IT, AI & Telecommunications

LONDON – November 03, 2026 -- Logicalis has become the first Cisco global partner to achieve Cisco's Secure Networking Specialisation in five countries, and plans to double the number of accredited countries within six months.

Logicalis earns Cisco Secure Networking Specialisation in the US, Germany, Brazil, China and Indonesia

The accreditation covers the United States, Germany, Brazil, China and Indonesia. It validates Logicalis' expertise in designing, implementing and managing secure network environments, and extends its global managed services capabilities across networking and security.

Customers gain access to validated Cisco expertise through a global delivery model. That model is backed by local market knowledge and regional Network Operations Centres and Security Operations Centres.

Hamburg – November 03, 2026 -- Hamburg data strategist Ole Albers has launched the "Data Fitness Check," a three-minute anonymous online survey of how German companies and institutions manage their data, with first results due in the Data Fitness Report 2026.

The survey is the first wave of a multi-year research series. Albers plans to track changes in data management over several years and to repeat selected questions regularly to show which organizational and technical problems persist.

Seven core questions test data sources, ownership and quality controls

The questionnaire asks whether key data sources are known, responsibilities are clearly assigned, KPIs are defined transparently and data-quality measures are in place. Supplementary questions cover day-to-day difficulties. Respondents can also use the survey to gauge their own organization's standing.

Bend – November 03, 2026 -- Platformr, an AWS Partner, has released two additions to its Optics AI Suite: Optics Tag Manager, which audits and applies resource tags across an entire AWS Organization from plain-English requests, and the Optics Remote MCP Server, which connects third-party AI assistants to Platformr Organizations.

Tag Manager applies bulk tag changes across multiple AWS accounts from one agent interface

Tags drive cost allocation, attribute-based access control (ABAC) policies, partner program attribution and operational targeting for services such as AWS Systems Manager and AWS Backup. Platformr says inconsistent tags leave cost attribution unreliable and turn cleanup into weeks of scripting.

Redondo Beach – November 03, 2026 -- AT&T's Chad Townes was named Channel Executive of the Year at the 2026 Sandler Partners National Summit in San Diego, which drew more than 1,100 members of the technology distributor's partner community.

Summit pairs 65+ providers with 1,100 attendees across three tracks

The event combined educational panels, a keynote and sessions across Technology, Sales and Growth tracks. Attendees met more than 65 technology providers in the Exhibit Hall. Sandler Partners says its portfolio spans 220+ providers.

Eight provider managers take national Channel Manager of the Year honors

The national recipients were Kevin Bednarz (Granite), Stevie Heap (Comcast Business), Patrick Cupp (CallTower), Jennifer Rutherford (Zayo), Sarah Manley and Brett Harman (both AT&T), Nikki Beck (Front) and Matt Winterburn (Lumen).

Washington – November 03, 2026 -- Federal IT contractor GovCIO has signed a partnership with the Washington Commanders for the 2026/27 season, with activations tied to two games on Nov. 8 and Nov. 23, 2026.

GovCIO backs Commanders' Salute to Service game against the Rams on Nov. 8

GovCIO will support the team's annual Salute to Service game against the Los Angeles Rams on Nov. 8, 2026. The event honors military members, Veterans and their families. GovCIO said it will help connect military families with the broader community through a game-day experience. The source does not disclose financial terms, the deal's length beyond the season, or specific program deliverables.

California – November 02, 2026 -- A local-inference benchmark on an AMD Strix Halo machine found that gemma-3-27b delivers a correct answer for 729 joules at 98% accuracy, while the faster, leaner trinity-nano needs 1,004 joules at 39% accuracy.

The test covered 27 local models on 190 small tasks with checkable answers, each run under two prompts, with a power meter running. Energy was priced at California summer rates of 34 cents per kilowatt-hour off-peak and 58 cents on-peak. The rank correlation between energy per token and energy per correct answer is +0.27, close to no relationship.

MANAMA – – November 02, 2026 -- Beyon will power a third data centre entirely with renewable energy once Phase 5 of its Beyon Solar Park programme is completed, an investment of about BD544,500 that is expected to generate 2.5 GWh of clean energy a year.

Phase 5 adds 2,292 panels and 1.5 MWp of capacity across 14,000 square meters

Beyon developed the phase with Almoayyed Solar. The installation is expected to cut carbon emissions by more than 1,585 tonnes of CO2 annually. Completion is due in the coming months.

Beyon announced the milestone at Gateway Gulf 2026, in the presence of Beyon Group Chairman H.E. Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalifa Al Khalifa.

Beyon extends solar programme beyond data centres with Bahrain's first green contact centre

During 2026, Beyon completed Phase 4, which brought renewable power to Total CX's Customer Contact Centre. Beyon describes it as the first green contact centre in Bahrain.

WILMINGTON, Del. – November 02, 2026 -- The Chemours Company (NYSE: CC) has launched Faizeon, a five-fluid portfolio for two-phase liquid cooling in AI, high-performance computing (HPC) and high-density data centers. In independent third-party testing, a two-phase direct-to-chip system using Faizeon 200 kept a GPU up to 19 degrees Celsius cooler than a single-phase, water-based fluid, at a lower coolant flow rate.

Chemours splits the Faizeon range into four direct-to-chip fluids and one immersion fluid

The portfolio covers both two-phase direct-to-chip and two-phase immersion cooling. The fluids absorb heat by changing from liquid to vapor, which removes heat from high-power processors and servers as chip power and rack densities rise.

The range breaks down as follows:

LOS ANGELES – November 02, 2026 -- Tinder's daily active users grew year over year in September for the first time in three and a half years, Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) reported in its third-quarter 2026 results for the period ended September 30.

Hinge posts double-digit growth in users, revenue and payers

Hinge delivered double-digit year-over-year growth in users, revenue and payers. CEO Spencer Rascoff described the brand as a leader in intentional dating and pointed to opportunities in both its core and expansion markets.

Tinder's engagement metrics hit their strongest year-over-year performance on record

Tinder's Sparks and Sparks Coverage posted their strongest quarterly year-over-year performance since Match Group began tracking them. Sparks counts users engaging in six-way conversations at a brand level in a given week. Sparks Coverage is the share of active users at a brand level who experience a Spark in a given period.

Delray Beach – November 02, 2026 -- The global enterprise networking market will grow to USD 239.92 billion by 2032 from USD 134.59 billion in 2026, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.1%, according to a MarketsandMarkets forecast. The market was valued at USD 124.59 billion in 2025.

Networking software and wireless connectivity grow faster than the overall market

By offering, networking software is expected to post the highest CAGR at 12.4%. By connection type, wireless is the fastest-growing segment at 12.0% CAGR. Both outpace the 10.1% market-wide rate.