEA among its customer
base. From a company growth standpoint, the company’s
employee base has grown by 125% to more than 150
employees and added a second U.S. location to support
customer training in Houston, TX, making it the largest ICS
cybersecurity company in the world.
“As industrial enterprises in electric, oil & gas,
manufacturing and transportation have become increasingly
aware that they are vulnerable from an operational
technology (OT) standpoint, we have been able to clearly
differentiate ourselves by building a world-class team of
ICS practitioners, coupled with the most advanced and
complete ICS security solution on the market, ” said CEO
of Dragos. “This past year has been one of tremendous
accomplishments and success. I am extremely proud of the
hard work by our employees, partners, and advisors, all of
whom have contributed to putting us ahead of the pack in a
rapidly growing market.”
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https://dragos.com/media/dragos-reports-record-company-performance-and-100-revenue-growth-achieves-industrial-cybersecurity-industry-leadership/
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Equinix to Expand into Mexico With US$175 Million Acquisition of Three
Axtel Data Centers
Equinix, Inc., the global interconnection and data center
company, announced it has entered into an agreement with
Axtel S.A.B. de C.V. to acquire three data centers that serve
the Mexico City and Monterrey metro areas of Mexico for
US$175 million in an all-cash transaction. The three facilities
generated approximately $21 million of revenues in the 12
months ending December 31, 2018, with an EBITDA margin
profile accretive to the Equinix business. The acquisition is
expected to close in Q1 2020, subject to customary closing
conditions including regulatory approval. The addition of these
three facilities in two strategic technology metros in Mexico is
part of Equinix's strategy of extending its global leadership
into attractive large-growth markets. This acquisition, when
combined with the previous acquisitions of key traffic hubs in
Dallas (Infomart) and Miami (NAP of the Americas), will
further strengthen Equinix's global platform by increasing
interconnection between North, Central and South America.
President, Americas, Equinix: "Digital transformation is
forcing more businesses to evolve their IT infrastructure
from centralized to distributed architectures. Customers are
seeking new locations to keep their data in proximity to
points of consumption and as a part of this evolution, our
enterprise and service provider customers have a strong
desire to interconnect at the digital edge in Mexico. The
three Axtel data centers that serve the Mexico City and
Monterrey metros provide an optimal market entry for
Equinix to bolster operations in the region and facilitate
even greater interconnection within the Americas region
and between the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe."
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https://www.equinix.com/newsroom/press-releases/pr/123805/Equinix-to-Expand-into-Mexico-With-US-Million-Acquisition-of-Three-Axtel-Data-Centers/
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Ericsson completes acquisition of Kathrein’s antenna and filter business
Ericsson has completed its acquisition of the antenna and
filter division of Kathrein, a world leading provider of
antenna and filter technologies with headquarters in
Rosenheim, Germany. Ericsson is looking forward to
providing its customers a broadened Ericsson Radio
System offering. In addition to expanding Ericsson’s
portfolio of antenna and filter products, the acquisition will
bring vital competence necessary to evolve radio access
products. Ericsson has gained a competent organization
focusing on R&D, production, and sales, based in more
than 20 locations including Germany, Romania, the U.S.,
Mexico, and China. With most of the professionals based
in Europe, Ericsson is complementing its already strong
R&D base across 21 locations on the continent.
Executive Vice President and Head of Business Area
Networks, Ericsson, says: "A very warm welcome to our
new colleagues. We are confident that together, we will
evolve our radio products that customers need for 5G
and beyond. By integrating radios with antennas while
making the best use of site space, we will continue to
develop a world-class next-generation portfolio.”
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https://www.ericsson.com/en/press-releases/2019/10/ericsson-completes-acquisition-of-kathreins-antenna-and-filter-business
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Intel Eyes Leadership in 5G Edge Computing; Acquiring Smart Edge
Intel has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Smart
Edge™ intelligent-edge platform business from Pivot
Technology Solutions Inc., an IT infrastructure and service
provider. Smart Edge is a cloud-native, scalable and secure
platform for multi-access edge computing (MEC). With Smart
Edge, enterprises and communications service providers can
enable cloud-like services closer to the user on the
customer-premise or network edge. The expansion of
computing in the network and at the edge is an important
growth opportunity for Intel – an estimated $65 billion silicon
addressable market by 2023. Edge computing is an
opportunity that is accelerating with the rollout of 5G
networks. The Smart Edge platform is built to run on Intel
technologies, such as high-performing Intel® Xeon® Scalable
processors today and, going forward, Intel® Optane™
memory, Intel FPGAs and other accelerators. Smart Edge’s
software is also highly complementary with Intel’s OpenNESS
(Open Network Edge Services Software) project.
“Intel is the right company and brand to advance and
scale Smart Edge’s software solution,” said, CEO of
Pivot. “Our partnership with Intel will leverage Pivot’s
core strengths as a technology integrator and service
provider with Intel’s advanced technology solutions to
drive the adoption of the Smart Edge platform. We look
forward to collaborating with Intel to develop and take
to market many new edge computing use cases.”
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https://newsroom.intel.com/news/intel-eyes-leadership-5g-edge-computing-acquiring-smart-edge/#gs.bs2lsf
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Juniper Networks Reports Preliminary Third Quarter 2019 Financial
Results
• Net revenues were $1,133.1 million, a decrease of 4%
year-over-year, and an increase of 3% sequentially.
• GAAP operating margin was 12.2%, a decrease from
13.6% in the third quarter of 2018, and an increase from
7.5% in the second quarter of 2019.
• Non-GAAP operating margin was 18.3%, a decrease
from 20.0% in the third quarter of 2018, and an increase
from 15.8% in the second quarter of 2019.
• GAAP net income was $99.3 million, a decrease of 56%
year-over-year, and an increase of 115% sequentially,
resulting in diluted earnings per share of $0.29.
• Non-GAAP net income was $166.6 million, a decrease of
13% year-over-year, and an increase of 19% sequentially,
resulting in non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of
$0.48.
“We believe we are executing well in a dynamic
environment," said, Juniper’s, Chief Executive Officer.
“While we are encouraged to see improved momentum
with our Cloud customers, Service Provider spending
remains challenged and we experienced weaker than
expected Enterprise orders in the September quarter.
Despite this backdrop, we still expect to deliver modest
year-over-year growth during the December quarter and
remain optimistic regarding our long-term growth
prospects.”
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https://newsroom.juniper.net/press-releases/juniper-networks-reports-preliminary-third-quarter-2019-financial-results
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Nokia Corporation Financial Report for Q3 and
January-September 2019
• Net sales in Q3 2019 were EUR 5.7 billion, compared to EUR 5.5 billion in Q3 2018. On
a constant currency basis, net sales increased 1%. Our solid overall topline performance
was driven by improved industry demand and the competitiveness of our end-to-end
portfolio, with growth across four out of six regions and all customer types.
• Non-IFRS diluted EPS in Q3 2019 was EUR 0.05, compared to EUR 0.06 in Q3 2018,
primarily driven by lower gross profit in Networks and a net negative fluctuation in
financial income and expenses. This was partially offset by higher gross profit in Nokia
Software and continued progress related to Nokia’s cost savings program, which resulted
in lower operating expenses across Networks, Nokia Software and Nokia Technologies.
• Reported diluted EPS in Q3 2019 was EUR 0.01, compared to negative EUR 0.02 in Q3
2018, primarily driven by continued progress related to Nokia’s cost savings program and
a gain on defined benefit plan amendments, partially offset by higher income taxes.
• In Q3 2019, net cash and current financial investments decreased sequentially by
approximately EUR 160 million. Within this, we generated positive net cash from
operating activities, which partially offset cash outflows from investing and financing
activities, including the payment of the quarterly dividend.
• Full year 2019 and full year 2020 outlook lowered primarily due to margin pressure,
additional 5G investments and additional digitalization investments.
President and Ceo, On Q3 2019 Results: Nokia delivered a solid third quarter, with
positive free cash flow; widespread sales growth; solid operating margin; strong
performances in Nokia Enterprise, Nokia Software and IP Routing; and good progress
towards meeting our 2019 cost reduction goals. We are proud to have launched 15 live
5G networks with customers, including Sprint, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile in the US;
Vodafone Italy and Zain in Saudi Arabia; as well as SKT, KT and LGU+ in Korea.
Many of our businesses are performing well and we expect Q4 to be strong, with a
robust operating margin and an increase in net cash of approximately EUR 1.2 billion.
At the same time, some of the risks that we flagged previously related to the initial
phase of 5G are now materializing. In particular, our Q3 gross margin was impacted by
product mix; a high cost level associated with our first generation 5G products;
profitability challenges in China; pricing pressure in early 5G deals; and uncertainty
related to the announced operator merger in North America.
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https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/releases/2019/10/24/nokia-corporation-financial-report-for-q3-and-january-september-2019/
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ProntoForms awarded funding for research and development
ProntoForms Corporation, the global leader in
field-focused low-code application platforms
(LCAP) for enterprise, is pleased to announce
that it will receive funding of up to $750,000
from the National Research Council of Canada
Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC
IRAP) to further innovate and advance its
product.
“2019 has provided ProntoForms with some
landmark highlights, most notably our
inclusion in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant (MQ)
for Enterprise LCAP,” explains, ProntoForms
Chief of Product. “The innovation that will
stem from this NRC IRAP investment will
help ProntoForms continue to develop its
platform and become a mainstay in the
field-centric enterprise LCAP market. Over
the next two years, NRC IRAP funding will
help grow the ProntoForms research and
development team. This bolstered roster of
talent will help accelerate the advancement of
ProntoForms’ best-in-field platform.”
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https://www.prontoforms.com/company/pr/2019-10-21_prontoforms-awarded-funding-for-research-and-development
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VMware Completes Acquisition of Carbon Black
VMware, Inc., a leading innovator in enterprise software,
announced it has completed its acquisition of Carbon Black, a
leader in cloud-native endpoint protection, in an all-cash
transaction for $26 per share, representing an enterprise value of
$2.1 billion. With the close of the acquisition, VMware is
launching a new Security Business Unit within the company.
Carbon Black CEO Patrick Morley will be serving as the general
manager of this new group reporting to Sanjay Poonen, chief
operating officer, Customer Operations, VMware. Carbon Black
will form the nucleus of VMware’s Security offering, focused on
helping VMware customers with advanced cybersecurity
protection, and in-depth behavioral insight to help stop
sophisticated attacks and accelerate response. Under the terms of
the transaction, which was structured as a cash tender offer,
Carbon Black shareholders who validly tendered (and did not
properly withdraw) their shares in Carbon Black, received $26 per
share in cash, representing an enterprise value of $2.1 billion. The
transaction was funded through cash on the balance sheet, and by
accessing short-term borrowing capacity.
“Carbon Black brings us an industry-leading endpoint and
workload security platform, with a cloud-native architecture, an
AI-powered data lake and a smart, lightweight agent,” said
Chief operating officer, Customer Operations, VMware. “The
Carbon Black platform, along with VMware NSX, VMware
Workspace ONE, VMware Secure State and our future
innovations, will deliver a highly-differentiated intrinsic
security platform across network, endpoint, workload, identity,
cloud and analytics. We believe this will bring a fundamentally
new paradigm to the security industry.”
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https://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-newsfeed.VMware-Completes-Acquisition-of-Carbon-Black.1926966.html
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Ericsson reports third quarter results 2019
• Sales were SEK 57.1 (53.8) b. Sales adjusted for comparable
units and currency increased by 3% driven by strong growth in
North America and North East Asia. Reported sales grew by 6%.
• Operating income was impacted by cost provisions of USD -1.2
b. (SEK -11.5 b.) related to a resolution of the investigations by
SEC and DOJ in the US and a refund of social security costs of
SEK 0.9 b., referred to as “items affecting comparability” in the
report.
• Operating income was SEK 6.5 b. (11.4% operating margin) .
when excluding restructuring charges and items affecting
comparability. Reported operating income was SEK -4.2 (3.2) b.
• Gross margin excluding restructuring charges was 37.8%
(36.9%) with improvements in Managed Services, Digital
Services and Networks. Reported gross margin was 37.7%
(36.5%).
• Net income was SEK -6.9 (2.7) b., negatively impacted by items
affecting comparability.
• Free cash flow excluding M&A was SEK 5.5 (0.7). Net cash increased to
SEK 37.4 (32.0).
Comments from President and CEO of Ericsson: “We continue to see
strong momentum in our business, based on the strategy to increase our
investments for technology leadership, including 5G. We saw organic
sales growth of 3% in the quarter, driven by the early adopters of 5G, in
North America and North East Asia. Our operating income was SEK 6.5
b., corresponding to a margin of 11.4% excluding restructuring costs, the
SEC and DOJ provision of USD -1.2 b. (SEK -11.5 b.) and the refund of
social security costs of SEK 0.9 b. Free cash flow before M&A was SEK
5.5 (0.7) b. adding to our strong financial position.
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F5 Networks Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2019 Results; Delivers
Second Consecutive Quarter of 91% Software Revenue Growth
• Revenue of $590.4 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal
year 2019 reflects 5% growth from $562.7 million in the
fourth quarter of fiscal year 2018, driven by software
solutions revenue growth of 91%.
• GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019
was $94.8 million, or $1.57 per diluted share compared to
fourth quarter fiscal year 2018 GAAP net income of $132.9
million, or $2.18 per diluted share.
• Non-GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal year
2019 was $156.7 million, or $2.59 per diluted share,
compared to $177.0 million, or $2.90 per diluted share, in the
fourth quarter of fiscal year 2018. Non-GAAP net income for
the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019 excludes $43.7 million i
n stock-based compensation, $15.0 million in facility-exit
costs, $8.1 million in costs related to the acquisition of
NGINX, $6.3 million in impairment charges and $4.6 million
in amortization of purchased intangible assets.
“Customer demand for consistent application security and
reliable application performance across private, public and
multi-cloud environments drove 5% total revenue growth in
our fourth quarter, fueled by software revenue growth of
91% for the second consecutive quarter,” said F5 President
and Chief Executive Officer.
https://investors.f5.com/news-and-events/news/press-release-details/2019/F5-Networks-Announces-Fourth-Quarter-and-Fiscal-Year-2019-Results-Delivers-Second-Consecutive-Quarter-of-91-Software-Revenue-Growth/default.aspx

