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Data centre hardware

• April 22, 2014 22 Apr'14

  Microsoft and Equinix collaborate to privately connect Azure cloud and on-premise IT

  Equinix and Microsoft have collaborated to help businesses connect their on-premise IT infrastructure with Azure cloud via a private network

• April 22, 2014 22 Apr'14

  Microsoft invests in next-gen energy technologies to power datacentres

  Microsoft is investing in next-generation energy technologies such as microturbines and distributed generation for datacentre power

• April 17, 2014 17 Apr'14

  Dell skips smartphones to focus on convergence

  With the smartphone industry grinding to a halt,Dell has chosen to take the software avenue rather than trying to push into the smartphone space.

• April 17, 2014 17 Apr'14

  IBM hardware struggles, with first quarter earnings a fifth lower than last year

  IBM reports 21% drop in first quarter revenue as it continues to "take actions to transform parts of the business"

• April 17, 2014 17 Apr'14

  Datacentre lessons learnt from Heartbleed bug

  The Heartbleed bug, an OpenSSL flaw affecting millions of websites, has some lessons for datacentre providers and operators

• April 17, 2014 17 Apr'14

  Claranet acquires Dutch cloud provider NovaData

  Managed hosting provider Claranet has acquired Netherlands-based cloud firm NovaData to expand its services portfolio

• April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14

  Scotland will be home to UK’s first fully green datacentre

  Come summer and work will start on a £40m green datacentre covering 75,000 sq ft at Queensway Business Park in Glenrothes, Fife

• April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14

  Ericsson picks OpenStack for its $30m datacentre and cloud infrastructure

  Ericsson has picked open-source cloud computing platform OpenStack for its $30m datacentre, cloud and telecommunications infrastructure update

• April 15, 2014 15 Apr'14

  Greenpeace singles out datacentre firms for lack of energy efficiency

  Greenpeace's new report on datacentre energy efficiency lauds efforts of some tech giants while singles out others for their lack of commitment to green energy

• April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14

  Most cloud services pose security and compliance risks to European businesses

  About 99% of cloud services used in Europe either don’t have enterprise-grade security or store data outside Europe’s jurisdictional boundaries

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  BT and Microsoft to offer secure fast lane to Azure cloud

  Microsoft’s UK cloud chief hails service as critical step in supporting CEO Satya Nadella’s ambitious plans for global cloud dominance

• April 08, 2014 08 Apr'14

  UK cloud pioneer scores world first with true utility pricing

  ElasticHosts steals a march on Google, Amazon and Microsoft by billing on the basis of actual consumption of resources

• April 07, 2014 07 Apr'14

  The problem with regional clouds

  The clamour to keep clouds closer to home could lead to internet restrictions, fragmentation and a slowdown in the movement of data

• April 02, 2014 02 Apr'14

  CIO interview: Andrew Marks, Tullow Oil

  How speeding up seismic data transfer between African oil fields and a Dublin datacentre helps the London-based oil exploration company save millions

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Google throws down cloud gauntlet with massive price cuts

  Automatic discounts for sustained use bring true utility computing a step closer and could help Google close the gap on Amazon Web Services