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ZTE launches AI-powered digital twin tool for proactive network protection

1 week ago | sdxcentral.com | Ben Wodecki

ZTE has launched an AI-powered tool designed to protect networks from excessive control signaling. NetTwinGuard, unveiled at MWC Shanghai 2025, protects networks by simulating load impacts to ensure network stability and availability. The solution leverages algorithms and multi-source statistical models to calculate the load-impact on network topology, signaling routes, and terminal behavior.
Ciena names former Altera CFO Marc Graff as new finance chief

1 week ago | sdxcentral.com | Ben Wodecki

Ciena has appointed Marc D. Graff as its new chief financial officer. Graff joins the networking giant from Altera, the FPGA chip company, where he also served as CFO and helped execute the recent sale from Intel to private equity firm Silver Lake. He also previously served as CFO and chief operating officer for Intel’s data center and AI group. Graff replaces James E. Moylan, Jr., who is retiring at the end of August. The new hire will report directly to CEO Gary B. Smith.
Pure Storage unveils storage platform for centralized data management

1 week ago | sdxcentral.com | Ben Wodecki

Pure Storage has unveiled its latest storage products, including a new Enterprise Data Cloud platform designed to make it easier for firms to manage their data across their entire stack. Revealed during its Accelerate event in Las Vegas, the new platform acts as a unifying storage solution, with users able to manage their data more intuitively via a slew of new tools and workflows.
Quantum chip testing startup OrangeQS closes €12 million oversubscribed seed round

1 week ago | sdxcentral.com | Charlotte Trueman

Dutch startup Orange Quantum Systems (OrangeQS) has closed a €12 million ($13.8m) oversubscribed seed round. The funding round is the largest raised by a quantum computing company in the Netherlands. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Delft, the Netherlands, OrangeQS has been developing quantum chip testing tools to help eliminate testing bottlenecks and support growth in the quantum chip manufacturing sector.
UK government launches plan to boost cybersecurity growth

1 week ago | sdxcentral.com | Ben Wodecki

The UK government has unveiled a Cyber Growth Action Plan to boost the country’s cybersecurity sector. The initiative will see industry experts drafted in to create a growth roadmap, which generated £13.2 billion ($17.7bn) in revenue last year, according to government figures.
Nokia-Google Cloud partnership targets AI-powered network automation

1 week ago | sdxcentral.com | Ben Wodecki

Nokia has continued doubling down on its networking pivot with the launch of its Autonomous Networks Fabric, a suite of AI models, tools, and apps designed to power network automation. The new offering acts as what Nokia described as a “unifying intelligence layer,” with users able to tap telco-trained AI models and integrated security features to automate networks at scale.
Ciena powers Morrow's smart city network with high-speed backbone

1 week ago | sdxcentral.com | Ben Wodecki

Networking giant Ciena has been brought in by eCommunity Fiber to support the high-capacity backbone connecting the smart city project in Morrow, Georgia, to the Atlanta Internet Gateway. The project leverages Ciena’s 5,164 routers and multi-layer network control solutions to power 'The District,' Morrow’s central smart city hub, with open-access, high-bandwidth connectivity.
Alcatel-Lucent expands security portfolio with Versa for SD-WAN integration

1 week ago | sdxcentral.com | Ben Wodecki

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) has teamed up with Versa to offer integrated security solutions. The partnership sees more of Versa’s networking and communications solutions offered to ALE customers, including its Secure SD-WAN and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) services.
WiFi 6E and WiFi 7 drive enterprise WLAN growth as demand surges

1 week ago | sdxcentral.com | Ben Wodecki

New market analysis from IDC suggests that demand for wireless local area networks (WLANs) is continuing to grow, with the market increasing by 10.6 percent in the first quarter of 2025 (1Q25). The latest results of IDC’s Quarterly WLAN Tracker suggest the global enterprise WLAN market value reached $2.3 billion in Q1, as stability begins to take shape following several years of volatility due to backlogged orders brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Microsoft launches EU-only cloud service to comply with new data rules

1 week ago | sdxcentral.com | Ben Wodecki

Facing intense scrutiny from European lawmakers over data storage, Microsoft has unveiled a new Sovereign Public Cloud offering exclusively for the continent. The tech giant has effectively expanded its Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty service for European users, providing continental customers with improved tools to encrypt their data and keep it within the boundaries of the EU.