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Nokia 5G to support Industry 4.0 adoption at Agnico Eagle Finland mining operations

Operational 5G standalone (5G SA) network to support above and below ground mining operations for Kittilä mine, the largest primary gold producer in Europe.

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Telecom Egypt deploys Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme

Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator and one of the largest subsea cable operators in the region, has deployed Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme coherent optical technology to maximize capacity along the Mediterranean segment of Telecom Egypt’s Middle East North Africa (MENA) submarine cable system and Egypt’s mesh network.

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CityFibre launches first 800 Gbps backbone ring

CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent Full Fibre platform, has announced the the successful deployment of its first 800 Gb/s backbone wavelength in partnership with leading network technology solutions vendor, Ciena. This is a key milestone on CityFibre’s path to building a Full Fibre digital infrastructure that will reach up to 8 million premises in the UK.

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T-Mobile Polska launches long-haul 400GbE service with Ciena

First 800G network in Poland brings faster speeds, greater capacity for a digital future.

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Cradlepoint partners with Staffline to improve on-site productivity

Cradlepoint has announced a new partnership with Staffline to provide high-speed, flexible solutions for its on-site connectivity needs.

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5G - differences in confidence and strategy

Research by NTT DATA UK and teknowlogy Group finds that whilst most industries are positive about 5G, there is discrepancy across industries in the scope of challenges faced.

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ServerChoice launches network connectivity service

ServerChoice has announced the launch of its new network connectivity service, ServerChoice Connect. The new offering allows users to seamlessly connect to other data centres, cloud providers, peering exchanges and more, direct from their ServerChoice rack.

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Kerv acquires Gyrocom

Kerv, the next-generation ‘customer-first’, cloud and digital transformation services provider, has acquired Gyrocom, a fast growing network and security integrator with a specialisation in SD-WAN. In addition to SD-WAN, Kerv’s strategic acquisition brings skills in managed networks and network security, including Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), the rapidly emerging cybersecurity solution. Gyrocom will operate as Kerv’s specialist networking and security division.

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Report captures energy-saving impact of 5G-enabled industries

New research from InterDigital and ABI Research details energy efficiency of enterprise 5G and industry verticals amidst global sustainability commitments.

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Arista expands 400G

Next-generation 7050X and 7060X delivers two times the performance.

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Digital Realty selects Ciena

Digital Realty and Ciena have a signed an agreement to deliver an open, secure and dynamic cloud-based interconnectivity to customers across Asia Pacific. As a key milestone on Digital Realty’s roadmap for open interconnection, the new connectivity options further enable connected data communities on PlatformDIGITAL® through the integration of Ciena’s DCI solution.

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Transforming network planning and tuning

Combining automation with access to 9 billion crowdsourced data points, Infovista’s Planet helps mobile operators make informed 5G RAN planning decisions.

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Arista expands extensible operating system

Arista Networks has announced the next major expansion of the Arista EOS® network stack with the introduction of the EOS Network Data Lake (NetDL™).

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Nokia deploys SR Linux and data centre switches for everyWAN

SR Linux will improve data centre network scalability and aid operations visibility and automation.

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Omantel deploys Ciena 800G technology

State-of-the-art transmission network increases capacity to support demands arising from 5G, wholesale, cloud, ICT and IoT services.

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Videos

Neil MacDonald, UK & Ireland Channel Director for HP Inc., discusses the importance of sustainability to the IT Channel, with a major opportunity for companies to become environmental trusted advisors to end users. Neil outlines the many programmes and initiatives which HP has developed to address key sustainability issues, such as a packaging re-think, tech take back and closed loop recycling, all of which help their Channel partners to deliver measurable sustainability benefits to their customers.
Danny Quinn, MD of DataVita, explains how the company, working with Posetiv, examined the carbon intensity of Europe’s major data centre markets, highlighting how this carbon intensity could be massively reduced by moving data centres to greener energy locations.
Neil Potter, Business Development Manager for Electrical Systems and Solutions, Eaton, discusses the problems data centre owners and operators have when it comes to optimising the design, implementation, operation and retirement of their electrical infrastructure; and goes on to explain how the company’s recently launched xIntegra solution addresses these challenges by providing an holistic, integrated systems engineering approach to electrical systems design, hardware, software, services and the value chain lifecycle.
Michael Cantor, CIO at Park Place Technologies, discusses how the role of the CIO continues to change and develop with the new challenges and opportunities presented by the world of technology. In addition to the CIO’s ‘traditional’ role of ensuring the smooth running of the IT department, as well as understanding how new technologies might impact on the business, the role now demands many new skills: sustainability, business intelligence and analytics to technology lifecycle, digital transformation, and customer experience.

Expert Opinions

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By Patrick Wragg, Head of Incident Response at Integrity360.