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Datacentre systems management
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December 07, 2023
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Dec'23
CIO interview: Keith Woolley, chief digital information officer, University of Bristol
With Bristol set to host the UK’s biggest supercomputer, its technology chief is looking to make the most of internal and international collaboration to drive digital improvements
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December 06, 2023
06
Dec'23
Singtel’s DC Tuas datacentre to cater to AI workloads
Offering 58MW of capacity, DC Tuas will be the first of Singtel’s new generation of artificial intelligence datacentres to incorporate more efficient cooling technologies
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November 30, 2023
30
Nov'23
Infosys and Shell collaborate on push to accelerate adoption of immersion cooling in datacentres
IT consultancy and energy giant are looking to accelerate the take-up of immersion cooling in datacentres through collaboration
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November 21, 2023
21
Nov'23
Inside India’s datacentre boom
India’s datacentre market is expected to surpass $10bn by 2028, but realising its full potential will require innovations in sustainability and improvements in connectivity
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November 20, 2023
20
Nov'23
Datacentres denied: West London server farm dispute prompts calls for UK planning system reform
The government is under fire after dismissing a datacentre development in west London despite soaring demand for capacity - but how can we balance new development with protecting the UK’s green spaces?
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November 20, 2023
20
Nov'23
Digital Edge secures green loan for South Korea datacentre
The Singapore-based datacentre provider has secured its first green loan for its latest colocation facility in Incheon
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November 15, 2023
15
Nov'23
How Gigamon is making its mark in deep observability
Gigamon CEO Shane Buckley talks up the company’s ability to inspect encrypted network traffic for malicious activity, how it stands out with its deep observability capabilities and the tailwinds that are fuelling its growth
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November 14, 2023
14
Nov'23
Chip sector gears up for AI revolution
While Nvidia has established its AI dominance, Intel has been working on AI chips running on supercomputers
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November 09, 2023
09
Nov'23
How Village Roadshow modernised ITSM with cloud
Australian theme park and cinema operator reduced ITSM costs by 60% to improve problem resolution and other outcomes from use of Freshworks' cloud-based ITSM service
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November 02, 2023
02
Nov'23
UK government pledges £225m to fund University of Bristol AI supercomputer build with HPE
The University of Bristol’s much-hyped AI supercomputer has secured hundreds of millions in government funding, and HPE has been confirmed as the project’s technology provider
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October 24, 2023
24
Oct'23
Microsoft to invest A$5bn in Australia
Microsoft is making its largest investment in Australia to expand its infrastructure footprint, alongside plans to bolster skills training and cyber security in the country
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October 20, 2023
20
Oct'23
Belgian researchers raise speed limit in European datacentres
Researchers have developed a prototype of an optical receiver that will help datacentres process data at a much higher rate
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October 11, 2023
11
Oct'23
Pure offers Evergreen energy and rackspace cost guarantees
Pure Storage will take upfront payments for power and rackspace and guarantee those for product lifecycles in its Evergreen One, Flex and Forever consumption purchasing models
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September 25, 2023
25
Sep'23
How Liverpool FC is tapping cloud and data analytics
Liverpool Football Club is leveraging data analytics and cloud technology to improve fan engagement and enable its media production team to work more efficiently
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September 20, 2023
20
Sep'23
Rishi Sunak under fire from UK tech stakeholders over revision of net-zero policies
The prime minister has seen his decision to tweak and revise several policies that underpin the UK's net-zero goals criticised for potentially stunting the growth of the clean tech sector
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September 20, 2023
20
Sep'23
How Google is priming its infrastructure for the AI wave
The technology giant is integrating purpose-built hardware with an optimised software stack to meet the heightened computational demands of next-generation AI workloads
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September 19, 2023
19
Sep'23
Cosmetics giant L'Oréal turns to Databricks for cloud data-led customer personalisation push
The cosmetics giant is building on its past work with Databricks to provide more personalised care to its customers across the globe
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September 13, 2023
13
Sep'23
Cisco tightens link between observability and security
The company's observability platform now offers a way for IT decision-makers to understand the impact of security issues
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September 07, 2023
07
Sep'23
Node4 helps performing arts charity revamp staff home working setup with IT infrastructure overhaul
Managed cloud services provider Node4 opens up about the work it has done to help make it easier for one of its long-standing clients to embrace remote working
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September 07, 2023
07
Sep'23
Mainframe remains a positive force among IT leaders
BMC’s annual survey of mainframe users finds there is continued demand, but some are concerned over DevOps tooling
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September 06, 2023
06
Sep'23
Schneider Electric: Business leaders deprioritise green goals due to economic pressure
