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Datacentre systems management

• December 04, 2019 04 Dec'19

  AWS fleshes out edge computing strategy with hyper-local datacentre hubs planned in major cities

  Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to supplement its ‘mega’ datacentre regions with smaller cloud data processing hubs in major cities to support enterprises requiring low-latency connections to its compute and storage resources

• December 04, 2019 04 Dec'19

  AWS Outposts debuts in Australia

  Amazon Web Services rolls out Outposts in Australia, enabling enterprises to run a consistent version of the AWS platform at locations that require low latency

• December 03, 2019 03 Dec'19

  AWS plans renewable energy project in Australia

  AWS’s renewable energy project in Australia is one of six projects that the cloud supplier is spearheading to reduce its global carbon footprint

• December 03, 2019 03 Dec'19

  AWS VP of engineering on the cloud giant's first major quantum computing push

  Amazon Web Services (AWS) has used the first day of its annual Re:Invent conference in Las Vegas to set out its plans to democratise quantum computing, while also firming up the enterprise use cases for the technology

• November 28, 2019 28 Nov'19

  Record-breaking colocation take-up across Europe prompts renewed space availability concerns

  Latest market data from real estate company CBRE suggests the final three months of 2019 could turn the year into another record-breaker for the European colocation market

• November 11, 2019 11 Nov'19

  A buyer’s guide to hybrid cloud management tools

  As more Asia-Pacific enterprises gear up for the hybrid cloud, a slew of tools has emerged to help organisations manage the lifecycle of cloud applications in a heterogeneous IT environment

• November 05, 2019 05 Nov'19

  TechUK calls on datacentre sector to scale up climate change action efforts

  Tech trade body TechUK claims the datacentre sector must do more to tackle climate change, and assist the government with its pledge to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050

• November 05, 2019 05 Nov'19

  Best of VMworld 2019 Europe User Awards: The winners

  Find out who won what, including the best of show prize, at the 2019 VMworld Europe User Awards in Barcelona

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  Digital Realty and Interxion gun for market leader Equinix through colocation mega-merger

  The colocation market is continuing to consolidate, with Digital Realty confirming plans to acquire and merge with Europe's second biggest colocation provider, Interxion

• October 29, 2019 29 Oct'19

  NordVPN enlists ethical hackers, launches bug bounty programme

  Breached consumer VPN supplier details steps it is taking to shore up its cyber security posture after an unknown actor gained access to one of its servers

• October 22, 2019 22 Oct'19

  Assessing the aftermath of Apple’s abortive effort to build its Irish datacentre

  The site Apple had earmarked as a prime location for one of its first non-US datacentres is up for sale, but what will become of the site and the community that supported the tech giant through its four-year battle to get the server farm built?

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  OVH rebrand signals renewed push to become Europe’s alternative cloud provider of choice

  French public cloud provider OVH has undergone a rebrand and doubled down on its pledge to offer European enterprises an alternative place to store their data

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  Best of VMworld 2019 Europe Awards nominations now open until 25 October

  Read the criteria for the Best of VMworld 2019 Europe User Awards and find out how to submit your nomination for this year’s awards

• October 07, 2019 07 Oct'19

  Interview: BHF on using cloud and big data to improve heart patient outcomes

  The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has set itself the lofty goal of eradicating the fear of developing heart and circulatory disease by 2030, with the help of cloud, big data and personalisation technologies

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  Southern Water embarks on £15m datacentre modernisation programme

  Southern Water has enlisted the help of service provider MTI Technology to revamp its datacentres, with a greater emphasis on the use of software-defined processes and hyper-converged technologies