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HMS Q3 Report 2019
• Net sales for the third quarter reached SEK 377 m (353),
corresponding to an increase of 7 %. Currency translations
had a positive effect of SEK 15 m on net sales
• Restructuring costs of SEK 25 m impacts the third quarter,
related to a cost reduction program
• Operating profit reached SEK 56 m (74) equal to a 14.9 %
(20.9) operating margin
• Operating profit before restructuring costs reached SEK 81
m equal to a 21.6 % operating margin
• Order intake was SEK 372 m (360), corresponding to an
increase of 3 %
• Cash flow from operating activities amounted to SEK 90 m
(73)
• Profit after taxes totalled SEK 46 m (51) and earnings per
share was SEK 0.98 (1.09)
Comment from the CEO: “The third quarter showed
weaker growth and order intake and we can see that the
market slowdown has continued. Sales for the quarter
were SEK 377 m, which represents a growth of 7 %
compared to the same period last year. The growth is
mostly currency- and acquisition driven, organic growth
was 1 %. Order intake during the quarter was SEK 372 m,
an organic decline of 5 %. The weak market development,
as previously reported, continued during the third quarter.
Both macro data and our customers continue to indicate a
weak outlook in all our important geographical markets.
Japan has been weak throughout the year but now both
Germany and the US have shown clear signs of
slowdown, although the US has shown some recovery
during the latter part of the quarter.”
https://www.hms-networks.com/news-and-insights/news-from-hms/2019/10/22/hms-q3-report-2019

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Logmein Announces Third Quarter 2019 Results
• GAAP revenue was $316.9 million
• Non-GAAP revenue was $317.2 million, up 2.5% year over year, a
60-basis point improvement from Q2’19
• GAAP net income was $5.1 million or $0.10 per share and non-GAAP
net income was $68.7 million or $1.39 per share
• EBITDA was $82.2 million or 25.9% of GAAP revenue and Adjusted
EBITDA was $109.3 million or 34.5% of non-GAAP revenue
• Cash flow from operations was $83.0 million or 26.2% of non-GAAP
revenue, and adjusted free cash flow was $69.6 million or 22.0% of
non-GAAP revenue
• Total GAAP deferred revenue was $392.8 million
• The Company closed the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of
$119.2 million and $200.0 million of borrowings under its existing
credit agreement
• The Company’s fastest growing products continued to gain market
share with Jive increasing 37% year over year to $37 million and
LastPass gaining 64% year over year to $22 million.
“Our investments in our growth products continued to pay off in the
quarter and enabled us to exceed our guidance. Led by Jive and
LastPass, our growth products grew 34% in Q3 and now account for
more than a quarter of our revenue,” said President and CEO.
Additionally, we made significant progress strengthening our
collaboration products, with the introduction of the next generation
of our flagship GoToMeeting product and the launch of
GoToConnect into key European markets. We believe both of these
milestones are foundational to continue to drive overall growth.”
https://investor.logmeininc.com/about-us/investors/news/press-release-details/2019/LogMeIn-Announces-Third-Quarter-2019-Results/default.aspx

