Ahead in the Clouds

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• Datacentre energy demand set to go nuclear

  - Community Member 23 Jul 2025

In this guest post, Patrick Smith, field CTO for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Pure Storage, examines the toll that growing AI use is taking on datacentre energy demands, and finds out what can ...

• Mass migration: Why the public sector’s IT estate needs a modern home

  - Community Member 18 Jun 2025

In this guest post, Rob Horne, client engagement manager at the Cabinet Office-backed colocation firm Crown Hosting Data Centres, sets out why it is high time the public sector revamped its ...

• Challenges faced by women in the datacentre industry and how to overcome them

  - Community Member 20 Feb 2025

In this guest post, Sarah Draper, general counsel and chief risk officer at colocation giant Telehouse Europe, opens up about the challenges women face in the workplace when fighting to get their ...

• Why DevOps and data are C-suite issues that need addressing

  07 Jan 2025

In this guest post, Jim Cassens, CEO of DevOps automation tools provider Perforce, sets out how DevOps can help enterprises get to grips with their increasingly complex IT infrastructure estates ...

• How software development teams can do more with less

  16 Aug 2024

In this guest post, Anjali Arora, executive vice president of product and development at open source DevOps automation tools provider Perforce, outlines the steps cost-conscious IT leaders can do ...

• How data centres are preparing for AI and greater tech responsibility

  21 Feb 2024

In this guest post, Wesley Anastase-Brookes, commercial sales director at colocation company Ark Data Centres, talks about the importance of responding to the surging demand for artificial ...

• Microsoft bans SME resellers from government cloud framework: conspiracy or cock-up?

  24 Nov 2023

Microsoft partners who applied for a place on the government's soon-to-be launched "SME-friendly" Cloud Compute 2 framework are fuming at the news the software giant has banned them from reselling ...

• Ofcom cloud report: Where the CMA should focus its probe into AWS and Microsoft

  12 Oct 2023

In this guest post, Owen Sayers, an enterprise security architect with Secon Solutions, who has 25 years’ experience working within the UK's internet security framework, sets out the areas where he ...

• Six essential skills for system administrators and Infrastructure as Code pros

  06 Oct 2023

In this guest post, Thomas Chisholm, principal training solutions engineer at Puppet by Perforce, details the six essential skills that Infrastructure-as-Code professionals need in 2023  In the ...

• Infrastructure-as-Code in 2023: What enterprises need to know

  31 Jul 2023

In this guest post, Tom Chisholm, principal training solutions engineer at IT automation software provider Puppet by Perforce, sets out what enterprise IT leaders need to know about ...

• Do batteries pose a fire risk to datacentres?

  12 Jul 2023

In this guest post, Jack Pearce, CEO of green critical power systems manufacturer Active Power, outlines the risks involved with using battery-based power in datacentres A datacentre ...

• Keeping cloud costs in check

  31 May 2023

In this guest post, Doug Ko, director of product marketing at container monitoring software company Sysdig, provides some guidance on what enterprises can do to keep their cloud costs in check ...

• Cloud costs: You cannot manage what you cannot see

  31 May 2023

In this guest post, Doug Ko, director of product marketing at container monitoring software company Sysdig, provides some guidance on what enterprises can do to keep their cloud costs in check ...

• Where did it all go wrong for the UK’s home-grown tech suppliers?

  09 Mar 2023

In this guest post, Karsten Smet, CEO at distribution company ACI Group, examines the parallels between the demise of the UK's home-grown cloud providers and the challenges facing the country's ...

• The capabilities of cloud computing in 2023

  22 Feb 2023

In this guest post, Helen Kelisky, managing director for Google Cloud in the UK and Ireland, sets out several key trends in the world of cloud that she predicts will play out in 2023 Throughout ...