Telecom Ramblings

Plenty of interesting items out there still as we drift toward Christmas. [Read more →]

DataBank and Zayo have completed the bigger part of their deal for the zColo data center business. Yesterday the two companies announced the finalization of DataBank’s acquisition of zColo’s business and assets in the US and the UK. The last remaining bit is zColo’s footprint in France, which won’t close until Q1/2021. [Read more →]

A few items to catch up on from around the world before the snow hits me later this week: [Read more →]

As we edge our way into the 5G era, the entire industry is trying to find ways to better scale and automate virtually every component.  One company that has taken a big swing at its own piece of the puzzle is Montreal-based Kaloom.  With us today to talk about its technology and its approach to the problems ahead is Kaloom CEO Laurent Marchand. [Read more →]

This thought leadership article was sponsored by QTS and authored by Travis Wright, VP of Energy and Sustainability

Regardless of industry, environmental sustainability has become an undeniable business imperative and power hungry data centers are becoming the role models. [Read more →]

Three network expansion projects and a portfolio expansion. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Mahesh Jaishankar, CEO of Arc

2020 has been a year of uncertainty. Beyond the direct disruption caused by COVID-19, there have been major shifts in business strategy. In the face of adversity, businesses have responded to the situation with desire for [Read more →]

A few items from around the world to note from this week: [Read more →]

Four bits of regional and metro infrastructure news worth noting from around the US: [Read more →]

Some interesting inorganic news on the software side of the vendor space landed yesterday. Juniper Networks has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Apstra. [Read more →]

Three bits of interconnection news, one sale/leaseback, and a partnership to catch up on as we start the week: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Michael Kletchko, Head of Market Development, ADTRAN

Globally, the average broadband speed requirement continues to rise and fiber access remains the first choice for high bandwidth performance, low latency, low maintenance and durability.  However, unique times demand unique solutions, and where [Read more →]

A few days after achieving CLEC certification in Arizona, Arcadian Infrastructure has raised more of the cash it needs to start doing something with it. They have raised $1.45m in a new round of funding led by a group of senior executives in the industry. [Read more →]

A variety of new services, partners, and certifications from around the world to keep up with: [Read more →]

Two regional submarine cables and a couple of upgrade projects in both Europe and Asia: [Read more →]

The current FCC Chairman, Ajit Pai, announced yesterday his plans to resign on January 20th, 2021, a year short of the five year term. His successor has not yet emerged, but I’m sure that will change over the next month and a half. [Read more →]

This morning the transatlantic submarine cable community officially got a little bit bigger. Aqua Comms has announced the successful launch of AEC-2, the company’s second cable system and its part of the HAVFRUE project that’s been underway for a couple years now. [Read more →]

Three bits of fiber expansion news, and one new data center: [Read more →]

Finding and developing talent in today’s technology world is an ever-present challenge in the technology space.  But over the last eight years, Salute Mission Critical has forged a new path to meeting the demand for qualified personnel: recruiting, training, and then putting veterans to work in the fields of data center construction and operations.  With us today to talk about Salute’s unique position within the internet infrastructure sector is Kristen Vosmaer, EVP of Global Operations. [Read more →]

A few international upgrades, deployments, partnerships, and new positions before everyone in the USA heads out (or home) for Thanksgiving.  Stay safe folks! [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Hugo Diaz of Claro Enterprise Solutions

Businesses looking to modernize, enhance and simplify their connectivity environments are increasingly turning to Software Defined Wide Area Networking solutions. SD-WAN can help organizations prioritize applications, [Read more →]

Some collaboration news, a new CEO, some new fiber, and a flagpole. [Read more →]

As the wave of migration of applications to the cloud continues, we sometimes forget that this is not one problem but rather a multitude of problems, each with its own special issues and considerations.  That leaves room for companies to dial in on opportunities that the broader solution sets don’t handle.  LzLabs is one of those companies targeting a unique enterprise computing niche that many people have forgotten is still out there: mainframes.  With us today to talk about LzLabs’ unique position within enterprise cloud migration is Executive Chairman Mark Cresswell. [Read more →]