CoreSite: Direct Public Cloud Interconnection is a “Must Have”

Direct connections to major public clouds is now a prerequisite for colocation data center operators, according to a new report published by CoreSite, which is now a subsidiary of American Tower.This annual report examines the latest data center and cloud computing trends, strategies, requirements and other findings from an annual quantitative survey and in-depth interviews with senior IT decision-makers.According to Matt Senderhauf, Vice President...

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Digital Realty's first NVIDIA DGX H100-ready data center

Digital Realty’a newest data center in Osaka, Japan, has been certified NVIDIA DGX H100-ready as part of the NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Center program. The KIX13 facility has been accredited for its ability to provide a dedicated, robust, and resilient environment optimized for intensive computing systems deployments at scale.NVIDIA’s DGX H100 is the foundation of NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD for deep learning AI models. Digital Realty was one of the first...

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Iberdrola to deliver clean power to Vodafone in Germany, Portugal, Spain

Vodafone signed power purchase agreements (PPA) with Iberdrola to deliver clean energy in Spain and Portugal, adding to a recent agreement in Germany.In total the PPAs will see Iberdrola provide Vodafone with 410 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of clean, renewable photovoltaic (PV) solar energy per year in the three countries, helping to accelerate Vodafone’s net-zero journey whilst increasing its energy security.* For Vodafone Portugal, the PPA will provide...

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Vodafone looks to Qwilt and Cisco for Open Caching

Vodafone has selected Qwilt and Cisco to deploy their content delivery network (CDN) solution to increase the quality and capacity of Vodafone’s streaming delivery to its mobile and fixed broadband customers across Europe and Africa.The solution, comprised of Qwilt’s Open Edge platform and Cisco’s Edge technology, provides Quality-as-a-Service content delivery by pushing content caching and delivery far out to the embedded edge of the network. Following...

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Comcast milestone: 100,000 Digital Nodes deployed

Comcast has surpassed 100,000 rPHY digital nodes deployed across its nationwide network. The rollout began in 2019, surpassing 50,000 rPHY nodes deployed across the network in 2022. The pace continued to increase in 2023, with the organization upgrading 25 percent of its footprint to date.Digital nodes are a critical part of the distributed access architecture (DAA). The upgraded technology will also be instrumental in Comcast’s implementation of...

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Keysight intros Source Measure Unit for semiconductor characterization

Keysight Technologies introduced a Source Measure Unit (SMU) solution to speed semiconductor characterization.The new PZ2100 Series High-Channel Density Precision Source Measure Unit (SMU) Solution, simplifies channel stacking and synchronization to remove integration and coding complexity. It offers up to 20 SMU channels in a 1U full-width form factor that does not require cooling spacers when stacked. The solution is available in five SMU module...

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STL supports Windstream’s fiber expansion

STL is working with Windstream Wholesale to support their large-scale fiber expansion projects.The collaboration started in February 2021, when the STL began providing Optical Networking Solutions to Windstream. Building upon this foundation, STL has expanded its offering set to provide advanced optical designs like high-fiber count Intelligently Bonded Ribbon and Flat ribbon, in addition to its loose tube optical cables. These products are designed...

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Ooredoo Qatar demos first data call in 5G SA with Nokia

Ooredoo Qatar, in collaboration with Nokia, carried its first data call in 5G SA mode in the capital city of Doha. Nokia AirFrame servers, Cloud Mobility Manager, Cloud Mobile Gateway, and CloudBand Application Manager were used to conduct the 5G SA data call. The 5G SA will allow Ooredoo Qatar to provide an enriched experience for low-latency applications and use cases that need to be managed remotely in real time. In another country-first,...

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Ericsson showcases energy-smart 5G site

Ericsson unveiled a new smart and sustainable 5G site featuring its ultra-lightweight mid-band Massive MIMO AIR 6419, RAN Processor 6651 along with Enclosure 6160, which comprises of a Solar shelf 6670, lithium-ion Batteries 6612, and Controller 6610 for hybrid energy operation and control.The site will feature advanced capabilities such as load shifting, peak shaving, and demand response which enables the site to effectively utilize batteries when...

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Celestial AI appoints Bethany Mayer to Board

Celestial AI, a start-up developing an optical interconnect for disaggregated, exascale compute and memory clusters, appointed Bethany Mayer to its Company’s Board of Directors.Ms. Mayer currently serves as Chair of the Board at Box, Inc. and also serves as an independent board member at Sempra Energy, Lam Research and Ambri. In addition, she is an executive advisor with Siris Capital Group LLC. She previously served on the boards of Marvel Technology...

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Ribbon appoints Joni Roberts as CMO

Ribbon Communications appointed Joni Roberts as Chief Marketing Officer, SVP, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Bruce McClelland.Ms. Roberts previously served as Vice President of Sales and Business Development for North America at RAD Data. Prior to RAD, she ran a global sales team at ADVA where she spearheaded efforts to open new markets in Latin America. Ms. Roberts had held senior positions at Fujitsu, Coriant, Dell, and Nortel.https://ww...

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