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6WIND Announces 6WINDGate 5.0 Source Code for Linux Networking
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6WIND, a high-performance networking software company, announced 6WINDGate 5.0 packet processing software for
Linux networking. 6WINDGate is a complete Layer 2 through Layer 4 networking stack available in source code form
factor optimized for standard Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) servers. For two decades, 6WINDGate has been
integrated by OEM vendors to develop a complete networking appliance, solution or system. 6WINDGate 5.0 extends
support for OEM customers to quickly develop 5G, TCP, Network Appliance and Telecom Infrastructure applications
with :
• Container Support: Will be validated to run as a container in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS and Ubuntu operating
systems for easy application deployment into multiple unprivileged container instances.
• Full Linux Transparency: 100% user space, based on standard Linux technologies such as DPDK, eBPF, Netlink and
more, to synchronize Linux kernel information into its high-performance data plane. This makes 6WINDGate 5.0 easy
and quick to install, portable, and compatible with Linux vendor support policies.
https://www.6wind.com/news-events/press-releases-2019/6wind-announces-6windgate-5-0-source-code-for-linux-networking/

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ADTRAN Gives Voice to Small Businesses and Distributed Enterprises
with ADTRAN SD-WAN
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ADTRAN, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation open networking and subscriber experience software, announced its new SD-WAN
solution designed to help small-to-medium businesses and distributed enterprises take advantage of cloud-based networking while keeping
existing voice and security solutions in place to make the transition easier, faster and more affordable. The ADTRAN SD-WAN platform
provides both outbound and inbound quality of service (QoS), seamless connectivity and control of cloud applications and voice services.
The solution automatically detects business critical and performance-sensitive traffic without having to manually set up policies as with
first-generation SD-WAN solutions. This capability enables all future cloud applications to integrate into the business without manual
intervention. Additionally, the SD-WAN solution delivers end-to-end visibility, measuring each connection from any location on the
network, all along its path, to ADTRAN gateways at any other location. Further, by identifying application traffic in real time, it can detect
and automatically adjust based on the performance needs of the applications currently in use. Unlike many edge-based or next-generation
firewall-based SD-WAN solutions, this improved SD-WAN cloud supports active-active WAN links, inbound QoS, single IP failover and a
cloud gateway component for control of cloud-based content. It also includes multiple gateways across the continental U.S and has its own
redundant backbone between gateways, upstream feeds at each gateway, and connections for each customer location to two gateways for
failover protection. Additionally, service providers have the option to move the cloud software to their data centers when they are
ready—providing flexibility to roll-out SD-WAN quickly by leveraging the new ADTRAN SD-WAN cloud solution.
https://www.adtran.com/index.php/adtran-gives-voice-to-small-businesses-and-distributed-enterprises-with-adtran-sd-wan

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SmartRG First to Deliver Open CPE Solutions
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SmartRG, an ADTRAN company, the leading provider of next-generation open networking and subscriber experience
solutions, unveiled SmartOS 11, a landmark achievement which realizes the principles and best practices established by
the prplWrt project. Building on SmartOS’ silicon-agnostic heritage, SmartOS 11 will be immediately available on
SmartRG devices on three different chipsets. prplWrt, hosted by the prpl Foundation, is focused on establishing an
open-source, enterprise-grade software framework using OpenWrt™ to provide a common baseline of APIs for a high
degree of customization and differentiation without sacrificing security or compatibility. The framework will power the
next generation of Wi-Fi routers and gateways with secure, robust software and tools for testing, professional
certification and continuous feature development. With SmartOS 11’s fully open-source approach, ADTRAN
democratizes service provider CPE customization to a level once only reserved for multinational Tier 1 service
providers. Additionally, an open ecosystem of 3rd party services allows tailoring of the subscriber’s experience to any
customer segment. These and other new features facilitate differentiation and create competitive opportunities as service
providers look to add innovative revenue-generating services to their offerings.
https://www.adtran.com/index.php/smartrg-first-to-deliver-open-cpe-solutions

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Arm Enables Custom Instructions for embedded CPUs
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At Arm® TechCon 2019, Arm CEO Simon Segars announced Arm Custom Instructions, a new feature for the Armv8-M
architecture. Arm Custom Instructions will initially be implemented in Arm Cortex®-M33 CPUs starting in the first half
of 2020 at no additional cost to new and existing licensees, enabling SoC designers to add their own instructions for
specific embedded and IoT applications without risk of software fragmentation. Architected as part of the evolution of
the Armv8-M architecture with secure Arm TrustZone™ technology, Arm Custom Instructions are based on a simple
guiding principle; the CPU is a chassis for Arm silicon partner innovation. This approach gives chip designers the
opportunity to push performance and efficiency further by adding their unique application-specific features into
Cortex-M33 CPUs. Arm Custom Instructions are enabled by modifications to the CPU that reserve encoding space for
designers to easily add custom datapath extensions while maintaining the integrity of the existing software ecosystem.
This feature, together with the existing co-processor interface, enable Cortex-M33 CPUs to be extended with various
types of accelerators optimized for edge compute use cases including machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence
(AI).
https://www.arm.com/company/news/2019/10/arm-enables-custom-instructions-for-embedded-cpus

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CenturyLink Expands On-Demand Network Connectivity to
Google Cloud Platform
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CenturyLink, Inc. is providing a new option for connecting business premises and public data centers to cloud environments with the
expansion of its Cloud Connect Dynamic Connections service to Google Cloud Platform. This expansion enables self-serve, real-time,
dedicated network connectivity across thousands of endpoints in North America, Asia Pacific and Europe through CenturyLink's
secure, global fiber network. CenturyLink Cloud Connect Dynamic Connections plays a key role in the company's edge compute
strategy. It provides real-time network provisioning from the customer premises to CenturyLink's edge locations, allowing businesses
to deploy and manage workloads in an agile development model. These edge services can connect to thousands of data centers and
office buildings by leveraging CenturyLink Cloud Connect to run distributed IT workloads close to the edge of the network.
CenturyLink Cloud Connect Dynamic Connections includes a self-service portal and API that give customers real-time control over
their hybrid cloud networking using private Ethernet services. To further enhance the customer experience, CenturyLink also offers a
simple pay-as-you-go billing model that provides the flexibility to add and remove services as needed, without term liability.
CenturyLink expanded its long-standing partnership with Google Cloud in 2019 by combining a public cloud with CenturyLink IT
consulting services. CenturyLink established a Google Cloud Center of Excellence with certified Google Cloud architects and
engineers who are highly skilled in cloud infrastructure, networking, migration and managed services to assist customers with their
digital business. In addition, CenturyLink's global broadcast fiber network, Vyvx Cloud Connect, provides access to Google Cloud
Platform by offering multi-site, diverse connectivity paths for high-bandwidth, high-quality video feeds.
https://ir.centurylink.com/news/news-details/2019/CenturyLink-Expands-On-Demand-Network-Connectivity-to-Google-Cloud-Platform/default.aspx

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Ericsson and Brighter pioneer IoT solution for diabetes treatments
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Ericsson and its partner Brighter, a Swedish health-tech company focused on improving chronic disease
management, have introduced Actiste®, the world's first complete IoT-health solution for monitoring and
treating insulin-dependent diabetes. The introduction of the commercially-ready solution was announced
October 7, 2019 at GITEX in Dubai. Brighter is now ready to deliver Actiste® Diabetes Management as
a Service in the UAE and the wider Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) with cross-border mobile
connectivity to be provided by leading communication service providers. Actiste® brings together all
required functions into a single connected device: blood sampling, blood glucose measurement and
insulin injection. The device is delivered as part of a subscription service, designed to simplify patient’s
everyday life and optimize and improve treatments. The total number of people living with diabetes in the
UAE is currently 1.2 million, according to The International Diabetes Federation (IDF), of which
approximately 480.000 are insulin-dependent and could benefit from Brighter’s Actiste service.
https://www.ericsson.com/en/press-releases/2019/10/ericsson-and-brighter-pioneer-iot-solution-for-diabetes-treatments

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Ericsson launches unique AI functionality to boost radio access
networks
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Ericsson has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) software functionality with unique capabilities for optimizing
radio access networks (RAN), enabling communication service providers to boost network performance and user
experience. The company’s new AI software capabilities – AI-powered radio access networks – cover two main
areas: advanced traffic management, which secures optimal distribution of traffic; and evolved carrier optimization,
which enables uplink improvements and predictive carrier aggregation. The new software will become available
worldwide from November this year. Ericsson’s new AI capabilities for advanced traffic management can provide
extended 5G coverage, and more intelligence for the dynamic distribution of users across frequencies, improving
user experience. Additionally, Ericsson has also introduced evolved carrier optimizations. With the software
functionality’s new traffic-aware carrier aggregation capability, it can offer an instant speed boost in the uplink and
the downlink simultaneously for smartphone users. The RAN Compute architecture is optimized to process network
data using AI instantaneously, avoiding any capacity degradation. Ericsson’s unique AI algorithms are added in the
radio site as close to the end-user as possible, providing extended 5G coverage as well as even better LTE
performance.
https://www.ericsson.com/en/news/2019/10/ericsson-ai-to-boost-ran

