Woodstock Wire: Voice + Data Network News

Aspencore -- EETimes - The most important "clock phase" of the FCC's auction of the C-band spectrum finished Friday, raising almost $81 billion, exceeding all expectations after 97 rounds of bidding.

The prized 3.7GHz midband spectrum will allow the winners to push...

Enterprise -- Cisco Blogs - Introducing Cisco DNA Center Integration with Umbrella

Cisco Umbrella provides the first line of defense against threats on the internet wherever users go. Umbrella delivers complete visibility into internet activity across all locations,...

Enterprise -- Cisco Blogs - Do you have a New Year's resolution? Have you been telling yourself that you need to get started with learning network automation? If you are like me the New Year brings new motivation not just to lose weight, but to learn something new.

Right...

Enterprise -- ChannelE2E - Akamai's new channel partner program offers partners training, certifications and support to independently sell and service Akamai products.

Enterprise -- CRN - Proposed US$2.6 billion deal failed to get Chinese Govt. approval.

Tech -- Liliputing - Many new laptops, smartphones, and other devices ship with WiFi 6 (also known as 802.11ax) capabilities built in. But if you aren't ready to buy a new PC just to improve wireless performance, maybe you can just buy a USB stick that'll do...

Media -- eeNews Europe - Dense Air and the Millbrook proving ground are extending Europe's largest standalone 5G neutral host network with OpenRAN technologies.Dense Air is upgrading the 5G testbed developed as part of the AutoAir project in the UK to add...

Business Wire -- F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced it will report its first quarter fiscal year 2021 financial results on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 following the market close. F5 also will host a live webcast and conference call to discuss its results with...

Business Wire -- NETGEAR(r), Inc . (NASDAQ:NTGR), the leading provider of networking products that power businesses of all sizes, today announced the availability of the WAX214 and WAX218 wall/ceiling mount WiFi 6 Access Points, expanding the Business Essentials...

Business Wire -- NETGEAR(r), Inc. (NASDAQ:NTGR), the leading provider of networking products that power businesses of all sizes, today announced the availability of the MS510TXM and MS510TXUP multi-gig switches. These innovative switches from NETGEAR support speeds...

Business Wire -- NETGEAR(r), Inc. (NASDAQ: NTGR), the worldwide leading provider of advanced networking products for home and office, has announced two new mobile products: the Industry's first WiFi 6 mobile wireless router - the Nighthawk(r) 4G LTE WiFi 6 Router...

Tech -- TechCrunch - Applications networking company F5 announced today that it is acquiring Volterra, a multi-cloud management startup, for $500 million. That breaks down to $440 million in cash and $60 million in deferred and unvested incentive compensation.

Volterra...

Business Wire -- F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV), the leader in application security and delivery, and Volterra, the first universal edge-as-a-service platform, today announced a definitive agreement under which F5 will acquire all issued and outstanding shares of privately...

Business Wire -- T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) provided a preliminary view of key customer results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2020, including its highest postpaid net additions in company history at 5.5 million for the full-year 2020. In the fourth quarter,...

Infosec -- The Akamai Blog - At long last, Blue Water Farm is generating revenue! Around 20 acres of our land consists of dense, mature hardwood of oak, maple, and beech, and we were able to contract to sell 65 maple and 25 oak trees to a logging company. I won't...

Media -- eeNews Europe - The Hexa-X project has 25 members, led by Nokia and Ericsson, to develop technology and strategies in six key areas for next generation 6G networks by 2030A major project is set to start this week to develop technologies and new...

Infosec -- The Akamai Blog - Reflecting on the past year led me to put together this post about how I believe this incredibly challenging year has had an irreversible effect on the way the workforce will collaborate, innovate, and do business in the future.

The...

Business Wire -- Boston Omaha Corporation (NASDAQ: BOMN), through its wholly owned subsidiary FIF Utah LLC ("FIF Utah"), has completed the acquisition of Utah Broadband, LLC ("UBB"), a family-owned broadband fiber and fixed wireless internet service provider. Founded...

Infosec -- The Akamai Blog - This blog post -- the fourth in a series -- will discuss how smart DNS resolvers can enhance ongoing ISP and MNO network transformation efforts, such as the transition to 5G, better integration of Wi-Fi, and new network designs that...

Tech -- FutureIoT - The growth of IoT is helping the growth of the big data services market, according to the latest analysis by global market research firm Technavio.

"Adoption of IoT has increased the need for necessary tools to process the large volume of...

Domains -- Domain Name Wire - It seems like a complex solution to an easy-to-solve problem.



IBM has filed a patent application (pdf) for "Guided Word Association Based on Domain Name Detection".

It's a system to detect so-called cases of combosquatting, where bad...

Globe Newswire -- Verizon Business, today announced the launch of IoT Managed Services, an offering developed to help manage the intricacies of preparing, deploying, managing, and maintaining an IoT solution for customers who may not have the necessary staff, time, knowledge,...

