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Datacentre capacity planning
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August 31, 2016
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VMware CEO talks up growth opportunities on back of Dell-EMC merger
With Dell set to close its acquisition of EMC on 7 September 2016, VMware CEO talks up the benefits of the deal for VMware and its customers
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August 30, 2016
30
Aug'16
UAE infrastructure ministry upgrades IT to support smart government
The UAE's Ministry of Infrastructure Development has upgraded its datacentre and networking infrastructure to support the government's smart services drive
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August 30, 2016
30
Aug'16
VMware to help enterprises manage AWS, Azure and Google cloud deployments
Virtualisation giant VMware offers enterprises a helping hand with managing multi-cloud environments, spanning AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform
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August 30, 2016
30
Aug'16
VMware makes case for IT's involvement in line of business cloud purchases
Cloud software company VMware claims IT departments should not fear the shift in technology buying power to line of business units, as their skills and experience will be in high demand
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August 26, 2016
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Rackspace sold to private equity house Apollo Global for $4.3bn
After weeks of speculation about its acquisition status, Rackspace confirms definitive agreement with private equity buyer
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August 24, 2016
24
Aug'16
London datacentre market enjoys pre-Brexit surge in demand for colocation space
CBRE's pre-Brexit look at the European datacentre market sees London reap the benefits of a surge in demand for colocation space during the second quarter
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August 15, 2016
15
Aug'16
Robot Wars: Team Storm uses modern IT to breathe new life into legacy machines
Robot Wars’ Team Storm is applying the principles of DevOps, IoT and real-time data analytics in advancing the design of its machine, while setting out to inspire a new generation to get into robotics
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August 11, 2016
11
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IDC: Global public cloud spend set to double by 2020
Market watcher predicts use of public cloud will soar over the next five years, with IaaS and PaaS leading the way
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August 08, 2016
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Brexit data flow confusion prompts datacentre project slowdown
TechUK has said it is working with government to ensure the datacentre community will continue to benefit from the free flow of data between the UK and EU after Brexit
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August 05, 2016
05
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Rackspace ‘on brink’ of sale to private equity house – report
Reports suggest managed cloud company could be sold in a matter of days, ending its time as a publicly listed company
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August 03, 2016
03
Aug'16
Gap between biggest and smallest cloud infrastructure firms is growing
Synergy Research Group's second-quarter cloud infrastructure services tracker reveals that the gap between the market's biggest and smallest players is getting wider
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August 02, 2016
02
Aug'16
White House efficiency reforms will limit new datacentre investments from January 2017
US government CIO Tony Scott outlines the next wave of reforms designed to curtail datacentre use by public sector agencies and departments
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August 01, 2016
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Aug'16
Canadian government reveals ‘right cloud’ adoption strategy for public sector organisations
Government plans G-Cloud-like resource to help public sector CIOs procure cloud services more easily
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July 29, 2016
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AWS vs Google vs Microsoft: How the enterprise cloud war is hotting up
With Amazon, Google and Microsoft all reporting strong growth on the back of cloud, we take a closer look at how they have achieved it
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July 29, 2016
29
Jul'16
Universities give free cloud services to UK medical researchers
The Universities of Bath, Birmingham, Cardiff, Swansea and Warwick are giving researchers free access to cloud-based compute resources to speed up scientific discovery process
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July 27, 2016
27
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European scientific community seeks support for €5.3m hybrid cloud build
Research organisations from across Europe want to build a hybrid cloud platform to support their HPC and big data projects
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July 26, 2016
26
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Date set for landmark hearing into EU-US data transfers
Irish court hearing triggered by Austrian law student Max Schrems could have huge implications for EU-US trade and the data privacy rights of millions of EU citizens
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July 25, 2016
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Estonia seeks UK datacentre to protect citizens' personal data from hackers - report
The Baltic state is reportedly in early stage talks with the UK and Luxembourg governments about setting up a backup site in either country to protect citizens’ data from risk of hackers
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July 21, 2016
21
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Almost half of UK's largest councils lack cloud strategy, Eduserv FOI study reveals
Eduserv study into cloud take-up inside local authorities suggests council CIOs are still over-invested in on-premise technology
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July 21, 2016
21
Jul'16
Gartner offers insights into how cloud is disrupting traditional IT spending habits
Market watcher shines a light on how the adoption of off-premise technologies is shaking up enterprise IT spending trends
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July 20, 2016
20
Jul'16
Insurance firm frees itself from legacy shackles
Insurance intermediary is moving its IT infrastructure into the cloud in a 12-month project that also sees it update its end-user computing technologies
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July 19, 2016
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The Green Grid rolls out datacentre efficiency metric to clampdown on PUE misuse
Datacentre efficiency consortium The Green Grid plans to introduce a metric to drive up the accuracy of facility performance measurements during downtime and normal operating conditions
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July 18, 2016
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French public sector’s never-ending struggle with the cloud
The French government has more hurdles to overcome than many of its European neighbours when it comes to adopting cloud computing services
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July 14, 2016
14
Jul'16
Chef CTO urges action to prevent DevOps staff burnout
Chef CTO Adam Jacob has called on enterprises to cultivate a supportive working culture to protect DevOps staff from burnout
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July 13, 2016
13
Jul'16
IT professionals urged to dial-down tech talk to win CIO approval for DevOps projects
Chef CEO Barry Crist claims senior management are not interested in the tech side of DevOps, so IT professionals should lead on the business benefits
