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Data centre
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August 16, 2024
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Aug'24
Vacancy rates in major European datacentre hubs hit all-time low, CBRE data finds
CBRE’s latest quarterly market figures suggest the major European datacentre hubs could be reaching a crisis point, as demand for new capacity outstrips supply
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August 15, 2024
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Aug'24
Dublin confirmed as world’s third-largest hyperscale datacentre hub
Data from Synergy Research Group confirms the majority of the world’s 20 biggest hyperscale datacentre hubs are in the US, but Europe is holding its own with Dublin
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August 14, 2024
14
Aug'24
Leeds Teaching Hospitals deploys patient records and data sharing on Azure
In-house patient records system has been migrated to the Microsoft public cloud, opening up the potential for greater data sharing
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August 13, 2024
13
Aug'24
Oracle Exadata Exascale: Big architecture shift for small workloads
Exascale is multitenant architecture for Oracle Database that promises performance equal to dedicated infrastructure and savings compared with existing products, with AI workloads in mind
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August 09, 2024
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Aug'24
The Security Interviews: Google’s take on confidential computing
We speak to Google’s Nelly Porter about the company’s approach to keeping data as safe as possible on Google Cloud
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August 07, 2024
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Aug'24
Microsoft and CrowdStrike hit back at Delta’s legal threats
Microsoft and CrowdStrike have rejected claims by Delta Air Lines that it was left high and dry amid thousands of flight cancellations during July’s software outage, accusing the airline of ignoring their offers of help and running out-of-date IT ...
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August 07, 2024
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Aug'24
Rocketing AI demand sees Lumen light up custom networks division
Connectivity provider shakes up corporate structure in response to artificial intelligence economy changing business operations and companies recognising need for powerful network to manage unprecedented data flows and demand
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August 06, 2024
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Aug'24
Advanced faces fine over LockBit attack that crippled NHS 111
Advanced Software faces a multimillion pound fine for a series of failings which directly led to a 2022 LockBit ransomware attack that disrupted NHS and social care services across the UK
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August 06, 2024
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Aug'24
Labour drops Edinburgh exascale supercomputer but funds more AI
The £1.3bn pledge by the former government to build an £800m supercomputer in Edinburgh has gone – but there’s new money for artificial intelligence
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August 06, 2024
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Aug'24
How Darussalam Assets is tapping AI in HR operations
Brunei’s Darussalam Assets is leveraging the artificial intelligence capabilities in SAP SuccessFactors to generate job descriptions and optimise recruitment processes
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August 05, 2024
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Aug'24
ServiceNow expands footprint in APAC, doubles down on AI
ServiceNow has been building local teams, targeting customers in regulated industries and doubling down on AI to expand its presence in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region
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August 05, 2024
05
Aug'24
What are the options when migrating from VMware?
