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Data centre

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  Keeping Java relevant in the age of cloud and agile

  Java Community Process chair Heather VanCura talks up efforts to keep Java up to speed with the needs of developers in the era of cloud and agile software development

• June 04, 2019 04 Jun'19

  Is ‘Brexit effect’ to blame for drop in UK data management investments?

  Research from data backup software supplier Veeam suggests UK C-suite is set to invest much less in data management over the course of the next 12 months than the rest of the world, prompting concerns that Brexit might be to blame

• June 03, 2019 03 Jun'19

  Nordics block European Commission tech tax levy to protect digital investment

  The Nordic EU countries have formed a powerful voice against the European Commission’s plans on digital service tax.

• June 03, 2019 03 Jun'19

  How Alibaba Cloud plans to win over APAC enterprises

  The Chinese cloud supplier is counting on data analytics, industry-specific offerings and its knowledge of the China market to gain a foothold in the Asia-Pacific region

• May 31, 2019 31 May'19

  The FA signs Google Cloud to support cloud-based push to make football more inclusive

  The Football Association is on a mission to up female participation in the sport and make it more accessible to a larger number of fans, and it is teaming up with Google Cloud to achieve its goals

• May 30, 2019 30 May'19

  Microsoft embarks on renewable-powered datacentre push in Sweden

  Microsoft is doubling down on its efforts to have more of its datacentres powered by renewable energy, with commitment to make its facilities in Sweden the most sustainable yet

• May 30, 2019 30 May'19

  Hyperscale datacentre operators report first drop in capex growth for seven quarters

  Datacentre investments of cloud and internet giants dropped in the first quarter of 2019 after seven consecutive quarters of growth, but market watcher claims it is just a blip

• May 29, 2019 29 May'19

  Inside Digital Realty’s datacentre playbook

  Digital Realty’s chief technology officer talks up key trends that are shaping its business and the datacentre industry, including edge computing and the impending roll-out of 5G networks

• May 29, 2019 29 May'19

  FoI requests reveal slow but steady adoption of cloud-first stance in UK police forces

  Intercity Technology's freedom of information (FoI) request-led poll of UK police forces and their use of technology shines a light on how the sector's attitudes towards cloud and digital transformation are changing

• May 24, 2019 24 May'19

  SurveyMonkey opens Dublin datacentre region to court data-security conscious enterprises in Europe

  Online survey software provider SurveyMonkey is on a Europe-wide enterprise charm offensive, and is focusing on winning over CIOs with the offer to locally host their data within its European datacentre region

• May 23, 2019 23 May'19

  Why enterprises should dump their VMs for containers

  Kubernetes is five years old and server virtualisation is the new legacy, says Aparna Sinha, director of product management for Kubernetes at Google

• May 23, 2019 23 May'19

  VMware CEO outlines laws of hybrid cloud

  Pat Gelsinger points out three laws that will make the case for the hybrid cloud future: economics, physics and data sovereignty

• May 23, 2019 23 May'19

  Amazon rejects calls for ban on sales of facial recognition tech to government agencies

  Annual meeting defeats resolutions for Amazon to halt sales of its Rekognition software to government agencies, and to do more to tackle climate change

• May 22, 2019 22 May'19

  How Kubernetes’ fifth year is leading to a shift in enterprise IT

  As Kubernetes turns five, the Cloud Native Computing Forum (CNCF) plans to make containerisation simple

• May 22, 2019 22 May'19

  Demand for systems integration services soaring in New Zealand

  Systems integration and custom application development projects contributed to the fastest-growing segment of New Zealand’s IT services market in 2018