Research from energy management giant Schneider Electric reveals how events like the 2021 energy crisis have altered the investment priorities of enterprises towards green issues
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September 06, 2023
06
Sep'23
Orange and Huawei seek platform opportunity in Saudi Arabia
Business services arm of leading operator and global communications technology provider cut key deals for internet of things, smart cities and cloud infrastructure in increasingly important part of EMEA region
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August 24, 2023
24
Aug'23
AWS debuts Dedicated Local Zones with Singapore government as first customer
The new offering will be fully managed by AWS, built for exclusive use by a customer or community, and placed in a customer-specified location or datacentre
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August 22, 2023
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Aug'23
CBRE forecasts rise in European colocation capacity in H2 despite power supply constraints
Real estate consultancy CBRE's latest European colocation market tracker report suggests the second half of 2023 will be a big one in terms of supply and take-up of datacentre capacity
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August 12, 2023
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Aug'23
Datacentre management vulnerabilities leave public clouds at risk
At the annual DEF CON hacking convention, researchers from Trellix have disclosed multiple vulnerabilities in key datacentre products underpinning the world’s public cloud infrastructure
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July 27, 2023
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Jul'23
IBM debuts Cloud Carbon Calculator to help enterprises manage their GHG emissions
Tech giant IBM has announced the general availability of a tool designed to help enterprises track and curb the greenhouse gas emissions generated by their on-premise and cloud-based activities
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July 21, 2023
21
Jul'23
How datacentres might avoid price hikes and keep more customers
The most promising strategies for ensuring minimal price rises to customers require operators to start dissecting their approach to packaging and selling their wares
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July 19, 2023
19
Jul'23
Uptime’s annual datacentre market poll highlights industry’s sustainability reporting gaps
The latest edition of the Uptime Institute’s annual industry survey highlights shortcomings in the datacentre sector’s reporting of key sustainability metrics amid growing regulatory scrutiny
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July 11, 2023
11
Jul'23
Legal & General signs seven-year datacentre migration deal with IBM spin-off Kyndryl
Financial services giant L&G has enlisted the help of its long-standing technology partner to help accelerate the pace of its cloud-focused digital transformation plans
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July 10, 2023
10
Jul'23
Datacentre cross-sector collaboration needed to boost heat reuse rates, report claims
Report by datacentre consultancy BCS looks at what needs to be done to encourage more operators to reuse waste heat from their server farms
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June 30, 2023
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Jun'23
How STT GDC is cracking the Philippines datacentre market
The joint venture formed by ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, Globe and Ayala Corporation is building its largest datacentre in the Philippines among other efforts to meet the needs of an underserved market
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June 20, 2023
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Jun'23
Data sovereignty and security driving hybrid IT adoption in Australia
Over half of Australian organisations plan to repatriate some applications from public cloud to on-premise datacentres due to data sovereignty concerns, Nutanix study finds
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June 16, 2023
16
Jun'23
Lenovo ups ante on AI infrastructure investments
Lenovo is investing $1bn over three years to expand its artificial intelligence infrastructure offerings, including services to help organisations deploy and tap AI capabilities in a responsible manner
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May 18, 2023
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May'23
Inside MLC Life Insurance’s cloud journey
The Australian insurer spent a fair amount of time addressing people-related challenges in its move to cloud, which has improved its security posture and reduced infrastructure spending, among other outcomes
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May 16, 2023
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May'23
CW Innovation Awards: How Singapore's DBS Bank is driving IT automation
DBS Bank’s Technology Marketplace portal has enabled the bank to speed up provisioning of infrastructure and applications through automation and improve developer productivity
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May 11, 2023
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May'23
Kao Data unveils Tier II datacentre strategy by pledging to open Manchester facility in late 2025
HPC-focused colocation provider Kao Data is expanding its datacentre footprint into the north of England by pledging to open a 40MW facility by late-2025
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May 10, 2023
10
May'23
How datacentre operators can fend off cyber attacks
Applying zero-trust principles in the form of strong authentication controls and network segmentation can help datacentre operators to mitigate cyber threats
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April 20, 2023
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Apr'23
SDIA applauds EU-led push to make datacentres reuse waste heat and report environmental data
The European Parliament and European Council have finalised the text of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), which will see datacentre operators in member states forced to publicly disclose more environmental data and pressured to reuse their ...
