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SolidBlue & Xenith IG boost BeFa digital connectivity
Hyperscale

SolidBlue & Xenith IG boost BeFa digital connectivity

Tenants at BeFa Industrial Estate will gain wider fibre access as the site races to meet demand from AI, cloud and data centre operators.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

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HPE deepens Oracle tie-up on AI data centre networking
Edge Computing

HPE deepens Oracle tie-up on AI data centre networking

The multi-year rollout aims to ease bandwidth and latency bottlenecks as Oracle scales GPU-heavy cloud clusters across its global AI estate.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Yesterday
Tuned Global boosts music ingestion tenfold with AWS
Software-as-a-Service

Tuned Global boosts music ingestion tenfold with AWS

Onboarding large catalogues now takes days rather than weeks, as the platform can ingest up to 20 million tracks a day after its AWS overhaul.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Yesterday
AI adoption puts pressure on campus and branch networks
Network Infrastructure

AI adoption puts pressure on campus and branch networks

Most organisations are unprepared for AI traffic surges, with 73% expecting campus and branch network capacity limits within two years.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Last week
Microsoft, DE-CIX launch Azure Metro in five cities
Disaster Recovery

Microsoft, DE-CIX launch Azure Metro in five cities

Customers in five cities gain backup Azure routes designed to keep AI and critical enterprise workloads online if one link fails.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week
Ciena survey: AI revenue & quantum-safe encryption
Network Infrastructure

Ciena survey: AI revenue & quantum-safe encryption

Most operators expect AI services to drive new revenue, but nearly half say optical network upgrades are critical to meet demand.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last month
Ciena says AI services to drive telecoms revenue growth
Network Infrastructure

Ciena says AI services to drive telecoms revenue growth

Telecom operators face urgent network upgrades as most expect AI and managed fibre services to be major new revenue sources.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month
Amazon EC2 marks 20 years of cloud computing growth
Virtualisation

Amazon EC2 marks 20 years of cloud computing growth

The service now spans more than 1,200 instance types in 39 regions, underpinning much of AWS's compute stack and AI workloads.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Akamai maps distributed cloud shift for APAC AI workloads
Hybrid Cloud

Akamai maps distributed cloud shift for APAC AI workloads

Enterprises in Asia-Pacific are moving AI from trials to production, driving demand for low-latency, distributed computing closer to users and data.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Last month
Google Cloud adds four-level AlloyDB ScaNN preview
AI Infrastructure

Google Cloud adds four-level AlloyDB ScaNN preview

The preview could let AI search systems handle far larger datasets with p95 latency of 51 milliseconds or less at more than 10 billion vectors.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last month
OpenAI launches Ultrafast GPT-5.6 Sol for businesses
DevOps

OpenAI launches Ultrafast GPT-5.6 Sol for businesses

Businesses in the preview can use the model for real-time coding, support and trading tasks, with responses up to 14 times faster.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Oracle & AWS launch Exadata on Exascale infrastructure
Software-as-a-Service

Oracle & AWS launch Exadata on Exascale infrastructure

Enterprises can now shift more Oracle workloads into AWS as the joint database service expands to 22 regions with a lower-cost Exadata option.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Last month

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Pulsant invests GBP £1 million in Birmingham data centre
Digital Transformation

Pulsant invests GBP £1 million in Birmingham data centre

The upgrade aims to ease London dependence for Midlands firms needing low-latency AI capacity, security and resilience.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • 2 days ago
Verizon tops US business internet satisfaction study
Network Infrastructure

Verizon tops US business internet satisfaction study

Rising AI and real-time data demands are making network reliability a bigger procurement concern for large US companies and mid-sized businesses.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month
Rackspace launches managed VMware Cloud Foundation cloud
Virtualisation

Rackspace launches managed VMware Cloud Foundation cloud

Enterprises seeking tighter control over sensitive workloads now have a new option as Rackspace rolls out a managed VMware cloud for regulated sectors.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month
8BitDo FlipPad lands in Europe for portrait mobile games
Gaming

8BitDo FlipPad lands in Europe for portrait mobile games

European mobile gamers now have a £24.99 wired option for portrait play, as the FlipPad lands with iPhone and Android support.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last month
Blue Machines AI launches Floe for Indian customer chats
Fintech

Blue Machines AI launches Floe for Indian customer chats

The model aims to stop Indian customer-service bots from switching languages unnecessarily, reducing friction in live voice and chat exchanges.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month