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Telecom
High-speed Internet comes to Nunavut as new satellite network launched
September 17, 2018Northwestel today launched its new high-speed broadband satellite network serving Nunavut. Iqaluit, Nunavut’s capital and largest community, is the first to have the high-speed network commissioned, and all 25 Nunavut communities will have access to the network in the coming…
BlackBerry unveils new software and services for the Enterprise of Things
September 12, 2018BlackBerry Ltd. today launched new software and services as part of BlackBerry Spark, the company’s new Enterprise of Things (EoT) platform, which it said is designed and built for ultra-secure hyperconnectivity from the kernel to the edge. Unveiled at the…
Partners advance 5G commercial readiness in North America at MWCA
September 12, 2018As the commercial launch of 5G services rapidly approaches, Ericsson and Intel, together with AT&T and T-Mobile are showcasing the power of the 5G ecosystem this week at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles. The companies said they have…
Microsoft announces plans for new HQ in downtown Toronto
September 11, 2018Microsoft today announced what it called a “massive new investment in Canada with plans for a state-of-the-art” new headquarters in downtown Toronto. With a move-in date set for September 2020, the facility, located at 81 Bay Street, will enable an…
Sprint, Ericsson to launch IoT-dedicated core network and OS
September 5, 2018Sprint and Ericsson have announced a global relationship to build a distributed and virtualized core network dedicated specifically to IoT (Internet of Things), in addition to an IoT operating system. The two said the “new environment, which is purpose-built for…
5G vendors set to ‘tout their wares’ at Mobile World Congress Americas
September 5, 2018Mobile World Congress Americas 2018, which takes place in Los Angeles next week, will focus on key themes in the wireless industry, including 5G network build-outs and go-to-market strategies as well as innovations that are advancing the Internet of Things…
Canadian firm inks major cloud agreement with NEC
September 5, 2018Ottawa-based Solace Corp., creators of PubSub+, an event broker technology that enables smart data movement, today announced a strategic business alliance with NEC Corp. in a move designed to accelerate the latter’s data connectivity offerings. “In recent years, thanks in…
TMR report predicts annual growth of 7.10% for structured cabling market
August 28, 2018The global structured cabling market is likely to rise at a CAGR of 7.10% during the period from 2015 to 2021, according to a new report released by Transparency Market Research. The commercial, residential, government, industrial, and the transportation sectors…
CloudBees launch new offerings for Pivotal, VMware
August 28, 2018DevOps vendor CloudBees announced today at VMworld that new CloudBees Core functionality for vSphere, as well as new deployment options for Pivotal Container Service (PKS) and VMware Kubernetes Engine (VKE) are now available. With CloudBees Core, VMware and Pivotal customers…
VMware, Dell, Nutanix and HPE lead on-premises cloud market: Wikibon
August 24, 2018Ahead of VMworld 2018 taking place in Las Vegas next week, Wikibon, the research arm of SiliconANGLE Media, Inc., and theCUBE, today released its third annual True Private Cloud research study. “CIOs realize they can’t simply shove all their data…
