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HENRIK BÄCKSTRÖM | April 2, 2019 | 154 views

Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) extends the business agility and operational efficiency of the cloud into the hardware layer of NFVI (Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure), which increases scalability, elasticity and utilization of datacenters. The Ericsson SDI system, the foundation of our market leading NFVI solution is now being upgraded with 2nd generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, launched this week by Intel. Adding this new technology further strengthens Ericsson NFVI for central datacenter and edge computing deployments.

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Virtualization can transform your company’s IT infrastructure

Article | December 7, 2021

For many companies in today’s highly competitive, rapidly digitizing world, data center transformation is not merely a one-time project – it’s a constant challenge. No corporate IT leader should be content merely to revamp their data infrastructure once, then call it a day. Instead, they should always be looking for ways to make their approach to data more dynamic and easier to scale. Ideally, they’d do so in a way that maximizes resource utilization while minimizing costs. Luckily, that’s exactly the idea behind virtualization, which involves creating a new infrastructure that’s capable of rapidly scaling and facilitating workload development. IT leaders are quickly coming to realize that with virtualization in their toolbox, they’re able to make their operations more agile than ever, and without increasing costs. This is why over 80% of enterprise server workloads today are running on virtual machines, and the market for data center virtualization is expected to reach a total value of $10 billion by 2023.

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Best Practices for vSphere 6.7 Tagging

Article | July 26, 2022

vSphere Tags were introduced in version 5.1 as a way to organize inventory objects such as VMs, Hosts, Datastores, etc., a much-needed feature for helping search for or group objects within vSphere. A Tag is basically a label that can be applied to vSphere inventory objects. When an administrator creates a tag, it is then assigned to a tag category. Categories allow the grouping of related tags. When a Category is created, you can specify associations of object types (such as; VM or Datastore) as well as whether more than one tag in a category can be applied to an object (ex; One Tag or Many Tags).

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How to automate the creation multiple routable VLANs on single L2 network using VyOS

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My personal homelab has a very simple network topology, everything is connected to a single flat network. This has served me well over the years, but sometimes it can prevent me from deploying more complex scenarios. Most recently while working with NSX-T and Project Pacific, I had a need for additional VLANs which my home router does not support. There are a number of software solutions that can be used including the popular pfSense, which I have used before. Over the Winter break, a colleague introduced me to VyOS, which is another popular software firewall and router solution. I had not heard of VyOS before but later realized it was derived from Vyatta, which I had heard of, but development of that solution had stopped and VyOS is now the open source version of that software. Having never played with VyoS before, I thought this might be a good learning opopournity and started to dabble with VyOS over the holiday.

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Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Remote/Branch Offices & Edge Computing

Article | February 10, 2020

Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is playing a significant role in building an enterprise multi-cloud environment. The benefits are well documented – you can learn more about them in a new white paper developed in collaboration with ViON, Fujitsu, and Nutanix, “Simplifying Multi-Cloud and Securing Mission Progress.” In addition to driving a cloud foundation, hyperconverged infrastructure is driving other use cases. In our first blog, we examined the impact that HCI can have in a disaster recovery solution. In this installment, we’ll discuss how HCI is changing the dynamics for remote offices and edge computing.

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VMware NSX 3.2 Delivers New, Advanced Security Capabilities

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For many companies in today’s highly competitive, rapidly digitizing world, data center transformation is not merely a one-time project – it’s a constant challenge. No corporate IT leader should be content merely to revamp their data infrastructure once, then call it a day. Instead, they should always be looking for ways to make their approach to data more dynamic and easier to scale. Ideally, they’d do so in a way that maximizes resource utilization while minimizing costs. Luckily, that’s exactly the idea behind virtualization, which involves creating a new infrastructure that’s capable of rapidly scaling and facilitating workload development. IT leaders are quickly coming to realize that with virtualization in their toolbox, they’re able to make their operations more agile than ever, and without increasing costs. This is why over 80% of enterprise server workloads today are running on virtual machines, and the market for data center virtualization is expected to reach a total value of $10 billion by 2023.

