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OQC sticks a quantum computer in an Equinix data center
Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) is installing a quantum computer inside an Equinix IBX data center in Tokyo to offer quantum computing as a service (QCaaS). Read more…
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Huawei proposes ‘low-carbon target site energy network’
During MWC 2023, Huawei proposes the concept of “low-carbon target site energy network” to address energy-related challenges for telcos and data centres. Read more…
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India needs more capacity to handle coming international traffic demand
International bandwidth usage in India is expected to grow tenfold between 2021 and 2028. The one thing missing is the capacity to match it. Read more…
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Broadcom is reportedly making overtures to buy VMware
Broadcom is in talks to acquire cloud service provider VMware in a deal which could transform the chipmaker into a diversified tech firm. Read more…
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Ukraine makes plans to evacuate government data and servers
The Ukrainian government is preparing to move its data and servers abroad if Russia’s invading forces push deeper into the country. Read more…
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AWS adds Local Zones in Southeast Asia and elsewhere
AWS is adding 32 new AWS Local Zones outside of the US, including the first AWS Local Zones for Southeast Asia: Manila, Hanoi and Bangkok. Read more…
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Remote work trend triggers infrastructure investments across SE Asia
Governments and companies in SE Asia are prioritizing data centers, fiber networks, and telecom towers to prepare for the rise of remote work. Read more…
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Why is CRT sticking a data center in a 17th-century French castle?
CRT Informatique is getting into the data hosting business in style by building a data center in a 378-year-old French castle. Read more…
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Altered carbon avoidance: data centers move green goalposts
Cloud demand makes it impossible for data centers to lower carbon footprints – the goal now is to avoid using more energy than necessary, says VMWare CTO. Read more…
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White-box 100GE revenues slip as market shifts to Tier 2s
White box vendors have been losing market share in 100GE data center switching market during the past year to the big brands in terms of revenue. The good news (for them) is that’s not a Read more…
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Partnerships key to capitalizing on cloud credibility
Megaport CEO Vincent English talks to Disruptive.Asia editor-in-chief John C Tanner about how (and why) enterprises are learning to love the cloud, and the importance of local partnerships. Disruptive.Asia: When I interviewed your predecessor Denver Read more…
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Apstra adds root cause ID for intent-based networking
Apstra says it has introduced new upgrades to the Apstra Operating System (AOS) for data center automation including a solution to deliver root cause identification for intent-based networking. Other new features of Intent-Based Data Center Read more…
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Line taps Mellanox/Cumulus switches for messaging network
Mellanox Technologies and Cumulus Networks announced that Line Corporation has selected Mellanox open Ethernet switches running Cumulus’ Linux open network operating system to power the network behind its messaging applications. Line is deploying Mellanox 100GbE Read more…
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Cisco to offer tools to help customers run apps on AWS
(Reuters) – Networking gear maker Cisco Systems said on Thursday it is teaming with Amazon.com’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer software tools that would make it easier for Cisco’s customers to use Amazon’s data Read more…
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Big data is becoming heavy data – and that’s a problem
Data mass is beginning to exhibit gravitational properties – it’s getting heavy – and eventually it will be too big to move. How will networks handle this? And what does it mean for digital identity, Read more…
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Huawei builds home-grown AI chip for its data center servers
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Huawei Technologies, the world’s largest telecom equipment maker, unveiled an AI chip on Wednesday that will power its servers, in a push to boost its nascent cloud-computing business. The move, which Read more…
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Cloud alliance challenges AWS with cheaper data transfers
(Reuters) – A group of cloud computing companies is taking aim at Amazon Web Services by offering free or deeply discounted rates on moving data between their cloud services. The Bandwidth Alliance, as the group Read more…
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New Cisco server is designed specifically for AI and ML
Cisco Systems has unveiled its first server built from the ground up for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) workloads. AI and ML can open up new ways for enterprises to solve complex problems, Read more…
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Facebook to build first APAC data center in Singapore
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Facebook said on Thursday it will invest more than $1 billion to build its first data center in Asia in Singapore, slated to open in 2022. Facebook’s facility will be located in Read more…
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US tech firms set up to fight India’s data storage rules
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – US technology giants plan to intensify lobbying efforts against stringent Indian data localization requirements, which they say will undermine their growth ambitions in India, sources told Reuters. US trade groups, representing Read more…