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July 11, 2016
11
Jul'16
Case study: Odeon goes to hybrid cloud for digital transformation
Odeon cinema chain reveals how it is using hybrid cloud to power its digital transformation and tackle competitive threats
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July 08, 2016
08
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EU-US Privacy Shield wins EU backing to proceed
The US data-transfer agreement wins the backing of the European Union, paving the way for it to come into force
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July 07, 2016
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Jul'16
Amazon.com CTO cautions enterprises against underestimating value of test and development
Speaking at the AWS Summit in London, Amazon.com CTO hits out at legacy suppliers and urges enterprises to get experimental to protect themselves against competitive threats
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July 06, 2016
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Australian real estate company goes all in on public cloud
Australian real estate marketing company moves systems into the cloud to help it compete during a property boom
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July 06, 2016
06
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Iceland tops list of low-risk datacentre locations
Europe nabs six out of the top 10 spots in Cushman & Wakefield's list of low-risk locations to build or buy up datacentre capacity
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July 06, 2016
06
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IDC predicts slowdown in public cloud infrastructure spend will be short-lived
IDC claims prospect of overseas datacentre builds and growing enterprise demand for off-premise services should ensure sales of IT infrastructure increase through 2016
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July 04, 2016
04
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Thailand’s TMB Bank modernises IT through the cloud
Bank used a move to Office 365 as a starting point for its transformation into a cloud-first organisation
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July 01, 2016
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Jul'16
Barclays banks on agile and DevOps to tackle competitive threats in fintech
Barclays Bank opens up about how increasing competition in the financial services sector has fuelled its 18-month, company-wide campaign to increase its use of agile and DevOps methodologies
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June 29, 2016
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Brexit: Datacentre investments set to slow as economic stability concerns hit CIOs
As the economic uncertainty around Brexit continues, CIOs may put new datacentre investments on hiatus, warns analyst
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June 28, 2016
28
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BT to offer secure, private network connection into Oracle Cloud
Telco plans to roll out BT Connect service to Oracle Cloud customers during final quarter of 2016
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June 27, 2016
27
Jun'16
Post-Brexit price hikes hit cloud and datacentre community, as currency fluctuations bite
Cloud and datacentre analysts claim IT buyers are already feeling the pinch from the outcome of the EU referendum, but past performance suggests demand for colocation space will rise in the event of recession
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June 23, 2016
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Equinix embarks on big data push to inform new datacentre designs and builds
Colocation giant Equinix outlines its plans to use IoT and big data analytics to improve the design of its carrier neutral facilities
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June 21, 2016
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Amazon cloud crash forced Australian enterprises to take heads out of sand
Enterprises in Australia need to rethink their cloud backup strategies following the recent AWS outage in Sydney
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June 21, 2016
21
Jun'16
Work in progress: How Jisc’s shared datacentre vision is shaking up the education sector
Computer Weekly gets a progress report from the Jisc shared services datacentre team in Slough about how the education sector is making use of the site
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June 20, 2016
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Singapore to pioneer tropical datacentre
If successful, trial would prove that datacentres can function optimally at temperatures of up to 38°C and humidity of up to, or exceeding, 90%
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June 16, 2016
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Memset laments ‘pitiful return’ on G-Cloud datacentre investments
Memset managing director Kate Craig-Wood claims public sector buyers are too entrenched in old procurement practices to make the most of G-Cloud
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June 15, 2016
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Australian datacentre investments rocket due to latest enterprise IT trends
The increased use of big data, analytics, cloud and mobile technologies in Australian enterprises is driving spending in datacentre services
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June 13, 2016
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Interoute launches virtual datacentre zone in Singapore
Interoute’s second Asian cloud zone, after Hong Kong, increases its networked cloud coverage to 16 zones globally
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June 10, 2016
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Datacentre operators warned of public cloud threat to long-term co-location success
Speakers at the 2016 DataCloud Europe conference urge co-location firms to act on public cloud threat or risk losing business
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June 09, 2016
09
Jun'16
Datacentre operators should evaluate emerging markets before jumping in
Indian telco CEO claims datacentre operators are risking business failure by not investing time in getting to know the nuances of emerging markets before expanding into them
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June 09, 2016
09
Jun'16
Edge datacentres hailed as answer to latency concerns in IoT era
With user demand for low-latency, high-performing applications, delegates at Datacloud Europe 2016 hail edge datacentres as the answer
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June 07, 2016
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Save the Children swaps on-premise migration plan for public cloud
International charity Save the Children explains why it abandoned plans to shift core IT systems back on-premise to embrace public cloud computing technology
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June 02, 2016
02
Jun'16
Server shipments fall as firms use cloud and virtualisation to cut hardware costs
Gartner’s latest global server sales tracker highlights the toll that cloud and virtualisation are taking on the market
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June 01, 2016
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MPs’ private emails are routinely accessed by GCHQ
Computer Weekly investigation reveals the extent of interception of MPs’ and peers’ email communications and data
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June 01, 2016
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Safe Harbour confusion fuels rise in demand for European datacentre space, CBRE claims
User demand for locally hosted cloud services prompts cloud firms and infrastructure providers to rapidly take-up datacentre space in Europe, CBRE research shows