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Network Virtualization: Gaining a Competitive Edge

Article | July 26, 2022

vSphere Tags were introduced in version 5.1 as a way to organize inventory objects such as VMs, Hosts, Datastores, etc., a much-needed feature for helping search for or group objects within vSphere. A Tag is basically a label that can be applied to vSphere inventory objects. When an administrator creates a tag, it is then assigned to a tag category. Categories allow the grouping of related tags. When a Category is created, you can specify associations of object types (such as; VM or Datastore) as well as whether more than one tag in a category can be applied to an object (ex; One Tag or Many Tags).

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Why Are Businesses Tilting Towards VDI for Remote Employees?

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My personal homelab has a very simple network topology, everything is connected to a single flat network. This has served me well over the years, but sometimes it can prevent me from deploying more complex scenarios. Most recently while working with NSX-T and Project Pacific, I had a need for additional VLANs which my home router does not support. There are a number of software solutions that can be used including the popular pfSense, which I have used before. Over the Winter break, a colleague introduced me to VyOS, which is another popular software firewall and router solution. I had not heard of VyOS before but later realized it was derived from Vyatta, which I had heard of, but development of that solution had stopped and VyOS is now the open source version of that software. Having never played with VyoS before, I thought this might be a good learning opopournity and started to dabble with VyOS over the holiday.

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Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Remote/Branch Offices & Edge Computing

Article | February 10, 2020

Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is playing a significant role in building an enterprise multi-cloud environment. The benefits are well documented – you can learn more about them in a new white paper developed in collaboration with ViON, Fujitsu, and Nutanix, “Simplifying Multi-Cloud and Securing Mission Progress.” In addition to driving a cloud foundation, hyperconverged infrastructure is driving other use cases. In our first blog, we examined the impact that HCI can have in a disaster recovery solution. In this installment, we’ll discuss how HCI is changing the dynamics for remote offices and edge computing.

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Safety-Certifiable Multi-core Wind River Helix Virtualization Platform Available for Intel SoCs

Wind River | December 09, 2022

Wind River®, a global leader in delivering software for intelligent systems, announced today that Wind River Helix™ Virtualization Platform now supports the Intel Xeon D-1700 and D-2700 processors and 11th Gen Intel Core™ processors. Part of Wind River Studio, Helix Platform is a safety-certifiable multi-core, multi-tenant platform with support for multiple independent levels of criticality. It is designed for broad industry use cases, including but not limited to: Commercial and military avionics General operating system (OS) consolidation for reduction of space, weight, and/or power in industrial, medical, and automotive settings Mixed levels of criticality to run unsafe software alongside software certified to the highest level in avionics (DO-178C), automotive (ISO 26262), industrial (IEC 61508), and other similar standards Key Helix Platform features include: True Type 1 hypervisor (not hosted in a real-time OS or requiring a special service OS) 64-bit multi-core leveraging advanced Intel virtualization technologies Single and multi-core guests Mix-and-match 32- and 64-bit unmodified guests Support for ARINC 653 Application Executive (APEX) FACE™ 3.1 conformance Multiple device models, including emulated, passthrough, shared, or para-virtualized No limits on the number of concurrent guests (Linux, RTOS, bare metal) Proven fault isolation and containment Increasingly, with the growth of the intelligent edge, industries such as aerospace and defense, automotive, and industrial bring unique sets of requirements and challenges. With Helix Platform support for Intel Xeon D and 11th Gen Intel Core™, Wind River is expanding architecture support to address the demanding needs of highly compute-heavy mission-critical applications. Avijit Sinha, chief product officer, Wind River. “From ever-evolving regulations to technology obsolescence and application performance uncertainty, the safety and compliance of mission-critical, multi-core applications across industries is essential. Collaboration with Wind River helps to remove the complexities of maintaining necessary safety and security requirements, while also accelerating time-to-market. This furthers Intel’s commitment to enable end user innovation and achieve mission success,” said Tony Franklin, general manager, Network and Edge – Federal and Aerospace at Intel. Proven in the most challenging safety-critical applications, Wind River technology makes it easier and more cost-effective for organizations to meet the stringent safety certification requirements of EN 50128, IEC 61508, ISO 26262, DO-178C, and ED-12C. With technology proven by more than 400 customers in over 800 safety programs in more than 100 civilian and military aircraft, Wind River is driving the transition to software-defined systems in aerospace and defense. Helix Platform is part of Studio, a cloud-native platform for the development, deployment, operations, and servicing of mission-critical intelligent systems. Intel Xeon D processors deliver server-class computing, hardware-based security, and high bandwidth I/Os for embedded and rugged applications at the edge, supporting hard real-time workloads and extreme temperature range, making them well suited for demanding applications in industries such as aerospace and defense and industrial. Engineered for IoT markets, 11th Gen Intel Core processors deliver a balance of performance and responsiveness in a low-power platform, supporting low latency and time-sensitive applications with the power to run multiple workloads, including AI and deep learning applications, on a single platform. About Wind River Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for intelligent systems. The company’s technology has been powering the safest, most secure devices in the world since 1981 and is found in billions of products. Wind River offers a comprehensive portfolio, supported by world-class global professional services and support and a broad partner ecosystem. Wind River software and expertise are accelerating digital transformation of mission-critical intelligent systems that will increasingly demand greater compute and AI capabilities while delivering the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability.

