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Datacentre systems management

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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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