Silicon Photonics Emerging to Meet Bandwidth Demand
Hyper-scale datacenters and high-bandwidth, high-data-rate telecommunications applications are expected to drive demand for silicon optics technology that integrates fiber optics with CMOS chip manufacturing and three-dimensional chip stacking, a ...Full Article
Facebook Unleashes Open/R Networking Software
Facebook's network routing software is now available as an open source tool for developing new network applications and functions, the company announced this week. Open/R is currently used in ...Full Article
Ahead of SC17, Mellanox Launches Scalable 200G Switch Platforms
In the run-up to the annual supercomputing conference (SC17) next week in Denver, Mellanox made a series of announcements today, including a scalable switch platform based on its HDR ...Full Article
Startup Puts Container Security in a Container
Among the emerging solutions for securing application containers in production is an application layer security tool that is itself a container. Startup NeuVector, which announced early stage venture funding ...Full Article
Why Cloud Wireless Is the Fastest Growing Network IT Segment
Many companies are moving key applications (CRM, HR, finance) to the cloud to maximize IT efficiency, minimize IT costs and improve business agility. For the same reasons, key infrastructure ...Full Article
VMware Buys Networking Specialist VeloCloud
VMware has moved deeper into the networking sector with its deal to acquire a startup focused on wide-area networks used to connect datacenters. The company (NYSE: VMW) confirmed Thursday ...Full Article
Servers On Steroids Speed Stock Swaps
Executing stock trades often comes down to being first in the queue of traders. Hence, developers of high-frequency trading platforms that connect trading servers to networks focus on reducing ...Full Article
ARM Launches IoT Security Framework
ARM is launching a "secure core" approach to bulletproofing the Internet of Things that addresses network security at the microcontroller level. The approach introduced at a company event this ...Full Article
Autonomous Trucks Demo Uses Nvidia AI Platform
A test fleet of autonomous delivery trucks scheduled for deployment next year will be outfitted with self-driving system based on Nvidia's AI processing technology for autonomous vehicles. The AI ...Full Article
FogHorn Pushes Machine Learning Into Industrial IoT
As the industrial sector continues to spearhead Internet of Things deployments, investors are targeting analytics and machine learning startups focused on applications like predictive maintenance and streamlining business processes. ...Full Article