Blog

  • Marynet Bassily, director of procurement and supply chain, EMEA at Vantage Data Centers, explains how she has overcome many obstacles to establish a career spanning construction and telecoms – and how she is encouraging her company and the wider industry to focus on inclusivity
  • Microsoft has quietly added voice calls to its Teams package. now, no one will need a fixed-line phone on their desk, writes Alan Burkitt-Gray
  • Leading OTT players know that extra capacity gives an in-region advantage. Jim Fagan, chief strategy and revenue officer at Global Cloud Xchange writes
  • From ageing infrastructure to on-demand energy models, Terry Storrar, MD of Leaseweb UK, writes about the new quick wins improving data centre sustainability
  • While many believe satellite and fibre will save the day for unconnected Africa, Wim van Thillo, CEO and co-founder at Pharrowtech, has another suggestion
  • With the exploding use of APIs to drive new partnerships and services across all markets, the demand for a compliant, core-and-edge data centre platform which can bring diverse sectors together will skyrocket.

Forthcoming events

  • Sustainability is growing as an essential component of data centres both in Europe and across the globe. Rob McKernan, SVP of Schneider Electric’s Secure Power division, talks to Capacity about how he sees the sustainable data centre of the future.
  • Data derived from IoT sensors can be utilised in multiple ways for digital transformation and monetisation. Ankur Bhan, head of network function as a service at Nokia, explains
  • For the wireless industry to succeed, it depends on a combination of various factors. Ray Williamson, director, European product management, Huawei Wireless explains what they are
  • Tim Ward, VP of Number Information Services at XConnect, writes about optimising A2P offerings with numbering intelligence
  • Technology integration is the second most commonly cited challenge when it comes to M&A deals. Harry Dougall, CFO and founding partner at Sagacity writes on how it can be tackled
  • Contrary to popular belief, satellites account for a miniscule part of keeping the world connected
  • Data centres used to be exactly that - the centres of our data worlds, where all information, files and records would be kept and controlled.
  • As the adage goes, freedom without order is a sure path to chaos. Jonathan Homa, senior director of solutions marketing at Ribbon explains how it applies to spectrum fragmentation.
  • The recent spectrum auction in the UK holds the potential to boost the development of 5G in general while also improving the user experience and expanding our connected communities across the country.
  • The ongoing pandemic has brought many leadership challenges, and not all related to finance. In the first of a new series, Three UK’s chief people officer, Mark Redmond, writes about leading through a pandemic and how the idea of paying it forward is driving the company’s new wellbeing strategy
  • Despite the abundance of use cases, carriers face challenges when it comes to implementing blockchain. Sam Evans, senior MD at Delta Partners Group, explores the reasons – and solutions
  • For telcos looking to automate increasingly sophisticated transactions, blockchain presents the first step in the journey. By Gopikrishnan Konnanath, SVP and service offering head – blockchain and Oracle services, Infosys, and Manah Khalil, director – identity, fraud platform and emerging technologies, Verizon

Forthcoming events