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Datacentre systems management
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June 17, 2020
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Jun'20
Macquarie eyes government contracts with new Canberra datacentre
New Macquarie datacentre in the Australian capital designed to achieve Tier 4 datacentre standards will deliver 1.5MW of capacity by December 2020
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June 11, 2020
11
Jun'20
Global colocation demand holds firm in Q1 in face of Covid-19
First-quarter global market data from Synergy Research Group shows demand for colocation capacity from hyperscalers and edge compute providers is holding up, despite the pandemic
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June 09, 2020
09
Jun'20
Netherlands digital sector yearns for government recognition
The sector building and supporting the Netherlands’ digital infrastructure wants to be valued as highly as Schiphol airport and the port of Rotterdam are for the Dutch economy
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June 09, 2020
09
Jun'20
Kao Data courts hyperscale tenants for Harlow-based mega-datacentre
Kao Data rolls out ‘built-to-suit’ service for prospective hyperscale clients, that it claims will speed up the time it takes to bring online new datacentre capacity in a cost-effective way
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June 03, 2020
03
Jun'20
Interxion cuts energy cooling costs by 20% in West London datacentre through EkkoSense deployment
Digital Realty-owned Interxion said deployment’s success will pave the way for similar roll-outs of EkkoSense technology in other facilities within its portfolio across Europe
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May 19, 2020
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May'20
TRC Companies pairs cloud-first push with Druva-infused data backup revamp
US-based engineering consultancy TRC Companies scooped the prize for Best Cloud Project at the Best of VMworld 2019 Europe User Awards with its story of how a long-overdue revamp of its data backup systems ties in with its hybrid cloud push
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May 18, 2020
18
May'20
Swedish mining firm LKAB revamps data backup setup to support downtime avoidance goals
State-owned Swedish mining company LKAB scooped the prize for Best Data Security and Data Protection Project at the Best of VMworld 2019 Europe User Awards. Here we run through what the project involved
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May 11, 2020
11
May'20
AWS vs Microsoft: US JEDI contract dispute develops into war of words between tech giants
Amazon and Microsoft are embroiled in a ‘battle of the blogs’ over the former’s continued efforts to get its claims that it lost out on a major US cloud contract due to ‘significant political interference’ fully investigated
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May 11, 2020
11
May'20
Micro Focus sees growth in mainframe migration business
Lifting and shifting Cobol code from mainframes to public cloud has been a growth driver for Micro Focus in the Asia-Pacific region, even as the software supplier continues to diversify its business
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May 06, 2020
06
May'20
Sustainability credentials of underground datacentre in Norway lure green investment fund
Norway’s Lefdal Mining Datacenter has designs on becoming Europe's largest server farm, and its green credentials have secured further investment to help it reach its goal
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May 04, 2020
04
May'20
Digital Realty doubles down on sustainability with pledge to cut carbon emissions by 2030
Colocation giant Digital Realty is embarking on a 10-year, business-wide carbon emissions reduction quest, led by climate science
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April 23, 2020
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Apr'20
Coronavirus: Remote workers air long-term productivity concerns over home-working tech
Research from managed service provider Atlas Cloud highlights concerns from remote workers that their work-from-home tech kit might not be up to the job in the long term
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April 01, 2020
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Apr'20
Coronavirus: Google Cloud CEO on how its tech is supporting the fight against Covid-19
From public sector organisations to retailers, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian reveals details of how the firm's tech is helping enterprises in multiple verticals shore up their infrastructure and get on the front foot in the fight against coronavirus
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March 25, 2020
25
Mar'20
DCMS creates datacentre-focused resiliency team to keep UK online during coronavirus outbreak
Tech trade body TechUK reveals further details of the work going on behind the scenes at government level to ensure datacentre operators have access to the resources they need to cope with the surge in businesses and consumers accessing online ...