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Verizon expands VRAN leadership position with addition of first Ericsson VRAN cell site into its network

Verizon | December 09, 2022

Verizon, the leader in Virtualized Radio Access Network (VRAN) innovation, announced today it has extended its network virtualization efforts with the addition of the first Ericsson virtualized cell site (also referred to as Ericsson Cloud RAN), with support from Intel and RedHat providing the processing and cloud-native orchestration functions. The advancements in Radio Access Network virtualization allows Verizon to rapidly respond to customers’ varied latency and computing needs, and provides greater flexibility and agility in the introduction of new products and services. The move to a cloud-native, virtualized architecture with standardized interfaces in every part of the network leads to greater flexibility, faster delivery of services, greater scalability, and improved cost efficiency in networks. Verizon has been a global leader in virtualizing its network, announcing recently it already has 8,000 cell sites already virtualized in its network with an eye towards virtualizing 20,000 sites. Virtualizing the far edge of the RAN – the cell sites closest to the customer - is a function of decoupling the hardware and software associated with a cell tower and transitioning the software so that it’s not just stored in the cloud, but is designed for a cloud-native architecture and operation. Just this week, Verizon and Ericsson published a position paper outlining the optimal technology path for VRAN in order to maximize the performance and efficiency of the network, disaggregate hardware from software, and simplify deployment wherever possible. This technology is built into the first Ericsson virtualized cell site deployed in the Verizon network. Components of VRAN Verizon coordinated with many ecosystem partners to welcome Ericsson’s first virtualized cell site. Ericsson provided its commercial 5G Cloud RAN solution, consisting of a virtualized Central Unit (vCU), a virtualized Distributed Unit (vDU), and radio units. This software-based 5G Cloud RAN solution spans across all of Verizon’s frequency bands, utilizing both FDD and TDD 5G spectrum assets, including Massive MIMO support for C-band and interconnecting previously deployed equipment to enable Ericsson Spectrum Sharing between LTE and NR carriers. The Ericsson Cloud RAN solution offers Verizon efficiency and in network deployment and operational management transformation. Intel provided its 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor, Intel vRAN Dedicated Accelerator ACC100 and Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810 to deliver the processing, acceleration and connectivity requirements. Red Hat provided Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes to manage their fleet at scale in collaboration with Red Hat Consulting. As part of the solution, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management delivers cloud-scale manageability by configuring the 5G RAN using a Distributed Unit (DU) profile, which deploys real-time OS kernel optimizations to run vRAN and other cloud-native application workloads from a single console. Red Hat OpenShift also incorporates zero-touch provisioning to enable distributed deployment at scale required to operate a large scale RAN. Virtualization paves the way for exciting innovation Verizon has been leading the way in virtualization with its vendor partners for years. Verizon began the journey by virtualizing the core of its network. In the years since, Verizon has been working with partners in lab trials and field tests and has been deploying cloud-based cell sites, building programmability into the network to meet the needs of today’s 5G customers and 5G solutions of tomorrow. Key 5G use cases focused on providing the best, most efficient network for customers, will heavily rely on the programmability of virtualized networks. Networks must serve IoT devices that do very little networking and stay in place, smartphones with infinite opportunities to use data in a highly mobile environment, and complex solutions like Augmented Reality that require massive computing capabilities on the edge of the network. These various network solutions rely on a correlated variety of resources from the network, which until recently have been defined rigidly and manually. Using orchestration and automation capabilities at scale on virtual infrastructure, Verizon automates network configuration changes and resource scaling dynamically based on demand. This is one of the greatest benefits of virtualizing a network - essentially building programmability into the network. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on June 30, 2000 and is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and communications services. Headquartered in New York City and with a presence around the world, Verizon generated revenues of $133.6 billion in 2021. The company offers data, video and voice services and solutions on its award-winning networks and platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable network connectivity, security and control.

