All articles by Joao Lima

Joao Lima

Fidelity backs Snapchat in $175 million funding round

News: Company has raised $1.4bn since its early days and it is now worth $16bn.

Mozilla enters IoT market with Firefox OS IoT apps and virtual assistant

News: Company says it is not directly competing with Apple and Google.

Interxion posts strong Q4, plans €50m data centre expansion in Europe

News: Company’s revenues increase 13% yoy with capital expenditure in 2016 expected to top €200m.

Equinix to open data centres in Japan, Brazil, Australia and US in $420m expansion

News: Colo plans to grow data centre footprint by 27% by the end of 2016.

All flash arrays, IBM, EMC and Hitachi are the big beasts who were first out of the blocks with new all flash products in 2016

List: This is the year of all flash primary storage so expect more product announcements within the coming days and weeks – here is a list of the biggest product and market announcements already in 2016 from the industry giants and those carving a space.

5 UK IoT start-ups making health & safety smart

List: From AI to machine learning, sensors and nodes, the first results of the government’s £40m IoT boost are here.

Connected cars cruise into Geneva Motor Show 2016 with Ford, Hyundai & Peugeot

List: 5 driving technologies that are shaping the next generation of transportation.

WhatsApp ends OS support for BlackBerry phones and old android devices

News: Messaging app company tells users to get a new phone before the end of 2016 to keep using its services.

How Britain supports its data centres with power, connectivity and taxes

Analysis: What are the prospects for the UK data centre industry, we look at the numbers and speak with the key experts.