A recent survey found 85.8 percent of telecoms consider OpenStack to be essential or important to their success. That’s not bad for an open-source cloud some people still think isn’t ready for primetime. The telecom industry is moving to OpenStack clouds and taking the internet with it. Telecoms have turned to OpenStack as their Network […]
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Some of the largest cyber attacks in recent memory have employed an army of connected home devices to achieve their goals. This co-opting of connected home devices owned by consumers around the world occurs without those consumers’ knowledge or consent. For example, in mid-September, several thousand devices—home routers, Internet-connected video cameras, and digital video recorders—were
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The unprecedented explosion in telecommunications technology in general and the Internet of Things (IoT) and mobility specifically is revolutionizing the fleet management sector. It is happening on the business side as well: The tie between fleet management and telecommunications is being cemented with Verizon’s purchase of an important fleet management vendor. The evolution of the
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Featured IN CRN’s 2016 Triple Crown Award WinnersCRN assembles a number of lists and rankings throughout the year, including the Solution Provider 500, the Fast Growth 150 and the Tech Elite 250. CRN recognizes the 48 solution providers that earned a spot on all three lists this year with the third-annual Triple Crown honors.
Blame it on the election. Or perhaps blame sleepy investment activity for the period that ended Oct. 7 on the hurricaine? Whatever the reason, total fund flows were $285 million for the week, with B2B coming up at 64 percent of that tally. As of late it has been the FinTech sector dominating investments, so
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Technologists are convinced that the house of the future will be one that you can speak to. But far more neglected – and potentially far more important – is the other half of that equation: that if you’re going to speak to your house, it needs to be able to speak back. A range of
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The robot assistants we were promised as children are finally ready for the home. Well, sort of. Instead of walking, talking humanoid automatons like Rosie from The Jetsons and Robby the Robot from Lost in Space, our well-spoken helpers are housed in plastic and sit on tables. They answer our questions, control our homes and
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LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Frontier Communications Corporation today opened its first Frontier Premier retail stores in Southern California, selecting locations in the cities of Norwalk and Pomona for stores that will offer customers a higher level of personal interaction, facilitate local community engagement and enhance Frontier’s business presence in the region. Featuring interactive demo stations, HD flat-screen
Amazon today announced a new music streaming service, which is something that has been rumored since June. It will be called Amazon Music Unlimited, and will offer tens of millions of songs, whereas Prime Music only offers over two million. Before you get too upset, Music Unlimited is not replacing Prime Music, but if you
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Amazon is amping up its music streaming efforts to rival Apple and Spotify. The online retailer launched Amazon Music Unlimited in the U.S. Wednesday, allowing users access to “tens of millions of songs and thousands of hand-curated playlists and personalized stations,” all of which can be operated using Amazon’s Alexa voice control software. The service, which
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