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Data centre
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May 17, 2022
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May'22
Investment in UK ‘cleantech’ sector hit new high in 2021 as climate change concerns rise
Investment in companies that make technologies designed to help society more sustainable is on the rise across Europe, and in the UK, too
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May 17, 2022
17
May'22
Hammerspace the ‘missing link’ for a cloud still lacking
The cloud can’t enable true multi-region working so Hammerspace helps make data visible globally and aggregate it as needed between locations with workflows set via customer policy
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May 13, 2022
13
May'22
Dublin datacentre operators warned of climate change-related coastal flooding risks
A 3D data visualisation map from Cervest shows large swathes of Dublin could be affected by climate change-related coastal flooding in the years to come, which could have big implications for the region's datacentres
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May 12, 2022
12
May'22
Rackspace mulls over business unit sell-off following strategic review of company
A statement by the CEO of Rackspace suggests the company could be heading for another period of change, following a strategic review of its business
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May 12, 2022
12
May'22
Ryanair taps up AWS machine learning tech to manage in-flight refreshment stocks
Low-cost airline Ryanair opens up about how its long-standing tech partnership with Amazon Web Services is helping it cut food waste and improve its in-flight customer service
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May 11, 2022
11
May'22
Pure to offer on-prem object storage as Snowflake data source
Pure Storage partnership with Snowflake will see the cloud data warehousing platform make use of on-prem FlashBlade fast file and object storage as a source for analytics data
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May 11, 2022
11
May'22
Kao Data debuts datacentre education programme for seven-to-11-year-olds
Harlow-based colocation provider wants to help teach children about the important role datacentres play in our society, in the hope that it might inspire some of them to pursue a career in the field of server farms
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May 10, 2022
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May'22
NetApp’s cloud-era storage competitors in ‘world of hurt’
NetApp is busily reinventing itself as a cloud services provider, with its competition years behind, according to its public cloud vice-president
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May 10, 2022
10
May'22
What will a quantum datacentre look like?
IBM has set out plans for hybrid supercomputing, with quantum and classical computing. This impacts both hardware installation and software
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May 10, 2022
10
May'22
CyberUK 22: NCSC refreshes cloud security guidance
The National Cyber Security Centre is revising its cloud guidance as increasing uptake of potentially vulnerable cloud services puts more organisations at risk of compromise
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May 10, 2022
10
May'22
DWP Digital sets out three-year plan to improve data sharing and cut legacy
In response to the pandemic, the government department aims to improve collaboration and develop a reference architecture
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May 09, 2022
09
May'22
Malaysian government inks agreement with Google Cloud
The cloud framework agreement with Google will make it easier for Malaysia’s public sector agencies to access Google Cloud services through a single government contract
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May 09, 2022
09
May'22
AWS embarks on green power-focused deals with AES and Fluence Energy
Amazon Web Services is beginning two green energy-focused collaborations that will see it ramp up the amount of renewable power it uses while helping other enterprises to do the same
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May 06, 2022
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May'22
Uptime Institute debuts sustainability-focused accreditation for datacentre professionals
Uptime Institute continues to build out its education resources and support offerings for datacentre operators that want to get to grips with the changing regulatory landscape around sustainability
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May 05, 2022
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May'22
London’s too small for Arm IPO, says Hermann Hauser
Hauser who helped spin out Arm from Acorn, joins campaign for dual London and New York listing, while the PM writes to SoftBank chief
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May 05, 2022
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May'22
CyrusOne hits climate-neutral datacentre targets in Europe
US colocation giant CyrusOne has published its latest sustainability report, which hails progress in making its global datacentre operations climate-neutral and water-positive
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May 04, 2022
04
May'22
BT signs five-year deal with AWS to revamp legacy infrastructure and ready it for the cloud
Telco giant has signed another multi-year cloud deal, this time with AWS, as it sets to work on revamping its operations and cutting costs
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April 29, 2022
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Apr'22
AWS grows as Amazon posts net loss
AWS continues to dominate the public cloud market but Amazon has seen its revenue squeezed
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April 27, 2022
27
Apr'22
Disappointing earnings at Google, but cloud still strong
Google posts first-quarter 2022 revenue of $68bn, but growth is not as fast as last year
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April 27, 2022
27
Apr'22
Datacentres critical to Singapore but sustainability concerns remain
Datacentres create jobs and contribute S$2bn to Singapore’s economy each year, but sustainability issues will need to be addressed to minimise their environmental impact
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April 27, 2022
27
Apr'22
Microsoft shows inflation-busting growth, driven by cloud adoption
As prices rise, Microsoft is trying to position its cloud services as the public cloud that offers the best value for money
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April 25, 2022
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Apr'22
Researchers explore historical Hubble datasets to understand the solar system
GPU-based supercomputer helps astronomers simulate exoplanet atmospheres
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April 21, 2022
21
Apr'22
Alibaba Cloud eyes VMware workloads with new cloud service
The Alibaba Cloud VMware Service is aimed at Chinese enterprises that are looking to move their VMware workloads to public cloud, perform disaster recovery and reduce their on-premise datacentre footprint
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April 20, 2022
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Apr'22
Uptime Institute supports datacentre operators with honing their sustainability strategies
In the wake of research highlighting the patchy progress operators have made to-date on sustainability initiatives, the Uptime Institute debuts series of reports to help the datacentre sector improve its environmental standing
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April 20, 2022
20
Apr'22
AWS fixes vulnerabilities in Log4Shell hot patch
AWS issues fixes for a series of Log4Shell hot patches after they turned out to leave its services vulnerable to further exploitation
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April 20, 2022
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Apr'22
How PropertyGuru is approaching technology integration
Property tech firm PropertyGuru has invested in capabilities such as DevOps and authentication that can be applied across different platforms that it has acquired over time
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April 19, 2022
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Apr'22
Gartner: Public cloud spending on the rise across the globe as hybrid working takes hold
Latest worldwide public cloud services spending tracker reveals end-user appetite for off-premise services shows no signs of slowing down
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April 18, 2022
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Apr'22
Singtel expands datacentre footprint in Indonesia
Singtel’s datacentre platform will host selected datacentre assets from Indonesia’s Telkom as part of the telco’s move to grow its datacentre footprint in key regional markets
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April 13, 2022
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Apr'22
Google Cloud research highlights disconnect between intention and delivery on green IT initiatives
Google Cloud research reveals disconnects between intention, delivery and budgets within businesses across EMEA on sustainability matters
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April 13, 2022
13
Apr'22
Executive interview: How Audi provides developer self-service
Audi is transforming IT in line with digitisation across the VW Group. We look at how Audi’s IT architecture is supporting developers
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April 13, 2022
13
Apr'22
More ANZ organisations warm to DevSecOps
About four in 10 organisations in Australia and New Zealand are undertaking the transition to development, security and operations, while a further 36% plan to do so in 2022, study finds
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April 11, 2022
11
Apr'22
APAC enterprises are reducing their datacentre footprint
Enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region are moving from their own datacentres into co-location facilities to reduce cost, improve efficiency and lower their carbon footprint
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April 08, 2022
08
Apr'22
Was Spring4Shell a lot of hot air? No, but...
