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Datacentre systems management

June 09, 2015 09 Jun'15
Nutanix offers hypervisor as it moves towards on-demand hardware

Nutanix aims to offer public cloud economics for private cloud deployments
June 05, 2015 05 Jun'15
"Arrogant" datacentre operators blasted by users for poor customer service approach

Research from MigSolv suggests many customers are unhappy with the service they receive from their datacentre providers
June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15
VMware puts network virtualisation to work in McAfee environments

VMware announces an integrated system to automate distribution and enforcement of McAfee’s network security platform using its NSX network virtualisation system
June 02, 2015 02 Jun'15
HP updates Helion CloudSystem as hybrid cloud push gathers pace

Hardware giant reinforces commitment to hybrid, open cloud push with updates to Helion CloudSystem software

June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15
Dell forms IoT unit and launches gateway products

Dell has cut the ribbon on a new product division focused on creating internet of things systems
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
Equinix to acquire datacentre rival TelecityGroup for £2.35bn

Equinix's bid to acquire rival wins backing of the board, beating Interxion to the crunch
May 27, 2015 27 May'15
Transformation of Sweden's Ericsson showing signs of success

Recent announcements point to a very different future for one of Sweden’s best-known ICT brands
May 27, 2015 27 May'15
CIO Interview: Mike Young, CIO, Dentsu Aegis Network

CIO Mike Young describes how Dentsu Aegis Network used technology to become a consolidated company with a unified collaboration strategy
May 26, 2015 26 May'15
City University London moves towards SDN with Avaya Fabric Connect

Avaya Fabric Connect helps City University London move towards software-defined infrastructure and streamlines its network deployment
May 22, 2015 22 May'15
Fluke Networks announces holistic network monitoring strategy

Fluke Networks unveils a new strategy to bring together network and cloud application monitoring capabilities for enterprises

May 21, 2015 21 May'15
Huawei launches SDN operating system for Internet of Things

At Huawei Network Congress in Beijing, Huawei unveils the world’s first software-defined IoT solution and a upgraded, faster SDN Cloud Fabric
May 21, 2015 21 May'15
Can OpenStack free up enterprise IT to support software-driven business?

With Walmart going public with its use of OpenStack, now could be the time for big organisations to take the technology seriously
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
OpenStack establishes interoperability initiative to lower complexity

OpenStack-powered initiative aims to reduce the complexity involved in bridging private and public cloud services
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
Walmart deploys OpenStack to fuel next e-commerce step

Walmart, has deployed an OpenStack-based private cloud in a bid to deliver the third generation of its e-commerce strategy
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
Canonical offers SaaS pricing for on-site VMs and storage

Open source supplier Canonical has introduced software as a service pricing for on-premise storage in a move that could change the way traditional software is licensed
May 12, 2015 12 May'15
Rackspace's share price tumbles amid talk of revenue slump

Rackspace talks up prospect of supporting users of other firms' cloud services after lacklustre second-quarter guidance causes share price to plummet
May 11, 2015 11 May'15
Fujitsu embarks on 10-year datacentre upgrade project in Australia

IT services giant embarks on push to improve the reliability and performance of its Australian datacentres by 2025
May 06, 2015 06 May'15
EMC courts developers with open-source storage software push

Storage giant wants to make it easier for developers to get hold of its software and accelerate app development times
May 05, 2015 05 May'15
VCE takes wraps off "hyper-converged" VxRacks to fast-track users to the cloud

EMC-owned converged infrastructure specialist expands portfolio of cloud-enabling platforms
May 05, 2015 05 May'15
EMC revamps its all-flash XtremIO storage arrays

Storage giant EMC hopes software 4.0 update and capacity upgrades will help it maintain its lead in the all-flash storage array market
May 04, 2015 04 May'15
Atlantic.Net unveils New York datacentre and sets out UK expansion plans

SSD-based cloud hosting firm opens datacentre, while setting out its UK expansion plans
April 30, 2015 30 Apr'15
HDS joins the software-defined infrastructure pack

HDS move into software-defined infrastructure space with new portfolio
April 21, 2015 21 Apr'15
BT sets out ambition to become enterprise's cloud integrator of choice

BT outlines its 'Cloud of Clouds' vision to allow users to access cloud apps and services, regardless of where their systems are hosted
April 21, 2015 21 Apr'15
Fife Council approves £100m green datacentre building plans

Development of green datacentre campus designed to help Scottish businesses tap into cloud computing trend
April 21, 2015 21 Apr'15
Huawei calls for global consensus on the future network

At its Global Analyst Summit, Huawei calls on the networking industry to collaborate to optimise the network for future demands
April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15
SSE hooks up Manchester datacentres with 10Gbps connectivity

