Here are some other stories we're following today:
> Intel and Alibaba announced the launch of an edge computing platform, as well as a hybrid cloud partnership at the Alibaba Yunqi Conference in Hangzhou, China. SDxCentral article
> Telecom Italia Spa's unit in Brazil is mulling a bid for the country’s fifth-largest wireless carrier, Nextel Telecomunicacoes, to boost its market share and gain spectrum in some metropolitan areas. Bloomberg article
> Chema Alonso, Telefónica’s chief digital officer, spoke at an industry event about the need to make interactions with technology more intuitive and natural. Telecoms.com article
> Cybersecurity vendor Clavister announced Thursday that its Virtual Security Solution has been selected by a tier-1 North American service provider to support the operator's transition to SDN and NFV. Release