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March 25, 2020
25
Mar'20
Global spend on enterprise datacentre kit and private clouds down 1% in 2019
Market tracker data from Synergy Research Group reveals continued decline in spending on private datacentres, while investments in kit destined for use in public cloud facilities continues to soar
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March 20, 2020
20
Mar'20
Coronavirus: The cloud and datacentre management challenges facing CIOs as remote working soars
Ensuring their IT infrastructure is equipped to cope with the sudden surge in employees accessing on-premise and cloud applications from remote locations in response to the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak is a challenge facing many CIOs right now
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March 18, 2020
18
Mar'20
Covid-19: Uptime Institute advises operators to suspend non-essential datacentre projects
Datacentre resiliency think-tank issues 18-page guidance to help operators protect staff during the coronavirus pandemic while keeping their facilities ticking over
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March 12, 2020
12
Mar'20
IT Priorities 2020: Datacentres remain mainstay of enterprise IT, despite continued cloud creep
The 2020 IT Priorities Survey from Computer Weekly and TechTarget confirms enterprise datacentres remain the deployment site of choice for many workloads, but stepping up the use of cloud is a top investment plan for firms this year
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March 12, 2020
12
Mar'20
Virtus confirms Q2 go-live date for next two datacentres, as expansion plans gather pace
Virtus Data Centres is making good on its datacentre expansion plans, which have been previously billed as among the biggest construction projects ever embarked upon by a colocation provider
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March 11, 2020
11
Mar'20
ANZ firms ill-prepared to deal with tech issues
More than two in five businesses in Australia and New Zealand are hearing from customers about major technology issues, affecting productivity and staff morale, new study finds
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March 10, 2020
10
Mar'20
University of Hertfordshire and Goonhilly hail deep learning-led UK mapping data breakthrough
Tech tie-up paves the way for creation of UK mapping data that is free from cloud cover for the first time
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February 27, 2020
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Feb'20
CBRE: Record colocation take-up will fuel growth of secondary European datacentre hubs
Latest quarterly colocation market tracker data shows take-up of colocation capacity across major European hubs continues to hit record levels, leading to overflow demand in other places too
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January 24, 2020
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Jan'20
HPE joins Swiss-backed bid to 'decarbonise' datacentres across the world
HPE has joined forces with tech leaders and academics in Switzerland to support the take-up of a datacentre accreditation geared towards improving the energy efficiency of server farms worldwide
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January 21, 2020
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Jan'20
Millions lost due to lack of effective IT operations monitoring
The complexity of modern IT systems means it can be impossible to identify the root cause of a failure
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January 20, 2020
20
Jan'20
Modern telecoms has opened up Sweden’s far north
Modern telecom infrastructures mean datacentres can be further away from users, and environmental and cost advantages are to be had in locations such as Sweden’s far north
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January 15, 2020
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Jan'20
Equinix picks up bare metal cloud provider Packet to bolster its edge computing play
Colocation giant Equinix hits the acquistion trail to round out its edge computing offering to enterprises
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January 14, 2020
14
Jan'20
What is behind Stockholm’s datacentre boom?
Datacentres are springing up in Stockholm – but what is drawing major IT companies to the Swedish capital?
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January 06, 2020
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Jan'20
A decade in datacentres: how the rise of cloud has hit enterprise hardware and software spending
The first of a series of reports by Synergy Research Group into how enterprise IT spending habits have changed over the course of the past decade reveal datacentre hardware and software investment "stagnation"
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December 27, 2019
27
Dec'19
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2019
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 datacentre stories of 2019
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December 17, 2019
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Dec'19
Ramp-up in hyperscalers’ datacentre spend in Q3 puts 2019 on course to become record-breaking year
Latest datacentre investment data from Synergy Research Group reveals a resurgence in hyperscale investment in the third quarter
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December 04, 2019
04
Dec'19
AWS fleshes out edge computing strategy with hyper-local datacentre hubs planned in major cities
Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to supplement its ‘mega’ datacentre regions with smaller cloud data processing hubs in major cities to support enterprises requiring low-latency connections to its compute and storage resources
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December 04, 2019
04
Dec'19
AWS Outposts debuts in Australia
Amazon Web Services rolls out Outposts in Australia, enabling enterprises to run a consistent version of the AWS platform at locations that require low latency
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December 03, 2019
03
Dec'19
AWS plans renewable energy project in Australia
