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Datacentre systems management

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Dutch banking regulator approves use of AWS public cloud in the financial sector

  Dutch banking watchdog approves use of AWS cloud in websites, mobile apps, retail banking platforms, HPC and credit risk analysis

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  European Commission awards €1.7m for datacentre research

  EC funds a datacentre study project led by industry consortium Data Centre Alliance and the University of East London

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  IBM updates zEnterprise mainframe products for cloud, mobile and analytics

  IBM updates System z mainframe products, launches cheaper, entry-level mainframe and OpenStack cloud integration features

• July 22, 2013 22 Jul'13

  European banking firm UniCredit to introduce cloud in its datacentres

  European banking firm UniCredit has signed a multi-billion dollar deal with IBM to bring cloud into its datacentres

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Monarch builds datacentre for Boeing 787 Dreamliner training

  Monarch Aircraft Engineering has picked a datacentre facility at its Luton engineering base for Boeing 787 Dreamliner training

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  Hidden cost of cloud computing is CIOs’ biggest concern

  A study into attitudes and concerns relating to cloud computing has revealed that 80% of CIOs are concerned about its hidden costs

• July 17, 2013 17 Jul'13

  Datacentre industry launches bootcamp to plug skills shortage

  The Data Centre Alliance has launched a bootcamp in collaboration with industry and universities to plug datacentre skills gap

• July 17, 2013 17 Jul'13

  UK datacentres vulnerable to BYOD risks, shows Ponemon study

  About 60% of UK businesses have no personal device policy in place and are putting critical data at risk once it leaves a company

• July 16, 2013 16 Jul'13

  Case study: In-flight caterer modernises IT for efficiency during seasonal travel peaks

  Alpha LSG has launched a £10m IT transformation project and will host its IT on the cloud for scalability during travel peaks

• July 15, 2013 15 Jul'13

  Lower uptake of cloud, ICT limiting medium-sized enterprises' productivity: CEBR

  Medium-sized enterprises in the UK lagging behind large businesses in terms of productivity, because of lower adoption of ICT and cloud

• July 11, 2013 11 Jul'13

  HP offers to help Microsoft users migrate from expiring Windows XP OS

  HP has teamed up with Microsoft to provide hardware and software tools to simplify users’ transition from Windows XP which loses support from April 2014

• July 10, 2013 10 Jul'13

  IBM buys CSL International to expand cloud virtualisation capabilities

  IBM is buying virtualisation management provider CSL International with a view to expanding its cloud offerings and management capabilities

• July 09, 2013 09 Jul'13

  Today’s datacentres are not fit for the cloud, shows study

  Some 91% of IT pros admit their current IT requires substantial upgrades to meet the requirements of virtualisation and cloud

• July 09, 2013 09 Jul'13

  Will tablets penetrate Indian businesses?

  Could the arrival of tablet devices manufactured in India create a genuine alternative to PCs?

• July 09, 2013 09 Jul'13

  Colt adds 1.65MW of additional datacentre capacity to its Dutch facility

  Colt is adding an additional 1,000 m2 and 1.65MW of datacentre capacity to its network-neutral facility in the Netherlands

• July 09, 2013 09 Jul'13

  Citrix extends remote desktop delivery from Windows Azure for mobile working

  Desktop virtualisation provider Citrix has enabled the delivery of remote desktop sessions from Microsoft Windows Azure

• July 05, 2013 05 Jul'13

  Dutch retailer picks IBM cloud for merchandising

  Netherlands online retailer Wehkamp chooses IBM’s cloud-based merchandise analytics tool to manage price cuts and clearance

• July 03, 2013 03 Jul'13

  Bus operator Arriva puts ecommerce platform on the cloud

  UK bus operator Arriva has launched a new ecommerce platform hosted on a private cloud service to better serve customer needs

• July 02, 2013 02 Jul'13

  UK accountancy firms lag in cloud adoption: Thomson Reuters study

  Accountancy firms are slower in adopting and using cloud-based services than other corporate sectors, finds a Thomson Reuters study

• July 01, 2013 01 Jul'13

  CERN openlab and Rackspace to create reference architecture for hybrid cloud

  CERN openlab will create a reference architecture and operational model for hybrid cloud with Rackspace

• July 01, 2013 01 Jul'13

  East Surrey College refreshes ageing XP desktop estate with VDI

  East Surrey College has refreshed its ageing desktop estate with a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)

• June 28, 2013 28 Jun'13

  Datacentres must be tuned to the application in the mobile-cloud era: Cisco

  Cloud, big data and mobile applications are challenging the traditional datacentre infrastructure, says Cisco

• June 27, 2013 27 Jun'13

  PSN and G-cloud prove major advantages for UK public sector, says HMRC

  HMRC has benefited by centralising data storage systems on public cloud and adopting public services network (PSN) strategy

• June 27, 2013 27 Jun'13

  Uefa considers BYOD policy for Euro 2016

  Uefa is considering a bring your own device (BYOD) strategy for its 7,000 volunteers during Euro 2016 to save costs on IT devices

• June 27, 2013 27 Jun'13

  How BP made its IT future-ready with a hybrid cloud infrastructure

  BP bridged its cloud gap with a cautious and calculated approach using a mix of private cloud, public cloud and in-house IT infrastructure