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Avaya Previews Innovations for Avaya IX Workplace Unified Communications Portfolio That
Improve Efficiency, Accelerate Collaboration and Enhance the Employee Experience
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Avaya Holdings Corp. previewed Avaya IX Onespace, an industry-first solution in unified communications and
collaboration that expands the capabilities of the Avaya IX Workplace UC portfolio. This new, all-in-one, highly
customizable, intelligent workspace integrates multiple communication channels and applications into a single view with a
personalized interface. Now available for initial customers to implement and evaluate, the new intelligent workspace
solution enables enterprises to leverage an open and extensible framework to seamlessly bring together data from across the
entire enterprise, enabling organizations to help drive improved efficiency and enhance the employee experience.
Developed in collaboration with customers as a converged solution that can be implemented across organizations, including
contact centers, Avaya IX Onespace boosts productivity, improves efficiency, and delivers a superior experience for digital
workers that can positively impact the customer journey. The powerful features of Avaya IX Onespace create a secure,
cloud-based, single access point for email, productivity apps, social media and more, offering a bird’s eye view of
employees’ most pressing tasks, most important conversations with colleagues, and upcoming appointments in one
contextual, intuitive, and comprehensive channel. And with its capabilities for automating repetitive administrative tasks –
such as HR, IT or data entry – it creates untold levels of focus and efficiency. Initial introduction of these new innovations
will be available in the EMEA and APAC regions by Q2.
https://www.avaya.com/en/about-avaya/newsroom/pr-ae-191010/

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Avaya Accelerates Investments in Its Next Generation Contact Center Cloud Platform
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Avaya Holdings Corp. continues its cloud transformation with the introduction of Avaya IX-CC, a next generation
Contact Center as a Service platform, built from the ground up as a cloud-based solution developed on a
microservices architecture. Scheduled for launch in the first half of 2020, Avaya IX-CC will enable organizations of
all sizes to smoothly transition from their on-premise deployment to a multi-tenant, enterprise-grade cloud
architecture – deployed on the public cloud platform of their choice. The announcement comes as Avaya focuses its
R&D investments to address market demand for cloud-based solutions. With Avaya IX-CC, customers get a
next-generation cloud platform in a multi-tenant architecture that can be scaled from small-to-medium sized
businesses to large enterprises. Avaya IX-CC is the latest in a series of transformational cloud investments from
Avaya. Earlier this year, Avaya made its ReadyNow UC and CC private cloud offerings available globally with the
announcement that its solutions would be hosted in both Avaya and IBM data centers worldwide. The Avaya IX-CC
next generation Contact Center as a Service platform is expected to be available to customers in H1 2020 with voice
capabilities, followed by omnichannel features later in the year.
https://www.avaya.com/en/about-avaya/newsroom/pr-us-191007/

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Avaya IX™ Subscription Program Delivers Flexible UC and CC Consumption Model, Includes
Avaya IX Spaces Cloud-based Collaboration and Meeting Solution
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Avaya Holdings Corp. announced its new Avaya IX Subscription program, making it easier than ever for Enterprise customers
to purchase and consume Avaya’s world-class communications and collaboration solutions to drive their business growth. The
Avaya subscription program provides customers with a flexible new consumption-based alternative to traditional perpetual
pricing models and can also facilitate their transition to cloud. Avaya IX Subscription gives customers the flexibility to scale
consumption of Avaya’s contact center and unified communications solutions based on their unique needs. This comprehensive
new program offering monthly or annual subscription payments enables customers to avoid the complexity and cost of software
licensing and contract renewals and instead focus on growing their businesses. Additional benefits to customers of the program
include lowered business risk, increased operational agility, streamlined budgeting and purchasing processes, and maximum
flexibility when adding new services and users. Avaya IX Subscription includes access to the latest software releases, the
freedom to flex up to 20 percent over the number of subscribed users at no additional charge and support from the company’s
award-winning1 services organization. Additionally, Avaya IX Spaces, the company’s powerful new cloud-based platform for
team collaboration and meetings, is included as part of all Avaya IX Subscriptions. Avaya IX Spaces seamlessly integrates
voice, video, tasks, sharing and more into one solution that can be easily accessed anywhere, on any device–mobile devices,
desktops, telephones and room systems. Avaya IX Spaces is designed for teams that need a simple and effective way to
communicate and manage tasks to create a more efficient environment for businesses and organizations.
https://www.avaya.com/en/about-avaya/newsroom/pr-us-191008/

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Extreme Networks Unveils ExtremeCloud IQ Cloud Management Application
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Extreme Networks, Inc., a cloud-driven networking company, announced availability of ExtremeCloud™ IQ, the industry's first end-to-end
cloud management application that leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence to provide enterprises with insights, as well as
complete visibility, control, and automation of their entire network. With this announcement, Extreme is also introducing "Co-Pilot," a new
automation feature that will help IT administrators save time and effort on an increasing number of everyday tasks. The ExtremeCloud IQ
application can be deployed in the public cloud, private cloud, or on-premises, providing enterprises with unmatched flexibility to accomplish
their business objectives.
• Built on an architecture supported by microservices, third-generation cloud technology and tools acquired from Aerohive Networks,
ExtremeCloud IQ ingests over 3 billion highly instrumented messages and events – and 3 petabytes of data – per day across its global footprint
of regional cloud instances. These events and messages are processed through the native ExtremeCloud IQ machine learning and artificial
intelligence engine to provide IT administrators with actionable insights, and now with Co-Pilot, automated assistance.
• Cloud is the fastest path to implementing the autonomous network. Today, ExtremeCloud IQ provides a unified management platform for
wireless access points, switches, routers, and security/NAC, enabling onboarding, configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, reporting, and
many other capabilities for cloud-centric enterprise networks. Over the next 90 days, through a continuous delivery model, ExtremeCloud IQ
will expand to support Extreme's wired edge switching solutions, including the VSP4900 fabric-enabled multi-service edge switch, the X465
premium, stackable multi-rate Gigabit Ethernet switch, and other edge switches.
https://investor.extremenetworks.com/news-releases/news-release-details/extreme-networks-unveils-extremecloud-iq-cloud-management

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Fujitsu RunMyProcess DigitalSuite EnterpriseConnect Accelerates Digital
Transformation
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Fujitsu introduces DigitalSuite EnterpriseConnect, the latest enterprise-grade secure connector technology from Fujitsu
RunMyProcess – the high-productivity workflow automation and web process innovation cloud platform provider. The new
module helps create secure sharing of data, applications and processes across organizational boundaries, allowing enterprises to
build trusted digital futures. Designed to lift enterprises ahead of competitors by providing the enterprise grade security and
scalability for digital transformation projects, DigitalSuite EnterpriseConnect provides the secure integration of digital
processes and mobile apps with legacy systems. Enhancements to the volume, speed, and manageability required by current
and future mobile app solutions are core to an upgrade of the established Secure Enterprise Connector.Alongside the enhanced
security and simplified installation, the DigitalSuite EnterpriseConnect upgrade extends RunMyProcess support for digital
transformation projects that require near real-time secure access to rapidly changing data through the following:
• Monitoring is significantly upgraded, providing status information of on-premise operations in log files.
• Communications security is enhanced with the addition of TLS v1.2 encryption and through the support of data transport via
secure websockets.
• Architecture improvements enable better scalability, by easily expanding and contracting to accommodate heavier or lighter
loads, and high availability by improving the level of operational performance.
https://www.fujitsu.com/emeia/about/resources/news/press-releases/2019/emeai-20191008-fujitsu-runmyprocess-digitalsuite.html

