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US Air Force awards contract to Pacific Defense and Perceptronics for AI/ML-Enabled EW system development

US Air Force awards contract to Pacific Defense and Perceptronics for...

Pacific Defense, alongside its affiliate Perceptronics, have been awarded a follow-on by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) for the development of advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) mission systems....

Accenture launches on-demand Gen AI learning program

Accenture launches on-demand Gen AI learning program

Accenture is launching an on-demand learning program led by Accenture experts and powered by content from Stanford Online. The Generative AI Scholars Program offers more than 40 hours of self-paced,...

Future-proofing connectivity with light-powered networks

Future-proofing connectivity with light-powered networks

Dr Gonzalo Camarillo, Chair of the Marketing Steering Committee, the IOWN Global Forum and Head of Implementation Components, Ericsson, on adopting APNs. By the end of this decade, the way we consume and transmit data...

LATAM Top Stories

6D Technologies wins landmark deal to revolutionize payments for MMG Guyana

6D Technologies wins landmark deal to revolutionize payments for MMG Guyana

6D Technologies has partnered with Mobile Money Guyana (MMG) to transform the country’s payment ecosystem using the cutting-edge Aureus platform. Through this partnership, MMG pitches its users a ‘dynamic and eng...

Future-proofing connectivity with light-powered networks

Future-proofing connectivity with light-powered networks

Dr Gonzalo Camarillo, Chair of the Marketing Steering Committee, the IOWN Global Forum and Head of Implementation Components, Ericsson, on adopting APNs. By the end of this decade, the way we consume and transmit data...

SolarWinds to be acquired by Turn/River Capital

SolarWinds to be acquired by Turn/River Capital

SolarWinds, a major IT management software company, has agreed to be bought by Turn/River Capital for US$18.50 per share in an all-cash deal worth about US$4.4 billion. This purchase price is about 35% higher than...

Europe Top Stories

New Manchester Data Centre appoints Principle Networks as connectivity partner 

New Manchester Data Centre appoints Principle Networks as connectivity...

Network services provider, Principle Networks, has been appointed by Datum Datacentres to deliver a high-speed IP transit network for Datum’s new data centre in Manchester.   The new IP transit network will e...

atNorth Awarded Iceland’s top ICT prize

atNorth Awarded Iceland’s top ICT prize

atNorth has been recognised at one of Iceland’s most prestigious information technology events, UTmessan, along with other leading Icelandic data center operators for their role in facilitating the development of I...

Fast-growing NetIX selects Telehouse London Docklands for point-of-presence

Fast-growing NetIX selects Telehouse London Docklands for point-of-presence

NetIX has partnered with Telehouse to create a primary point-of-presence (PoP) in the Telehouse North data centre, at the Telehouse London Docklands campus. After more than six years of using a partner to connect into...

Africa Top Stories

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development announces loan for Velana Airport in Maldives

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development announces loan for Velana Airport in Maldives

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development announced an additional loan of US$40 million  to support the completion of the Velana International Airport project in the Maldives. This follows an earlier loan of US$50 million...

Mukuru receives Deposit-Taking Microfinance Institution licence in Zimbabwe

Mukuru receives Deposit-Taking Microfinance Institution licence in Zimbabwe

Next-generation financial services provider Mukuru has been awarded a Deposit-Taking Microfinance Institution licence in Zimbabwe. This important achievement enables Mukuru to expand on its mission of driving...

Ethiopia, Uganda, Angola, Ghana, Nigeria top African countries targeted by threats

Ethiopia, Uganda, Angola, Ghana, Nigeria top African countries targeted by...

Check Point Software Technologies released its Global Threat Index for December 2024, emphasising the growing sophistication of cybercriminals. For Africa, December was hardly a season to be jolly with eight of the...

Middle East Top Stories

Tencent Cloud launches first Middle East Cloud Region in Saudi Arabia, with two availability zones

Tencent Cloud launches first Middle East Cloud Region in Saudi Arabia, with...

Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, announced the launch of its first Middle East Cloud Region in Saudi Arabia, featuring two availability zones with full redundancy, advanced cloud...

Qualcomm and Aramco Digital launch 5G AI-enabled industrial smartphone

Qualcomm and Aramco Digital launch 5G AI-enabled industrial smartphone

At LEAP 2025, Qualcomm Technologies and Aramco Digital, the digital and technology subsidiary of Aramco; announced their groundbreaking collaboration to develop the world’s first AI-enabled industrial 5G smartphones w...

AMD and Aramco sign MoU to evaluate AMD’s products and technology

AMD and Aramco sign MoU to evaluate AMD’s products and technology

AMD, a global provider in high-performance and adaptive computing, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with Aramco, one of the world’s integrated energy and chemical companies. The MoU relates to potential c...

APAC Top Stories

Future-proofing connectivity with light-powered networks

Future-proofing connectivity with light-powered networks

Dr Gonzalo Camarillo, Chair of the Marketing Steering Committee, the IOWN Global Forum and Head of Implementation Components, Ericsson, on adopting APNs. By the end of this decade, the way we consume and transmit data...

Incheon National University develops advanced communication technology for faster, reliable 5G and 6G networks

Incheon National University develops advanced communication technology for...

The AI-powered method improves high-speed users’ connectivity and reduces next-gen wireless system errors. Researchers at South Korea’s Incheon National University have developed an innovative method to improve n...

Three sectors that will be transformed by quantum computing in 2025

Three sectors that will be transformed by quantum computing in 2025

Mohamed Marjook Hussain, Regional Technical Head for ANZ & APAC, ManageEngine, on embracing quantum ‘sooner rather than later.’ Quantum computing can process intricate and complex calculations sig...

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