Enterprise -- EfficientIP - After the challenging events in 2020, the effects of the Covid pandemic will continue throughout next year, ensuring remote working & remote customers will remain in the limelight. In order to function, businesses will have no choice but...

Infosec -- The Akamai Blog - This is the third in a series of blog posts that will discuss how smart DNS resolvers can enhance ongoing internet service provider (ISP) and mobile network operator (MNO) network transformation efforts, such as the transition to 5G,...

Enterprise -- ZDNet Blogs - SolarWinds has released today updates that "replaces the compromised component" in its Orion platform.

Tech -- FutureIoT - Iridium Communications, a global provider of mobile voice and data satellite communications network, yesterday launched its own GMDSS-approved service, ending the more than 20-year monopoly of Inmarsat, in delivering satellite services for...

Infosec -- Dark Reading - Enterprises running company's Orion network management software should assume compromise and respond accordingly, security experts say.

Tech -- The Verge - SolarWinds has removed a list of high-profile clients from its website in the wake of a massive breach. The list was hosted on "Customers" page of the company's website and is easily accessible...

Enterprise -- ChannelBuzz.ca - The company's product roadmap, unsurprisingly, is consistent with the broader corporate strategy of increasing automation, and moving towards more product innovation.SolarWinds MSP Head of Product Mav Turner presenting at the online event

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U.S. News -- Ericsson said on Friday it has filed a lawsuit in the United States against Samsung for alleged violations in negotiations...

Tech -- The Verge - Norman Abramson, one of the pioneers behind wireless networks, has died at 88, The New York Times reports. Abramson and the team of graduate students and faculty he led were responsible for creating...

Enterprise -- ChannelPro - The deal is reportedly an 'acquihire' with Google keen to take on the startup's talent

Infosec -- The Akamai Blog - This is the second in a series of blog posts that discuss how smart DNS resolvers can enhance ongoing network transformation efforts such as the transition to 5G, better integration of Wi-Fi, and new network designs that optimize the...

Business Wire -- 8x8, Inc. (NYSE: EGHT), a leading integrated cloud communications platform provider, today appointed Dave Sipes as Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors. The company also reaffirmed guidance for the third quarter and full-year fiscal...

Enterprise -- ChannelE2E - SolarWinds hires Pulse Secure's Sudhakar Ramakrishna to succeed CEO John Thompson. Potential SolarWinds MSP spin-out takes next step in SEC filing.

Domains -- CircleID - Cloudflare and Apple, along with Fastly, on Tuesday announced a new proposed DNS standard that separates IP addresses from queries preventing an entity from seeing both at the same time. The protocol called Oblivious DNS over HTTPS, or ODoH,...

Think -- IDC - The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments rose 12.0% year over year in Q3 2020, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly WLAN Tracker.

Infosec -- Verisign - Over the past several years, questions about how to protect information exchanged in the Domain Name System (DNS) have come to the forefront.



One of these questions was posed first to DNS resolver operators in the middle of the last decade,...

Infosec -- The Akamai Blog - Real-time monitoring is important in every organization because it enables stakeholders to understand what is happening at any given time and react quickly. There are a lot of systems and devices we can and should monitor using tools...

Infosec -- The Akamai Blog - This is Part 2 of a 3-part blog series highlighting some of the distinguishing aspects of Akamai's DNS services, Edge DNS and Global Traffic Management. Part 1 focused on Akamai's DNS platform and what sets it apart. In Part 2, we take...

Business Wire -- SolarWinds Corporation (NYSE:SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced that it has confidentially submitted with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a Form 10 registration statement with...

Business Wire -- SolarWinds Corporation (NYSE:SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, and its Board of Directors have named Sudhakar Ramakrishna as the company's new President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board...

Business Wire -- Yottaa, Inc., the leading Cloud platform for accelerating eCommerce, today announced that it will present online retail performance data findings as a speaker in the Digital Commerce 360 webinar entitled, "The 2020 Cyber 5 Recap: Everything You Need To...

Globe Newswire -- Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) ("Juniper"), a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, has priced an underwritten public offering of $400 million of 1.200% Senior Notes due 2025 (the "2025 Notes") and $400 million of 2.000% Senior Notes due 2030 (the...

Enterprise -- VMblog - Industry executives and experts share their predictions for 2021. Read them in this 13th annual VMblog.com series exclusive. Doing More with Less By...

Infosec -- The Akamai Blog - On Giving Tuesday, we celebrate joining others in a global movement to give, collaborate,...

Infosec -- The Akamai Blog - This is Part 1 of a 3-part blog series highlighting some of the distinguishing aspects of Akamai's DNS services, Edge DNS and Global Traffic Management. To begin the series, we focus on Akamai's DNS platform, which was the subject of...

Media -- PYMNTS.com - Swedish telecom equipment giant Ericsson said on Monday (Nov. 30) that the growth and uptake of 5G cellular technology is happening faster than expected, as device makers and service providers around the world accelerate their efforts to...

Enterprise -- Channelnomics - Aims to soften blows dealt by threat actors



This is part 2 of a 2-part series.The global cybersecurity market is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)...

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