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Fujitsu Launches New Stream Data Processing Platform to Accelerate Use of
Automotive Big Data
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Fujitsu Limited announced that it will launch a new stream data processing platform for service providers to maximize the use
of big data collected from connected cars. The new platform facilitates simple and efficient automotive big data analysis by
leveraging Fujitsu's data processing technology, Dracena (1), a stream processing architecture that can add or change content
while processing large volumes of IoT data, without stopping. The new platform allows for the management and processing of
data in discreet units of people and objects including pedestrians, vehicles, roads, and buildings, which are constantly changing
in the real world. This makes it possible to digitally reproduce the surrounding situation, including other vehicles. Continuous
data processing additionally offers users the flexibility to add and change services that must operate without disruption, such as
real-time hazard prediction for connected cars. Going forward, Fujitsu plans to roll out the service in overseas regions including
North America and Europe. The mobility industry is presently undergoing a once in a century period of change, and from 2020
onward, the number of connected cars will increase exponentially. Big data from connected vehicles, including images
collected from car sensors, and CAN (2) data, will play an important role in realizing mobility services like traffic monitoring,
maps, and insurance, as well as vehicle design. Simultaneously, these systems for analyzing automotive big data are siloed for
each service and overlap in development functions and system resources, creating a need for a system that can flexibly and
efficiently implement various services concurrently.
https://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/resources/news/press-releases/2019/1008-01.html

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Fujitsu Develops AI based Facial Expression Recognition Technology to Accurately
Detect Subtle Changes in Expression
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Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd. and Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc. announced the development of an AI facial
expression recognition technology that detects subtle changes in facial expression with a high degree of accuracy. The
new technology was developed in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science. One of
the obstacles for facial expression recognition technology is the difficulty in providing large amounts of data required to
train detection models for each facial pose, because faces are usually captured with a wide variety of poses in real-world
applications. To address the problem, Fujitsu has developed a technology to adapt different normalization process for
each facial image. For example, when the angle of the subject's face is oblique, the technology can adjust the image to
more closely resemble the frontal image of the face, allowing the detection model to be trained with a relatively small
amount of data. The technology can accurately detect subtle emotional changes, including uncomfortable or nervous
laughter, confusion, etc.-even when the subject's face is moving in a real-world context. Fujitsu anticipates that the new
technology will find use in a variety of real-world applications, including communication facilitation for employee
engagement and to improve workplace safety for drivers and factory workers.

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Fujitsu Develops Technology to Prevent the Analogy of Encrypted Confidential
Information
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Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. announced that it has developed a technology that enables safer search of database by
strengthening its secure search technology, which can infer a database or the contents of a search while they are
encrypted, preventing the inference of the original data. Even in an encrypted database, there is a risk that the original
data may be inferred from the number of registered data, for example, by comparing it with published statistical
information. By adding a minimum amount of dummy data to the database, the newly developed technology can disturb
the number of entries in the database and prevent the original data from being inferred. This enables a more secure
utilization of encrypted database of personal data(1) and confidential data(2), which are managed in various locations
such as the cloud. Moreover, the new technology is expected to promote data utilization across organizations. Along
with the enactment of the Basic Act for the Advancement of Public and Private Sector Data Utilization(3) and other
legal developments, as well as the spread of systems such as cloud computing and big data analysis, it is expected that
personal and confidential data will be utilized across organizations and industries. In the medical field, the Next
Generation Medical Infrastructure Act(4) was enacted in 2018, and companies and universities have been promoting
research and development of drug discovery based on clinical data of hospitals.

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Fujitsu Develops Technology to Automatically Adjust Computing Accuracy to
Accelerate AI Processing by 10 Fold
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Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd. has announced the development of new "Content-Aware Computing" technology that can
control accuracy while increasing computing speeds. The technology was developed in response to the increasing
demand for computing power accompanying the evolution and popularization of AI technologies. Applying this new
technology to deep learning tasks promises to accelerate computing speeds by up to ten times, making it easier to
utilize AI for an increasing variety of future applications. In recent years, the spread of AI technologies in areas like
image recognition and speech translation has contributed to increasing demands for processing power, straining
existing technologies to their limits. New types of GPUs and specialized processors optimized for AI applications of
this nature have been developed in response to this trend. AI tasks are calculated in variety of environments
depending on the specific application, ranging from cloud environment to edge computing contexts. Technologies
that offer both stability and fast processing will prove increasingly necessary to deliver the computing power
required to deal with demanding AI tasks.

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Fujitsu Develops Technology for Maintaining Stable, High-Accuracy AI
Operations
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Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd., announced the development of the world's first "High Durability Learning" technology that estimates
the accuracy of AI and automatically restores AI models. In a business context, AI models often struggle to maintain accuracy
over the course of operations due to frequent changes in input data caused by shifts in social conditions and market trends. The
newly developed technology makes it possible to automatically estimate the accuracy of the AI model during operations while
preventing deterioration of its accuracy. This technology enables AI models to be maintained with high accuracy over a long
period, and enables stable AI operations in various circumstances. This technology will be offered as part of Fujitsu's Human
Centric AI Zinrai, a comprehensive portfolio that encompasses Fujitsu's wide range of AI technologies and techniques. As AI
models built from training data find additional uses in business, shifts in social conditions, market trends, and the environment
can lead to changes in input data from the time when the model was initially trained. This cause deterioration of the accuracy of
an AI model. When evaluating corporate credit risk in the financial sector using an AI model trained with corporate financial
data, for instance, the accuracy of credit risk estimates will gradually deteriorate. This is because tendencies of input data into
the system will change over time after the model was initially trained due to broader trends in the economy. This makes it
essential to periodically check the accuracy of AI models being used for business. If deterioration of the accuracy is confirmed,
the AI model must be retrained using the latest data to restore the accuracy of its predictions.

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Garland Technology Adds Cloud TAP to its Robust Packet Visibility Product
Line with Garland Prisms Private Preview
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Garland Technology, a leading provider of network test access point (TAP) and packet broker
solutions, announced the private preview release of Garland Prisms, the most advanced Cloud
TAP solution. Garland Prisms allows enterprises to acquire, process, and distribute packet-level
traffic from VMs and containers in any cloud environment. Garland Prisms is a cloud-native
software that deploys in Public Cloud, Private Cloud, and multi-Cloud environments. Garland
Prisms enables Public and Private Cloud access in one platform. Virtually tapping, filtering, and
distributing cloud packet traffic in AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Private Clouds is possible
with Garland Prisms. Its next-generation agent technology sends processed packet traffic to any
IP address in-cloud or on-prem. Garland Prisms is unique because it passes replicated cloud
packets to multiple tools and does not store any virtual packets.
https://www.garlandtechnology.com/news/garland-technology-adds-cloud-tap-to-its-robust-packet-visibility-product-line-with-garland-prisms-private-preview

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Gigamon Announces ThreatINSIGHT, the Industry’s Fastest Cloud-Native
NDR Solution
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Gigamon, the leader in network visibility and analytics for digital innovators, announced the latest version of
Gigamon ThreatINSIGHT, the cloud-native Network Detection and Response (NDR) solution. ThreatINSIGHT
uses Machine Learning (ML) and Gigamon Applied Threat Research (ATR) techniques to dramatically reduce
investigation and response time. New features include:
• ML-based automated behavior profiling curated by ATR provides best-in-class detection capabilities
• Ability to identify and curate clusters of network events allowing incident responders to quickly identify
impending threats
• OmniSearch provides rapid contextual correlation of events to dramatically reduce investigation time
• Power to leverage the Gigamon INSIGHT Cloud Data Warehouse which delivers access to all current and
historical network activity metadata needed for comprehensive forensics and investigative efforts.
https://www.gigamon.com/company/news-and-events/newsroom/threatinsight.html

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Nutanix announce general availability of
GreenLake and ProLiant DX solutions
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Nutanix announced the general availability of HPE’s integrated hybrid
cloud as a service (aaS) offering, HPE GreenLake for Nutanix, and the HPE ProLiant DX solution. Today’s news
delivers on the partnership announced between the two companies in April, through which HPE and Nutanix are
providing customers and partners greater freedom of choice for building their hybrid cloud strategy. The HPE
GreenLake solution leverages Nutanix’s Enterprise Cloud OS software, including its built-in AHV hypervisor, to
deliver a fully HPE-managed private cloud that dramatically lowers total cost of ownership and accelerates time
to value, while allowing customers to pay for the service based on actual consumption. With HPE GreenLake
businesses can design IT solutions with their chosen technologies and consume them easily, reduce CapEx up to
30 percent due to reduced overprovisioning, increase IT resource utilization by 40 percent by lowering the support
load on IT operations staff, and as a result speed time to value for their critical IT projects.1 The as a service
solution is now available to order across the 50+ countries where HPE GreenLake is offered. The HPE GreenLake
for Nutanix offering will be initially focused on simplifying customer deployments of End User Computing
initiatives, databases and private clouds.
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/newsroom/press-release/2019/10/hewlett-packard-enterprise-and-nutanix-announce-general-availability-of-greenlake-and-proliant-dx-solutions.html

