Two years ago, Peter Levine, a general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, foresaw that the majority of computer processing would shift to the Edge, rather than the cloud: “Sensors are going to produce massive amounts of data. The existing infrastructure will not be able to handle the data volumes or the rates, and data is going to be stuck at the edge and computing is going to move to the edge along with that data.” (Andreessen Horowitz Tech Summit, 2016).

Mergers and acquisitions in the data centre business hit record highs last year. James Pearce looks at the drivers behind the growth of M&A activity

Dynamic networks are the name of the game for the carriers of today. Futuristic technologies are calling for futuristic networks, with the ability for full automation along with flexible provisioning, writes Gareth Willmer

The mobile industry is excited about RCS, the smart replacement for the 25-year-old SMS. But the industry has been here before, warns Alan Burkitt-Gray, and there are still details to sort out, such as the business model, and whether Apple will join

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Software-defined wide area networks (SD-WAN) offer a range of benefits that make it crucial for any network leveraging new technologies

48% of enterprise respondents at the last WAN Summit event in London said they had plans to implement an SD-WAN service, but were either in the process of selecting a partner or yet to begin the selection

How is SD-WAN shaping up the changing enterprise network? Is traditional MPLS networking dead? Gareth Willmer reports

Consolidation is in the air, but regulators – from the US Department of Justice to the European Commission – have their reservations. Gareth Willmer looks at where the deals are

The digital world in which we live today is defined by connections; connections between people and “things”, supported by technology and offering up multiple possibilities. How is Telefónica transforming to capture these opportunities?

Key industry figures identify which technology or service will drive the evolving wholesale landscape in the next five years

What are the technology trends carriers will be responding to in 2018? From the rise in packaged capacity to software-defined networking, right down to the increased uptake of Communications Platforms-as-a-Service, we take a look at the emerging technologies likely to be at the forefront over the coming year