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Datacentre energy efficiency and green IT
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July 25, 2017
25
Jul'17
BP broadens public cloud strategy by adopting Microsoft Azure for data analytics
Oil and gas giant reveals details of plans to move its proprietary data lake to Microsoft Azure for data processing purposes
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July 24, 2017
24
Jul'17
What are Amazon Web Services’ Nordic plans?
Amazon Web Services' head in the Nordic tells Computer Weekly about the region's increasing demand and use of the cloud
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July 20, 2017
20
Jul'17
Singapore begins quest for high-rise datacentres
Huawei, Keppel Data Centres and the Singapore government will assess the feasibility of building high-rise facilities amid growing demand for datacentre capacity in the region
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July 18, 2017
18
Jul'17
Lack of KPIs shows holes in datacentre efficiency
Most datacentre operators see the benefits of efficiency metrics, but somehow fail to include them in their key performance indicators
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July 10, 2017
10
Jul'17
Apple to build second European datacentre in Denmark later this year
Consumer electronics giant confirms plans to start building a second, renewably-powered datacentre in Denmark during the fourth quarter of 2017
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July 05, 2017
05
Jul'17
Equinix expands its European datacentre footprint with AM4 opening in Amsterdam
Colocation giant is building out its datacentre capacity in Amsterdam by opening another facility, geared towards helping enterprises embrace the multi-cloud consumption model
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July 03, 2017
03
Jul'17
H&M reinforces commitment to datacentre heat reuse with 1MW Stockholm datacentre build
The 1MW facility could potentially generate enough heat for 2,500 residential apartments in Stockholm when completed in 2018
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July 03, 2017
03
Jul'17
Dutch bank cuts compliance data retrieval from weeks to hours
Rabobank has moved from tape libraries and robotic arms to a platform-based storage and retrieval system to help it comply with regulations
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June 28, 2017
28
Jun'17
Finnish government scraps paper and digitises archives
The government in Finland is digitising 94 shelf kilometres of documents to save millions of euros and make the information easier to access
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June 27, 2017
27
Jun'17
French aeronautics and aerospace manufacturer optimises datacentres
High-tech manufacturer outsources datacentre management to support its digital transformation
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June 26, 2017
26
Jun'17
Dubai-based logistics company automates backup through cloud
Cloud backup and storage automation are key to supporting expansion at Middle East logistics company, CWT-SML
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June 22, 2017
22
Jun'17
Case study: Future Facilities trials VR to pinpoint datacentre performance problems
Datacentre performance simulation software provider Future Facilities opens up about its virtual reality trials, and how the technology could change the way the entire industry operates
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June 14, 2017
14
Jun'17
Lancaster University begins datacentre research to establish cloud latency causes
Researchers, in collaboration with Microsoft and others, want to stamp out data processing delays in datacentres to improve user experience and energy efficiency
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June 09, 2017
09
Jun'17
British Airways IT outage: What went wrong with its datacentre?
BA has blamed “human error” for its bank holiday datacentre outage, but the Uptime Institute suggests there may be more to it than that
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June 06, 2017
06
Jun'17
Lloyds bank staff will move to IBM in outsourcing deal
About 1,500 IT staff at Lloyds Banking Group will join IBM as part of an IT infrastructure outsourcing agreement