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HPE announces Middle East AI collaboration with Ingram Micro
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced that they have signed an MOU with Ingram Micro agreeing to
collaborate in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Middle East. In response to growing market demand in
the Middle East, HPE together with Ingram Micro will bring their international AI experience to support digital
transformation in the region. HPE with Ingram Micro have committed to supporting social and economic
development in the Middle East, including the development of youth and professional talent for new digital
technologies, the fostering of innovative entrepreneurship across different market verticals, and creating a digital
culture and expanding knowledge. The agreement states that the two parties will work together on a number of
projects to support the region’s GDP growth and increase in youth employment, as well as enhancing the
efficiency and transparency of public administration. HPE and Ingram Micro will work together to build an AI
Innovation Lab for the development of AI knowledge and to showcase AI use cases. They will also develop AI
training programs so that enterprises can build AI knowledge and adopt the right technologies for their industries.
HPE and Ingram Micro aim to develop a pool of talented AI professionals in the region, including through a new
joint internship program which will help place qualified candidates into internship positions with HPE and Ingram
Micro customers.
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/newsroom/news-advisory/2019/10/hpe-announces-middle-east-ai-collaboration-with-ingram-micro.html

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Hitachi Vantara Redefines Enterprise Storage With AI-Driven Data Center Operations Solutions:
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5000 Series And New Hitachi Ops Center Software
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Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., announced a powerful next-generation storage and
infrastructure foundation with a new scale-out, scale-up architecture for any workload at any scale. The solution includes
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) 5000 Series, the company’s latest and the world’s fastest1 enterprise-class storage
array, along with the new Hitachi Ops Center management software and updated Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating
System. Together, these technologies can accelerate data center workloads and deliver future-proof IT with a new,
innovative architecture that is the ideal foundation for modernizing data center, cloud and DataOps environments. Hitachi
VSP 5000 series provides the core data storage foundation for all digital business operations with the speed and scale to
power existing workloads as well as new, data-intensive workloads emerging through multicloud and AI-driven
environments. It is agile enough to store block and file data and supports workload diversity ranging from traditional
mission-critical business applications to containers to mainframe. Hitachi VSP 5000 series enables all workload
consolidation that maximizes operational efficiencies. The VSP 5000 series is a completely new, enterprise-class flash array
optimized to deliver best-in-class performance and resiliency by taking full advantage of SAS architecture, NVMe and
storage class memory (SCM). Powered by the new Hitachi Accelerator Fabric, it is the world’s fastest NVMe flash array,
which can help users get to insights and business outcomes faster with up to 21 million IOPS. Resource-intensive
application owners can also see a dramatic improvement with response times as low as 70 microseconds.
https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/news-resources/press-releases/2019/gl191009.html

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Hitachi Vantara Accelerates Customers’ Journey to Hybrid Cloud and Multicloud With
End-to-End Cloud Services
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Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., unveiled expanded and enhanced capabilities for Hitachi
Vantara cloud services. This is the first major announcement of the newly formed cloud services portfolio that
includes cloud migration services, application modernization services, operations managed services, consulting
services and Hitachi Enterprise Cloud (HEC). Together, these cloud services can accelerate the deployment and
productive use of hybrid cloud and multicloud environments. The cloud services can speed the implementation of
VMware cloud solutions, migrate and modernize apps and data for Microsoft Azure faster, and provide a
comprehensive set of managed services to optimize the management of public and private cloud resources. Hitachi
Vantara cloud services enable infrastructure from edge to core to cloud. Since the company acquired REAN Cloud in
2018, Hitachi Vantara has gained critical capabilities and industry-leading expertise in cloud migration and
application modernization, instantly elevating its cloud offering portfolio and managed services capabilities. These
capabilities are fully integrated within the Hitachi Vantara cloud services portfolio. The enhanced services offer
consistent data across edge, on-premises and cloud environments for faster deployment, significantly improved
business effectiveness and exceptional operational and cost efficiencies.
https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/news-resources/press-releases/2019/gl191009a.html

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Lenovo Software Delivers Cloud-Based Classroom Orchestration Platform for
Windows and Macs
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Lenovo announced that its popular LanSchool Air cloud-based, classroom orchestration platform is now available for
Windows and Mac environments, in addition to its current Chromebook support. With millions of devices in
classrooms today using a variety of platforms, this new capability enables any school to implement LanSchool Air
easily across all existing devices. As a pioneer in classroom management technology, Lenovo Software is committed
to providing innovative products that empower educators to inspire the best outcome for every student. Designed to
meet the complex instructional needs of connected classrooms, LanSchool Air facilitates 1:1 learning, keeps students
focused and on track, and increases collaboration in the classroom. The award-winning LanSchool software offers
the most comprehensive set of features to help teachers guide student learning in a safer and more secure online
environment. Recent features added to LanSchool Air allow for mass deployment across all devices to get teachers
up and running more quickly and easily without requiring IT support. Support for Windows and Mac devices offers
additional flexibility and allows schools to leverage their current investments in these popular platforms.
https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-software-delivers-cloud-based-classroom-orchestration-platform-for-windows-and-macs/

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Logmein Introduces Bold360 Helpdesk to Modernize Employee Support And
Reclaim Company Productivity
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LogMeIn announced the launch of Bold360 Helpdesk which is designed to modernize employee support for greater
efficiency and fewer roadblocks. From standard FAQs to complex conversations and ticketing integrations, Bold360
Helpdesk enlists AI-powered chatbots to deliver the answers employees need so they can get back to work faster. With
seamless transitions to human support reps, employees get what they need the first time – every time. Searching through
internal systems to find the right phone number to call or ticket to submit consumes human talent that could be put to
better use. Meanwhile, internal IT & HR support teams spend a considerable amount of time managing mundane tasks
and answering repetitive questions, which ties up limited resources. Bold360 Helpdesk allows both employees and
internal support teams to reclaim productive work hours so that they can focus on more strategic initiatives and
higher-value work that help move the business forward. With intelligent self-service capabilities, Bold360 Helpdesk
gives employees immediate answers to their questions, thereby reducing the number of routine inquiries and questions
that are diverted to IT and HR. For more complex situations, Helpdesk seamlessly transitions to a support employee who
is armed with an AI assistant and powerful remote support tools. Additionally, real-time analytics identify addressable
knowledge and workflow gaps to drive continuous optimization and improvements to the employee experience.
https://investor.logmeininc.com/about-us/investors/news/press-release-details/2019/LogMeIn-Introduces-Bold360-Helpdesk-to-Modernize-Employee-Support-and-Reclaim-Company-Productivity/default.aspx

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Marvell Advances Fibre Channel Connectivity for HPE Gen 10 Servers
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Marvell announced that its QLogic® line of Enhanced 32GFC PCIe® Gen 4 HBAs are now available from Hewlett
Packard Enterprise (HPE) for their ProLiant and Apollo Gen 10 servers. HPE Gen 10 servers with Marvell’s newest
32GFC HBAs are capable of achieving 50% more in terms of transactional performance than previous generations,
enabling enterprise class databases to now scale to exceed the most demanding data center workloads. Leveraging 16
consecutive years of Fibre Channel technology leadership, the HPE 32Gb Fibre Channel host bus adapters accelerate
business-critical application access to NVMe™ storage, while delivering industry-leading security and operational
efficiency. The introduction of the Marvell® QLogic Enhanced 32GFC HBAs into HPE’s broad portfolio of Gen 10
servers, including select HPE ProLiant DL, ML and HPE Apollo platforms, provides customers with an innovative
solution delivering concurrent FCP and FC-NVMe access. In addition, firmware integrity protection with hardware root
of trust coupled with business productivity innovations deliver a secure and future-proof storage connectivity solution.
Designed to offload and accelerate FC-NVMe, the HPE 32GFC HBAs further reduce latency compared to previous
generations, enabling customers to gain more from their flash-accelerated private and hybrid cloud data center.
https://www.marvell.com/company/news/pressDetail.do?releaseID=11357

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Nokia completes world’s first single-carrier terabit-per-second field trial, sets optical
transmission capacity record over Etisalat’s fibre network in UAE
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Nokia and Etisalat, one of the world’s leading telecom groups in emerging markets, have set a capacity record
during the world’s first field trial of single-carrier terabit-per-second data transmission on a deployed fibre
network. A terabit-per-second is enough bandwidth to download the entire Game of Thrones video series in HD in
under two seconds. This comes as Etisalat is investing heavily in its core network infrastructure in anticipation of
the massive increase in traffic from high bandwidth services. The Nokia field trial demonstrates that Etisalat’s
existing network can support the higher optical wavelength bit rates that will be required to support
high-bandwidth services such as 5G extreme mobile broadband (very fast wireless to the mobile),
fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) and Data Center Interconnect (DCI) cloud services. Higher bit rates per wavelength
provide power and space savings, improved network simplicity, increased spectral efficiency and capacity, and
ultimately reduced cost per bit compared to optical networks composed of lower rate channels.
https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/releases/2019/09/30/nokia-completes-worlds-first-single-carrier-terabit-per-second-field-trial-sets-optical-transmission-capacity-record-over-etisalats-fibre-network-in-uae/

