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Ahead in the Clouds

Analysis of the latest trends in cloud and datacentre technology.

November 2020

Datacentres in 2030: What the future holds
Caroline Donnelly - Senior Editor, UK 24 Nov 2020

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 ...

Under the microscope: Different datacentre sustainability strategies
Caroline Donnelly - Senior Editor, UK 05 Nov 2020

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 ...

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Hyperautomation technology speeds digital transformation
To businesses plotting a digital transformation course, ServiceNow's Yoav Boaz says hyperautomation is instrumental in ...
Planning key to navigating a U.S. government shutdown
Federal contractors and IT vendors should brush up on plans to navigate a government shutdown as a Dec. 3 funding deadline ...
Top 10 edge computing use cases and examples
The move to edge computing will increase over the next few years. Here, we list the areas where it's proving to deliver high ...

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Former Ubiquiti engineer arrested for inside threat attack
Nickolas Sharp is accused of attacking his former employer, stealing confidential data and attempting to extort the company into ...
New Yanluowang ransomware mounting targeted attacks in US
Symantec threat analysts observed the new ransomware operation abusing legitimate tools such as ConnectWise's remote access ...
CISA taps CrowdStrike for endpoint security
The U.S. government's cybersecurity authority will be watched over by security vendor CrowdStrike as part of the larger ...

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Automation, cloud lead as influential data center trends
Recent data center trends, such as AIOps and automation, have been geared toward simplifying network management. Here are the ...
AWS to take on Microsoft Azure in private 5G
The AWS Private 5G managed service will compete with Microsoft Azure's private multi-access edge computing system. Unlike ...
9 wireless network questions for Cisco's CCT, CCNA exams
Those looking to pass the Cisco CCT and CCNA certification exams will need to understand how wireless networking works. This ...

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How do CPU, GPU and DPU differ from one another?
Data centers use three varieties of processing units: CPU, GPU and DPU. Learn the unique use cases for each, and how to use them ...
Honeywell, Cambridge Quantum form new quantum computing firm
Honeywell is merging its internal quantum computing divisions with Cambridge Quantum, forming a new company that promises to ...
Best practices for data center risk assessment
Data centers contain risks such as height, environmental and electrical hazards. Keep your staff safe by assessing the level of ...

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AWS aims to ease cloud database management and migration
The tech giant is looking to help its users to better migrate to, manage and operate cloud databases with a series of new data ...
AWS Lake Formation advances cloud data lake control
AWS added new features to its cloud data lake service, featuring Governed Tables to manage consistency of data and row-level ...
American Airlines flies its data warehouse to the cloud
The pandemic hit American Airlines hard, but its management took an optimistic view, seeing at as an opportunity to use data more...

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November 2020

Datacentres in 2030: What the future holds

Under the microscope: Different datacentre sustainability strategies