• June 26, 2013 26 Jun'13

  Follow best practices while contracting cloud services, warns lawyer

  Enterprises need to assess the risks of cloud computing and have clarity on data protection and security responsibilities when contracting

• June 25, 2013 25 Jun'13

  Online florist beats seasonal spikes by hosting web apps on the cloud

  Online florist Bunches.co.uk uses cloud computing to make its IT ready to meet seasonal peaks and drops in traffic

• June 25, 2013 25 Jun'13

  TechEd Europe 2013: Microsoft releases preview version of Windows Server 2012 R2

  Microsoft has released the preview software for Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2014 at TechEd Europe 2013

• June 25, 2013 25 Jun'13

  Microsoft to invest $700m on datacentre expansion

  Microsoft is planning a $677.6m (£440m) investment to expand its existing datacentre in West Des Moines, Iowa

• June 24, 2013 24 Jun'13

  MEP calls for a raft of rules to protect EU users’ data in the cloud

  An MEP has called on the European Commission to outline a number of new rules that will help safeguard the data of EU cloud users

• June 19, 2013 19 Jun'13

  Users want reduced cloud complexity and more interoperability, study finds

  Cloud adoption has risen in 2013 but to yield its true benefits, cloud complexity must be reduced and interoperability increased, shows study

• June 19, 2013 19 Jun'13

  Cloud providers must step up green IT efforts, says Greenpeace

  Public cloud giants such as AWS and Microsoft must step up efforts in using sustainable energy, says Greenpeace

• June 18, 2013 18 Jun'13

  Tech firm ditches Rackspace hosting service for ‘lack of support’

  Cloud sales service company Price & Quote has ditched IT hosting provider Rackspace due to “lack of support and unresponsiveness”

• June 18, 2013 18 Jun'13

  Worldwide government IT spending to remain flat in 2013, says Gartner

  Government organisations worldwide will spend 0.1% less on IT this year, but cloud computing, mobile technologies and IT modernisation remain top IT priorities

• June 14, 2013 14 Jun'13

  NHS awards multi-million pound private cloud contract to Manchester-based ANS

  Greater Manchester Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) has signed a three-year multi-million pound cloud contract with ANS

• June 13, 2013 13 Jun'13

  Inadequate datacentre infrastructure is a barrier to big data analytics

  Inadequate datacentre infrastructure and siloed work practices are preventing UK enterprises from benefiting from big data analytics, shows study

• June 13, 2013 13 Jun'13

  Serco outsources IT infrastructure and transformation

  Business service provider Serco contracts SunGard for its UK IT infrastructure that will help Serco increase its cloud services

• June 13, 2013 13 Jun'13

  HP beefs up its converged cloud services, launches Cloud OS

  HP updates its Converged Cloud portfolio with features to reduce cost for cloud environments and releases OpenStack-based HP Cloud OS platform

• June 11, 2013 11 Jun'13

  Frimley Park NHS deploys VDI for efficiency and BYOD

  When the NHS trust came under pressure to make its IT budget go further, it opted to deploy VDI in its A&E department

• June 10, 2013 10 Jun'13

  Can Dell survive in the cloud era despite killing its public cloud offering?

  Dell has ditched its public cloud IaaS in favour of partner cloud programme. But will the strategy help secure its future in the cloud era?

• June 07, 2013 07 Jun'13

  Users’ top datacentre pain points

  Storage, network bandwidth, cost and scalability are among the biggest datacentre concerns, say users at Dell Enterprise Forum US

• June 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  Airport authority cuts server deployment time with Dell’s Active Infrastructure

  Indianapolis airport authority cut its server deployment time from three days to less than an hour with Dell’s Active Infrastructure

• June 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  Dell bets on Oracle alliance and converged infrastructure

  Dell has expanded its strategic alliance with Oracle for a new x86 infrastructure product and launched converged infrastructure products.

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Cambridge Academies to save 70% in licensing cost with new datacentre strategy

  A datacentre upgrade and use of a unified communication and management system across all its schools will help the Trust yield savings

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  AMD launches low-power server processors to rival Intel's Atom

  AMD has launched Opteron X-Series low-power server processors that it claims “beat the top-performing Intel Atom processor”

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  UK cloud firm Iomart sees annual profits soar by 56%

  Cloud computing company Iomart has reported a pre-tax profit up 56% to £10.7m for the year ending March 2013

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  Royal Opera House tunes online queuing with AWS cloud

  The Royal Opera House has deployed AWS cloud to eliminate the virtual "waiting room" on its website for customers booking tickets online

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  Datacentre provider Node4 completes management buyout

  UK datacentre provider Node4 has been bought out by its management to fund further growth and acquisitions in the cloud space

• May 24, 2013 24 May'13

  Eurovision Song Contest app built and delivered via Google's cloud platform

  Service providers Scalr and Grandcentrix used Google Compute Engine to build the app for the second largest television event

• May 23, 2013 23 May'13

  Where does Microsoft fit in the future of VDI and remote applications?

  Users say they prefer Citrix over Microsoft for desktop virtualisation, but will Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 change that?