Topic: network infrastructure
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Graeme Kane to Lead RUCKUS Networks in Middle East & Africa
RUCKUS Networks has appointed Graeme Kane to lead its Middle East and Africa operations, focusing on vertical markets like hospitality and large venues, with a strategy to unify the region as a single growth engine. Kane brings over 25 years of B2B enterprise technology experience, including 18 y...
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e&, Space42 Partner to Boost 5G with Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Tech
e& UAE has partnered with Space42 to explore Equatys, a direct-to-device initiative that integrates satellite and terrestrial networks to provide seamless 5.5G connectivity, aiming to eliminate coverage gaps globally. The collaboration includes technical integration, regulatory cooperation, and j...
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Mastering Traffic Spikes for Global Live Sports Streaming
A panel of streaming experts will discuss strategies for managing massive traffic spikes during global sporting events, emphasizing proactive planning and resilient infrastructure beyond basic CDN scaling. Panelists highlight that unexpected surges can originate from various sources, like popular...
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Netgear's New Enterprise Security for Small Businesses
Netgear has launched the Exium platform, an all-in-one SASE and hybrid firewall solution specifically designed for small and medium enterprises to address their critical cybersecurity needs. The platform integrates advanced features like AI-driven zero-trust network access, secure web gateway, SD...
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Major Outage: Cloudflare Disrupts X, ChatGPT, and Downdetector
A widespread outage at Cloudflare caused significant disruptions to numerous popular internet platforms, including X, ChatGPT, and Downdetector, with services now showing initial signs of recovery. The disruption was triggered by an unexplained spike in unusual traffic targeting a core Cloudflare...
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NETGEAR Exium: Unified SASE & Firewall for SMEs & MSPs
NETGEAR has launched Exium, a unified SASE and hybrid firewall platform specifically designed for SMEs and MSPs, consolidating multiple security functions into a single, easy-to-manage system to address a critical market gap. Exium integrates advanced security features like threat protection, zer...
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Pure Storage & Cisco Launch AI Factories with NVIDIA
Pure Storage, Cisco, and NVIDIA have launched a specialized AI infrastructure solution, integrating computing, storage, and networking to provide a production-ready environment for enterprise AI deployment. The collaboration addresses data challenges by ensuring reliable, high-performance data pi...
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Nokia: 82% of MEA Mobile Users on 4G/5G by 2030
By 2030, 82% of mobile connections in the Middle East and Africa will be on 4G and 5G networks, with 5G subscriptions projected to reach 605 million and dominate mobile data traffic. 5G technology is driving innovation, enabling smart cities, enterprise solutions, and economic growth, with the Gu...
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SmarterTools Breached by Hackers Exploiting Own Software Flaw
The Warlock ransomware gang breached SmarterTools by exploiting an unpatched SmarterMail server, demonstrating how a single overlooked system can compromise an entire network. Attackers used a specific authentication bypass vulnerability to gain access, moved laterally with Windows tools, but wer...
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Blue Origin's TeraWave to Deliver 6Tbps Satellite Internet
Blue Origin has announced **TeraWave**, a new high-capacity satellite internet network designed to deliver up to **6 terabits per second** for enterprise, government, and data center clients, not general consumers. The network will use a two-tiered architecture of **5,280 LEO satellites** for RF ...
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How a Single Point of Failure Caused the Massive Amazon Outage
A massive global disruption of Amazon Web Services was caused by a single point of failure in its cloud infrastructure, leading to widespread service interruptions for millions of users. The outage lasted over 15 hours and generated more than 17 million problem reports, affecting thousands of org...
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e& UAE Unveils World's First 200G PON Prototype at GITEX 2025
e& UAE unveiled a world-first 200G Passive Optical Network prototype at GITEX GLOBAL 2025, achieving data rates up to 200 gigabits per second to enable ultra-fast, scalable connectivity for residential, commercial, and smart city uses. The technology uses advanced optical wavelength multiplexing ...
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2026: The Year AI Gets Real and Practical
The AI industry is shifting from building large, general models to focusing on practical integration, deploying smaller, specialized models for cost-effective, task-specific enterprise applications. Key research is moving toward new architectures like "world models" for 3D understanding and AI ag...
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Urgent: WatchGuard Firewalls Targeted by Critical Attack (CVE-2025-14733)
Over 115,000 WatchGuard Firebox firewalls are actively being targeted via a critical, unauthenticated remote code execution flaw (CVE-2025-14733) in the Fireware OS's IKED process. The U.S. CISA has mandated patching due to active exploitation, requiring an immediate upgrade to specific fixed Fir...
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Your Guide to Prepaid Phone Plans and MVNOs
Prepaid phone plans offer significant cost savings and network quality comparable to major carriers, providing flexibility and device ownership without long-term contracts. The prepaid market includes MVNOs that resell access to MNO networks, with recent industry consolidation blurring the lines ...
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