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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 [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - 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 [...]
📅 - HPE Unveils AI-Optimized Juniper PTX Routers - 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, [...]
📅 - 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 [...]
📅 - 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 [...]
📅 - Nokia, KDDI Demo Quantum-Safe AI Data Transport - Nokia and KDDI Corporation have successfully demonstrated quantum-safe optical transport capabilities at KDDI's newly launched Sakai Data Center in Japan, marking a significant step toward securing AI-driven and distributed data center infrastructure against emerging cyber threats.
The announcement highlights the companies' joint effort to future-proof network connectivity as artificial intelligence workloads place unprecedented demands on performance, scalability and data protection.
The demonstration took place at KDDI's Sakai facility, a next-generation data center designed to support real-time AI training, inference and advanced analytics. As enterprises and public sector [...]
📅 - Netskope Unveils NewEdge AI Fast Path to Boost Secure AI Performance - Netskope has launched a new set of capabilities aimed at tackling one of the most pressing enterprise challenges in the AI era: delivering high-performance access to AI applications without compromising security. NewEdge AI Fast Path is now available to customers globally and is designed to optimize network paths to critical AI destinations across public clouds, private environments, and emerging ‘neo-cloud' infrastructures.
Netskope says the move addresses mounting enterprise frustration over latency, resilience gaps, and escalating costs tied to AI adoption.
The launch comes at a time when organizations are rapidly scaling generative and agentic AI deployments, yet struggling to [...]
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