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HPE GreenLake adds application, analytics, and developer services to modernize workloads across the hybrid cloud

Hewlett Packard Enterprise | December 08, 2022

HPE DISCOVER Frankfurt 2022 – Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced new application, analytics, and developer services for HPE GreenLake, edge-to-cloud platform, that enable organizations to drive a data-first modernization strategy for production workloads across hybrid cloud environments. Updates include: HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise now offers expanded container deployment options for Kubernetes with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Anywhere from Amazon Web Services (AWS), and infrastructure-as-code and cloud-native toolchains to support customer’s DevOps and continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) environments. Six workload-optimized instances for general purpose, compute, memory, and storage are now available on HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise with simple rate card pricing that delivers a straightforward pay-as-you-go consumption model. Expanded partner ecosystem momentum that now includes HPE GreenLake for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, and the recently announced HPE GreenLake for VMware. Enhancement to consumption analytics delivers improved usage and cost analytics of applications for the three hyperscaler public cloud vendors. HPE GreenLake for Data Fabric and HPE Ezmeral Unified Analytics are now available through new HPE Ezmeral early access program. “HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise is a ready, out-of-the-box private cloud with a completely modern experience, delivering optimized performance, open choice and low and predictable TCO, which is resonating with organizations across every industry,” said Vishal Lall, senior vice president and general manager, HPE GreenLake Cloud Services Solutions. “Customers recognize the importance of a hybrid cloud operating model for their digital transformation, and HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise is the only solution that brings the best hybrid cloud capabilities from edge to core and across multiple clouds, delivered as a cloud service.” Deploy and manage workloads across the hybrid cloud with HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise reimagines the modern private cloud experience by providing an automated, flexible, scalable, and fully managed enterprise-grade private cloud. Built for both cloud-native and traditional applications, HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise supports the self-service deployment of bare metal, virtual machines, and container workloads from a common pool of infrastructure, optimized for price and performance. Today, HPE unveiled several enhancements to HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise: HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise offers expanded container deployment options for Kubernetes with Amazon EKS Anywhere. Customers can now run on-premises the same container run-times they use in the public cloud and obtain workload portability with a consistent cloud-native experience across their hybrid cloud. Customers can easily self-serve the management of VMs, containers or bare metal using an intuitive user interface console, application programming interfaces (APIs), command line interface (CLI) or infrastructure-as-code (IaC) that will improve their time to value. These options provide developers immediate access to their workspace with the flexibility to choose from a variety of operating systems, containerized application stacks, and toolchain integration services for increased efficiency and visibility. To optimize performance across a variety of mission critical workloads, HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise now offers six workload-optimized instances for general purpose, compute, memory, and storage with competitive rate card pricing that delivers a straightforward pay-as-you-go consumption model. Enhancement to consumption analytics delivers improved usage and cost analytics of applications for the three hyperscaler public cloud vendors. This includes easier showback reporting and dashboard insights to help customers improve capacity planning and budgeting across their hybrid