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Nokia unveils Quillion chipset family to power next-generation massive scale
access networks
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Nokia is launching Quillion, a new family of chipsets that will power next-generation massive scale access networks.
Leveraging Nokia’s extensive expertise, the Quillion chipset will allow operators to easily introduce 10G PON in
their fiber networks and to serve more users from ultra-high-speed G.fast access nodes. For operators planning to roll
out next-generation fiber access networks, the Quillion chipset powers Nokia’s 16-port Multi-PON line card, which
supports both GPON and NG-PON on each port. This allows operators with an existing GPON network to simply
“switch on” NG-PON services on each port without recabling or disrupting the GPON service. Quillion has also been
optimized to allow for low-latency applications that are critical for 5G transport and has built-in programmability to
support intents that pave the way toward automated workflows, such as network slicing for 5G transport. The
Quillion chipset family also gives operators with copper infrastructure access to the highest density G.fast and Vplus
solutions on the market. Helping to reduce rack space by 50% and power consumption by 10%, Nokia’s enhanced
copper solutions with Quillion chipsets enable operators to support more customers without increasing the cabinet
size. This is critical for providers confined by the capacity and space of a given cabinet or node, and eliminates
investment in additional rackspace, cabinets or nodes needed to serve more customers or deliver enhanced
ultra-broadband services.
https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/releases/2019/10/08/nokia-unveils-quillion-chipset-family-to-power-next-generation-massive-scale-access-networks/

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Nokia enhances Fixed Wireless Access Portfolio with more options for 4G and
5G deployments
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Nokia introduced several new additions to its Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) portfolio that bring greater
flexibility to FWA deployments. Nokia’s new FastMile 5G Gateway supports additional 5G bands to
increase regional coverage, introduces new features that simplify self-install and integrates Wi-Fi 6 to ensure
5G speeds and low latency are carried to every corner of the home. For those operators looking to maximize
their 4G investments, Nokia’s new FastMile 4G gateways and receivers deliver many of the same innovative
features. With Gigabit speeds becoming a new benchmark for consumers, 5G FWA provides mobile
operators with a unique opportunity to capture new revenue while improving their 5G business case with
bundled services. For converged operators, 5G FWA represents another tool in the toolkit to deliver massive
scale access with a seamless mix of fiber, copper, coax, and 5G RAN technologies to overcome deployment
obstacles, reduce costs and accelerate time to market.
https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/releases/2019/10/10/nokia-enhances-fixed-wireless-access-portfolio-with-more-options-for-4g-and-5g-deployments/

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Nokia and Hutchison 3 complete first 5G end-to-end live network trial in
Indonesia
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Nokia and Hutchison 3 Indonesia (3ID) have completed the first 5G end-to-end live network trial in Indonesia. The trial, which was
conducted on a Nokia network on millimeter wave frequencies, demonstrates the 3ID network’s ability to support end-to-end 5G
deployment. Multiple tests were conducted on the 28 GHz spectrum, obtaining the highest data download speeds of up to 1.62 Gbps
with 11ms latency while upload speeds of 75.9 Mbps were measured. The trial also included a voice call test, which was initiated on
the 5G trial network and realized over VoLTE (voice over existing LTE network) to demonstrate how basic telephony services would be
handled in 5G. The trial, which also involved the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, was conducted
at the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) in Surabaya, East Java. It focused on education-related use cases, utilizing 5G
technology to enable a public lecture conducted in real-time between two major cities, Surabaya and Jakarta. During the trial, ministry
officials and academics from the ITS delivered a public lecture, with a representative from the Indonesia 5G Forum joining them via a
live stream holographic projection from Jakarta. The tests were conducted over a Nokia-built network, including radio, core and
transport, providing high, unfettered download and upload speeds with low latency. They demonstrated how 5G technology can be used
to give students remote access to learning materials that may be difficult to access due to physical distances. The trial also showed how
the learning experience can be made more immersive while helping students compete with their academic peers in other locations. It
also confirmed the ability of 5G to go well beyond simple connectivity in supporting economic and social development in Indonesia.
https://www.nokia.https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/releases/2019/10/14/nokia-and-hutchison-3-complete-first-5g-end-to-end-live-network-trial-in-indonesia/

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Nokia: Nokia launches new packet-optical switches for 5G Cloud RAN
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Nokia introduced the 1830 Time-sensitive Packet Switch (TPS) family of time-sensitive networking (TSN) switches, which reduce the
cost and complexity of Cloud RAN deployments by enabling packet-based transport for mobile fronthaul. The new family of switches
transparently supports a mix of existing and new radio interface protocols, unifying mobile transport for 4G and 5G networks. The
launch comes as 5G is set to introduce support for applications that demand ultra-low latency – the time it takes for a signal to make a
round-trip on the network. By distributing applications to multi-access edge computing (MEC) locations at the periphery of the network
– closer to mobile users – signals travel shorter distances, dramatically reducing latency. Cloud RAN architectures enable this new class
of time-sensitive applications by distributing certain RAN functions to the same MEC nodes at the edge of the network. Scalable,
ultra-low latency, and deterministic mobile transport is required to meet the stringent infrastructure demands of Cloud RAN
architectures, and the heightened user experience expectations of 5G time-critical services. Employing strict traffic prioritization and
frame pre-emption, the 1830 TPS creates deterministic paths through a switched Ethernet network. Such determinism was previously
unavailable in packet-switched networks and is essential to ensuring the reliable delivery of critical traffic with stringent latency
demands. High-precision timing provides accurate synchronization for 5G radios, while leveraging Nokia RAN expertise in mapping
Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) streams enables the 1830 TPS to achieve nearly 40% greater bandwidth efficiency than
competing alternatives.
https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/releases/2019/10/22/nokia-nokia-launches-new-packet-optical-switches-for-5g-cloud-ran/

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Nutanix Announce General Availability
of GreenLake and ProLiant DX Solutions
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Nutanix announced the general availability of HPE’s integrated hybrid cloud as a service (aaS)
offering, HPE GreenLake for Nutanix, and the HPE ProLiant DX solution. Today’s news delivers on the partnership announced
between the two companies in April, through which HPE and Nutanix are providing customers and partners greater freedom of choice
for building their hybrid cloud strategy. The HPE GreenLake solution leverages Nutanix’s Enterprise Cloud OS software, including its
built-in AHV hypervisor, to deliver a fully HPE-managed private cloud that dramatically lowers total cost of ownership and accelerates
time to value, while allowing customers to pay for the service based on actual consumption. With HPE GreenLake, businesses can
design IT solutions with their chosen technologies and consume them easily, reduce CapEx up to 30 percent due to reduced
overprovisioning, increase IT resource utilization by 40 percent by lowering the support load on IT operations staff, and as a result
speed time to value for their critical IT projects.1 The as a service solution is now available to order across the 50+ countries where
HPE GreenLake is offered. The HPE GreenLake for Nutanix offering will be initially focused on simplifying customer deployments of
End User Computing initiatives, databases and private clouds. The HPE ProLiant DX solution is built on HPE ProLiant and Apollo
servers with Nutanix software pre-installed and shipped from HPE factories. HPE ProLiant DX brings together industry-leading
Nutanix software and server technology into a turnkey solution, enabling enterprises to accelerate the adoption of modernized
datacenter architectures.
https://ir.nutanix.com/company/press-releases/press-release-details/2019/Hewlett-Packard-Enterprise-and-Nutanix-Announce-General-Availability-of-GreenLake-and-ProLiant-DX-Solutions/default.aspx

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Percona Announces Enhanced Version of Award-Winning Open Source Database
Monitoring and Management Platform, For Faster Performance Issue Resolution
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Percona, a leader in open source database software and services, announced the launch of Percona
Monitoring and Management 2 (PMM2), an enhanced version of its award-winning database monitoring
platform, at Percona Live Open Source Database Conference Europe 2019. PMM2 is a free and open
source platform that provides a single-pane-of-glass to actively monitor the performance of MySQL®,
MariaDB®, MongoDB® and PostgreSQL® database environments. PMM is used by thousands of
organizations to monitor and manage open source database installations. This provides database
administrators and developers with deep insight into their public cloud, private cloud, and on-premise
environments. The latest release of PMM provides faster query analytics and a new administrative API,
which allows for greater integration with other technologies. PMM2 identifies and solves performance
bottlenecks faster, preventing scaling issues and potential outages.
https://www.percona.com/about-percona/newsroom/press-releases/percona-monitoring-and-management-2-launch

