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Ahead in the Clouds
Post-pandemic business planning: Choosing the right datacentre partner
16 Aug 2021In 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 ...
Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics
Has the data centre of the future already arrived?
Freeform Dynamics 25 Feb 2021Predicting the future is full of potential pitfalls, but analysts still insist on trying to do it, even when a study of the evidence illustrates how wild some forecasts have proven to be. But back ...
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 ...
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Ahead in the Clouds
Working through the Covid-19 lockdown: What to look for in a datacentre partner
Senior Editor, UK 29 May 2020In this guest post, Darren Watkins, managing director of colocation provider Virtus Data Centres, talks about how Covid-19 has changed what enterprises want from their datacentre partners. More ...
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Ahead in the Clouds
Using AI and digital twins to future-proof datacentre designs
Senior Editor, UK 07 May 2020In this guest post, Paul Finch, CEO of Essex-based colocation provider Kao Data, sets out the potential for digital twins and AI technology to usher in a rethink of how designing datacentres is ...
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Ahead in the Clouds
Going green: Boosting the sustainability of Europe's booming datacentre market
Senior Editor, UK 23 Nov 2018In this guest post, Jens Struckmeier, founder and CTO of cloud service provider Cloud&Heat Technologies, shares his views on the ecological and technological challenges caused by Europe’s ...
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In this guest post, Darren Watkins, managing director at colocation provider VIRTUS Data Centres, on how to help organisations take back control over their big data. When the story broke in March ...
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Ahead in the Clouds
Cryptocurrency and colocation: Breaking down the Bitcoin mining barriers
Senior Editor, UK 22 Feb 2018In this guest post, Jack Bedell-Pearce, managing director of service provider 4D Data Centres, shares his thoughts on the role colocation can play in helping cryptocurrency miners boost their ...
With 90% of the world’s data created in the last two years, it’s hardly surprising that the datacentre industry is booming, with cities around the world racing to entice the global tech giants and ...
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Given the sensitive nature of the information server farms house, the datacentre community is never all that keen on revealing the precise location of where their facilities are out of fear of ...
Computer Weekly Editors Blog
The only certainty of Brexit is uncertainty
Managing Editor 15 Aug 2016The reality of what Brexit means is starting to sink in: no one knows for certain what will happen. Six weeks after the UK voted to leave the EU, the weak pound is already causing IT costs to rise ...