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Datacentre systems management
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September 03, 2014
03
Sep'14
Yamaha UK adopts managed private cloud for flexible IT
Yamaha Motor’s UK arm has implemented a private cloud infrastructure and integrated a managed service system
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September 02, 2014
02
Sep'14
Why bare metal cloud is in vogue
Bare metal services have been around since 2009 but cloud is witnessing renewed interest in it thanks to new offerings
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August 29, 2014
29
Aug'14
Windows Server 2003 EOL: HP seeks to cash in as IBM-Lenovo deal yet to close
As enterprises look to refresh their infrastructure, HP is playing the stability card to win deals as IBM and Dell are mired by uncertainties
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August 29, 2014
29
Aug'14
HP launches cloud and SDDC-ready ProLiant servers
The next generation of x86 ProLiant servers are designed for the new compute era and are cloud and software-defined ready, vouches HP
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August 27, 2014
27
Aug'14
Server revenue grows for the first time since 2011
Server shipments grew marginally in the second quarter of 2014, the first rise in nearly three years. HP led the pack, but IBM's revenues shrank
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August 22, 2014
22
Aug'14
IoT-enabled devices to top 40 billion by 2020, say researchers
The number of active wireless connected devices will exceed 40.9 billion by 2020 – more than double the current total
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August 22, 2014
22
Aug'14
Computer Weekly European User Awards for Datacentre and Storage: 2014 winners
The winners of the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Datacentre and Storage 2014 have been announced
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August 22, 2014
22
Aug'14
HP targets software-defined datacentre customers with new storage products
HP launches software-oriented storage services including entry-level all-flash array and virtual storage appliance
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August 20, 2014
20
Aug'14
Digital vouchers firm picks DevOps automation to speed apps deployment
Digital vouchers provider Eagle Eye is deploying DevOps to manage the cloud infrastructure that supports its product network
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August 19, 2014
19
Aug'14
Half of UK IT unfamiliar with software-defined datacentres, shows study
Software-defined datacentres may be touted as the next big thing in enterprise IT, but 50% of IT pros are unclear of its benefits, study shows
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August 15, 2014
15
Aug'14
Nike builds datacentre cloud and network infrastructure
Nike is creating a scalable next-generation datacentre cloud and retail network infrastructure using Juniper's MetaFabric architecture
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August 14, 2014
14
Aug'14
How wearable tech, big data analytics and cloud help in Parkinson’s disease research
Parkinson’s disease charity MJFF is seeking to improve research with wearable devices, big data analytics and public cloud
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August 14, 2014
14
Aug'14
Cisco cuts jobs as profits fall
Cisco is to cut 6,000 jobs, or 8% of its workforce, after another quarter of shrinking profits
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August 13, 2014
13
Aug'14
M&S deploys Microsoft Azure cloud to run festive ad campaigns
Azure powered M&S's multi-million pound Christmas campaign Magic & Sparkle starring Helena Bonham-Carter and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
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August 12, 2014
12
Aug'14
Intel unveils first 14nm processor aimed at mobile computing devices
Chipmaker's first processor based on 14nm micro-architecture will be thinner, cooler and aimed at tablet PCs
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August 11, 2014
11
Aug'14
Intel watches ARM as low-powered computing thrives
As the PC market continues to decline, ARM is proving that non-x86 chips have a long and prosperous future
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August 07, 2014
07
Aug'14
Interxion invests €45m in Marseille datacentre as profits climb
European cloud and colocation datacentre provider Interxion buys facilities in France to provide 5,700 square metres of space and 6MW of power
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August 06, 2014
06
Aug'14
Time puts servers at risk of denial-of-service attacks
The Network Timing Protocol, which is used to keep servers on the internet synchronised, could become a major vector of attack for hackers
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August 06, 2014
06
Aug'14
How Intel’s datacentre strategy is helping it retain market dominance
Intel’s tactic of binding together software-defined infrastructure, cloud and HPC components in its datacentre strategy could keep it ahead
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August 04, 2014
04
Aug'14
Travis Perkins beats ‘kingdoms of data’ woes with Google cloud services
Travis Perkins has chosen Google Apps and Google Drive services to store and share data more efficiently
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August 04, 2014
04
Aug'14
US judge rules for Microsoft to release Irish email data
A judge in the US district court has ruled against Microsoft, in its attempt to stop a US government search warrant over emails stored in Ireland.
