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1&1 contracts Rakuten for German 5G Open RAN network

TM Forum

Germany’s 1&1 AG has given a fillip to Open RAN and the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP) by contracting Rakuten Group to help build its new mobile network, which will be Germany’s fourth. Its choice of partner to build a virtualized Open RAN 5G network points to Rakuten’s potential to shake up the telecoms industry.

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Tech Moves: Pathable founder joins vanlife app; Opanga Networks taps Seattle telecom vet as CEO

GeekWire

Schwartz previously founded and led Pathable, a Seattle startup that built mobile apps for conferences and pivoted during the pandemic to focus on virtual events before getting acquired in 2020. LinkedIn Photo) — Longtime telecom leader Cole Brodman joined Seattle-based Opanga Networks as CEO. million round last year.

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13 Things You Don't Want to Miss at the 2020 EMEA Member and Partner Conference

Association of Information Technology Professional

From sessions about the latest solutions and business trends to interactive networking opportunities—not to mention virtual pub time—CompTIA's 2020 EMEA Member and Partner Conference is a great chance to find new ideas and grow your business.

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VMware highlights security in COVID-era networking

Network World

At its virtual VWworld 2020 gathering, VMware detailed products and plans to help customers deal with the challenges of securing distributed enterprise resources.

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Koch CTO teams up to get cloud networking right

CIO Business Intelligence

Integrating a new network after an acquisition can be a sizable headache for any CIO. Traditionally, to integrate its acquisitions, Koch would flatten the acquired company’s core network, says Matt Hoag, CTO of business solutions at Koch. It’s more complicated than standard networking, Hoag says.

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Microsoft tapped to power all-virtual CES 2021 after learning on its own large-scale digital events

GeekWire

CES 2021 will use Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Power Platform to deliver an exhibitor showcase, media events, conference programming, networking events and more over four days, Jan. In 2019, 6,200 people attended Build in Seattle; this year, the virtual event had 197,000 attendees. 1, 2020.

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Techstars Seattle reveals latest class — here are the pros and cons of a virtual startup accelerator

GeekWire

But going virtual has actually been beneficial in some ways for Techstars Seattle , which just announced its latest cohort. The accelerator operated its 2020 class mostly remote and is applying lessons learned to the 2021 class, which is getting its start a few weeks earlier than normal to help folks connect virtually.