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Ahead in the Clouds
Analysis of the latest trends in cloud and datacentre technology.
Recent Posts
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Public sector cloud adoption: How Covid-19 is shaping take-up
- Community Member 25 Nov 2021 -
The supply chain crisis: Protecting the datacentre
- Community Member 15 Nov 2021 -
Underwater datacentres: Is the industry at risk of sweeping its climate problems into the sea?
- Community Member 05 Nov 2021
In this guest post, Ryan Oakes, managing director of Accenture’s global public sector practice, on how the pandemic has influenced the pace and shape of public sector cloud adoption. Looking back ...
In this guest post, Adam Bradshaw, commercial director at colocation provider ServerChoice, discusses what datacentre operators can do to protect their organisations from the worst of the UK's ...
In this guest post, Jake Madders, co-founder of enterprise cloud provider Hyve Managed Hosting, explores the possible environmental impacts of relying on underwater datacentres In the summer of ...
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Why water usage is the datacentre industry’s dirty little secret
21 Sep 2021 -
UK government's Innovation Strategy needs to be cloud-powered to succeed, argues UKCloud
02 Sep 2021 -
Power and water: The environmental balancing act datacentre operators need to address
20 Aug 2021 -
Post-pandemic business planning: Choosing the right datacentre partner
16 Aug 2021 -
Embracing the cloud multiverse in pursuit of digital innovation
14 Jun 2021 -
Hydrogen vs. diesel: The great datacentre backup power debate
02 Jun 2021 -
Earth Day 2021: Cloud’s contribution to a sustainable future
22 Apr 2021
In this guest post to mark Sustainable Development Week, Arnaud de Bermingham, president and founder of cloud provider Scaleway sets out why the datacentre industry must come clean about its water ...
For the government’s Innovation Strategy to fulfil its 2035 vision, it must recognise cloud computing’s role as a driver of transformation, says James Maynard, solutions director at public sector ...
The datacentre industry is going through a boom time at the moment, but operators must ensure all this growth does not come at a cost to the environment, writes Computer Weekly senior editor, ...
In this guest post, Darren Watkins, managing director of colocation provider Virtus Data Centres shares his top tips on what enterprises should be looking for in a datacentre partner. Those of us ...
In this guest post, Stephen Gilderdale, senior director and head of pre-sales architects UK at Dell Technologies talks enterprises through the principle of building a “cloud multiverse” We stand at ...
In this guest post, Martin Keenan, technical director at IT distributor Avnet Abacus, sets out why hydrogen fuel cells could be on course to replace diesel generators as the datacentre industry’s ...
In this guest post, Pip White, UK and Ireland managing director at Google Cloud, sets out how cloud and datacentre providers are putting sustainability at the heart of their operations this Earth ...
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Datacentre storage investments: A lesson in future-proofing
- Senior Editor, UK 04 Feb 2021 -
The generation gap: Why legacy datacentres are not a good fit for HPC
- Senior Editor, UK 21 Jan 2021 -
Datacentres in 2030: What the future holds
- Senior Editor, UK 24 Nov 2020 -
Under the microscope: Different datacentre sustainability strategies
- Senior Editor, UK 05 Nov 2020 -
Where HPC lives: The London-to-Cambridge UK Innovation Corridor
- Senior Editor, UK 30 Sep 2020
In this guest post, Amy Fowler, vice president of strategy and solutions at datacentre hardware provider Pure Storage sets out why enterprises should consider adding unified fast file and object ...
In this guest post, Spencer Lamb, vice president of Harlow-based colocation firm Kao Data, sets out why legacy datacentres may struggle to accommodate the growing demand for HPC workloads The ...
In this guest post, Tony Jacob, vice president of design and construction for Europe, Middle East and Africa at colocation giant Digital Realty predicts what the next decade holds for the ...
In this guest post, Kyle Myers, director of environmental health, safety and sustainability at colocation giant CyrusOne on why the colocation community needs to look beyond carbon reduction ...
In this guest post, Spencer Lamb, vice president of Harlow-based colocation provider Kao Data, discusses how HPC datacentres are aiding the fight against Covid-19 All science is data-driven: ...