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Riverbed Sets New Standard for SD-WAN, Delivering to Organizations High Scalability
and Performance for the World’s Most Complex and Secure Networks
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Riverbed®, The Digital Performance Company™, announced a significant milestone in the evolution of its SD-WAN portfolio
by announcing general availability of SteelConnect EX, an enterprise-class and carrier-grade WAN Edge Infrastructure solution
with best-of-breed SD-WAN, integrated application acceleration and advanced network security services that can overcome the
challenges of network transformation for the world’s largest and most complex networks. SD-WAN is largely viewed as the
right approach to overcome the complexity of managing hybrid and Internet-only WANs, with the promise of boosting agility
while reducing WAN circuit costs. But adoption of SD-WAN amongst larger enterprises has been quite limited to date, due in
large part to the inability for SD-WAN solutions to interface directly with legacy networks during a phased SD-WAN rollout.
Riverbed SteelConnect EX sets a new standard for SD-WAN in large enterprise that will propel mainstream SD-WAN adoption
across enterprises and organizations of any size. An enterprise-class and carrier-grade routing stack ensures that Riverbed’s
SD-WAN solution can seamlessly co-exist and interoperate with legacy networks, while best-in-class SD-WAN services enable
organizations to adopt hybrid and Internet-based topologies without compromise to operational efficiency or WAN reliability.
In addition, industry-leading application acceleration offers the ability to optimize user experiences by boosting app
performance by up to 33x or more for on-premises, Cloud and SaaS-based applications. And an advanced suite of network
security services are available, helping enterprises future-proof their security strategy as they expand direct access to
Internet-hosted applications at remote sites.
https://www.riverbed.com/in/press-releases/riverbed-sets-new-standard-for-sd-wan-delivering-to-organizations-high-scalability-and-performance-for-the-worlds-most-complex-and-secure-networks.html

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Samsung And Bulb Launch World’s First Home Energy Control Service
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Samsung and Bulb today announced a new tool to help people understand their energy usage, and use this information to make smarter,
greener decisions at home. ‘SmartThings Energy Control’, a service that runs within the SmartThings app, helps people with smart meters
monitor their energy use in (almost) real-time from the convenience of their smartphone or tablet. A simple, free to download app-based
service, SmartThings Energy Control enables people to monitor their energy use and connect to their smart tech in a more dynamic, useful
way. SmartThings Energy Control is an exciting evolution of the smart home. It represents an important step forward in the way people
connect energy usage information and their carbon impact with practical, everyday actions like switching on the washing machine. With the
ability to see detailed, up-to-the-minute information about energy usage via the app, and with the power to share that data with everyone in
the household, SmartThings Energy Control gives people the power to make informed choices about their energy consumption. Demand for
power is at its peak between 4 and 7pm in the UK. Energy at this time is expensive and carbon-intensive, as this high demand is met mostly
by burning fossil fuels. In the next few months the app will integrate with Bulb’s Smart Tariff and advise members how much they’ll be
able to save if they shift some of their energy use out of the peak hours, the most expensive parts of the day. As well as reporting on how
much energy usage costs, the app will also provide data on carbon intensity so households can make greener decisions about when to use
energy. Running pre-set oven programmes or dishwasher cycles outside of peak hours will help people to use energy at greener, cheaper
times, helping members to save on their energy bills and lower their carbon impact.
https://news.samsung.com/uk/samsung-and-bulb-launch-worlds-first-home-energy-control-service

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Logmein Unveils New Gotomeeting As Next Step In UCC Strategy
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LogMeIn, Inc. announced the next major launch for its GoTo portfolio of Unified Communications and Collaboration
(UCC) products with a completely new experience for GoToMeeting. The new GoToMeeting focuses on delivering a
simple, intuitive end-user experience, while giving IT even more control over deployment, management, and security. The
product includes a video-first meeting experience, industry-leading audio quality, a new meeting hub, powerful meeting
diagnostics, and additional AI-powered transcription capabilities. These updates help to streamline collaboration with a
faster, more modern look and feel that’s consistent across web browsers as well as desktop and mobile applications.
LogMeIn took a customer-first approach with the new GoToMeeting, listening to feedback from thousands of collaboration
users to develop the product. LogMeIn’s GoTo portfolio delivers an intuitive experience for end-users while supporting the
needs of IT leaders. According to recent research from Ovum, seven out of ten IT leaders are looking to invest in new
collaboration technologies in 2020. The new GoToMeeting was built with IT leaders in mind to support a modern
workforce working how, where, and when they want.
https://investor.logmeininc.com/about-us/investors/news/press-release-details/2019/LogMeIn-Unveils-New-GoToMeeting-as-Next-Step-in-UCC-Strategy/default.aspx

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Smartsheet Announces Powerful Suite of Solutions for Marketing and Creative
Content
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Smartsheet, the platform for enterprise achievement, announced a suite of solutions that enable organizations to drive greater creativity
and effectiveness from marketing and creative content activities. They include new content collaboration capabilities, three
Accelerators for Marketing and a series of planned integrations with Adobe Creative Cloud. The new content collaboration features
enable Smartsheet users to review, proof, and comment on a variety of file types, manage feedback from internal and external
stakeholders, and maintain version control, all in the core Smartsheet application. This means organizations can manage the entire
content production process using a single platform. Smartsheet acquired this content collaboration technology through its purchase of
an application called Slope earlier this year. Smartsheet is also releasing three new offerings for marketing teams built to solve critical
marketing and creative development workflows. These premium solutions leverage Smartsheet’s new content collaboration features to
deliver powerful, tailored experiences:
• Accelerator for Marketing Shared Services helps customers manage high volume, complex service requests from across their entire
organization. Teams can manage workflows from intake to completion, while providing transparency for business stakeholders.
• Accelerator for Events combines event planning best practices with Smartsheet’s collaboration features. Event owners can manage
everything from planning to scheduling to execution, all the way through to lead collection and processing.
• Accelerator for Campaign Management combines a planning framework with an execution layer to take marketing campaigns to the
next level. It also provides real time visibility into campaign status across departments and functions.
https://www.smartsheet.com/content-center/news/smartsheet-announces-powerful-suite-solutions-marketing-and-creative-content

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Sprint Adds Two Products to Indoor Small Cell Portfolio for Home and Small
Business
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Sprint is introducing two devices to its suite of indoor small cell solutions to improve data coverage and speeds in
residences and businesses. The devices are a small femtocell and a new version of the award-winning Sprint Magic Box,
both of which will be on display at the company’s MWC Los Angeles 2019 exhibit (Los Angeles Convention Center,
South Hall #1702), Oct. 22-24. The Pebble, designed and built by Casa Systems, helps to provide a faster and more
reliable data experience for customers. The device is the first femtocell from Sprint that offers an untethered Wi-Fi
backhaul option in addition to the standard Ethernet connection required in traditional femtocells. The Pebble uses the
customer’s broadband connection rather than a cell tower connection so it can be used to provide service in areas outside
of Sprint coverage. The Wi-Fi backhaul option allows a customer to place the device anywhere in their home where
Wi-Fi is available without having to worry about running or connecting additional cables to their home router. The
Pebble is dark grey with rounded edges, stands 6.5 inches square by 2.3 inches high, and weighs just one pound. Its style
is designed to fit contemporary lifestyles and not be hidden away in a closet or basement. In addition, an install
application is available for Android and iOS handsets to assist in the Pebble setup, making this Sprint’s easiest femtocell
to install. The Pebble is expected to be available by the end of the year.
https://newsroom.sprint.com/sprint-adds-two-products-to-indoor-small-cell-portfolio-for-home-and-small-business.htm

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Sprint Extends Curiosity to Include Private IoT Networks
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Sprint announced at MWC LA 2019 the launch of a private network solution that brings IoT to the Edge on its ground-breaking
Curiosity™ IoT Core and Curiosity™ OS. The solution design, purpose-built for IoT, enables enterprise customers to manage
IoT applications that have critical requirements, such as low latency or local breakout, without the need to traverse the macro
network. Data from devices is turned into intelligence locally, creating benefits for a variety of verticals, such as manufacturing,
public safety and mining, to reach the other on-premise devices or application services. The solution, provided in collaboration
with Ericsson, will provide a virtual, pre-integrated core network that is quick to deploy and access agnostic. Each enterprise
location can be configured based on the specific needs of the enterprise.
The Curiosity™ Private Core allows for:
• Pre-integrated core Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)
• Quick and flexible to deploy on enterprise premises
• Edge computing
• Access agnostic
• Addresses low-latency applications
• TTM advantage for specialized applications
• Access and security management
https://newsroom.sprint.com/sprint-extends-curiosity-to-include-private-iot-networks.htm

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