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Google to invest $1.1 billion in Netherlands data centers
almost 5 years agoGoogle will invest $1.1 billion in further expanding its data center capacity in the Netherlands. The company will build a new data center in Agriport, around 30 miles north of Amsterdam, as well as expand its existing data center in Eemshaven. That expansion, which comes on top of the extension that was already announced last year, will cost €500 million ($569m). ...
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NTT DATA UK announces £68m investment to accelerate technology innovation for UK industries
almost 5 years agoConsulting and IT Services provider, NTT DATA UK is investing £68million into its UK-based operation. The move will see the company create more than 350 new jobs in the UK in 2019, expand its site in Birmingham, open a new office in Scotland and build new capabilities to accelerate the delivery of the latest technological innovations to industries in the UK. NTT DATA UK...
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Amazon, Facebook internet outage: Verizon blamed for 'cascading catastrophic failure'
almost 5 years agoA Verizon error resulted in a "cascading catastrophic failure" that triggered widespread internet outages on Monday, affecting Cloudflare, Amazon, Facebook, and others. Website accelerator firm Cloudflare described the event as a "small heart attack" that left websites that rely on it, such as voice and text chat app Discord, unreachable from many parts of the internet...
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AT&T and Colt are first to implement MEF’s LSO Sonata APIs to automate network ordering
almost 5 years agoAT&T and Colt Technology Services completed the first successful application of MEF’s LSO (Lifecycle Service Orchestration) Sonata APIs, allowing business customers to order services across multiple carriers virtually seamlessly. This success is a critical milestone in driving frictionless commerce across the global telecoms industry, removing manual steps, cutting cycle tim...
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BT explores sale of Spanish business as part of turnaround plan
almost 5 years agoBT Group PLC is reportedly exploring the sale of its Spanish business as part of a plan to streamline operations as it ramps up investment in fibre broadband.The telecoms giant has started talks with potential buyers of BT España.Possible bidders are expected to include buyout firms and infrastructure investors rather than Spain’s major telecom firms such as Vodafone, Orange...
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e-shelter opens fourth data center campus in Frankfurt
almost 5 years agoNTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group (TYO: 9432), has this week announced the completion of phase 1 of its Frankfurt 4 Data Center through e-shelter, a subsidiary of NTT Com and one of the leading data center providers in Europe. Frankfurt 4 is the 12th operational data center location in t...
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16% Of Data Centre Professionals Globally Will Be Retired By 2025 – Report
almost 5 years agoRemember when it was a trend to write a letter to your future self with predictions of what you think your life will be like in 10 years time? Critical infrastructure provider Vertiv have taken a similar approach with its data centre survey that builds on research the company conducted back in 2014. The company asked data centre professionals across the globe to look 1...
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Unified comms market is dropping native apps in favour of browser services
almost 5 years agoThe unified communications market is defined by a fragmented product landscape following many years of acquisitions. This signifies a strong and competitive market with a wide variety of solutions, and the investment from large firms means that new developments are frequent. According to research published in market intelligence service Delta, many UC services are transit...
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Extreme Networks acquires Aerohive
almost 5 years agoExtreme Networks has acquired Aerohive for $210m, adding cloud management and edge capabilities to Extreme’s portfolio of cloud networking solutions. Aerohive specialises in cloud management, AI and machine learning, and has a global footprint of 30,000 cloud wireless LAN customers in verticals including education, healthcare, state and local government and retail. T...
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8x8 Expands Presence In North West England With Everycloud Partnership
almost 5 years ago8x8, Inc. a leading cloud provider of voice, video, chat and contact centre solutions for over one million users worldwide, has this week announced its partnership with EveryCloud, a leading cloud technology channel provider, strengthening its reach to customers in the North West of England. EveryCloud supports clients across all sectors – from global financial services b...
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Zoom vs. Skype for Business
almost 5 years agoThe decisions you make around the communication and collaboration tools in your business can make or break your company today. If your teams can’t connect well, then everything from productivity and efficiency to customer experience in the business landscape suffers. Fortunately, there are vendors out there that are investing in new solutions, designed to support the n...
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Onecom Signs Biggest Ever Partner Deal with Vodafone UK
almost 5 years agoOnecom has signed its biggest ever partner deal with Vodafone UK and has plans to grow our business with Vodafone to a record £600m over the next five years. The partnership agreement aims to deliver more than £100m annual revenue from mobile, fixed line, broadband and IT services; and puts Onecom in pole position to take advantage of Vodafone’s growth ambitions in the B2...
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Why UCaaS and SD-WAN Are Better Together
almost 5 years agoMore than 85 per cent of businesses moved all or part of their communications tools to the cloud via Unified Communications as a Service. UCaaS joins voice, video conferencing, screen sharing, instant messaging and a host of other communications tools for the cloud. According to Business Communications Strategies, cloud-based UC services are a no-brainer for several reasons:...
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Challenges lie ahead following Slack public offering
almost 5 years agoFollowing Slack's public debut, analysts say the company needs to boost enterprise sales and retool third-party integrations to attract users who aren't as tech-savvy. Slack has reason to celebrate this week. The 5-year-old team messaging startup began trading on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday as one of the hottest up-and-comers in the tech industry -- now valued ...
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New Avaya Research Finds 94 Percent of Business and IT Decision Makers Recognize AI Can Transform the Performance of their Contact Center
almost 5 years agoAvaya Holdings Corp. , have this week published a global survey of nearly 2,800 IT and business decision leaders from 17 countries which found that over 90 per cent see AI as a crucial element in the digital transformation of their organization and 94 per cent recognize the ability of AI to transform the performance of their contact center. The study also revealed that 81 pe...
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Small business not necessarily weakest security link
almost 5 years agoSmall businesses may not be the weakest link in the supply chain after all, with a lack of skills and best practices being bigger factors, a study by (ISC)² reveals. Half of the large enterprises view third-party partners of any size as a cybersecurity risk, according to the latest Securing the partner ecosystem study by security professionals’ associati...
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Global telcos under attack, state-sponsored groups in the limelight
almost 5 years agoA number of global telecommunications companies have been breached, and their data stolen, according to fresh media reports. Even though we still don't know who the culprits are, fingers are already being pointed, and they're being pointed to the Chinese. According to Cybereason (an US-Israeli cybersecurity firm), the group known as APT10 (also known as Stone Panda, among...
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Social media activities fuel growth in identity fraud
almost 5 years agoA high social media presence increases the ease with which criminals can steal your identity for online fraud. Card fraud in the UK rose 41 per cent last year to reach 82,608 cases, representing 44 per cent of all fraud cases (189,108) cases recorded by Cifas in its annual fraud report. "In today’s world, much of what we do is online. Not only is it an easy and...
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Record number of schoolgirls make digital waves but women still under-represented in the cyber security sector
almost 5 years agoWomen make up just 11% of the global cybersecurity workforceChancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, David Lidington MP, calls for more to be done to encourage women into the cyber security industryAs well as reaching out to the cyber-pros of tomorrow, NCSC launches a new online training tool to meet the security demands of todayCyber-savvy f...
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Facebook launches Libra, industry takes note
almost 5 years agoAfter much speculation, Facebook has officially revealed it will venture into the crypto and blockchain world, launching a cryptocurrency called Libra next year. The social media giant will launch Libra through a new subsidiary, called Calibra, which will also supply the digital wallet for the new currency. According to a Facebook statement, the wallet will be availabl...
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