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Data centre hardware

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Cisco forecasts revenue declines

  Networking giant Cisco expects revenues to fall by up to 10% this quarter as it fails to build momentum in emerging markets

• October 30, 2013 30 Oct'13

  Red Hat and Intel launch educational initiative to drive OpenStack cloud adoption

  Red Hat and Intel have collaborated to launch an initiative called On-Ramp to Enterprise OpenStack to help accelerate enterprise uptake of OpenStack

• October 30, 2013 30 Oct'13

  Teradata goes cost neutral in the cloud

  Teradata has announced that its database, analytics platform and applications will also be available in the cloud, initially in the US

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  G-Cloud raises the ceiling again for government IT procurement

  The fourth version of of G-Cloud - G4 - has gone live, aiming to provide more SMEs a chance to win government IT contracts

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Uncertain energy policies crippling UK datacentre industry’s future

  Uncertainty on energy policies could cause potential investors in the UK’s datacentre industry to look abroad instead, experts warn

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  Six tips to help you negotiate the best deal with your datacentre provider

  Your willingness to negotiate can make a big difference to the deal you get, says Anthony Day, associate at law firm DLA Piper

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Capital markets set to increase cloud investment, predicts Ovum

  Both the buy side and sell side of the capital markets are set to increase their IT spend on cloud computing services, says research firm

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Help for Heroes picks hybrid cloud to optimise databases and website

  Help for Heroes is building a hybrid cloud to optimise performance and resilience of the charity’s websites and databases

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Firms using cloud for competitive advantage double revenue, claims IBM study

  Firms using cloud platforms robustly for analytics, collaboration and CRM are reporting nearly double the revenues of those that are more cautious

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  Michael Dell lays out enterprise plans for re-privatised Dell

  In a keynote presentation at the Dell Technology Camp in Paris, Michael Dell outlined how the newly re-privatised firm will target the enterprise

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  Plan for the 'infinite datacentre' in advance, says Gartner

  Enterprises that plan datacentre capacity well can adjust to rapid growth in computing demand with maximum efficiency, says Gartner

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  Interview: Professor Ian Bitterlin, the Green Grid

  Green Grid's Chair Ian Bitterlin discusses datacentre energy efficiency, role of DCIM tools and whether UK and EU CIOs are doing enough for datacentre efficiency

• October 18, 2013 18 Oct'13

  EC: Europe should become a ‘trusted cloud region’ in the post-Prism age

  European cloud providers must turn the Prism revelations into an opportunity to build trusted cloud services, says the EC

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  IBM's hardware and services businesses decline as overall business drops 4%

  IBM has reported revenues of $23.7bn for the third quarter of 2013, down 4% from the same quarter last year

• October 16, 2013 16 Oct'13

  Case study: Richard Branson's Virgin Management moves to IaaS platform

  Virgin Management, a subsidiary of Virgin Group, has migrated its IT to a cloud-based IaaS platform for BYOD capabilities and savings