AWS’s renewable energy project in Australia is one of six projects that the cloud supplier is spearheading to reduce its global carbon footprint
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December 03, 2019
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Dec'19
AWS VP of engineering on the cloud giant's first major quantum computing push
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has used the first day of its annual Re:Invent conference in Las Vegas to set out its plans to democratise quantum computing, while also firming up the enterprise use cases for the technology
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November 28, 2019
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Nov'19
Record-breaking colocation take-up across Europe prompts renewed space availability concerns
Latest market data from real estate company CBRE suggests the final three months of 2019 could turn the year into another record-breaker for the European colocation market
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November 11, 2019
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Nov'19
A buyer’s guide to hybrid cloud management tools
As more Asia-Pacific enterprises gear up for the hybrid cloud, a slew of tools has emerged to help organisations manage the lifecycle of cloud applications in a heterogeneous IT environment
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November 05, 2019
05
Nov'19
TechUK calls on datacentre sector to scale up climate change action efforts
Tech trade body TechUK claims the datacentre sector must do more to tackle climate change, and assist the government with its pledge to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
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November 05, 2019
05
Nov'19
Best of VMworld 2019 Europe User Awards: The winners
Find out who won what, including the best of show prize, at the 2019 VMworld Europe User Awards in Barcelona
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October 31, 2019
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Oct'19
Digital Realty and Interxion gun for market leader Equinix through colocation mega-merger
The colocation market is continuing to consolidate, with Digital Realty confirming plans to acquire and merge with Europe's second biggest colocation provider, Interxion
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October 29, 2019
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Oct'19
NordVPN enlists ethical hackers, launches bug bounty programme
Breached consumer VPN supplier details steps it is taking to shore up its cyber security posture after an unknown actor gained access to one of its servers
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October 22, 2019
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Oct'19
Assessing the aftermath of Apple’s abortive effort to build its Irish datacentre
The site Apple had earmarked as a prime location for one of its first non-US datacentres is up for sale, but what will become of the site and the community that supported the tech giant through its four-year battle to get the server farm built?
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October 15, 2019
15
Oct'19
OVH rebrand signals renewed push to become Europe’s alternative cloud provider of choice
French public cloud provider OVH has undergone a rebrand and doubled down on its pledge to offer European enterprises an alternative place to store their data
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October 14, 2019
14
Oct'19
Best of VMworld 2019 Europe Awards nominations now open until 25 October
Read the criteria for the Best of VMworld 2019 Europe User Awards and find out how to submit your nomination for this year’s awards
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October 07, 2019
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Oct'19
Interview: BHF on using cloud and big data to improve heart patient outcomes
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has set itself the lofty goal of eradicating the fear of developing heart and circulatory disease by 2030, with the help of cloud, big data and personalisation technologies
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October 03, 2019
03
Oct'19
Southern Water embarks on £15m datacentre modernisation programme
Southern Water has enlisted the help of service provider MTI Technology to revamp its datacentres, with a greater emphasis on the use of software-defined processes and hyper-converged technologies
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September 30, 2019
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Sep'19
German police seize darkweb servers from datacentre housed in ex-NATO bunker
Following a lengthy investigation, law enforcers in Germany have raided a datacentre in an ex-NATO bunker that is alleged to have been hosting illicit websites on the dark web
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September 24, 2019
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Sep'19
Amsterdam new-build datacentre ban is not an ‘attack’ on operators, says government
Dutch Data Center Association says a government official has offered written assurances that the temporary ban on new server farms in two areas of Amsterdam is just designed to spur adoption of sustainable growth habits
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September 20, 2019
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Sep'19
Drive for Nordic datacentre transformation
Nordic enterprises looking to spread abroad are outsourcing datacentre IT in cutting-edge ways to gain international advantage
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September 16, 2019
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Sep'19
DigiPlex to build two green datacentres near Oslo by the end of 2020
Nordic datacentre operator Digiplex has set itself an ambitious target of bringing two new datacentres online near Oslo by the end of 2020
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September 12, 2019
12
Sep'19
Kao Data secures EMBL-EBI as tenant as bid to become leading life sciences colo gathers pace
Essex-based wholesale datacentre operator Kao Data’s bid to become the colocation provider of choice for the life sciences community sees it secure the European Bioinformatics Institute as a client