Quintillion has acquired Arctic Fibre, the Toronto, Canada based company, intending to provide a polar routed fibre between Europe and Japan. On Quintillion's webpage (Arctic Fibre Acquired by Quintillion Networks),…
Boaty McBoatface and the challenge of Internet polls
In March, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), which funds the British Antarctic Survey, opened a competition. This was to name the new research vessel that will operate in the…
EU decrees an open Internet
If your provider Net Neutrality rules are in effect in the EU from 30th April 2016. This provides an open Internet within the EU, as part of the Digital Single…
Three Bottlenecks of WAN – Bandwidth, Latency and Cost
There are three bottlenecks to Wide Area Networks (WANs) that don't exist in other environments, and these are Bandwidth, Latency and Cost. (And in true three pronged problem fashion, you…
Avago to buy Broadcom for $37bn
Avago Technologies is going to spend $37bn in acquiring rival Broadcom . This makes it the largest ship technology merger to date. Avago which initially was part of HP's test…
IBM partners for Weather Company datastream
You might think that the weather is important. Certainly, here in the UK, I do, every time I step outside the office. But did you know that ice-cream manufacturers need…
Arctic Fibre reduces latency on route between Japan and UK – via the North Pole
Arctic Fibre is planning a new 24Tb/s cable network that will connect Tokyo in Japan and Europe, via the Americas. This cable aims to shave off 24 milliseconds of latency…
Microsoft adds Blackberry to phone stable?
AMicrosoft having recently acquired the Nokia phone stable as platforms for Windows Phone are still rumoured to be looking at adding the Blackberry platform as well. In January of Samsung…