Eight 5G solution providers join Ofcom and Digital Catapult-led OpenRAN initiative

Eight 5G solution providers have joined an OpenRAN initiative led by UK telecoms regulator Ofcom and innovation centre Digital Catapult called SONIC. The vendor-neutral and interoperable equipment OpenRAN delivers is seen as being the solution to disrupting the perceived monopoly held by the large telecoms vendors—helping to drive innovation, improve security, offer flexibility, and reduce…

Eight 5G solution providers join Ofcom and Digital Catapult-led OpenRAN initiative

Eight 5G solution providers have joined an OpenRAN initiative led by UK telecoms regulator Ofcom and innovation centre Digital Catapult called SONIC. The vendor-neutral and interoperable equipment OpenRAN delivers is seen as being the solution to disrupting the perceived monopoly held by the large telecoms vendors—helping to drive innovation, improve security, offer flexibility, and reduce…

Site Reliability Engineers and the Software That Supports Them

Digital transformation efforts have become more like digital transformation mandates in the tech world ever since the COVID-19 pandemic made working from home the new normal. This has meant a rapid change in the B2B software landscape (although when has that not been the case?) as vendors rise to meet buyer demand for collaborative, hybrid technologies. 

T-Mobile data breach exposes highly sensitive information for some customers [Update]

Update: Tom’s Guide has learned that this incident affected about 400 T-Mobile customers. The attacker or attackers seem to have penetrated T-Mobile’s systems with the goal of taking over customer accounts, but the intrusion is said to be over and affected customers have been notified. T-Mobile may have suffered yet another data breach, which would…

February 2021 Guest Opinion Part 1: IT/OT Convergence – Planning to Prepare for the Future

February 17, 2021 Christopher Nichols, Director IT/OT Resiliency & Support, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. IT/OT convergence is the integration of information technology (IT) systems with operational technology (OT) systems. IT systems are used for data-centric computing and OT systems are used to monitor events, processes and devices, and make adjustments in enterprise and industrial operations. In the…