News

Data centre hardware

• January 02, 2014 02 Jan'14

  HP to make 5,000 more job cuts

  In its 10K filing with the SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) HP revealed that it needs to eliminate an additional 15% of its workforce.

• December 28, 2013 28 Dec'13

  Top 10 datacentre stories of 2013

  The drive for greater efficiency, CO2 reduction and the development of new technologies continued to dominate datacentre developments this year

• December 23, 2013 23 Dec'13

  Top 10 cloud computing stories of 2013

  It was the year big business warmed to the cloud while NSA snooping revelations sent shivers down the industry’s spine...

• December 20, 2013 20 Dec'13

  Fujitsu set to lose three government outsourcing deals

  A number of outsourced contracts with Fujitsu will not be renewed by government over the coming year

• December 20, 2013 20 Dec'13

  Met Police IT strategy expected 9 months late

  A new Metropolitan Police IT strategy is to be released in January nine months later than recommended by a critical report into the force’s IT

• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  Chancellor George Osborne announces datacentre carbon tax break in Autumn Statement

  George Osborne exempts datacentre operators from blanket carbon taxes in exchange for climate change agreements

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  Google revs up cloud engine in AWS catch-up race

  A renewed infrastructure as a service (IaaS) push by web giant Google could heat up competition among top providers

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Up to 1,100 jobs to go in the UK as HP Europe faces the squeeze

  HP is set to axe 1100 jobs as part of its plans to lower operations costs, in a bid to improve profits.

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Dell launches startup competition

  Dell has launched a competition offering two UK startup entrepreneurs free office space, technology solutions, mentorship and networking opportunities

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Virtualisation continues to drive European server purchases

  TechTarget survey finds 97.3% of large organisations plan to expand their deployments in 2014, with consolidation the main driver

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  CIO interview: Balfour Beatty CIO Danny Reeves on constructing a new bottom line

  Balfour Beatty CIO Danny Reeves reveals the challenges of rethinking IT from the ground up after inheriting 10 datacentres

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  Case study: Oxford Brookes revamps network with Juniper

  Oxford Brookes University signs Juniper Networks to overhaul its infrastructure and modernise services for students and staff

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  Case study: Sudlows pushes tight-squeeze datacentre to the limits

  Award-winning project turned a would-be office block into a high-capacity, energy-efficient colocation facility in six months

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  Security is network professionals’ top priority for 2014

  New research from TechTarget and Computer Weekly shows networking professionals see security as the biggest priority for 2014, whilst they claim the vendors’ favourite – software defined networking – is just not ready yet

• November 28, 2013 28 Nov'13

  Fujitsu to exit London Stock Exchange

  The Japanese firm submits an application to withdraw from the London Stock Exchange and liquidate one of its US subsidiaries in a bid to cut costs