environment. HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise is now generally available in 52 countries worldwide and available for partners to sell via the HPE GreenLake for Partners program. Expanding the HPE GreenLake ecosystem partners and marketplace offerings To give customers more choice and functionality, HPE continues to expand its partner ecosystem offerings on HPE GreenLake Marketplace for DevOps, AI/ML, analytics, data protection, security and more. Today, we highlight the new HPE GreenLake for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, and the recently announced HPE GreenLake for VMware. HPE GreenLake for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is the result of the joint development announcement made earlier this year at Discover 2022, to deliver new service offerings on HPE GreenLake with Red Hat open source solutions. The combination of HPE GreenLake with Red Hat OpenShift provides customers with a consistent, powerful foundation for application development and hybrid cloud innovation. This helps customers to reduce costs and complexity, while enhancing stability and performance across multiple IT environments. HPE GreenLake for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform delivers self-service management of containers across edge, data center and hybrid cloud environments, enabling customers with more flexibility, scalability, and optimized standardized container configurations. Announced in November 2022, HPE GreenLake for VMware will bring together HPE GreenLake and VMware Cloud to deliver a fully integrated solution with a simple pay-as-you-go hybrid cloud consumption model. VMware Cloud will be fully integrated across the HPE GreenLake portfolio including HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise Early access program for HPE GreenLake for Data Fabric and HPE Ezmeral Unified Analytics At Discover Frankfurt, HPE introduced an early access program for HPE GreenLake for Data Fabric and HPE Ezmeral Unified Analytics. With the early access program, developers can try the data fabric and analytics service prior to release, testing new features and capabilities for solving hybrid data and analytics challenges. HPE GreenLake for Data Fabric modernizes analytics and data management, unifying different data types across on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge, to deliver seamless access to a trusted source of data. HPE Ezmeral Unified Analytics provides a cloud solution that supports best-of-breed, open source tools to address the full lifecycle of data engineering, analytics, and data science projects. The HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform– the foundation of the HPE GreenLake experience The HPE GreenLake platform provides customers and partners with a unified hybrid experience and easy access to cloud services. Today, HPE GreenLake supports more than 65,000 customers, powers more than two million connected devices and manages more than one exabyte of data with customers worldwide1. Organizations benefit from one platform from which to automate, orchestrate, and run their hybrid cloud strategy. HPE continues to innovate and invest in the HPE GreenLake platform. In March 2022, HPE announced a new, unified operational experience that provides a simplified view and access to all cloud services, including capabilities at the edge. This included the convergence of the HPE GreenLake platform with Aruba Central. At HPE Discover 2022 in June, HPE announced additional advancements, including enhanced security, a new developer portal and tools, and deeper capabilities to manage assets and workloads at scale. Click here to take a virtual test drive of the HPE GreenLake platform. About Hewlett Packard Enterprise Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) is the global edge-to-cloud company that helps organizations accelerate outcomes by unlocking value from all of their data, everywhere. Built on decades of reimagining the future and innovating to advance the way people live and work, HPE delivers unique, open and intelligent technology solutions as a service. With offerings spanning cloud services, compute, high performance computing & AI, intelligent edge, software, and storage, HPE provides a consistent experience across all clouds and edges, helping customers develop new business models, engage in new ways, and increase operational performance. For more information, visit: www.hpe.com

