SDN/NFV – Is it the breakthrough CSPs need to help level the OTT playing field?

The business communications services market is going through one of its most challenging periods at the moment as CSPs struggle to come to terms with the demand for faster, more reliable and feature-rich services from their customers, whilst also dealing with increased competition and the inevitable pressure this puts on prices. Although this is a typical and predictable scenario in what is a rapidly maturing tech-based market, it means that service providers cannot afford to assume that their...

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Cloud hardware spending breaks $4 billion mark

A new International Data Corporation (IDC) study confirmed that cloud is the major disruption factor in the EMEA infrastructure hardware market, accounting for a growing portion of hardware spending and exerting influence on hardware architectures and vendors' strategies. The overall investment in hardware for cloud environments in EMEA is expected to exceed $4 billion in terms of user value by the end of 2014, with a strong 19% YoY growth. 15% of the infrastructure spend in EMEA will be...

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C4L signs Cloud partnership with Virtustream

C4L has signed a partnership arrangement with Virtustream, Inc., the leading enterprise-class cloud software & services provider. This new partnership gives C4L the opportunity to add a set of advanced cloud offers to expand its portfolio and enables Virtustream to provide existing and new customers improved access to its Data Centres and Cloud platform using C4L’s newly launched CoreTX MPLS network. In addition, C4L can now leverage Virtustream’s Data Centres, Service Provider...

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Tesco signs contract renewal with Steria

Steria, a trusted partner of Tesco’s for nearly 30 years, has announced a three year contract renewal to manage Tesco’s mission-critical supply chain, commercial and head office systems.

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Amicus ITS invests in IT infrastructure upgrade

Totton based Managed Service Provider, Amicus ITS, is embarking on a major project to virtualise its own physical IT infrastructure.

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Cybersecurity today can feel complex, especially if you are moving to or managing cloud security. But it doesn’t have to be. Hear from Rackspace Principal Architect, Luke Huckaba, as he explains some of the major concerns around Private Cloud and Security, and how Rackspace is helping to solve these issues both internally and for customers.

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