Government

Smart Cities

Tech Mahindra Focuses on Banking, Transport, & Citizen Services to Fuel Digital Business Growth in Bangladesh

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Cloud

Amazon and the way of the JEDI: may the farce be with you

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (left), and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Source: Microsoft

AI & ML

Microsoft and its new ethical partner aim to ‘democratise’ AI

Cloud

New IDC MarketScape Provides a Vendor Assessment of the 2019 Managed Cloud Services Market

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AI & ML

NEC's autonomous backhoe: connecting robotics to the tough stuff

Green

GSMA Signs £38 Million Funding Partnership with the Department of International Development

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Government

UK govt defends emergency services network after latest scathing report

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Policy & Regulation

The ‘network’ and its business models are causing transatlantic friction

Spectrum

Wireless Spectrum Availability: A Key Component for Vertical Enterprises to Achieve Success in the Hyperconnected Era

Unified Communications

IDC MarketScape Provides an Assessment of Worldwide Unified Communications and Collaboration Vendors for 2019

Cloud

SAP and Esri Deliver First-Ever Database as a Service to ArcGIS Customers

Optical

BOnline harnesses ADVA FSP 3000 for scalable nationwide network

Satellite

New Satellite Networks Will Enable 24 Million IoT Connections and Provide Seamless Global Connectivity By 2024

Cloud

Microsoft and ServiceNow announce strategic partnership

5G

Moscow 5G Demo Center enables business to test new technologies  

IoT

The Growth in Connected IoT Devices Is Expected to Generate 79.4ZB of Data in 2025, According to a New IDC Forecast

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Virtualisation

VMware onboards Avi Networks to better support multi-cloud

5G

Mayor of Moscow announces plans to launch 5G network

Broadband

FCC authorises $166.8 million to expand rural broadband in 22 States

Transformation

Tech Mahindra Inaugurates Technology Center in St. Louis, Missouri

VR & AR

Commercial and Public Sector Investments Will Drive Worldwide AR/VR Spending to $160 Billion in 2023, According to a New IDC Spending Guide

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IoT

LoRa Alliance claims 75 per cent of IoT best suited for LPWAN tech

Green

AT&T Survey Finds Most Companies View Climate Change as a Priority, but Have Not Yet Evaluated the Risks

Industrial IoT

Government of Vietnam and Ericsson forge strategic Industry 4.0 partnership