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April 13, 2023
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Apr'23
How Agoda is shaping up to be a technology powerhouse
Agoda’s CTO Idan Zalzberg explains why the online travel agency with a massive technology footprint prefers to run things in-house and not rely too much on public cloud services
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March 29, 2023
29
Mar'23
CMA deepens probe into VMware-Broadcom merger over concerns it could hike server prices in UK
The UK Competition & Markets Authority has become the first antitrust watchdog to express concerns over the impact Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware could have on server pricing and innovation
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March 28, 2023
28
Mar'23
BNP Paribas moves to Swedish datacentre in high-performance computing strategy
BNP Paribas is moving data-intensive workloads to a Swedish datacentre to increase capacity while reducing its carbon footprint
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March 27, 2023
27
Mar'23
Most Singapore organisations operate distributed IT infrastructure
More than two-thirds of organisations in Singapore use a mix of private and public clouds as well as on-premise and hosted datacentres, even as they face challenges with data management and complexity
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March 13, 2023
13
Mar'23
SolarWinds doubles down on APAC business
SolarWinds teams up with key systems integrators in the APAC region to develop joint offerings as it bolsters its capabilities in observability and autonomous operations
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March 07, 2023
07
Mar'23
Mobile operator Three cuts datacentre cooling energy usage through EkkoSense deployment
Mobile operator Three enlisted the help of EkkoSense to reduce the amount of energy used to cool four of its legacy datacentres as part of a cost- and carbon-cutting initiative
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March 06, 2023
06
Mar'23
How to get mainframe modernisation right
Around a third of mainframe modernisation efforts fail, but that doesn’t need to be the case if organisations can harness the best of mainframe and distributed architectures, according to Rocket Software
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February 28, 2023
28
Feb'23
Colt DCS starts build-out of renewably powered West London datacentre campus
Hyperscale-focused colocation firm Colt DCS claims project will bring hundreds of jobs to West London
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February 27, 2023
27
Feb'23
How Dell is future-proofing its business
Dell Technologies is building a more resilient supply chain, investing in growth areas like edge and multicloud, and responding to shifts in consumption models to position itself for long-term growth
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February 14, 2023
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Feb'23
Government’s revised net-zero strategy could put public sector under more pressure to move to cloud
With the UK government due to publish its revised net-zero strategy in the coming weeks, the public sector is being warned it could see itself under more pressure to move to cloud
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February 07, 2023
07
Feb'23
Research: Server farm size influences how concerned UK firms are with datacentre energy efficiency
ASUS research highlights differing attitudes towards datacentre energy efficiency by UK firms depending on how big their server farm estate is
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February 06, 2023
06
Feb'23
Ransomware operator turns their fire on two-year-old VMware bug
A vulnerability in VMware ESXi servers that users should have patched in 2021 is now being exploited to spread ransomware