Software-defined networking (SDN) capabilities are to become much more prevalent in the data centre over the next 12 months, according to BT's director of data centre strategy and platform, Adam Low. Low, who was speaking on a panel at ...
Tags: Data Centres, Computer Products, software
China imported 755,939 mt of iron ore from India in August, up 49% from 506,322 mt in July, according to data released Monday by the General Administration of Customs. The increase comes on the back of Indian government talks of a ...
Embotelladora Andina, a Chile-based beverage firm and a Coca-Cola bottler, has outlined plans to offload $600m in international bonds due 2023. The amount raised by selling the bonds will be used to finance the acquisition of Brazil-based ...
Tags: Coke Bottler, Food
The propane industry has set its sights on that symbol of American middle-class achievement: the lawn mower. Blame it in part on the natural-gas drilling boom, which has left distributors scrambling to find new ways to increase demand for ...
Tags: Lawn Mowers, Tools, Hardware, propane
China's top three oil and gas producers have signed up for bidding for a block of a deepwater oil field in Brazil, each. Brazil will hold a bidding for a pre-salt block in the Libra oil field and the first round is scheduled to be held on ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, gas, oil
World number two truck maker Volvo (VOLV-B.ST) said on Wednesday deliveries of its trucks dropped four percent year-on-year in August as shipments fell in both Europe and North America, held back by an extensive renewal of its product line. ...
Tags: Volvo, truck, Transportation
Tim Gubbins from Moyston in Victoria has been awarded a Nuffield Scholarship supported by Australian Wool Innovation. As part of the scholarship Mr Gubbins will study the Merino breed with a specific focus on the period from conception ...
August crude steel production by the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association was 130.4 million mt, down 1.1% on a revised July total of 131.9 million mt and up 5.2% year on year, the WSA said Friday. August's output, which ...
Tags: Steel, Construction
SAP sees "unlimited" potential for growth in Brazil, according to the firm's managing director of SAP Southern Latin America, Diego Dzodan. Speaking at SAP's Innovation Tour, Dzodan said that the company has had a presence in Brazil for ...
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South Korea imported 16,769 mt of ethanol in August, up 34% from July, and up 5.6% on the same month a year ago, according to customs data released Friday. The biggest increase was seen in imports of undenatured ethanol, which surged 259% ...
Thousands of meters beneath the waves and the sea floor, new technology pioneered by small firms is helping to make oil production sustainable at extreme temperature and pressure. More than a decade of high oil prices combined with ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Brazil's government plans to finance state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA's participation in the October 21 auction of Libra, country's largest-ever oil discovery, the Estado de S. Paulo daily newspaper reported on Saturday. The ...
Tags: oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Toyota Argentina (TASA), a vehicle production and sales subsidiary of Japanese automaker Toyota Motors (TMC), is set to invest $800m to increase the annual production capacity of its Zarate Plant from the current 92,000 units to 140,000 ...
Tags: Transportation, auto
Adept Technology has partnered with six primary packaging system integrators to provide advanced technical capabilities and knowledge base in the packaging line. The food partners include JMP Engineering of Canada and US, Adaptpack of ...
Tags: Food Packaging, Packaging, Printing
DuPont announced that it will increase prices on all of its titanium dioxide (TiO2) products sold in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the Asia Pacific regions effective Oct. 1, 2013, or as contracts allow, as ...
Tags: Chemicals, titanium dioxide