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Inmarsat has awarded the contract for the construction of an additional broadband network communications satellite to Thales Alenia Space.

Rapid urbanisation is placing pressure on countries to invest in the idea of smart cities in a bid to improve cities' liveability and sustainability.

After a slow 2016, a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) has revealed smartphone shipments are expected to rebound in 2017.

Exploding demand fuels hyperscale data centre rise, market to hit $80.65bn by '22, says MarketsandMarkets report.

At Dell EMC World this year, Dussart spoke about the recently closed Dell and EMC merger, digital transformation and trends across the ANZ market.

Telia Carrier has boosted its connectivity capacity to Asia, the Middle East and North Africa with a new Points of Presence (PoPs) in Milan.

Thecus launches new NAS series for small and medium-sized businesses, offering reliable performance and high data security.

Cyberattacks on govt doubled last year, tying the sector with finance as the most targeted market, while IoT is becoming both a source - and a target.

Banks from Turkey, the UAE, Oman, and Qatar piloted the network allowing them to process transactions in real-time with greater transparency.

Colt's second POP in Marseille is connected to their IQ Network using the existing Colt-owned metro fibre network.

CLOUD X Fusion, a part of GCX's CLOUD X portfolio, is available globally and can be controlled by a simple-to-use user portal.

Web Werks is an India-based data center service provider with 5 carrier neutral data centers in India and United States.

PCCW Global partners with Keppel Data Centres to enhance HK's telecom connectivity, launching a key international exchange facility.

China and Russia are by far the most active and they sponsor the most prevalent and the most sophisticated adversaries.

Cloudbric is opening five internet data centers around the world to meet the increasing demand for cloud services.

Amid surging cyber attacks, a third of hit firms continue to pay ransoms, with employee mishaps flagged as a significant risk.

IDCA's Data Center Standards revealed at summit in Maryland, with tech leaders eagerly providing feedback before the launch.

Dell and Huawei were the only vendors to experience growth in the global server market in Q4 2016, according to Gartner.

Equinix revolutionises subsea cable deployment, landing cables directly in colocation data centres, boosting performance and reducing costs for cloud giants.

Japan and China are emerging as prime locations for cloud data centres, driven by stringent data sovereignty laws and increasing customer demand, says Canalys.