📅 - Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has unveiled two new Juniper PTX router families aimed at helping service providers and large enterprises build networks capable of supporting distributed cloud environments, data center interconnect (DCI), and rapidly expanding AI fabrics.
The announcement, made days before the annual telecom and networking showcase, underscores how AI-driven traffic patterns are reshaping core network architectures and accelerating demand for higher capacity, improved power efficiency and lossless performance at scale.
The new additions to HPE's core Juniper PTX Series include the modular Juniper PTX12000 family, [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - AI Emerges as Top Enterprise Data Security Threat - Artificial intelligence has overtaken ransomware and human insider threats as the top data security concern for global enterprises, according to the newly released 2026 Data Threat Report from Thales. The study finds that 70% of organizations rank AI among their most significant data security risks, with 61% identifying it as the single top threat.
The study is based on research conducted by S&P Global 451 Research and drawing insights from organizations across sectors including automotive, energy, finance and retail.
The research commissioned by Thales finds that 70% of organizations rank AI among their most significant data security risks, with 61% identifying it as the single top [...]
📅 - Altarea, Vantage Plan 400MW AI Data Center Campus in France - Altarea and Vantage Data Centers have signed a partnership agreement to develop a large-scale AI and cloud data center campus near Bordeaux, France, in a project expected to rank among the country's largest digital infrastructure developments. The announcement marks Vantage's entry into the French market.
It would underscore France's push to expand domestic capacity for hyperscale and artificial intelligence workloads.
The campus will be built on land owned by Altarea, a Paris-listed urban transformation and real estate development group focused on low-carbon projects. Altarea has already secured a 400-megawatt power connection with the French utility, a critical milestone that positions [...]
📅 - Khazna Secures Tier III for 100MW AI Data Center - Khazna Data Centers has secured Tier III Certification of Design Documents (TCDD) from Uptime Institute for a new 100-megawatt AI-optimized data center in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, marking what the company says will be the first certified AI data center in the Middle East and North Africa region designed with liquid cooling.
The certification, announced this week, validates the design framework of the facility - known as QAJ01 - against globally recognized standards for redundancy and resilience as hyperscale AI infrastructure demand accelerates.
The Ajman facility is the largest in Khazna's portfolio to date, comprising 20 data halls, each engineered to deliver 5 megawatts of IT [...]
📅 - Digital Realty Expands AI Labs to APAC and UK - Digital Realty is extending its global innovation footprint with the launch of three new Digital Realty Innovation Lab facilities in Singapore, Japan and the United Kingdom, a move announced this week as enterprises worldwide accelerate investments in artificial intelligence and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
The expansion marks the first time the company has taken its Innovation Lab concept beyond the United States, following the debut of its inaugural facility in Northern Virginia in September 2025. The new sites are expected to become operational later this year, providing customers and technology partners in Asia Pacific and Europe with real-world environments to validate [...]
📅 - IDC Study: AI Drives Global ICT Spend to $4 Trillion in 2026 - Global enterprise spending on information and communications technology is set to reach $4 trillion in 2026, climbing toward $6 trillion by 2029, as artificial intelligence platforms move from experimentation to large-scale deployment across industries, according to new data released this week by IDC.
The forecast, published in the firm's latest Worldwide ICT Spending Guide for enterprise and SMB segments, highlights a pivotal shift: AI is no longer a pilot initiative but a core driver of capital allocation, particularly in aerospace, defense and other security-sensitive industries responding to geopolitical volatility.
Excluding consumer spending, the global ICT market is projected to [...]
📅 - Virtuozzo Unifies Cloud Platform to Cut Cost and Complexity - The unified Virtuozzo product offers users a unified solution based on a single interface and core architecture. Cloud offerings such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), Virtual Desktop as a Service (VDaaS), AI as a Service (AIaaS), and Database as a Service (DBaaS) are being deployed and monetized more quickly thanks to Virtuozzo's ability to streamline operations.
"Cloud infrastructure should foster innovation rather than stifle it," Virtuozzo CEO Kurt Daniel stated. "SaaS businesses and service providers require control, simplicity, and appealing economics. Our goal is to become the operating system and cornerstone of [...]
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