Data centre – Page 6
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Partnerships & AlliancesDT teams with Cellnex for European tower expansion
Two groups firm up relationship following a long courtship. Dutch unit T-Mobile Infra to be DT’s anchor investment in new Digital Infrastructure Vehicle. Move releases DT to join European TowerCo gold rush, but while keeping options open on future ownership of its own infrastructure assets.
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Partnerships & AlliancesBT opens up about Alibaba Cloud ties
Two providers cooperating on international network/cloud services. Alibaba Cloud’s UK cloud service is hosted in a BT data centre.
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Partnerships & AlliancesT-Systems puts GAIA-X to work
Planned Franco-German public cloud offering tagged as ‘Cloud Act-free’. T-Sys says US hyperscalers are welcome to join.
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Network & InfrastructureTelefónica adds data centre capacity for edge services
Ten sites are to be opened in the next two years, focused on enabling edge services across Spain. Telefonica’s data centre partners may be waiting in wings to fuel further investment.
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Network & InfrastructureSafaricom to put network disaggregation into the wild
Kenyan operator to expand Vodafone’s Africa test-ground for open solutions. Project gearing is more towards core and backhaul than RAN. Scale and efficiency gains highlighted.
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica Empresas adds SAP to cloud “dream team”
Madrid data centre is data sovereignty key to partnership with SAP Spain. Agreement bolsters Telefónica Empresas multicloud strategy.
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Network & InfrastructureTelefónica looks to cash in a dozen more data centres
Telefónica reportedly eyeing up €150m sale of twelve more DCs to Asterion. Also said to be angling for a stake in interrelated DC manager Nabiax. Same VC fund bought eleven Telefónica DCs in 2019, aiding Group efforts to alleviate debt and monetise assets.
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Tech: BT puts willingness to tackle legacy in writing
BT signs TM Forum’s Open API and Open Digital Architecture Manifesto.
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PremiumBT Ireland fencing bid denied
BT Ireland was denied permission to construct secure perimeter fencing around its Dublin data centre.
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PremiumTelefónica Empresas adds BMC Helix to cloud offer
Partnership with IT support management specialist expected to bolster Telefónica’s portfolio of cloud-based scalable solutions for the enterprise market.
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PremiumT-Systems will open second Open Telekom Cloud HQ in Amsterdam
T-Systems intends to open a second European Open Telekom Cloud location in Amsterdam, extending beyond its original regional hub in Biere, Germany.
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PremiumBT completes Spanish retreat
BT Group exits Spain after selling its ICT services business to Portobello Capital.
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PremiumT-Mobile Poland opens Warsaw data centre
TMPL is to build a new data centre in Warsaw. Permission to construct the new 4,400 square metre facility on the outskirts of the capital has been granted.
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PremiumTelefónica’s Telxius furthers US reach with new Virginia facility
Telxius opens new facility in Virginia to boost commercial presence in the US.
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PremiumVodafone gives Hadoop the heave-ho, turns to Google
Vodafone nearly half-way through migrating its Hadoop-based big data analytics platform, serving eleven countries, onto Google Cloud Platform. “Cloud-native” Neuron systems leans on Google’s expertise in AI and ML. Full migration from Hadoop to Neuron slated before 31 March 2020.
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PremiumMcRae talks-up cloud partner capabilities
BT Chief Architect keen on collaboration over competition with more established cloud services giants. CTIO Watson, meanwhile, appears to be weighing value of BT’s exchange estate as a bargaining chip in evolving relationships.
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PremiumDTCP joins Guardicore’s latest investment round
Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners (DTCP), the Group’s investment management arm, participated in a $60m (€54m) Series C funding round in data centre and cloud security specialist Guardicore.
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Venturing & InvestmentsTelefónica acquisitions and disposals: May 2019
Telefónica continues trimming its asset base to bolster efficiency and return-on-capital through the sale of physical data sites. Long-term tenancy agreements in place, and Telefónica promises business-as-usual for its cloud services.
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PremiumT‑Sys launches Telekom Data Intelligence Hub
Platform powering citizen’s information portal in Bonn.