Australia's MetroNode hosting company has been acquired by Equinix for $792mn. 100 % held by the Canadian Ontario Teachers Pension Plan currently, MetroNode was previously part of the NextGen Group.…
Palau connects using submarine cable, better performance than satellite
NEC has announced that they have completed the Palau Spur cable which connects to the main SEA-US cable. (BSCC and NEC announce the completion of a new submarine cable linking…
China to plan IPv6 leap forward
The Register has picked up a story about China's adoption of IPv6. This article originally came from the Xinhua state news agency. (China to speed up IPv6-based Internet development). China…
Broadcom completes drawn-out acquisition of Brocade
Broadcom has finally achieved completion on its acquisition of Brocade. Announced in November 2016, this deal has finally completed. Brocade disposed of various units, such as the vRouter team to…
Frost and Sullivan place VeloCloud first by SD-WAN Global Market share
VeloCloud, after the recent announcement that VMware would buy them, has also been given another accolade. This time analysts Frost and Sullivan have announced that VeloCloud is in first place…
Broadcom plans $103bn takeover of Qualcomm
Having announced a move of their headquarters to the US, Broadcom is now targeting another chipmaker for a takeover. Even with the Brocade deal stuck in CIFUS negotiations, they are…
Lenovo buys control of Fujitsu’s PC business
Lenovo and Fujitsu have announced the creation of a joint-venture company. Lenovo is effectively buying a 51% controlling stake in Fujitsu's FCCL (Fujitsu Client Computing Ltd). Fujitsu is selling an…
Quintillion completes Alaskan subsea cable
Quintillion has announced it has completed the first phase of its cable between Japan and the UK. The finished segment runs from Prudhoe Bay to Nome, as well as the…