IO Raises $260 Million for Software-Defined Modular Data Centers

IO, which specializes in software-defined, modular data centers, closed a new $260,000,000 multi-year credit facility led by Wells Fargo. "IO.Anywhere" is a standardized, manufactured, factory-tested, UL-Listed data center in a shipping container, which managed, controlled, and optimized by the IO.OS data center operating system. It can be deployed incrementally at a company location, at an IO facility, or at an IO-partner data center. IO is...

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QTS Secures $135 million for Data Center Construction

QTS (Quality Technology Services), which operates 11 data centers across the U.S., announced a $135 million increase in its credit facility.  This brings the company's credit facility to $575 million. QTS said the new credit enables it to continue expanding its data centers in Atlanta, Richmond, Santa Clara and Sacramento, as well as begin development of a recently acquired facility in Dallas. QTS engaged KeyBank National Association to serve...

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T5 Announces $113 Million for Data Center in Plano

T5 Data Centers has secured a $113 million loan to expand its T5@Dallas Data Center in Plano, Texas. The project ultimately will deliver 22.5 megawatts of IT load power and house 247,000 square feet under one roof. The new funding round is being led by JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA, and includes investments from Wells Fargo Bank, RBS Citizens Financial Group, and Raymond James.  With this additional loan, T5 Data Centers has raised a combined...

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Ciena Enhances its 6500 Packet-Optical Platform

Ciena has enhanced its 6500 Packet-Optical Platform with new E-Suite packet modules that integrate packet switching and traffic management alongside OTN transport. The new E-Suite for 6500 includes both blade-based packet switching modules for small footprint applications and fabric-based packet switching modules for high-bandwidth mesh connectivity.  The modules support Ciena’s service aware packet operating system (SAOS), which is already...

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SAP Unveils Mobile Secure with AWS, Capgemini, Mocana

SAP unveiled a cloud-based enterprise mobility management solution that enables IT organizations to manage and secure corporate and personally-owned devices. The cloud edition of the SAP® Afaria mobile device management solution was introduced at the company's SAPPHIRE NOW event in Orlando, Florida, with partners including Amazon Web Services, Capgemini, and Mocana. SAP Afaria, cloud edition, provides analytic dashboards from the SAP BusinessObjects...

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Denmark's GlobalConnect Goes with Cyan for Regional Packet/Optical Upgrade

Cyan has landed another major customer in Europe.  GlobalConnect, a Danish alternative provider with a network spanning with 12,000 fiber route kilometers with extensions into northern Germany and southern Sweden, has completed the deployment of a 400G network employing the Cyan Blue Planet software-defined networking (SDN) system and Z-Series packet-optical platform throughout Denmark. The network, which consists of some 40 wavelengths...

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Overture Launches Gigabit Optical Ethernet Access Device

Overture introduced a gigabit optical Ethernet Access Device (EAD) designed to serve as Carrier Ethernet on-ramp for performance-assured mobile backhaul and enterprise cloud services. The Overture 65 Next Generation Gigabit Ethernet Access Device (EAD) provides 1 GigE demarcation with Carrier Ethernet 2.0 compliance.  It supports both ring (G.8032) and point-to-point architectures, while offering IEEE 1588v2 boundary and slave functionality....

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NetCracker Selected for Sprint's Network Vision

Sprint has selected NetCracker as a supplier supporting the rollout of the carrier’s Network Vision Program.  NetCracker will operate provisioning systems and manage the processes to capture, quality assure, and record critical provisioning information as Sprint deploys and operationalizes their Network Vision Program nationwide. Financial terms were not disclosed. Sprint’s Network Vision Program is Sprint’s plan to consolidate multiple...

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Fujitsu to Resell Centina's NetOmnia to Offer Carrier Ethernet SLA Mgt

Fujitsu Network Communications will resell Centina Systems' NetOmnia Ethernet Service Assurance for end-to-end visualization and SLA management of Carrier Ethernet services and the NetOmnia SLA Manager. Centina said its NetOmnia enables Fujitsu to deliver on the entire Ethernet Life Cycle from solution delivery to service quality management and SLA management, including support for ITU-T Y1731 and IEEE 802.1ag industry standards.  NetOmnia...

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Fujitsu Launches Cloud Initiative in Japan

Fujitsu announced a full suite of private, public and hybrid cloud services at this week's Tokyo International Forum.  The FUJITSU Cloud Initiative includes 10 new services (two IaaS, four PaaS, and four cloud-integration services) and two upgraded services (one PaaS and one security service). The company's cloud integration organization has also been expanded to 100 Cloud Specialists and 2,000 Cloud Integrators.  Some highlights: 1....

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NeoPhotonics Opens in Moscow

NeoPhotonics, a supplier of photonic integrated circuits based in San Jose, California, has opened a sales and R&D office in Moscow and servicing the Russian Federation and the broader eastern European market. Last year, NeoPhotonics completed a private placement investment with the Russian sovereign fund investor RUSNANO. http://www.neophotonics.c...

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