Broadcom’s changes to VMware licensing means some people are facing big price increases – we look at how these can be avoided
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August 02, 2024
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Aug'24
AWS profits and revenue rise as public cloud giant plots AI infrastructure investments
Amazon’s public cloud arm reports its second-quarter results, and states that the second half of this year will see an uptick in infrastructure investments to support the growing demand for AI
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August 01, 2024
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Aug'24
CrowdStrike shareholders sue, alleging false security claims
A US pension fund is lining up a lawsuit against CrowdStrike, claiming the cyber company lied about the integrity of its systems, leading to failings that caused a worldwide IT outage
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August 01, 2024
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Aug'24
Natural History Museum partners with AWS to restore and protect urban nature
The Natural History Museum said it expects to collect and analyse 20 terabytes of species data in year one with help from AWS
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July 31, 2024
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Jul'24
Government consults on lifting planning barriers to datacentre developments
The government is inviting feedback on its plans to rejig the UK planning system to make it more supportive of datacentre developments
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July 31, 2024
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Jul'24
Norway’s datacentre builders focus on energy efficiency
Datacentre developers in Norway are shifting their focus to energy efficiency, with expected increases in taxation for those who fall short
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July 31, 2024
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Jul'24
Microsoft set to spend more than $13bn on AI and cloud datacentres
Artificial intelligence is driving the Microsoft business, with the company investing in infrastructure to support AI inference workloads as demand picks up
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July 30, 2024
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Jul'24
APAC organisations can cut carbon emissions with AWS
Accenture study reveals that APAC organisations can significantly reduce their carbon footprint by migrating workloads from on-premise datacentres to AWS
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July 29, 2024
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Jul'24
Scam CrowdStrike domains growing in volume
Hundreds of malicious domains exploiting CrowdStrike’s branding are appearing all over the web in the wake of the 19 July outage. Experts from Akamai share some noteworthy examples, along with guidance on how to avoid getting caught out
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July 29, 2024
29
Jul'24
CrowdStrike says most Falcon sensors now up and running
The vast majority of CrowdStrike Falcon sensors affected by a coding error have now been recovered, with a final resolution expected this week
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July 28, 2024
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Jul'24
Nearly a third of GenAI projects to be dropped after PoC
At least 30% of generative AI projects will be abandoned by 2025 as organisations struggle to realise the value of the technology, says Gartner
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July 26, 2024
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Jul'24
CMA cloud licensing: Microsoft accuses Google and AWS of ‘muddying’ anti-trust debate
Microsoft's response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s investigation into its cloud licensing practices sees it hit out at cloud rivals for claiming its tactics are anti-competitive
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July 26, 2024
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Jul'24
AI surge spurs shift from cloud to local data control
The rise of AI is driving organisations to move data control locally to prevent external use of their data while maintaining cloud compatibility, says Cloudian CEO
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July 24, 2024
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Jul'24
CrowdStrike blames outage on content configuration update
CrowdStrike publishes the preliminary findings of what will be a lengthy investigation into the root causes of the failed 19 July update that caused Windows computers to crash all over the world
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July 24, 2024
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Jul'24
Qualtrics CEO: AI can make businesses more human
Qualtrics CEO Zig Serafin believes AI can democratise experience management and help businesses better understand what matters to both customers and employees
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July 23, 2024
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Jul'24
Innovations to power secure-by-design development
Secure Code Warrior unveils technology designed to help CISOs and AppSec teams ensure their projects remain safe and free of coding errors and vulnerabilities – a big issue following the CrowdStrike incident
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July 23, 2024
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Jul'24
Digital Catapult confirms participants for AI-focused startup accelerator for the creative industry
Digital Catapult is offering each participant in its latest accelerator programme access to £50,000 in funding so they can use their AI prowess to revamp how the creative industry and economy works
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July 23, 2024
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Jul'24
Huawei Cloud doubled its Singapore business in 2023
Huawei Cloud grew its Singapore business by over 100% last year, with customers such as Ninja Van leveraging its services to run key workloads
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July 22, 2024
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Jul'24
CrowdStrike chaos shows risks of concentrated ‘big IT’
The concentration of so much mission-critical technology in the hands of a few large suppliers makes incidents like the Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage all the more dangerous
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July 21, 2024
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Jul'24
CrowdStrike update snafu affected 8.5 million Windows devices
About 8.5 million devices globally were hit by the botched CrowdStrike update, with a significant number now back online and operational
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July 19, 2024
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Jul'24
Derby City Council eyes £12.25m annual savings with AI and chatbot deployments
East Midlands-based council has identified 261 tasks where officials believe AI can make improvements and efficiencies to the way it works
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July 19, 2024
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Jul'24
Cloud sustainability: Amazon employees question firm’s renewable energy claims
The contents of Amazon’s annual sustainability report has come in for criticism from both past and present employees of the company, as well as independent IT sustainability experts
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July 17, 2024
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Jul'24
Police Digital Service CEO Ian Bell resigns as company director following news of staff arrests
Two weeks after news emerged that two employees of the Police Digital Service had been arrested on suspicion of bribery, fraud and misconduct, Companies House confirms PDS CEO Ian Bell has resigned as company director
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July 17, 2024
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Jul'24
Labour government plans new laws around cyber security, data sharing and skills
The King's Speech outlined the legislative agenda for the new Parliament, including several bills that will impact the tech community
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July 17, 2024
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Jul'24
AWS, Microsoft and Google urge datacentre kit suppliers to improve Scope 3 data collection
AWS, Microsoft and Google put their names to an open letter, calling on third-party datacentre construction and equipment providers to do a better job with helping calculate Scope 3 emissions of cloud platforms
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July 17, 2024
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Jul'24
How the Mercedes F1 IT team helped Lewis Hamilton win the British Grand Prix
Computer Weekly went behind the scenes with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One team, during its victorious British Grand Prix weekend, to find out about the role of IT in beating the stopwatch
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July 16, 2024
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Jul'24
Massive hyperscaler GenAI spend raises questions on costs
How much will IT buyers be expected to pay, as hyperscalers ramp up investment in AI-powered servers to support GenAI?
