While metro areas are busy anticipating 5G, rural areas lag behind with an average internet speed of 39.01 Mbps.
Revenue from cloud services and infrastructure reaches $150 billion in first half of 2019
Operators and vendors in seven cloud service and infrastructure market segments raked in $150 billion from January to June.
Deutsche Telekom to take over corporate telecom clients from T-Systems
(Telecompaper) Deutsche Telekom will take over the responsibility for corporate telecom clients of its subsidiary T-Systems, which in turn will focus on IT and digital services, Reuters reported.
Datadog raises USD 648 mln in IPO, reportedly rejects Cisco takeover offer
(Telecompaper) The cloud monitoring specialist Datadog has raised USD 648 million in an initial public offering of shares on the Nasdaq market in New York. The 24 million shares were priced at USD 27 each, above the original indicated range of USD 19-22. The underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to 3.6 million additional shares.
VodafoneZiggo outperforms in contracting Dutch business market, share passes 30%
(Telecompaper) VodafoneZiggo passed a 30 percent share of revenues for the first time since Vodafone and Ziggo merged in 2017 to create a new challenger to KPN. The company’s share rose 2.3 percent points over the past year, while KPN dropped by 2.7 points to just over 46 percent of revenues in Q2.
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HR behind the times when it comes to technology for assessment
19 September 2019: New research demonstrates that candidates are more tech-savvy than HR gives them credit for when it comes to taking online assessments for recruitment. In a market where the best candidates apply for multiple jobs, and receive offers from several organisations, the difference between a good candidate experience and a bad one can be the deciding factor in the choice of employer. New research from PSI Talent Management shows what HR professionals think…
Source: RealWire
UNICOM Global delivers support for IBM® z/OS® V2.4, Enterprise COBOL for z/OS V6.3 and Enterprise PL/I for z/OS V5.3
Mainframe solutions will enable digital transformation on new IBM z15 Mission Hills, CA, September 19, 2019 – UNICOM® Global has today announced that its mainframe solutions are ready to support the new IBM z/OS V2.4 operating system, due for release on September 30, 2019 in addition to the new releases of COBOL and PL/I recently announced by IBM. “These are exciting times, with IBM launching new versions of its flagship operating system and compilers and…
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Managed Services & Hosting (MSH) Awards announced
[London, 19 September 2019] Winners of the second annual Managed Services Awards were announced at a dinner in London on Wednesday following the UK Managed Services and Hosting Summit 2019. With categories ranging from projects to solutions, SMB to public sector, a busy awards dinner saw seventeen awards given to leading MSPs, vendors and channels.Chair of the judges, IT Europa Editor John Garratt says the number and quality of the entries increases each year and…
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Data is the key to help mitigate safety risks when planning FTTH and utility projects, says Gaist
Liverpool UK, 19 September 2019: The key to safe and secure widescale fibre deployment is extensive “digital twin” knowledge of the working environment and in-depth analysis of any potential risks or issues that may arise during installation, Gaist Head of Business Development, Ian Job said today.Addressing the telecoms industry at a private safety conference, Job highlighted that for contractors to safely and successfully roll out ultra-fast and reliable broadband, detailed, up to date intelligence of…
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