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Safety-Certifiable Multi-core Wind River Helix Virtualization Platform Available for Intel SoCs

Wind River | December 09, 2022

Wind River®, a global leader in delivering software for intelligent systems, announced today that Wind River Helix™ Virtualization Platform now supports the Intel Xeon D-1700 and D-2700 processors and 11th Gen Intel Core™ processors. Part of Wind River Studio, Helix Platform is a safety-certifiable multi-core, multi-tenant platform with support for multiple independent levels of criticality. It is designed for broad industry use cases, including but not limited to: Commercial and military avionics General operating system (OS) consolidation for reduction of space, weight, and/or power in industrial, medical, and automotive settings Mixed levels of criticality to run unsafe software alongside software certified to the highest level in avionics (DO-178C), automotive (ISO 26262), industrial (IEC 61508), and other similar standards Key Helix Platform features include: True Type 1 hypervisor (not hosted in a real-time OS or requiring a special service OS) 64-bit multi-core leveraging advanced Intel virtualization technologies Single and multi-core guests Mix-and-match 32- and 64-bit unmodified guests Support for ARINC 653 Application Executive (APEX) FACE™ 3.1 conformance Multiple device models, including emulated, passthrough, shared, or para-virtualized No limits on the number of concurrent guests (Linux, RTOS, bare metal) Proven fault isolation and containment Increasingly, with the growth of the intelligent edge, industries such as aerospace and defense, automotive, and industrial bring unique sets of requirements and challenges. With Helix Platform support for Intel Xeon D and 11th Gen Intel Core™, Wind River is expanding architecture support to address the demanding needs of highly compute-heavy mission-critical applications. Avijit Sinha, chief product officer, Wind River. “From ever-evolving regulations to technology obsolescence and application performance uncertainty, the safety and compliance of mission-critical, multi-core applications across industries is essential. Collaboration with Wind River helps to remove the complexities of maintaining necessary safety and security requirements, while also accelerating time-to-market. This furthers Intel’s commitment to enable end user innovation and achieve mission success,” said Tony Franklin, general manager, Network and Edge – Federal and Aerospace at Intel. Proven in the most challenging safety-critical applications, Wind River technology makes it easier and more cost-effective for organizations to meet the stringent safety certification requirements of EN 50128, IEC 61508, ISO 26262, DO-178C, and ED-12C. With technology proven by more than 400 customers in over 800 safety programs in more than 100 civilian and military aircraft, Wind River is driving the transition to software-defined systems in aerospace and defense. Helix Platform is part of Studio, a cloud-native platform for the development, deployment, operations, and servicing of mission-critical intelligent systems. Intel Xeon D processors deliver server-class computing, hardware-based security, and high bandwidth I/Os for embedded and rugged applications at the edge, supporting hard real-time workloads and extreme temperature range, making them well suited for demanding applications in industries such as aerospace and defense and industrial. Engineered for IoT markets, 11th Gen Intel Core processors deliver a balance of performance and responsiveness in a low-power platform, supporting low latency and time-sensitive applications with the power to run multiple workloads, including AI and deep learning applications, on a single platform. About Wind River Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for intelligent systems. The company’s technology has been powering the safest, most secure devices in the world since 1981 and is found in billions of products. Wind River offers a comprehensive portfolio, supported by world-class global professional services and support and a broad partner ecosystem. Wind River software and expertise are accelerating digital transformation of mission-critical intelligent systems that will increasingly demand greater compute and AI capabilities while delivering the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability.

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Verizon expands VRAN leadership position with addition of first Ericsson VRAN cell site into its network

