A new approach to transmitting data signals could more than double the amount of data that optical fibers can carry, say scientists at the University of California, San Diego.

With a 10% increase over the same period last year, leased space in multi-client data centers (MTDCs) currently stands at 3.7 million square meters, with the largest percentage of space in London, Tokyo, the New York metropolitan area and Virginia.

Cellnex Telecom and Open Cable have signed a framework agreement for the use of telecommunications infrastructure and the provision of transport services. Under this agreement, Cellnex Telecom is making its nearly 8,000 sites across Spain available to Open Cable and its partners for the deployment of their networks and services.

New data reveals that 8.0% of the three-phase PDUs sold in the Americas in 2014 had a distribution voltage of 400 V_AC, representing $13.9 million of the $155.1 million American PDU market.

DEKRA has taken another step in its growth strategy with the purchase of AT4 wireless, an international benchmark in testing wireless, mobile and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) technologies.

In the evolution toward the smart manufacturing paradigm, end-user requirements are set to evolve and become more complex than ever before. Global suppliers are finding it increasingly difficult to meet the growing needs of end users, which are further amplified by a very high degree of complexity.

Broadband lines in Spain grew by 6% in February compared to the previous year, reaching 12.8 million according to the latest data from the telecommunications sector available on the CNMCData portal.

According to a new forecast report* from Ovum, optical products for FTTx will reach a new record level in 2015, following the record year of 2014. The report forecasts that revenues from optical components for FTTx will exceed $1 billion this year, up from $953 million in 2014.

Juniper Networks and Ruckus Wireless, Inc. have announced a technology alliance to offer open wired and wireless networking solutions for the enterprise, government, and education sectors.

In recent years, we have witnessed significant changes in data storage, processing, and security. Considering only internet traffic, it has increased twenty millionfold since the early 1990s, according to various industry sources.

After more than 15 years in the market, Fibernet continues to consider investment in R&D as a key strategic option that allows it to compete with the large multinationals in the technology sector.

Infinera, a provider of intelligent transportation networks, announces the expansion of its Cloud Xpress family of metropolitan cloud platforms. This release includes a new Cloud Xpress platform with 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) customer services in the same compact form factor, along with enhanced functionality.

Raritan has announced a plan to separate its DCIM software unit in a transaction that will result in two independent, highly focused companies. Raritan will continue to focus on its power and KVM hardware business, and Sunbird Software will become a new company to focus entirely on the DCIM market.

TE Connectivity (TE) introduces the new Osmium high-density fiber optic chassis specifically designed to decrease the number of racks required in data centers, resulting in reduced floor space usage and associated cost savings.

Every decade has its prominent manufacturing trends and highly publicized IT innovations. Just as the Y2K problem did in the late 1990s, several topics are currently generating numerous articles in manufacturing publications. These include the following:

The increasing interconnectivity of processes provides industrial companies with many opportunities to improve their competitiveness. At the same time, it also brings new threats to data security.

ITU Members have created a new ITU-T Study Group that will study the standardization needs of Internet of Things technologies, initially focusing on IoT applications in smart cities.

CENX has partnered with Ericsson to integrate CENX's Cortx Service Orchestrator as a key element of Ericsson's global managed services delivery platform.

The increasing use of mission-critical cloud applications by businesses to drive innovation and accelerate response to emerging opportunities comes at a cost to adopting companies: a lack of complete visibility into application and network performance, increasing the potential for a poor end-user experience.

Keysight Technologies Inc. has announced that it has extended the service life beyond the industry standard for many of its popular, discontinued instruments. The new Extended Service Life (ESP) program addresses a common customer request.