HYPER-CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE, APPLICATION STORAGE
Centerline Communications, LLC | February 15, 2023
On February 14, 2023, Centerline Communications LLC, a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity and a pioneer in the construction, design, and maintenance of critical infrastructure, fiber, and wireless networks for Fortune 500 clients, has announced the acquisition of Pearson Pelletier Telecom ("PPT"). This is Centerline's sixth acquisition under Audax's ownership, and it will support rising demand for these services throughout the merged company's blue-chip client base.
The deal to merge with PPT is the most recent in a series of acquisitions by Centerline to expand its reach across North America.
CEO of Centerline, Josh Delman, said, "The combination of Centerline and PPT brings together unparalleled capabilities in critical infrastructure design, build, and maintenance services." He added, "Together, we are creating additional value for our employees, customers, and suppliers as we implement our primary business strategy to provide turnkey solutions for all critical infrastructure facilities and networks."
(Source – Businesswire)
PPT is a key provider of wireless network and infrastructure services in Canada, offering line and antenna services to Bell Mobility, Rogers Communications, Telus, and Videotron. Historically, PPT has operated in the Quebec and Ontario markets, but it has made new endeavors to grow throughout Canada in recent years. PPT intends to deliver more services, including wireline and engineering services, to its blue-chip clientele and will collaborate with Centerline to implement this plan.
About Centerline Communications, LLC
Centerline Communications is a privately owned, comprehensive provider of professional services. It is a prominent critical telecom infrastructure company founded in 2006. It focuses on designing, building, and managing next-generation wireless and wireline networks and critical infrastructure facilities. Site acquisition and A&E design, radio frequency (RF) engineering, DAS installation and integration, cell tower development, general telecommunications construction and maintenance, HVAC & generator maintenance, facility management services, and general construction services are among the company's business lines. Fiber technicians, tower technicians, RF engineers, RF technicians, DAS technicians, construction managers, electricians, systems integrators, project managers, and wireless carrier coordinators are employed by Centerline.
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HYPER-CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE, APPLICATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Alkira | February 17, 2023
Cloud networking pioneer Alkira has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Networking Competency status in the Network Connectivity category. The designation acknowledges that Alkira has demonstrated AWS technical expertise and customer successes as a Software as a Service (SaaS) network provider.
Alkira CEO and Co-founder, Amir Khan, said, "Alkira, recognized by AWS as a true network SaaS offering, is built for the cloud and consumed as a service with no hardware or software to install—ever." He added, "All you have to do is draw and deploy your network from our digital design canvas, and you’re up and running in no time."
(Source: Businesswire)
Alkira's fully automated global unified network infrastructure allows organizations to connect to AWS and Amazon Virtual Private Clouds via an intuitive point-and-click interface within minutes. Alkira's pay-as-you-go SaaS offering delivers agility, scale, and cost-effectiveness to organizations that want to connect, unify, and scale their network to AWS infrastructure. Alkira is available on the AWS Marketplace.
About Alkira
Alkira is regarded as a pioneer in cloud networking as a service. Their enterprise network is entirely cloud-based, connecting multiple clouds, sites, and users. The network is managed using familiar network administrator controls, policies, and security, and it can scale instantly as needed. This network is provided as a service, so there is no need to install new hardware, download software, or learn a new cloud architecture. Alkira's solution is trusted by Fortune 100 companies, leading system integrators, and global managed service providers.
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HYPER-CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE, APPLICATION STORAGE
Semtech | March 10, 2023
Semtech Corporation, a high-performance semiconductor-making and cloud connectivity service provider, recently revealed number of new products in its Signal Integrity portfolio. These products extend the company's leadership in optical fiber integrated circuit solutions for data centers, passive optical networks (PON), and wireless. The new products offer customers low-power, low-latency, and low-cost solutions for wireless infrastructure, access and enterprise networking, and hyperscale data center applications.
The digital revolution, fueled by the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), IoT-based technology, automotive, cloud services, mobile subscriptions, and others, is rapidly increasing the data used worldwide. This makes it necessary for data centers, PON networks, and wireless networks to have higher data rates.
To support global data usage and the higher rates, Semtech's optical networking platform offers the backbone IC technology. Semtech continue supporting the data center, PON, and wireless networks by adding more award-winning optical products such as Tri-Edge, CopperEdge, FiberEdge, and PON-X. This helps customers to meet their current and future optical networking needs with the benefits of power, cost, and latency.
Timothy Vang, Vice President of marketing and applications in Semtech’s Signal Integrity Group, remarked, “Optical solutions are vital to connect and enable high performance digital platforms. By improving networks at the chip level, Semtech is allowing our customers to prepare their networks for the exponential growth in data demands expected in the next few years. These new products, announced at OFC, underscore our leading position in the market and Semtech’s ability to address every level of the digital ecosystem including optical module customers, system providers and end users.”
(Source: Business Wire)
Semtech announced several new products at OFC 2023:
200G/lane optical link with Broadcom and Keysight - live demo
PON-X chipset for 50G High Speed PON (HS-PON)
GN1300 and GN1400 TIAs - production availability
PON-X platform expansion for 10G PON ONUs
Mobile Optical Pluggable Alliance (MOPA)
FiberEdge GN1814 TIA - production availability
FiberEdge GN1825 octal transimpedance amplifier(TIA) - sampling availability
Semtech's Signal Integrity portfolio platform handles optical and copper interconnect needs for data rates from 2.5G to 1.6T in data center, PON, and wireless networking applications. It's high performance analog design solutions are used in the Signal Integrity platform.
About Semtech
Founded in 1960 and headquartered in Camarillo (California), Semtech Corporation is a service provider for high-performance semiconductors, internet of things (IoT) systems, and cloud connectivity.
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