Verizon | December 09, 2022

Verizon, the leader in Virtualized Radio Access Network (VRAN) innovation, announced today it has extended its network virtualization efforts with the addition of the first Ericsson virtualized cell site (also referred to as Ericsson Cloud RAN), with support from Intel and RedHat providing the processing and cloud-native orchestration functions. The advancements in Radio Access Network virtualization allows Verizon to rapidly respond to customers’ varied latency and computing needs, and provides greater flexibility and agility in the introduction of new products and services. The move to a cloud-native, virtualized architecture with standardized interfaces in every part of the network leads to greater flexibility, faster delivery of services, greater scalability, and improved cost efficiency in networks. Verizon has been a global leader in virtualizing its network, announcing recently it already has 8,000 cell sites already virtualized in its network with an eye towards virtualizing 20,000 sites. Virtualizing the far edge of the RAN – the cell sites closest to the customer - is a function of decoupling the hardware and software associated with a cell tower and transitioning the software so that it’s not just stored in the cloud, but is designed for a cloud-native architecture and operation. Just this week, Verizon and Ericsson published a position paper outlining the optimal technology path for VRAN in order to maximize the performance and efficiency of the network, disaggregate hardware from software, and simplify deployment wherever possible. This technology is built into the first Ericsson virtualized cell site deployed in the Verizon network. Components of VRAN Verizon coordinated with many ecosystem partners to welcome Ericsson’s first virtualized cell site. Ericsson provided its commercial 5G Cloud RAN solution, consisting of a virtualized Central Unit (vCU), a virtualized Distributed Unit (vDU), and radio units. This software-based 5G Cloud RAN solution spans across all of Verizon’s frequency bands, utilizing both FDD and TDD 5G spectrum assets, including Massive MIMO support for C-band and interconnecting previously deployed equipment to enable Ericsson Spectrum Sharing between LTE and NR carriers. The Ericsson Cloud RAN solution offers Verizon efficiency and in network deployment and operational management transformation. Intel provided its 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor, Intel vRAN Dedicated Accelerator ACC100 and Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810 to deliver the processing, acceleration and connectivity requirements. Red Hat provided Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes to manage their fleet at scale in collaboration with Red Hat Consulting. As part of the solution, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management delivers cloud-scale manageability by configuring the 5G RAN using a Distributed Unit (DU) profile, which deploys real-time OS kernel optimizations to run vRAN and other cloud-native application workloads from a single console. Red Hat OpenShift also incorporates zero-touch provisioning to enable distributed deployment at scale required to operate a large scale RAN. Virtualization paves the way for exciting innovation Verizon has been leading the way in virtualization with its vendor partners for years. Verizon began the journey by virtualizing the core of its network. In the years since, Verizon has been working with partners in lab trials and field tests and has been deploying cloud-based cell sites, building programmability into the network to meet the needs of today’s 5G customers and 5G solutions of tomorrow. Key 5G use cases focused on providing the best, most efficient network for customers, will heavily rely on the programmability of virtualized networks. Networks must serve IoT devices that do very little networking and stay in place, smartphones with infinite opportunities to use data in a highly mobile environment, and complex solutions like Augmented Reality that require massive computing capabilities on the edge of the network. These various network solutions rely on a correlated variety of resources from the network, which until recently have been defined rigidly and manually. Using orchestration and automation capabilities at scale on virtual infrastructure, Verizon automates network configuration changes and resource scaling dynamically based on demand. This is one of the greatest benefits of virtualizing a network - essentially building programmability into the network. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on June 30, 2000 and is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and communications services. Headquartered in New York City and with a presence around the world, Verizon generated revenues of $133.6 billion in 2021. The company offers data, video and voice services and solutions on its award-winning networks and platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable network connectivity, security and control.

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HPE GreenLake adds application, analytics, and developer services to modernize workloads across the hybrid cloud

