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In an independent test run by The Tolly Group, Huawei's data centre switch networking solutions outshone other vendors like Mellanox and Cisco.

New Gartner research shows the public cloud market to be aggressively expanding both now and in the foreseeable future.

Data from Cloudscene has revealed tech giants like Google and Apple are setting a precedent in renewable energy, but AWS has come under fire.

Cognition360 partners with Aportio as it launches in Australia, aiming to improve efficiency for MSPs using AI and robotic automation.

After a stringent evaluation process, Hylan won the contract for Lower Manhattan's largest new data center currently underway.

Veritas names Todd Forsythe as new CMO, banking on his extensive marketing experience at Pure Storage, Dell, Salesforce, Oracle, and Cisco to spearhead growth.

Schneider's Matthew Tavares believes modular data centers are key for colocation providers seeking a competitive advantage with rapid deployment.

According to ScaleMatrix, the move is to take advantage of the latter company's focus on providing ruggedized micro data centers for the edge.

5G/SD-WAN mobile edge computing and network slicing will enable and drive innovative NFV services, according to Kelly Ahuja, CEO, Versa Networks.

The company asserts the financing commitments come as it looks to invest in further substantial internal and external growth.

DataGryd has unveiled plans for MegaSuite 6, a new data centre at 60 Hudson Street, built by Clune Construction, aimed for a Q3 2019 opening.

Intel and the Department of Energy are building potentially the world's first exascale supercomputer, capable of a quintillion calculations per second.

Citing an effort to meet relentless demand, the company has announced it will be expanding a number of its data centers in the US.

Microsoft has announced an agreement with EDP Renewables to execute two 15-year power purchase agreements (PPA).

Microsoft partners with Invenergy for a 74MW solar project in North Carolina, boosting its renewable energy portfolio to over 1.3 GW and creating 500 jobs.

Digital Crossroads has appointed a director for its new data center in Hammond that is still under construction.

CyrusOne appoints John McCloskey as VP of Hyperscale and Cloud Sales. McCloskey, with experience at Akamai and Microsoft, will steer growth in Seattle.

Rackware's CEO believes Google is going to be doing more acquisitions and buying an enterprise salesforce to grow more aggressively.

Schneider Electric's Atin Chhabra discusses the ins and outs of UPS battery backup and what to consider when implementing.

The acquisition will introduce financial grade, turn-key, Tier III data centers to the local markets, which historically have not been available for lease.