IBM Teams with Tencent to serve Enterprise Cloud in China

IBM and Tencent Cloud announced an alliance to collaborate on providing public cloud with Software-as-a-Service solutions for enterprises in China. The partnership will focus on emerging small and medium enterprises that are using mobile, cloud computing and big data tools to transform internal processes and operations. As part of the pact Tencent Cloud and IBM will jointly promote industry innovation and gain from each company's resources and...

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AT&T: Mobile Data Usage at Stadiums Soars to 1000s of GBs

In-stadium mobile data usage at college and professional football games is soaring to hundreds or thousands of gigabytes, according to newly published data usage statics from AT&T.   The data is derived from the more than 75 different stadiums where AT&T provides coverage via Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS). So far this football season across 333 games where it had DAS coverage, AT&T customers used more than 104.9 Terabytes of...

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CyrusOne Pre-Leases New Virginia Data Center

In an indication of the strong market for prime data center space, CyrusOne pre-leased more than 12,000 square feet of colocation space (CSF) at its new data center in Sterling, Virginia to a Fortune 50 company.  The tenant also secured first right of refusal on another 8,000 square feet at the facility. Pre-sale represents a third of the 30,000 square feet of colocation space that will come online for the first phase of the 124,000 square...

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Cavium's Q3 Revenue Up 7.9% Sequentially

Cavium reported Q3 2014 revenue of $97.8 million, a 7.9% sequential increase from the $90.7 million reported in the second quarter of 2014 and a 23.6% year-over-year increase from the $79.1 million reported in the third quarter of 2013. Net income was $5.4 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, compared to net loss attributable to the Company of $11.0 million, or $(0.21) per diluted share in the second quarter of 2014. Gross margins were 63.5% in...

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Equinix Deploys Juniper's MX Routers for Cloud Exchange

Equinix has deployed Juniper Networks® MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routers in 19 markets to support its Equinix Cloud Exchange, which enables seamless, on-demand and direct access to multiple cloud services and multiple networks across the globe. Equinix is using the Ethernet VPN capabilities of Juniper's MX Series routers to simplify cloud access, creating private environments between cloud providers and their customers -- both present at Equinix...

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Huawei Plans Big Investment in Canadian R&D

Huawei announced plans to invest $210 million over the next 5 years to expand its R&D and business operations in the Province of Ontario. The new investments are expected to create 325 new jobs over the next 5 years, including most engineers and researchers.  In total, when combined with existing research, development and operational plans, Huawei's total investment in Ontario over the next 5 years will be $500m. The announcement was made...

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Sprint Appoints Junichi Miyakawa as Technical Chief Operating Officer

Sprint has appointed Junichi Miyakawa has been named to the newly created position of Technical Chief Operating Officer.  He previously led SoftBank's network operations in Japan. In his new role at Sprint, Miyakawa will oversee the company’s network and technology organization, including related strategy, network operations and performance. He will also lead its relationships with key network equipment vendors and will report directly to...

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