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July 15, 2024
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Jul'24
How Snowflake is tackling AI challenges
Snowflake’s regional leader Sanjay Deshmukh outlines how the company is helping customers to tackle the security, skills and cost challenges of AI implementations
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July 11, 2024
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Jul'24
Microsoft and CISPE’s settlement in long-running cloud antitrust dispute proves controversial
Microsoft and trade body CISPE have reportedly reached a $22m settlement in their long-running antitrust dispute, but cloud market stakeholders are not happy with the outcome
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July 10, 2024
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Jul'24
Datacentre market supports Labour government’s review of blocked server farm builds
New government has wasted no time in lowering planning permission barriers to new datacentre builds, with its disclosure that two previously denied projects are being placed under review
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July 09, 2024
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Jul'24
Microsoft and Google’s GHG emissions gains call viability of net-zero targets into question
Microsoft and Google cite expansion of their datacentres due to demand for AI services for their greenhouse gas emissions increasing. What does this mean for their 2030 carbon reduction commitments?
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July 09, 2024
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Jul'24
Fewer than half of organisations achieve GenAI efficiency gains
Research finds that many organisations lack the IT infrastructure needed to deploy generative AI applications
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July 09, 2024
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Jul'24
Tony’s Chocolonely gains Salesforce comfort with Own SaaS backup
Tony’s Chocolonely sometimes lost Salesforce.com data and often hit storage limits, but cloud-to-cloud SaaS backup from Own allows it to easily recover customer data and archive old data
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July 03, 2024
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Jul'24
Police Digital Service employees arrested on suspicion of fraud, bribery and misconduct
The Police Digital Service has confirmed an internal review of its processes will be undertaken in the wake of staff arrests
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July 03, 2024
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Jul'24
Tech leaders recognised for social, cultural and economic innovations
TechUK President's Awards highlight the contribution of the IT community to improving society through digital innovation
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July 02, 2024
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Jul'24
Interview: Nvidia on AI workloads and their impacts on data storage
We talk to Charlie Boyle of Nvidia about data challenges in artificial intelligence, key practical tips for AI projects, and demands on storage of training, inferencing, RAG and checkpointing
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July 01, 2024
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Jul'24
Gartner flags missed opportunities for enterprises to make cost-effective green IT gains
Market watcher Gartner claims most cost-effective sustainable IT initiatives are being underused by enterprises
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June 28, 2024
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Jun'24
How FWD is driving its digital strategy
FWD’s group chief technology and operations officer talks up how the pan-Asian insurer is driving change faster and putting technology at the heart of its services
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June 27, 2024
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Jun'24
Council denies planning bid for datacentre near M25 a second time on Green Belt grounds
Buckinghamshire Council rejects a second attempt by investment firm Greystoke Land to secure permission for a datacentre development in Iver on Green Belt protection grounds