Alef, the leading edge connectivity platform, today announced its acquisition of CareerGig, the online marketplace for freelancers and IT professionals. The acquisition will allow Alef to fast track the adoption of the edge by arming mobile developers with its enterprise grade suite of APIs to build custom private 5G mobile networks and applications. CareerGig, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, has empowered…

Xerox Holdings Corporation today announced it has acquired Powerland, a leading IT services provider in Canada, for cash. The acquisition strengthens Xerox’s IT services offerings in North America, which include cloud, cyber security, end user computing and managed services. Powerland serves customers throughout Canada and provides a wide array of technology solutions and services including cloud, hybrid cloud, cyber security, and end-user computing…

Waldo, a no-code test automation platform dedicated to mobile apps, today announced that it has raised $15M in a Series A round led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors Matrix Partners and First Round Capital, and new angel investors Nicolas Dessaigne (Founder of Algolia), Ben Porterfield (Co-founder of Looker), Tyler…

AT&T, Inc. today announced that its board of directors has determined to spin off AT&T’s interest in WarnerMedia in connection with the previously announced transaction with Discovery, Inc (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK). The transaction, which will spin off 100% of AT&T’s interest in WarnerMedia to AT&T’s existing shareholders in a pro rata distribution, followed by the merger of WarnerMedia with Discovery,…

Juniper Networks, a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, today announced the newest addition to its Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architecture, Juniper Secure Edge. This new solution delivers Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) as a single-stack software architecture, managed by Security Director Cloud, to empower organizations to secure workforces, wherever they are. With the rise of distributed workforces, organizations are experiencing a paradigm…

A new study from Juniper Research has found the total number of RCS (Rich Communication Services) subscribers will grow from 1.2 billion in 2022 to 3.8 billion by 2026; accounting for 40% of global mobile subscribers. This represents growth of over 200%. RCS is protocol for rich media messaging over operator networks that provides advanced business messaging services, such as…

Continual, a leading provider of Connected Car and subscriber Mobility Experience Analytics, today announced that it is extending its collaboration with Google Cloud to make its cloud-native Mobility Experience Analytics available on Google Cloud Marketplace. The new collaboration with Google Cloud progresses a relationship that has been developing since the company was initially certified as a Google Cloud partner in…

Singtel is launching 5G edge compute infrastructure for enterprises, that includes Microsoft Azure Stack as one of the options, to deliver fast and secure 5G applications. Enterprises will be able to use Singtel’s Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC) infrastructure to process applications like autonomous guided vehicles, drones, robots, virtual, augmented or mixed reality closer to their end-users. Combined with high speed…

SolarWinds, a leading provider of simple, powerful, and secure IT management software, today announced its database performance monitoring products—SolarWinds® Database Performance Analyzer (DPA), SolarWinds SQL Sentry®, and SolarWinds Database Insights for SQL Server®—are now available as fully-transactable solutions in the Microsoft® Azure® Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. Organizations can now fulfill their license…

CommScope today announced a collaboration with Meta Connectivity to join its Evenstar program and accelerate the adoption of Open RAN by developing open reference designs. As the demand for internet connectivity expands at a rapid pace, the infrastructure that supports it needs to grow and improve. To address this requirement, CommScope will work with Meta Connectivity, alongside a network of industry…