VMware wraps up Uhana deal, rolls out OpenStack-based VIO 6.0

SAN FRANCISCO, California--VMware announced today that it has closed its Uhana acquisition, and unveiled the next release of its OpenStack solution. Uhana, which provides artificial intelligence and machine learning optimization for mobile networks, will be particularly useful in 5G radio access networks (RANs) and the buildout of the 5G core. "We see a major change coming with all the radio aspects," said VMware's Gabriele di Piazza, vice president of managed products and solutions for telco NFV and edge cloud. "We invested in Uhana to provide fine-grained streaming analytics, which actually leverage direct feeds from radio networks, and then we can apply AI techniques, such as machine learning, to what we call observe, predict and control your network. "With Uhana, we are getting deep into the network.