Stories by Ashton - Page 20
Facebook to launch first data center in Asia – a S$1.4b colossus
Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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facebook
The new data center will be located in Singapore and will be more than three times bigger than the nation's current largest facility.
Hydro66 appoints new exec to support blockchain investments
Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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hyperscale
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blockchain
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colocation
A new executive role has been created to support the company's ambitions to take advantage of the opportunities present in the blockchain markets.
Downtime a crippling issue in APAC State of Wi-Fi Study
Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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uc
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network infrastructure
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wireless networks
Ruckus has released findings from its study of 1200 organizations in APAC who collectively have lost US$53m from downtime in the last 12 months.
VR headset market going nowhere fast, but IDC confident in revival
Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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ar, vr & metaverse
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headsets
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shipments
While VR headset shipments have fallen 33.7% since last year, IDC says there is set to be a u-turn as the commercial sector gains traction.
Xero 'brings small business platform to life' with string of updates
Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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fintech
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martech
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commerce systems
Xero says the major new products and features are intended to enable owners and their advisors to build more efficient and profitable operations.
Crayon banking on South-East Asia with new AI Center of Excellence
Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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ai
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healthtech
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microsoft
It will be the company's second AI research center aiming to bring huge innovation to the region, partnering with the existing facility in Norway.
DDN completes $60m acquisition and reboots Tintri for business
Wed, 5th Sep 2018
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tintri
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m&a
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ddn
There were six rounds of heated negotiations and an extensive bidding process, but now that it's complete DDN is wasting no time.
City Network to base cloud services in DigiPlex data centre
Wed, 5th Sep 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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iaas
City Network will be basing its cloud services in DigiPlex's Stockholm data centre as it looks to expand its presence in the area.
Exclusive: Juniper EVP shares company strategy and market opportunities
Wed, 5th Sep 2018
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uc
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hyperscale
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iot
Recently we were given the chance to speak to Juniper Networks about current industry trends and where the company is placing its bets for the future.
Alibaba Cloud opens up Asian Games after resolving storage issue
Wed, 5th Sep 2018
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storage
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hyperscale
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dc
Alibaba Cloud partnered with ABU Sports Network to deliver a turnkey internet-based broadcast solution to the benefit of millions of viewers.
Telcos moving ‘manically’ to replicate cloud services provider model
Tue, 4th Sep 2018
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uc
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hyperscale
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dc
IDC says the telco industry is scrambling to convert entire data centres from vertically integrated stacks to software-defined infrastructure.
VMware targeting burgeoning multi-cloud market with new Cloud Services
Tue, 4th Sep 2018
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virtualisation
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devops
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it automation
VMware has unveiled its latest cloud services focused on overcoming obstacles in the flourishing multi-cloud market.
Vendors beware: Nearly a 1/4 of partners say programmes ‘not important’
Tue, 4th Sep 2018
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partner programmes
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analyst report
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partners
The IT vendor programme. A stalwart of the channel, but one that is seemingly beginning to hold less relevance as new research reveals.
TDCG seals acquisition to become largest Dutch data centre provider
Tue, 4th Sep 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
It’s taken substantial investment, but The Datacenter Group (TDCG) can now lay claim to being the largest 100 percent Dutch data centre provider.
Diginex and Symbioses deploy decentralised supercomputing network
Mon, 3rd Sep 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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cryptocurrency
Diginex will provide up to 2,500 nodes at its Switzerland data centre to perform optimised cryptocurrency mining on the Symbioses network.
Open DC data center to host Malaysia’s second internet exchange
Mon, 3rd Sep 2018
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uc
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
Extreme Broadband has launched JBIX in Malaysia, the country's first open internet exchange available to all organisations around the world.
Opportunities abound with Connected Workspace revolution – are you ready?
Mon, 3rd Sep 2018
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uc
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daas
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hybrid & remote work
Ingram Micro has provided an eBook that provides insights from key vendors to help partners flourish in this burgeoning industry.
Profits down but revenue & CAPEX up as NEXTDC eyes the future
Sat, 1st Sep 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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nextdc
There may be less money to play with but the company had a very busy year with a series of new data centre launches revenues rising 31 percent.
Boom in some areas of data center infrastructure, decay in others
Fri, 31st Aug 2018
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network infrastructure
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datacentre infrastructure
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network switches
It would seem the steady march of innovation continues, with some technologies riding the wave and others being left in its wake.
Equinix opens up hybrid cloud deployments with VMware partnership
Thu, 30th Aug 2018
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virtualisation
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hybrid cloud
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hyperscale
The interconnection and data center giant has announced it is partnering with VMware to offer private connectivity to VMware Cloud on AWS.