NTT Cites Breakthrough in GaN-based Thin Film Production

Researchers at NTT announced a breakthrough in the development of GaN-based thin-film devices from substrates, where an extremely thin layer of boron nitride (BN) is grown between a sapphire substrate and the GaN-based semiconductor and works as a release layer. The newly developed MeTRe (Mechanical Transfer using a Release layer) method of production facilitates the transfer of the resulting nitride structures (typically a few μm thick) to more...

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Verizon and General Dynamics Selected for Army Private Cloud Initiative

Verizon Enterprise Solutions, as part of a General Dynamics-led team, has been awarded two contracts to develop and implement fixed and mobile cloud computing capacity for the U.S. Army under the Area Processing Centers Army Private Cloud 2 initiative, known as APC2. The five-year, multiple-award contracts have a combined potential value of $249.8 million to all awardees. Verizon's Terremark division will provide infrastructure -- including cloud assets designed to meet federal security guidelines, and server, network and storage capacity -- for...

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Microsoft Adds Cloud Requirements to Engineer Certification Program

Microsoft has upgraded its flagship professional credential, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, for the cloud. The new Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) includes cloud training requirements that demonstrated to employers and peers that those certified have the skills to do the job in an expanding market. "The new Microsoft certifications are raising the bar across the industry and reflect industry shifts that require a broader knowledge base and deeper skills across solutions that cloud computing requires," said Don Field, Microsoft's...

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CloudPassage Lands $14 Million to Secure Cloud Servers

CloudPassage, a start-up based in San Francisco, secured $14 million series B financing round, for its cloud security solution. CloudPassage said its key innovation is its Halo architecture, which automates multiple server security functions and transparently handles the highly fluid and scalable characteristics of public IaaS environments. The technology automatically secures cloud servers when they burst or are cloned. Halo combines an ultra-lightweight...

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CVC Capital Partners Bids for Hong Kong's City Telecom

CVC Capital Partners will acquire Hong Kong's City Telecom for HK$5 billion (US$644 million). Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of City Telecom (HK) Limited, has offered residential broadband services at 100 Mbps and 1 Gbps for several years over its fiber, CAT 5 metro Ethernet network. HKBN has over 1,240,000 subscribers. http://www.ctihk....

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Optimum Lightpath Carries Uncompressed HD-SDI over Wavelengths

Optimum Lightpath, which is Cablevision's Ethernet-based business service for the New York metropolitan area, is supporting 1.485 GB linear uncompressed HD-SDI over dedicated wavelengths. The functionality is available footprint-wide, supporting the real-time transport of uncompressed high definition video at high reliability levels the fiber network. The update is targeted primarily to media production facilities, broadcasters, television stations,...

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Dell Launches Content Delivery Platform (CDP) for Service Providers

Dell is launching a Content Delivery Platform (CDP) that allows network providers to sell Content Delivery Network (CDN) services to the enterprise as well as manage the on-demand delivery of any video to any screen.The CDN solution is powered by Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers and software from EdgeCast Networks and Elemental Technologies. Dell said its solution allows network operators to launch their own CDN quickly and affordably. EdgeCast's...

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BT Boosts Top Infinity 2 Tier to up to 76Mbps

BT Retail has nearly doubled the downstream speed of its Infinity 2 broadband service to peak rates of 76 Mbps. The newly revamped service will also offer the UK’s fastest upstream speeds of up to 19Mbps. BT Retail is also set to give its BT Infinity 1 product a boost by increasing its upstream speed fivefold from up to 1.9 Mbps to up to 9.5 Mbps. http://www.bt....

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IBM's PureSystems Integrates Server, Storage and Networking

IBM unveiled its PureSystems architecture for combining all IT elements, both physical and virtual, into "expert integrated systems" with server, storage, and networking capabilities. IBM's PureSystems is the result of $2 billion in R&D and acquisitions over four years.IBM said PureSystems will be distinguished by its scale-in design, which optimizes all of the critical components required in today’s data center – system networking, storage,...

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