1623 Farnam Expands Midwest Connectivity with Bridged Broadband
📅 - Using Omaha's position as a vital Midwest connection hub, Bridged Broadband has leveraged the relationship to build a presence at 1623 Farnam in order to interconnect and exchange traffic with international, national, and regional carriers. Through the partnership, Bridged Broadband will be able to expand its carrier-diverse, unique routes between Omaha, Kansas City, and rural Missouri, opening up new connectivity options for public sector organizations, service providers, and businesses.
"Bridged Broadband chose 1623 Farnam because of its unparalleled connectivity ecosystem and dense carrier environment," said Bill Severn, CEO and president of 1623 Farnam. "This partnership strengthens [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - Nokia Powers Telefónica AI Edge Network Spain - Nokia has been selected by Telefónica to deploy AI-ready networking infrastructure across 17 Edge data centers in Spain, expanding the telecom operator's nationwide distributed computing footprint and strengthening its push into artificial intelligence, enterprise services and Telco Cloud applications.
The multi-year agreement, announced this week, positions Nokia as the exclusive networking technology provider for the rollout, with 12 Edge nodes already deployed, including at Telefónica's flagship Tecno-Alcalá facility near Madrid.
The project forms part of Telefónica's broader strategy to anchor its future growth in Edge Cloud and AI-driven services. By distributing compute and storage [...]
📅 - Study: 87% of Firms Run Exploitable Cloud Vulnerabilities - Datadog has released its latest State of DevSecOps Report, warning that 87% of organizations now have at least one known exploitable vulnerability in services running in production, underscoring mounting risk across modern cloud-native software environments.
The findings, published this week by the New York-based observability and security platform provider, reflect analysis of aggregated and anonymized data from its global customer base operating across public cloud, hybrid, and containerized infrastructure.
The report highlights a structural shift in how software risk emerges, arguing that vulnerabilities are increasingly shaped by the broader software supply chain - including [...]
📅 - DataBank Adds Vertiv, Roblox Leaders to Board - DataBank has appointed former Vertiv CEO Rob Johnson and former Roblox CTO Daniel Sturman to its board of directors, a move that signals the edge data center operator's intent to deepen its technical and infrastructure expertise as AI-driven demand reshapes enterprise and hyperscale requirements.
The Dallas-based provider of edge colocation, interconnection and managed cloud services said the two industry veterans join its board as the company accelerates expansion of high-density data centers and low-latency interconnection hubs. DataBank serves more than 2,500 enterprise, hyperscale cloud and AI customers across North America and continues to invest in facilities designed to support [...]
📅 - Hosted.com® Improves Site Management Experience for Clients - For most SMEs, websites are the first point of contact for new customers and the primary sales channel. Website management and maintenance often become time-consuming, compounded by limited staff and technical knowledge. As a result, ease of use has become a major factor in how businesses operate online.
Platforms that lower the learning curve can offer a competitive advantage. Hosted.com®'s approach centers on providing control panels with simple navigation and self-help resources, enabling clients to perform routine website tasks and troubleshoot issues themselves.
Hosted.com's Web Hosting environment combines its Client Portal with cPanel, a widely adopted industry standard. Together, [...]
📅 - Zilliz Expands BYOC Vector Database to Microsoft Azure - Zilliz has expanded its managed vector database offering to Microsoft Azure, completing a multi-cloud rollout that positions the company as one of the first managed vector database providers to support Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) deployments across all three major hyperscalers.
The company has announced the general availability of Zilliz Cloud BYOC on Azure now, marking the final step in a strategy that began with Amazon Web Services and later extended to Google Cloud Platform. With Azure now supported, enterprises can deploy Zilliz's managed vector database service directly within their own cloud accounts across AWS, GCP, and Microsoft's cloud environment.
Zilliz is best known as the [...]
📅 - Equinix and Canadian Pension Fund Acquire atNorth in $4B AI Bet - Equinix have and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) have agreed to acquire Nordic data center operator atNorth from Partners Group in a transaction valuing the business at US$4 billion. The acquisition, announced this week and subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, underscores accelerating institutional and enterprise demand for AI-ready infrastructure across Northern Europe and signals continued consolidation in the high-density data center market.
Under the terms of the agreement, CPP Investments will commit approximately US$1.6 billion for a controlling 60% stake, while Equinix will hold the remaining 40%. The partners have provisionally [...]