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Datacentre systems management

• September 20, 2019 20 Sep'19

  Drive for Nordic datacentre transformation

  Nordic enterprises looking to spread abroad are outsourcing datacentre IT in cutting-edge ways to gain international advantage

• September 16, 2019 16 Sep'19

  DigiPlex to build two green datacentres near Oslo by the end of 2020

  Nordic datacentre operator Digiplex has set itself an ambitious target of bringing two new datacentres online near Oslo by the end of 2020

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  Kao Data secures EMBL-EBI as tenant as bid to become leading life sciences colo gathers pace

  Essex-based wholesale datacentre operator Kao Data’s bid to become the colocation provider of choice for the life sciences community sees it secure the European Bioinformatics Institute as a client

• September 09, 2019 09 Sep'19

  Green energy developer earmarks Scotland for 'world's first' ocean-powered datacentre

  Plans are underway for a hyperscale-focused datacentre to be built in the north of Scotland, which its developers claim would be the first in the world to be powered by tidal energy

• September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19

  National Rail Enquiries hit by rush hour real-time information outage on mobile app and website

  National Rail Enquiries confirms it is waiting on a third-party supplier for an update on when access to real-time train departure and arrival information will be restored on its website and mobile app

• September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19

  PDG, Equinix tap booming APAC datacentre market

  Major datacentre providers are expanding their footprint in a region that is set to become the biggest datacentre market by 2020

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  European colocation market set for another record-breaking year, but London market growth slows

  CBRE's quarterly colocation tracker shows the Frankfurt market is leading the way in take-up rates, as London’s 2019 growth rates suffer a hangover

• August 27, 2019 27 Aug'19

  Ireland’s power network needs €9bn investment by 2027 to sustain datacentre sector, claims report

  Report by the Irish Academy of Engineering highlights how the expansion of Ireland’s datacentre industry has contributed to it becoming the country's biggest source of growth in terms of energy demand

• August 27, 2019 27 Aug'19

  Oracle to launch fresh court appeal against US Department of Defense’s $10bn JEDI cloud contract

  Database giant has confirmed it will appeal the US Federal Court’s dismissal of its previous legal challenge over JEDI cloud contract

• August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19

  GoCo Group backs Microsoft Azure to deliver ‘savings-as-a-service’ customer acquisition strategy

  GoCo Group technology director Kieron Nolan explains the firm’s plans to migrate most of its price comparison platforms to the Microsoft Azure cloud in 2020

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  YPO debuts £400m datacentre and cloud framework for local councils and schools

  Procurement management organisation YPO has set live a public sector framework designed to support local authorities and educational institutions embrace hybrid cloud

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  Best of VMworld Europe 2019 Awards nominations open until 11 October

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

• August 15, 2019 15 Aug'19

  Cloud demand fuels 18% rise in colocation M&A activity in first half of 2019

  Merger and acquisition activity in colocation market leaps as demand for cloud continues to reshape the enterprise and hyperscale datacentre landscape

• August 08, 2019 08 Aug'19

  British Airways resolves IT systems issues that forced it to ground and delay hundreds of flights

  British Airways has confirmed the IT system-related technical difficulties that resulted in it having to cancel hundreds of flights have been resolved

• August 07, 2019 07 Aug'19

  The $10bn question: Why is the US government’s JEDI cloud contract taking so long to award?

  The announcement of who has won the US government’s controversial $10bn, decade-long cloud contract is nearly 12 months overdue. So what’s holding it up?