The cross-continent support of the global tech community has culminated in a sold-out GITEX Africa 2023, with an expansion phase now underway as construction ramps up of a purpose-built venue in Marrakech, Morocco, for Africa’s largest tech and start-up event. The inaugural GITEX Africa will make its debut from 31 May-2 June 2023, welcoming more […]

We take a look at what this period of rapid technology change is set to entail for data centre managers, particularly as they aim to ensure ESG is a priority in facility management.  Change is on the horizon for all businesses, but what are the priorities, technologies and budgets that will influence this year and […]

Salman Ali, Senior Manager Solution Engineering, META, Riverbed Technology explains how a successful unified observability approach cuts through siloes, collecting information from all data sources with full fidelity. As IT professionals, it is all too common for us to hear buzzwords peppered into conversations as frequently as possible. While many ultimately fall out of the […]

From time to time, The DCA likes to take a step back from ‘what’ to consider ‘why’. Jon Summers, Research Lead at RI.SE & DCA Advisory Board Member, writes in collaboration with ChatGPT, discussing how the digital age has changed the way we operate and function and how the hierarchy of needs provides a useful framework for examining […]

To better understand how business leaders view and value their enterprise network, Aruba surveyed 200 UK-based international business decision-makers.  According to research released by Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, one-in-four (25%) business leaders admit to having only a functional or limited understanding of the enterprise network – resulting in a potentially dangerous disconnect around Digital Transformation […]

Digital Realty, a global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation and interconnection solutions – and member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) – has announced it will offer connectivity to an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) FastConnect point-of-presence (PoP) within the newly launched Oracle Cloud Chicago Region. The new connectivity deployment located at Digital Realty’s 350 E. Cermak Road data […]

EfficiencyIT, a specialist in data centres, IT and critical communications environments, has secured a new contract to deliver a Digital Transformation project for Motus Commercials, the UK’s largest independent commercial vehicle dealer group, and Motus Vehicle Solutions, the group’s specialist body shop, tail lift and vehicle parts supply business.  The project will see EfficiencyIT deploy […]

French Polynesian telecom operator ONATi, a subsidiary of the OPT French Polynesia Group, has selected Intelia and Ciena to increase the capacity of the Honotua international submarine cable to 300Gb/s. The last stage of operations sees the cable upgraded using Ciena’s Geomesh Solution – powered by the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform and WaveLogic Ai technology – providing 300Gb/s of information-carrying capacity […]

Cadence has released the findings of its market research which explored the challenges data centres are facing due to Digital Transformation. We take an in-depth look at the results. Digital Transformation has reached a turning point. Businesses have now added so many new applications and need so much data consistently available, that accessing sufficient capacity in […]

Amdocs, a leading provider of software and services to communications and media companies, has announced the expansion of its strategic collaboration with Globe Telecom, a leading service provider in the Philippines, to modernize Globe’s existing charging capabilities, speeding up time to market for new products and services. Under the agreement, Amdocs will deploy its real-time […]