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Visibility can shield you against $15k/min downtime
Disaster Recovery

Visibility can shield you against $15k/min downtime

Blind spots in monitoring are pushing outage bills higher, with Splunk estimating average downtime now costs USD $15,000 a minute.

By Anthony Caruana • 4 min read • Last week
Ericsson launches 5G adapter for multi-site networks
Unified Communications

Ericsson launches 5G adapter for multi-site networks

Businesses with branch and remote sites could cut outage risk as Ericsson adds 5G and satellite links to its network management tools.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last month
Ericsson launches W2255 5G adapter for enterprise WAN
Unified Communications

Ericsson launches W2255 5G adapter for enterprise WAN

Outages are pushing retailers and manufacturers towards 5G and satellite links as Ericsson adds faster failover and centralised control for branch networks.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
Triton launches Db2 hybrid cloud HADR clusters service
Disaster Recovery

Triton launches Db2 hybrid cloud HADR clusters service

Outages at major cloud providers have sharpened demand for database resilience as firms seek failover across on-premise and cloud systems.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month
Synology launches all-flash storage systems for enterprises
Storage

Synology launches all-flash storage systems for enterprises

Synology unveils FS6420 and FS3420 all-flash storage systems to boost on-premises enterprise workloads with faster IOPS and resilient connectivity.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month
VQ adds advanced conferencing controls in version 4.8
Unified Communications

VQ adds advanced conferencing controls in version 4.8

Government and defence users get faster failover and more automation as VQ Conference Manager 4.8 adds tighter controls for sensitive conferencing.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 16th Apr 2026
N-able adds cloud disaster recovery service for MSPs
Data Protection

N-able adds cloud disaster recovery service for MSPs

The cloud-hosted backup tool aims to cut downtime for MSPs and IT teams hit by ransomware or outages, without their own DR kit.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Thu, 16th Apr 2026
Kyndryl launches sovereignty services as concerns grow
Private Cloud

Kyndryl launches sovereignty services as concerns grow

Executives are increasingly treating sovereignty as an operational risk, with 83% saying concerns have risen over the past year, Kyndryl said.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 15th Apr 2026
Layercake & Ceeblue launch sub-second streaming service
Edge Computing

Layercake & Ceeblue launch sub-second streaming service

Broadcasters and betting firms can now use existing infrastructure for live video with end-to-end delay of under a second worldwide.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 10th Apr 2026
Aria launches Deep Networking platform with USD $125 million
Network Infrastructure

Aria launches Deep Networking platform with USD $125 million

The funding backs a push into AI data centres, where better network control could lift model utilisation and cut token costs.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Thu, 9th Apr 2026
SIOS maps spring webinars on cloud & SQL resilience
Disaster Recovery

SIOS maps spring webinars on cloud & SQL resilience

Growing demand for downtime protection is driving SIOS to showcase resilience tools for SQL Server and Linux teams across cloud and hybrid estates.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 3rd Apr 2026
Cloudflare uses ClickHouse for quadrillion-event analytics
Disaster Recovery

Cloudflare uses ClickHouse for quadrillion-event analytics

Cloudflare taps ClickHouse to run sub-two-second analytics on quadrillion-event data sets, keeping queries alive even amid major outages.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
World Backup Day warns firms on untested recoveries
Storage

World Backup Day warns firms on untested recoveries

World Backup Day prompts warnings that untested restores and AI-era data demands are leaving mid-sized firms dangerously exposed.

By Kaleah Salmon • 5 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Gold Lapel launches PostgreSQL proxy to tune queries
Virtualisation

Gold Lapel launches PostgreSQL proxy to tune queries

Gold Lapel unveils a PostgreSQL proxy that auto‑tunes slow SQL, aiming to replace extra cache and pooling layers with in‑database smarts.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
StorMagic & HiveRadar launch mobile edge data centre
Virtualisation

StorMagic & HiveRadar launch mobile edge data centre

StorMagic teams with HiveRadar on a rugged mobile edge data centre, bringing virtualised compute and storage to remote, off-grid sites.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
Island unveils SASE to cut proxy backhaul for AI era
Firewalls

Island unveils SASE to cut proxy backhaul for AI era

Island has rolled out a SASE design that shifts inspection to the endpoint, cutting proxy backhaul and avoiding default SSL/TLS break-and-inspect.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026

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CX is an outcome of the network beneath it
Unified Communications

CX is an outcome of the network beneath it

Customer experience fails when networks falter, with outages, latency and weak security now directly affecting trust and churn.

By Richard Hall • 5 min read • Last month