Hewlett Packard Enterprise | December 08, 2022

HPE DISCOVER Frankfurt 2022 – Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced new application, analytics, and developer services for HPE GreenLake, edge-to-cloud platform, that enable organizations to drive a data-first modernization strategy for production workloads across hybrid cloud environments. Updates include: HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise now offers expanded container deployment options for Kubernetes with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Anywhere from Amazon Web Services (AWS), and infrastructure-as-code and cloud-native toolchains to support customer’s DevOps and continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) environments. Six workload-optimized instances for general purpose, compute, memory, and storage are now available on HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise with simple rate card pricing that delivers a straightforward pay-as-you-go consumption model. Expanded partner ecosystem momentum that now includes HPE GreenLake for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, and the recently announced HPE GreenLake for VMware. Enhancement to consumption analytics delivers improved usage and cost analytics of applications for the three hyperscaler public cloud vendors. HPE GreenLake for Data Fabric and HPE Ezmeral Unified Analytics are now available through new HPE Ezmeral early access program. “HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise is a ready, out-of-the-box private cloud with a completely modern experience, delivering optimized performance, open choice and low and predictable TCO, which is resonating with organizations across every industry,” said Vishal Lall, senior vice president and general manager, HPE GreenLake Cloud Services Solutions. “Customers recognize the importance of a hybrid cloud operating model for their digital transformation, and HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise is the only solution that brings the best hybrid cloud capabilities from edge to core and across multiple clouds, delivered as a cloud service.” Deploy and manage workloads across the hybrid cloud with HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise reimagines the modern private cloud experience by providing an automated, flexible, scalable, and fully managed enterprise-grade private cloud. Built for both cloud-native and traditional applications, HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise supports the self-service deployment of bare metal, virtual machines, and container workloads from a common pool of infrastructure, optimized for price and performance. Today, HPE unveiled several enhancements to HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise: HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise offers expanded container deployment options for Kubernetes with Amazon EKS Anywhere. Customers can now run on-premises the same container run-times they use in the public cloud and obtain workload portability with a consistent cloud-native experience across their hybrid cloud. Customers can easily self-serve the management of VMs, containers or bare metal using an intuitive user interface console, application programming interfaces (APIs), command line interface (CLI) or infrastructure-as-code (IaC) that will improve their time to value. These options provide developers immediate access to their workspace with the flexibility to choose from a variety of operating systems, containerized application stacks, and toolchain integration services for increased efficiency and visibility. To optimize performance across a variety of mission critical workloads, HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise now offers six workload-optimized instances for general purpose, compute, memory, and storage with competitive rate card pricing that delivers a straightforward pay-as-you-go consumption model. Enhancement to consumption analytics delivers improved usage and cost analytics of applications for the three hyperscaler public cloud vendors. This includes easier showback reporting and dashboard insights to help customers improve capacity planning and budgeting across their hybrid environment. HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise is now generally available in 52 countries worldwide and available for partners to sell via the HPE GreenLake for Partners program. Expanding the HPE GreenLake ecosystem partners and marketplace offerings To give customers more choice and functionality, HPE continues to expand its partner ecosystem offerings on HPE GreenLake Marketplace for DevOps, AI/ML, analytics, data protection, security and more. Today, we highlight the new HPE GreenLake for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, and the recently announced HPE GreenLake for VMware. HPE GreenLake for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is the result of the joint development announcement made earlier this year at Discover 2022, to deliver new service offerings on HPE GreenLake with Red Hat open source solutions. The combination of HPE GreenLake with Red Hat OpenShift provides customers with a consistent, powerful foundation for application development and hybrid cloud innovation. This helps customers to reduce costs and complexity, while enhancing stability and performance across multiple IT environments. HPE GreenLake for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform delivers self-service management of containers across edge, data center and hybrid cloud environments, enabling customers with more flexibility, scalability, and optimized standardized container configurations. Announced in November 2022, HPE GreenLake for VMware will bring together HPE GreenLake and VMware Cloud to deliver a fully integrated solution with a simple pay-as-you-go hybrid cloud consumption model. VMware Cloud will be fully integrated across the HPE GreenLake portfolio including HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise Early access program for HPE GreenLake for Data Fabric and HPE Ezmeral Unified Analytics At Discover Frankfurt, HPE introduced an early access program for HPE GreenLake for Data Fabric and HPE Ezmeral Unified Analytics. With the early access program, developers can try the data fabric and analytics service prior to release, testing new features and capabilities for solving hybrid data and analytics challenges. HPE GreenLake for Data Fabric modernizes analytics and data management, unifying different data types across on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge, to deliver seamless access to a trusted source of data. HPE Ezmeral Unified Analytics provides a cloud solution that supports best-of-breed, open source tools to address the full lifecycle of data engineering, analytics, and data science projects. The HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform– the foundation of the HPE GreenLake experience The HPE GreenLake platform provides customers and partners with a unified hybrid experience and easy access to cloud services. Today, HPE GreenLake supports more than 65,000 customers, powers more than two million connected devices and manages more than one exabyte of data with customers worldwide1. Organizations benefit from one platform from which to automate, orchestrate, and run their hybrid cloud strategy. HPE continues to innovate and invest in the HPE GreenLake platform. In March 2022, HPE announced a new, unified operational experience that provides a simplified view and access to all cloud services, including capabilities at the edge. This included the convergence of the HPE GreenLake platform with Aruba Central. At HPE Discover 2022 in June, HPE announced additional advancements, including enhanced security, a new developer portal and tools, and deeper capabilities to manage assets and workloads at scale. Click here to take a virtual test drive of the HPE GreenLake platform. About Hewlett Packard Enterprise Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) is the global edge-to-cloud company that helps organizations accelerate outcomes by unlocking value from all of their data, everywhere. Built on decades of reimagining the future and innovating to advance the way people live and work, HPE delivers unique, open and intelligent technology solutions as a service. With offerings spanning cloud services, compute, high performance computing & AI, intelligent edge, software, and storage, HPE provides a consistent experience across all clouds and edges, helping customers develop new business models, engage in new ways, and increase operational performance. For more information, visit: www.hpe.com

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