Tech
Tencent Contributes Financial And Technological Support To Help Combat Coronavirus
In response to surging cases of the novel coronavirus, Tencent offers its financial resources and product technologies to help fight the epidemic. On January 24, Tencent Charity Foundation announced a donation of RMB300 million to set up the first phase of a new pneumonia prevention and control fund. The donation will be mainly used for …
Crosslake Fibre Selects Equinix To Terminate Its Digital Gateway Between Toronto And New York
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, announced that Crosslake Fibre selected Equinix to extend its backhaul capacity into Equinix TR2 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Toronto and Equinix NY4 IBX in Secaucus, New Jersey. The Crosslake Fibre network is the newest, fastest and most diverse secure long-haul route providing lit and dark fiber services interconnecting …
Digital Realty Recognized As A Leader In The IDC MarketScape For Colocation And Interconnection Services 2019-2020 Vendor Assessment
IDC MarketScape highlights robust road map Digital Realty has implemented for both hyperscale entities and geographically distributed global enterprises. Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, announced today it was named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Colocation and Interconnection Services 2019-2020 Vendor Assessment. According to the …
RTI Selects Equinix To Connect New Transpacific Submarine Cable System In Australia & Japan
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that RTI Connectivity Pte. Ltd. (RTI) has selected Equinix IBX data centers to extend their connectivity solutions in Tokyo, Japan, and Sydney, Australia. RTI’s transpacific submarine cable systems are the newest secure long-haul routes interconnecting the Asia-Pacific region and Australia via Guam. The unique design of the new cable systems will improve latency …
AT&T Providing Nellis Air Force Base 5G And FirstNet Services
Under a new agreement with Nellis Air Force Base, AT&T will provide AT&T 5G services to the base in Southern Nevada. We will also deliver FirstNet – the nationwide public safety communications platform – to eligible public safety personnel across Nellis. AT&T will equip Nellis with 5G infrastructure to support wireless data and voice services connecting the base’s …
Huawei Continues Steep Global Rise
Huawei attained a record-breaking US$122 billion in revenue in 2019, according a message by Huawei’s rotating chairman Eric Xu. This revenue obtained by Huawei is an 18% increase when compared to that of 2018. A total of 240 million Huawei handsets were sold worldwide in 2019, up by 36 million units from 2018. “These …
Red Hat Creates Digital Transformation-Focused Human Resources Development Program for Nomura Research Institute
Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, announced today that it created a human resources development program focused on digital transformation for Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. As digital transformation is increasingly attracting attention, noted in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s 2018 report, DX Report: Overcoming of ‘2025 Digital Cliff’ Involving …
Microsoft Announces It Will Be Carbon Negative By 2030
Microsoft Corp. announced on January 16 an ambitious goal and a new plan to reduce and ultimately remove its carbon footprint. By 2030 Microsoft will be carbon negative, and by 2050 Microsoft will remove from the environment all the carbon the company has emitted either directly or by electrical consumption since it was founded in …
Passwords Should Become A Thing Of The Past. Here’s Why
When the man who invented passwords says it’s time to move on, it probably is. Four years ago, Fernando Corbato, who invented the first computer password in the 1960s, said that passwords had become “a nightmare”. Considering that his creation was not intended for the web, how data breaches have shaped the digital era, and the …
The 4 Tech Booms To Watch Out In 2020s
These four technologies are projected to experience rapid growth in terms of revenue in the new decade: These figures come from December 2019 projections consolidated by Statista from multiple sources. Let’s look at each technology one by one. 1. Artificial Intelligence (AI) By 2023, the annual global AI revenue is projected at $98.4 B. …