phoenixNAP, a global IT services provider offering security-focused cloud infrastructure, dedicated servers, colocation and specialised Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) technology solutions, has announced the launch of its Bare Metal Cloud (BMC) Edge location in Austin, Texas. Deployed at an American Tower Edge Data Center, this location provides low-latency access to Bare Metal Cloud out of the US […]
As Smart Cities emerge across the globe, there is a ‘huge opportunity’ in Africa to embrace and evolve towards this concept. This is the view of Mahmoud El-Banna, Head of Digital Industries Sales for China, India and MEA at Nokia. He talks us through some of the existing and new initiatives in the region, as […]
Glide, a market leader in ultra-fast broadband connectivity and deploying fibre infrastructure, has announced that it has connected its rapidly expanding dark fibre infrastructure with Proximity Data Centres’ newly acquired Birmingham Edge colocation data centre. Proximity is one of the UK’s fastest-growing regional Edge colocation data centre providers. The new dark fibre network directly connects […]
EdgeConneX, a pioneer in global hyperlocal to hyperscale data centre solutions, has announced that DE-CIX, a leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator, will expand its carrier and data centre neutral IX platform into multiple EdgeConneX data centres, globally. Adding to the existing DE-CIX Munich Internet Exchange located at the EdgeConneX Munich Edge Data Center, DE-CIX will be deploying its interconnection […]
Networks are a critical component of a data centre’s performance and it is essential that organisations operate with robust and resilient network infrastructure to continue accelerating at speed. Richard Barton, Network & Datacentre Domain Lead, Bakkavor, discusses how the organisation relies on data centres for optimum performance and tells us how the network transformation afforded […]
Colt Technology Services has become one of the first providers to deploy 800G technology in the L-band across a terrestrial network. This was attained using Ciena’s Reconfigurable Line System (RLS), WaveLogic 5 Extreme coherent optics, and Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) domain controller. This makes Colt one of the first service providers to offer proven 100G/400G Wave […]
Super Micro Computer, a global leader in high-performance computing, storage, networking solutions and green computing technology, has unveiled a new short-depth multi-node system that is designed and optimised for 5G, IoT and Edge applications. The Supermicro SuperEdge server is ideal for environments where high-density compute and I/O are required in a small form factor, for example, in […]
Gavin Faulds, Regional Business Head MEA Region, STL Technology, discusses the strategic collaborations the company has been involved with in order to bring the next billion people online in Internet-deprived areas of India and South Africa. Akola, situated in the Indian region of Vidharbha, is Maharashtra’s third largest city. While the city is home to shimmering […]
The detrimental effect COVID-19 has had on businesses over the past couple of years is finally beginning to waver as organisations muster up the courage to send their employees back to the office and society regains its confidence to meet in large groups, as opposed to meeting on Zoom. In-person business events such as Data […]
Park Place Technologies, the leading global data centre and networking optimisation firm, has strengthened its software portfolio with the purchase of Congruity360’s Storfirst software platform. Storfirst is one of the industry’s most secure, OEM-and-platform-agnostic (cloud, hybrid cloud and on-premises) file system migration and information management software. Storfirst allows customers to manage the movement of their data from production servers […]
