News of Note—Akraino Edge Stack goes live; service providers team up on blockchain trial

Here are the other stories we're following today:

> The Linux Foundation's Akraino Edge Stack, which is an open source software stack that supports cloud services optimized for edge computing systems and applications, announced it has moved from formation into execution. Release

> Service providers CBCcom, PCCW Global, Sparkle and Tata Communications, together with technology vendors Clear Blockchain Technologies and Cataworx, have joined forces on a proof of concept blockchain trial. Release

> Microsoft said that hackers linked to Russia’s government tried to target the websites of two right-wing U.S. think tanks, suggesting they were broadening their attacks in the buildup to November elections. Reuters article