SSE Enterprise Telecoms launches Manchester Lightnow, a high-capacity optical network service connecting a number of datacentre facilities
April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15
Juniper Networks goes after finance market with switch-integrated compute

Juniper launches a compact compute-integrated network switch to boost performance of sensitive applications for financial institutions
April 07, 2015 07 Apr'15
CIO interview: Bill Wilkins, First Utility

First Utility's CIO explains how it is using cloud and smart meters to give the big six a run for their money in the energy market
March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15
Ovum urges service providers to get serious about cloud security

Analyst Ovum's report into enterprise cloud adoption warns service providers to stop treating customers' security as an afterthought
March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15
Lenovo lays foundations for server expansion with HPC centre

Lenovo has opened its first high-performance computing centre, which it hopes will support open innovation
March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15
Microsoft's Nano Server: What to expect from this leaner, meaner Windows Server

With Microsoft reportedly set to announce a stripped-back version of Windows Server, what can IT leaders expect to see?
March 19, 2015 19 Mar'15
Deutsche Telekom and Huawei build a private cloud in a box

Deutsche Telekom and Huawei are working together to develop IT infrastructure and private cloud products and services.
March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15
Interview: Building the 'world's greenest datacentre' in Falun, Sweden

The world’s first datacentre operating to mutual advantage with the district's heating and energy systems is being built in the Swedish town of Falun
March 16, 2015 16 Mar'15
IT priorities 2015: What's driving datacentre investments in 2015?

Datacentre consolidation and infrastructure upgrades are top areas for IT investment in 2015
March 10, 2015 10 Mar'15
2015 IT priorities: On-premise deployments high on agenda, but cloud interest on the rise

The 2015 Computer Weekly IT priorities survey points to growing interest in cloud technologies, but on-premise still rules
March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15
Telehouse's £135m datacentre to open in London in 2016

London datacentre provider reveals further details about the forthcoming opening of its new facility in London Docklands
March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15
Strong future for enterprise IT in Nordic countries

From attracting the world to its ice-cool datacentres to the digitisation of the public sector, there is plenty going on in the Nordic region
February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15
SSE Telecoms beefs up Aberdeen network to support oil and gas sector

SSE Enterprise Telecoms joins forces with brightsolid and Tampnet to support datacentre connectivity for the oil and gas industry
February 19, 2015 19 Feb'15
HP to introduce open network switching technology

HP partners with Accton Technology and Cumulus Networks to deploy open network switches for web-scale cloud datacentres
February 12, 2015 12 Feb'15
Cisco’s software-defined networking business booms

Cisco’s Application Centric Infrastructure customer base doubles in three months as its software-defined networking model gains traction
February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15
Milan Expo 2015 builds smart city with Telecom Italia and Cisco

The organisers of Milan Expo 2015 have built a smart city site from the ground up with the support of Telecom Italia and Cisco
January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15
Your digital projects are doomed to failure, warns Cisco

At Cisco Live! In Milan, Cisco set out the challenges of going digital, with many projects doomed to fail unless businesses embrace ‘Fast IT’
January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15
IBM revenue declines as company shifts to higher value deals

IBM has reported a 12% decline in profits for the fourth quarter of 2014 following the sale of its System x business to Lenovo
January 08, 2015 08 Jan'15
Europe shows slowest rate of IT budget growth worldwide

Computer Weekly and TechTarget's 2015 IT Priorities report reveals Europe lagging behind rest of world in IT budget growth
January 07, 2015 07 Jan'15
CERN gets real-time data with Software AG’s Terracotta BigMemory

CERN is using Software AG’s in-memory data management software BigMemory to support system availability for the Large Hadron Collider
January 02, 2015 02 Jan'15
Case study: How DER Deutsches Reisebüro GmbH & Co OHG won two VMworld Europe User awards

Best desktop virtualisation project winner of the VMworld Europe User Awards 2014, DER Deutsches Reisebüro, shares why it won
December 30, 2014 30 Dec'14
Case study: How VMware’s vCloud meets customer needs

Cloud innovation winner of the Computer Weekly European User Awards for datacentre/storage 2014, VMware, shares its story
December 29, 2014 29 Dec'14
Case study: Virtus’s second London datacentre delivers innovative efficiency

Best technology innovation winner in the Computer Weekly European User Awards 2014, Virtus, shares its story
December 22, 2014 22 Dec'14
Procserve partners with CenturyLink to meet government requirements

Procserve, the public sector winner of the 2014 Datacentre/Storage prize at Computer Weekly's European User Awards, shares its story
December 22, 2014 22 Dec'14
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2014

In 2014's datacentre market, trends of social, cloud, analytics and big data have influenced datacentre architectural decisions