Find out why Spring4Shell was apparently not as impactful a security problem as many had at first feared, and why it’s on the cyber community as a whole to do better
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April 07, 2022
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Apr'22
AirAsia taps Google Cloud to bolster its super-app
AirAsia is setting up a cloud centre of excellence with Google Cloud to shore up its super-app and build capabilities in site reliability engineering and machine learning operations
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April 06, 2022
06
Apr'22
Denonia malware may be first to target AWS Lambda
The newly discovered Denonia malware appears to be custom designed to target AWS Lambda environments, and may be the first of its kind
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April 06, 2022
06
Apr'22
Vodafone hails business efficiency and sustainability gains of Google Cloud big data partnership
Less than 12 months on from the announcement that Vodafone had signed a six-year strategic cloud deal with Google, the firm lifts the lid on how the technology tie-up is making its business more efficient
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April 05, 2022
05
Apr'22
London Stock Exchange datacentre migration project secures low-latency network support from EXA
The London Stock Exchange Group is gearing up to shutter its primary City of London datacentre by the end of August 2022, while work continues on building out its new facility
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April 05, 2022
05
Apr'22
HPE offers up progress report on how its space-based supercomputer is performing
Nearly one year on from its deployment, HPE shares details of some of the successful experiments its space-based supercomputer has been involved with
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April 05, 2022
05
Apr'22
UCL and AWS team up for health tech-focused startup accelerator
AWS is lending its cloud expertise to UCL’s startup accelerator programme, which is geared towards helping health and education organisations address global health issues
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April 05, 2022
05
Apr'22
IBM z16 tackles financial fraud and quantum hacks
New addition to Z series mainframe family uses IBM Telum processor to accelerate AI for real-time credit card fraud detection
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April 04, 2022
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Apr'22
Environmental campaigners halt Meta datacentre construction in the Netherlands
Datacentre being built to serve ‘metaverse’ worlds would consume nearly half as much energy as all other datacentres in the country
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April 01, 2022
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Apr'22
Sungard UK in administration: How rising energy costs are impacting the datacentre market
As households brace for another rise in their energy bills, news that the UK arm of Sungard AS has fallen into administration highlights the toll the surge in gas and electricity prices is taking on the datacentre industry
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March 31, 2022
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Mar'22
Spring4Shell zero-day sprung on security teams
Some are describing a newly disclosed Spring Java framework vulnerability as the next Log4Shell, but what is Spring4Shell, and what can we do about it?
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March 31, 2022
31
Mar'22
How a woman CIO rose up the ranks in a Japanese firm
Henrietta Yaw draws on her people-oriented approach to management which has served her well in her decades-long career at Fujifilm Business Innovation
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March 30, 2022
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Mar'22
British Airways passengers suffer flight delays due to another IT glitch affecting London Heathrow
Several weeks on from another systems outage that prompted it to cancel hundreds of short-haul flights, British Airways’ IT systems have been hit by another glitch
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March 30, 2022
30
Mar'22
Executive interview: Rajiv Ramaswami, CEO, Nutanix
We speak to the CEO of Nutanix about growing up in India, the switch from engineering to business leader, and mentoring
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March 29, 2022
29
Mar'22
Rising energy costs blamed as UK arm of colocation firm Sungard AS enters administration
Financial difficulties caused by downturn in demand for its services during the pandemic, coupled with ‘unprecedented’ energy price rises, force Sungard AS into administration in the UK
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March 28, 2022
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Mar'22
Public cloud giants fuel double-digit growth in datacentre hardware and software spend
Research reveals how the datacentre buildout plans of the public cloud giants are affecting hardware and software spend
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March 28, 2022
28
Mar'22
Babylon Health expands hybrid cloud infrastructure setup to include Google
Digital healthcare provider Babylon has opened up about the work it is doing with the Google Cloud team, as it grapples with trying to meet the infrastructure needs of its rapidly growing business
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March 25, 2022
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Mar'22
Telehouse’s takeover of Thomson Reuters Docklands datacentre brings more colo capacity to London
Telehouse has hailed the buildout of its fifth datacentre in the London Docklands area as its most ambitious development to date