Teraco has formally confirmed the construction of Teraco Cape Town 2 (CT2), a new 30MW data centre facility. This follows the company’s recent 60MW expansion announcement of its Johannesburg data centre campus in Isando and makes the Cape Town facility the second largest on the continent. Jan Hnizdo, CEO, Teraco, said that the company is […]
Joshua Ward, Associate Client Partner at Decision Inc, says because of the infrastructure challenges in Africa the biggest potential for SDN in the coming year is to link it with 5G. Many consider Software-Defined Networking (SDN) to be one of the most disruptive areas to have arrived in the ICT landscape in recent years. It […]
OpenText has announced a new global strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Through this agreement, OpenText will provide customers greater choice in deploying their business-critical information management solutions. “This agreement with AWS will simplify and accelerate our customers’ transition to the cloud and fulfil our commitment to deliver OpenText anywhere, regardless of our […]
Equinix, a global interconnection and data centre company, has announced one of its largest expansions of Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric (ECX Fabric) in seven new EMEA markets to help global businesses simplify hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures. With the expansion of Equinix’s industry-leading interconnection service to Barcelona, Brussels, Geneva, Istanbul, Lisbon and Sofia and extending into […]
Andrew Stevens, CEO at CNet Training, discusses The Global Digital Infrastructure Education Framework and the importance of creating educational programs that support real career progression. Being the largest and longest-running training and education provider in the world dedicated to the digital infrastructure industry (comprising the data centre and network infrastructure sectors) brings with it a […]
As data centres are one of our most heavily relied upon resources, it is important that they operate sustainably. Matthew Underhill, Head of Infrastructure, Alfred H Knight, discusses his approach to greener data centre operations and offers his best practice advice for improving energy efficiency in the data centre space. As I consider ways to […]
Syrex has entered into a strategic partnership with cloud migration and Disaster Recovery specialists, Hystax, to radically reduce the complexities businesses face across industry sectors typically face when transitioning to the cloud. Through this, Syrex can now deliver a complete suite of cloud migration and high availability solutions to its customers. Using Hystax, Syrex introduces […]
Nextgenaccess, a UK provider of custom and wholesale full fibre network infrastructure, has announced the completion and immediate availability of a new 67km-high capacity carrier-neutral fibre network. Connecting Bradley Stoke in Bristol to Next Generation Data’s (NGD) hyperscale data centre near Newport in South Wales, the joint initiative between Nextgenaccess and NGD utilised DPA/PIA code […]
Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier- and cloud-neutral colocation data centre services and a Digital Realty company, has announced that it has begun the construction of a major expansion project in Paris. Named the Interxion Paris Digital Park, the new site has access to up to 85 megawatts (‘MW’) of customer available power and […]
Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top 10 global operators, announces the opening of a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Casablanca, Morocco. Located at Orange Maroc open data centre, Sparkle’s PoP will provide corporate communication services to multinational enterprises aiming to expand their business in Morocco. Thanks to its political stability […]
