Digital Realty and Zayo Team on Cloud to Data Center Connections

Zayo and Digital Realty announced an alliance agreement to expand the Digital Realty direct connect cloud offering. Under the pact, Digital Realty customers will have the ability to access Zayo’s Connect to the Cloud platform, which offers access to more than 24 leading cloud providers, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and IBM SoftLayer. Digital Realty clients will be able to deploy hybrid cloud solutions through Zayo’s Cloud...

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Japan's KVH Deploys Cyan for Packet-Optical Transport

KVH has deployed Cyan’s Z-Series Packet-Optical Transport Platform and Blue Planet SDN software to enable its new high-capacity backhaul network in Japan. Cyan said its Z-Series Packet-Optical Transport Platform provides KVH with integrated support for 100G coherent optical transponding and muxponding, scale up to 96-channels, and multi-degree ROADM for transporting up to 10 Tbps on a single fiber. Blue Planet, together with the Z-Series, delivers...

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Trade Agreement Could Eliminate Next Gen Silicon Tariffs

International trade negotiators and heads of governments appear to have reached a breakthrough in efforts to expand the WTO's Information Technology Agreement, which eliminates tariffs on high-tech products among 54 economies, including the U.S. and China. A deal between the U.S. and China reached this week in Beijing is expected to pave the way for continued ITA negotiations in Geneva. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said many of the...

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ASSIA Wins Judgment Against BT on Dynamic Spectrum Mgt

The UK Court of Appeal in London affirmed a 2013 High Court judgment in favor of ASSIA on one important broadband management patent and determined that British Telecom infringes a second, more fundamental patent covering dynamic spectrum management techniques. ASSIA said the Court of Appeal judgment holds that BT infringes two key ASSIA patents in its management of the rapidly growing “Next Generation Architecture” UK superfast broadband network....

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Altair Launches Computer-aided Engineering Suite on AWS

Altair launched its HyperWorks Unlimited - Virtual (HWUL-V) computer-aided engineering (CAE) suite for Amazon Web Services (AWS). HWUL-V integrates unlimited use of the HyperWorks computer-aided engineering (CAE) suite with PBS Professional, a leading high-performance computing (HPC) workload manager, and application-aware portals for HPC access and remote visualization of big data. HWUL-V will be offered in all AWS regions globally, including...

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DT Establishes one of the Largest European Investment Funds

Deutsche Telekom is launching what is expected to be one of the largest venture investing funds in Europe. Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners (DTCP) will have a fund volume of EUR 500 million for a 5-year period, effectively doubling the company's existing investments with T-Venture. DTCP will also advise Deutsche Telekom on existing investments in STRATO, Interactive Media, Scout, Deutsche Telekom Innovation Pool (TIP) and T-Venture. "DTCP combines...

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Mimosa Unveils Its Hotspot-to-the-Home Gateway

Mimosa Networks, a start-up based in Campbell, California, introduced its C5i Hotspot-to-the-Home Gateway for connecting to urban Wi-Fi networks. Mimosa’s C5i packs a 4x4:4 Multi-User MIMO radio that leverages beamforming technology for automatic antenna aiming.  The device is self-installable and can connect to any outdoor 5 GHz Wi-Fi access point or to a Mimosa access point, which uses a TDMA protocol to optimize performance. “Consumers...

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Broadcom Looks to Channel Partners to Accelerate IoT Market

Broadcom is working with more than 40 channel partners to accelerate the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) and high volume Ethernet IC markets. The company said it is introducing a new sales model to support a broad ecosystem needed to meet increasing demand from thousands of developers. Broadcom's new channel partners include module manufacturers, value-added resellers, independent design houses, original device manufacturers (ODMs) and an...

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Verizon Installs Solar Panels at Long Island HQ

Verizon is installing 7,000 SunPower solar panels on the roof of its Long Island headquarters complex in Garden City, NY. The same building already generates 6 million kilowatt hours of green energy annually from a fuel-cell system built in 2005. Upon completion of the new Long Island solar project, Verizon will operate more than 6.7 megawatts of green energy systems in the state. Other company projects in the state include Fuel cells at five New...

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Hortonworks Files for IPO

Hortonworks, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California, filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC will act as joint lead book-running managers for the offering, RBC Capital Markets, LLC will act as book-running manager, and Pacific Crest Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities,...

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