Blog
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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
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Leading OTT players know that extra capacity gives an in-region advantage. Jim Fagan, chief strategy and revenue officer at Global Cloud Xchange writes
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From ageing infrastructure to on-demand energy models, Terry Storrar, MD of Leaseweb UK, writes about the new quick wins improving data centre sustainability
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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
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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
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The year 2020 brought enormous and unexpected change across the globe, and across our telecommunications networks.
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The UK's national fibre roll out has faced several hurdles but the most recent threatens to hamper rural connectivity. Could wireless provide the solution? Nigel King, CTO at Cambium Networks examines the options
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David Noguer Bau, director of service provider solutions at Juniper Networks, writes about the convergence of business and residential networks and the dramatic implications for service providers.
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Uncertainty was a driving force in 2020 and it's unlikely to go away anytime soon. However, as Mike Smith, managing director (direct) at Virgin Media Business explains, digitalisation is key for the uncertainty that still lies ahead
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Jon Healy, operations director at Keysource, explains why sustainability will continue to influence business decisions in 2021
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Pip White, MD for Google Cloud UK and Ireland, writes on the necessity of cloud technology, preventing vendor lock in, and what could be in store for the space in 2021
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RtBrick is claiming several trends in the telecoms sphere for 2021, including an increase in the adoption of cloud-native networks by some of the world’s biggest operators and a continued increases in network traffic that will lead to pressures on margins. Pravin S Bhandarkar, CEO at RtBrick, explains.
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Jeremy Spencer, 5G innovation lead for BT Enterprise writes on the major developments scheduled for 2021
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Gender diversity in tech will consistently fall short of our goals unless men do (more than) their share. Industry luminary Dan Pitt, knows what they need to do.
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James Hart, CEO of BCS says the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to continue to impact the data centre industry throughout the next few years. However, there are other drivers in play, too
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Telia Carrier's Mattias Fridström explains what the events of 2020 will mean for the telecoms community in 2021
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In the light of the impact of Covid-19, Ian Timlin (pictured) from Conexus Law, says companies should check the boilerplate clauses on all existing and future contracts to prevent costly business disruptions.