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August 01, 2014
01
Aug'14
Five signs that Amazon is the new Microsoft
Amazon’s business strategy is reminiscent of Microsoft's in the 1990s despite changes in market dynamics since then
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July 31, 2014
31
Jul'14
Bitcoin mining firm CoinTerra signs multi-megawatt datacentre deal
CoinTerra, the firm that provides the hardware and software that power the bitcoin blockchain ecosystem, signs a multi-megawatt datacentre deal
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July 31, 2014
31
Jul'14
£700m government hosting deal limits bidders to North-East England datacentre
Want to win the £700m Crown Hosting Service contract? You'll need a major datacentre near Newcastle to stand any chance
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July 29, 2014
29
Jul'14
Atos revenue slips but UK growth up 3.7%
Revenue of Atos dipped 1.9% in the first half of 2014 because of slowdown in IT orders in Europe, but UK growth was up
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July 25, 2014
25
Jul'14
Dr Who visual effects studio builds desktop as a service for graphics
Jellyfish Pictures, the visual effects and animation studio behind Dr Who and the Line of Duty link has developed a DaaS for GPU
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July 24, 2014
24
Jul'14
Crew Clothing fashions cloud-based marketing to engage buyers
British luxury casualwear brand Crew Clothing chose cloud marketing to move from batch email marketing to a more timely and personal approach
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July 24, 2014
24
Jul'14
Citrix SaaS revenue rises 12% while overall revenue grows 7% YoY
Citrix has reported a 7% revenue increase in its second quarter of fiscal year 2014 . But it reported double-digit revenue growth in SaaS
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July 23, 2014
23
Jul'14
Vince Cable welcomes £135m datacentre investment in Docklands
Telehouse, London's colo and datacentre provider, to build a mission-critical datacentre in Docklands with £135m from parent firm KDDI
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July 23, 2014
23
Jul'14
VMware Q2 revenue up 17% as investor pushes for spin-off from EMC
VMware has reported a 17% year-on-year revenue growth to $1.46bn for the second quarter of 2014
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July 22, 2014
22
Jul'14
Infosys takes the wheel in Daimler European datacentre deal
Daimler has signed a multi-year agreement with Infosys to run its datacentre operations in Europe
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July 22, 2014
22
Jul'14
Microsoft forges more open-source partnerships for added cloud interoperability
Microsoft has forged additional partnerships with open-source communities OpenNebula and Packer.io
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July 22, 2014
22
Jul'14
VMware opens cloud datacentre in London for European IaaS customers
VMware launches its second UK datacentre to provide vCloud Hybrid Services for enterprises that want data their in Europe
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July 18, 2014
18
Jul'14
Government tenders for £700m Crown Hosting Service deal
The government has put out a tender to procure infrastructure for a Crown Hosting Service, which will consolidate hosting services across Whitehall departments.
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July 18, 2014
18
Jul'14
BT’s secure link to Microsoft Azure goes live in Europe
BT’s new, secure, high-performance connectivity to Azure public cloud has gone live in Europe three months after BT teamed up with Microsoft
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July 18, 2014
18
Jul'14
IBM grows security and mobile businesses, but services decline
Following its ground-breaking alliance with Apple, IBM has reported major growth in its security and mobile businesses
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July 17, 2014
17
Jul'14
Growth in cloud and IoT lend momentum to European managed datacentres
European datacentre services market will grow 16% up to 2018
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July 17, 2014
17
Jul'14
Facebook carbon footprint grows but energy-efficiency metric glows
Facebook’s carbon footprint report shows energy-efficiency metric for all-important datacentres comfortably outperforms gold-standard figure and set to get better
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July 16, 2014
16
Jul'14
Microsoft signs 20-year wind energy deal to power datacentres
Microsoft has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for wind energy with EDF Renewable Energy – its “largest wind investment to date”
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July 16, 2014
16
Jul'14
Microsoft and Cisco work together on cloud and datacentre
Cisco has entered a three-year sales collaboration with Microsoft to deliver enterprise cloud and datacentre services
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July 15, 2014
15
Jul'14
Why Rackspace is betting on managed cloud amid doubts over future
Rackspace has relaunched its public cloud services as managed cloud to differentiate its costly services from cloud heavyweights. Will the move help?
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July 11, 2014
11
Jul'14
Microsoft backs cloud rival Google’s open-source Kubernetes project
Microsoft has joined rival Google to support the Kubernetes open-source project on its Azure platform
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July 10, 2014
10
Jul'14
IBM pumps $3bn in chip tech research to power future cloud needs
IBM will invest $3bn (£1.75bn) over the next five years in the research and development of chip technology to meet cloud needs
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July 08, 2014
08
Jul'14
Huddle eases collaborative critical path for engineering firm WSP
Engineering consultancy WSP chooses Huddle to allow its engineers and architects to share project data securely and collaborate, regardless of location
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July 08, 2014
08
Jul'14
Airbus deploys modular datacentre strategy to boost HPC capacity
The aircraft manufacturer has deployed HP's performance optimised datacentres (PODs) to increase its high performance compute capabilities for its engineers
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July 08, 2014
08
Jul'14
MicroStrategy World 2014: Saylor announces AWS partnership and demos Usher
MicroStrategy unveils partnership with Amazon Web Services and a beta programme for Usher password replacement technology
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July 03, 2014
03
Jul'14
Microsoft and Google propose 25Gbps and 50Gbps Ethernet networks for cloud datacentres
Technology giants including Microsoft and Google form a consortium to fire up datacentre networks’ performance for cloud-scale infrastructure.
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July 03, 2014
03
Jul'14
Physical location of data will become irrelevant by 2020, says Gartner
The physical location of data will be irrelevant by 2020, replaced by a combination of location criteria such as legal, political and logical concerns
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July 02, 2014
02
Jul'14
UK government recognises datacentre sector as a key economic contributor
UK datacentre industry has been officially recognised as a legitimate industry and a significant contributor to the economy, growth and jobs
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June 30, 2014
30
Jun'14
European Commission inches closer to standardising cloud SLA guidelines
The European Commission has received a cloud SLA guidelines from service providers and industry bodies