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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.
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Does the industry need to expand the notion of wholesale to global solutions? Arthur D. Little’s Andrea Faggiano, Arvind Rajeswaran, Onur Teoman and Salman Ali, explore where telcos can bring value – and returns
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Pascal Menezes, CTO at MEF, explains how inter-provider automation across federated networks speeds up time to revenue
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The development of Open Radio Access Networks will bring big benefits to the UK economy, writes Sally Bament, VP, cloud and service provider marketing at Juniper Networks
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Nikki Popoola isn’t just director of sales for West Africa at WIOCC; she’s also a respected female executive and single parent. Here she shares her story, and her observations, on diversity
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RCS may have been touted as the answer to OTT messaging, but its window of opportunity is closing. Ahead of today’s Smart Messaging stream, GTC’s COO and CFO Giovanni Benini, and senior consultant Mitchell Cutmore, outline the state of the market
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Reflecting on the past 18 months Staffan Göjeryd, CEO of Telia Carrier, shares the leadership lessons he gained while leading a major telco during a global health crisis
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Whether it’s smart cities or Industry 4.0, Tiago Rodrigues, CEO of the Wireless Broadband Alliance, explains why seamless onboarding and convergence are key to success
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Lindsey Aurora, field engineer at Neos Networks, looks back at her career as an engineer and calls for a need to believe in yourself
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As demand for high-speed internet skyrockets with the still-growing necessity of work from home, nations are rapidly seeking to expand their broadband access.
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Pascal Menezes, CTO at MEF explains how inter-provider automation across federated networks speeds up time to revenue.
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For communications service providers, IoT is not the same old thing. Adhish Kulkarni, SVP and GM of digital engagement and loyalty at Evolving Systems explains.
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Elsa Pine, global sales executive, emerging technologies and edge infrastructure at EdgeConneX, explains how the edge is empowering new economic inclusion
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The UK government has given the industry just over seven weeks to submit ideas for a scheme to put fibres through water pipes – an idea that was firmly rejected nearly 40 years ago.
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Sustainability isn't just about energy sources – cooling, site selection and heat recovery are also vital. David Craig, CEO of Iceotope, explains
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Mike Michalik, CTO at Evoque Data Center Solutions explains what IT managers are looking for from their cloud providers – and what it means for the future of hybrid
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Eloise Walker and Catherine Robins from Pinsent Masons, explain how changes to the international tax system will affect telecoms and tech multinationals.
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Digital transformation has long been the top priority for the majority of businesses. However, despite the clear and all-inclusive benefits of digital transformation (when done right), the sobering reality is that many enterprise technology teams are struggling to manage and secure such a complex and multifaceted IT environment.
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Aruba Enterprise' Massimo Bandinelli, weighs up the pros and cons of virtual and in-person data centre tours, during and post-pandemic
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Huawei is one issue, but the UK's Telecoms Security Bill also changes penetration testing requirements. Matias Madou, co-founder & CTO, Secure Code Warrior explains
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Ed Cooke, founder at Conexus Law, explains how and why Brexit continues to change the data centre industry
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Today the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry accounts for more than 2% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to the European Commission in 2020.
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Jon Healy, operations director at Keysource, examines how and why battery storage could solve some pressing industry issues
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It is well understood that the 5G technologies being rolled out today are just the first step in a new evolutionary path towards the headline capabilities. What is perhaps less understood is that 5G evolution will not be limited to terrestrial networks.
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Sarah McComb, co-founder and president of the Women’s Tech Forum – a non-profit focused on the advancement and promotion of women in the cloud, data centre and telecom space – reflects on the pandemic’s effect on women and how we can move forward
