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Europe takes on Starlink with $11.5 billion IRIS² satellite constellation

Network World

The project will be jointly developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and SpaceRISE, a consortium of satellite industry leaders, and positions itself as Europes strategic alternative to commercial networks such as SpaceXs Starlink. The European Union is planning its own satellite constellation, IRIS, as part of a 10.6 billion ($11.1

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AI dominates Gartner’s 2025 predictions

CIO Business Intelligence

By 2029, 10% of global boards will use AI guidance to challenge executive decisions that are material to their business. As the GenAI landscape becomes more competitive, companies are differentiating themselves by developing specialized models tailored to their industry,” Gartner stated.

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10 quantum computing milestones of 2024

Network World

billion in 2026 though the top use case for the next couple of years will remain research and development in quantum computing. This means that they have developed an application that shows an advantage over a classical approach though not necessarily one that is fully rolled out and commercially viable at scale.

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Poor Change Management Kills CRM Success — Here Is How To Get It Right

Forrester IT

billion by 2029, at a CAGR of 12.5%. Ready to give up on your CRM deployment? Before you do, you should know: CRM is a huge market. It is valued at $63.91 billion today and projected to grow to $145.79 Eighty-two percent of enterprises use CRM. Yet when I surveyed hundreds of business and IT […].

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UK election may unlock access to new data center capacity

Network World

In her first speech as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves emphasized the importance of data centers to economic development and said that when the new government intervenes in the economic planning system, the benefit of development will be a central consideration. billion in 2029. a year to reach $10.13

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Bridging continents: The role of connectivity in Africa’s digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

Take the regional economic community of 16 countries known as the Southern African Development Community (SADC), for example. This has fast-tracked infrastructure projects to upgrade or create energy systems in less developed countries in the SADC trade bloc. million km of terrestrial fiber networks as of 2022.

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More used Seagate HDDs disguised as new: Fraudsters make it tough to spot the difference

Network World

According to recent investigations, fraudsters have developed more sophisticated methods to manipulate used drives to make them appear new, making detection increasingly challenging for buyers. The production date on the sticker is quite recent, the SMART values are fresh, and a warranty query shows a remaining warranty period until 2029.

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