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Datacentre systems management

• June 18, 2020 18 Jun'20

  Datacentre investment boost as Norway’s government reinstates tax relief

  Government reinstates datacentre energy tax relief for cryptocurrency mining organisations after investments in the country’s datacentres drops

• June 17, 2020 17 Jun'20

  Coronavirus: Microsoft offers behind-the-scenes look at datacentre-level Covid-19 response

  Microsoft reveals how pandemic forced it to adopt 24-hour new hardware deployment schedule in datacentres to keep up with the surge in demand for services across its cloud portfolio

• June 17, 2020 17 Jun'20

  Macquarie eyes government contracts with new Canberra datacentre

  New Macquarie datacentre in the Australian capital designed to achieve Tier 4 datacentre standards will deliver 1.5MW of capacity by December 2020

• June 11, 2020 11 Jun'20

  Global colocation demand holds firm in Q1 in face of Covid-19

  First-quarter global market data from Synergy Research Group shows demand for colocation capacity from hyperscalers and edge compute providers is holding up, despite the pandemic

• June 09, 2020 09 Jun'20

  Netherlands digital sector yearns for government recognition

  The sector building and supporting the Netherlands’ digital infrastructure wants to be valued as highly as Schiphol airport and the port of Rotterdam are for the Dutch economy

• June 09, 2020 09 Jun'20

  Kao Data courts hyperscale tenants for Harlow-based mega-datacentre

  Kao Data rolls out ‘built-to-suit’ service for prospective hyperscale clients, that it claims will speed up the time it takes to bring online new datacentre capacity in a cost-effective way

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  Interxion cuts energy cooling costs by 20% in West London datacentre through EkkoSense deployment

  Digital Realty-owned Interxion said deployment’s success will pave the way for similar roll-outs of EkkoSense technology in other facilities within its portfolio across Europe

• May 19, 2020 19 May'20

  TRC Companies pairs cloud-first push with Druva-infused data backup revamp

  US-based engineering consultancy TRC Companies scooped the prize for Best Cloud Project at the Best of VMworld 2019 Europe User Awards with its story of how a long-overdue revamp of its data backup systems ties in with its hybrid cloud push

• May 18, 2020 18 May'20

  Swedish mining firm LKAB revamps data backup setup to support downtime avoidance goals

  State-owned Swedish mining company LKAB scooped the prize for Best Data Security and Data Protection Project at the Best of VMworld 2019 Europe User Awards. Here we run through what the project involved

• May 11, 2020 11 May'20

  AWS vs Microsoft: US JEDI contract dispute develops into war of words between tech giants

  Amazon and Microsoft are embroiled in a ‘battle of the blogs’ over the former’s continued efforts to get its claims that it lost out on a major US cloud contract due to ‘significant political interference’ fully investigated

• May 11, 2020 11 May'20

  Micro Focus sees growth in mainframe migration business

  Lifting and shifting Cobol code from mainframes to public cloud has been a growth driver for Micro Focus in the Asia-Pacific region, even as the software supplier continues to diversify its business

• May 06, 2020 06 May'20

  Sustainability credentials of underground datacentre in Norway lure green investment fund

  Norway’s Lefdal Mining Datacenter has designs on becoming Europe's largest server farm, and its green credentials have secured further investment to help it reach its goal

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  Digital Realty doubles down on sustainability with pledge to cut carbon emissions by 2030

  Colocation giant Digital Realty is embarking on a 10-year, business-wide carbon emissions reduction quest, led by climate science

• April 23, 2020 23 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Remote workers air long-term productivity concerns over home-working tech

  Research from managed service provider Atlas Cloud highlights concerns from remote workers that their work-from-home tech kit might not be up to the job in the long term

• April 01, 2020 01 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Google Cloud CEO on how its tech is supporting the fight against Covid-19

  From public sector organisations to retailers, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian reveals details of how the firm's tech is helping enterprises in multiple verticals shore up their infrastructure and get on the front foot in the fight against coronavirus