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Datacentre systems management
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July 28, 2017
28
Jul'17
AWS emerges as a bright spot in Amazon’s ‘mixed’ Q2 results
Amazon.com’s earnings per share failed to meet analyst expectations, but the retail giant’s cloud arm continues to go from strength to strength
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July 24, 2017
24
Jul'17
What are Amazon Web Services’ Nordic plans?
Amazon Web Services' head in the Nordic tells Computer Weekly about the region's increasing demand and use of the cloud
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July 20, 2017
20
Jul'17
Singapore begins quest for high-rise datacentres
Huawei, Keppel Data Centres and the Singapore government will assess the feasibility of building high-rise facilities amid growing demand for datacentre capacity in the region
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July 06, 2017
06
Jul'17
IDC: On-premise infrastructure spend will continue to fall in 2017 as cloud demand soars
IDC's latest quarterly cloud infrastructure spending forecast shines a light on how the dwindling demand for on-premise technologies is shaking up IT investments
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July 05, 2017
05
Jul'17
Equinix expands its European datacentre footprint with AM4 opening in Amsterdam
Colocation giant is building out its datacentre capacity in Amsterdam by opening another facility, geared towards helping enterprises embrace the multi-cloud consumption model
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July 03, 2017
03
Jul'17
H&M reinforces commitment to datacentre heat reuse with 1MW Stockholm datacentre build
The 1MW facility could potentially generate enough heat for 2,500 residential apartments in Stockholm when completed in 2018
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July 03, 2017
03
Jul'17
Dutch bank cuts compliance data retrieval from weeks to hours
Rabobank has moved from tape libraries and robotic arms to a platform-based storage and retrieval system to help it comply with regulations
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June 27, 2017
27
Jun'17
French aeronautics and aerospace manufacturer optimises datacentres
High-tech manufacturer outsources datacentre management to support its digital transformation
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June 26, 2017
26
Jun'17
Dubai-based logistics company automates backup through cloud
Cloud backup and storage automation are key to supporting expansion at Middle East logistics company, CWT-SML
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June 22, 2017
22
Jun'17
British Army draws on infrastructure refresh and automation to power DevOps drive
Army opens up about how a move to adopt a software-defined datacentre setup has helped DevOps to take hold in the organisation
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June 22, 2017
22
Jun'17
Case study: Future Facilities trials VR to pinpoint datacentre performance problems
Datacentre performance simulation software provider Future Facilities opens up about its virtual reality trials, and how the technology could change the way the entire industry operates
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June 21, 2017
21
Jun'17
AMD fleshes out EPYC datacentre server processor strategy
AMD is preparing to go head-to-head once more with Intel in the datacentre, with the release of its EPYC server processor family
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June 16, 2017
16
Jun'17
Three fined £1.9m over emergency communications failure
Telecoms regulator Ofcom has hit mobile operator Three with a £1.9m fine after a loss of service left customers unable to contact the emergency services
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June 14, 2017
14
Jun'17
Lancaster University begins datacentre research to establish cloud latency causes
Researchers, in collaboration with Microsoft and others, want to stamp out data processing delays in datacentres to improve user experience and energy efficiency
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June 12, 2017
12
Jun'17
Wickes customers hit by ‘system-wide’ online ordering problems
Computer Weekly understands a “system-wide” issue is affecting the home improvement firm's online delivery bookings, as well as its click-and-collect services
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June 09, 2017
09
Jun'17
British Airways IT outage: What went wrong with its datacentre?
BA has blamed “human error” for its bank holiday datacentre outage, but the Uptime Institute suggests there may be more to it than that
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June 06, 2017
06
Jun'17
Lloyds bank staff will move to IBM in outsourcing deal
About 1,500 IT staff at Lloyds Banking Group will join IBM as part of an IT infrastructure outsourcing agreement
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June 02, 2017
02
Jun'17
Hyperscale cloud giants sought as tenants for Scotland's 'largest' datacentre build
Developers of the newly opened site are hoping to follow Ireland's lead by positioning Scotland as a place where the hyperscale cloud giants can set up shop
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June 01, 2017
01
Jun'17
British Airways confirms investigation under way into bank holiday datacentre power failure
Airline says investigation will focus on ensuring the IT problems of the bank holiday weekend will never be repeated
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May 30, 2017
30
May'17
Construction of Amazon's €1bn Dublin datacentre hit by environmental planning appeal
Amazon's plans to build a €1bn datacentre in Dublin from mid-2017 could be delayed by environmental planning appeal
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May 30, 2017
30
May'17
British Airways counts cost of major bank holiday IT system outage
Share price of British Airways' parent company plummets after power supply issue at "local" datacentre grounds flights at Heathrow and Gatwick over the bank holiday weekend
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May 29, 2017
29
May'17
Huawei, Keppel team up on AI-powered datacentres
Huawei and Keppel test the use of artificial intelligence to improve datacentre operations and energy efficiency at a reference site in Singapore
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May 25, 2017
25
May'17
Open19: LinkedIn's bid to lower barriers to open source datacentre tech adoption gathers pace
The Open19 Foundation's mission to create new open industry standards for 19-inch servers continues apace
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May 19, 2017
19
May'17
Microsoft to open African cloud datacentre region in 2018
Software giant plans to capitalise on business demand for its cloud services in Africa by offering users access to locally hosted Azure and Office 365
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May 18, 2017
18
May'17
Financial services firms urged to consider ramping up cloud investments
DTCC whitepaper claims financial services firms that shun cloud are at heightened risk of running into resiliency, security and performance issues.
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May 17, 2017
17
May'17
Bombardier signs $700m IBM cloud deal to support business turnaround efforts
Canadian vehicle manufacturer inks IBM cloud deal to support five-year push to cut costs and improve efficiency
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May 17, 2017
17
May'17
VMware expands support for Horizon Cloud to include Microsoft Azure
Virtualisation giant strikes up public cloud partnership with Microsoft to support users that want to run their business applications and desktops in Azure
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May 11, 2017
11
May'17
New York Philharmonic puts Toscanini archive online for worldwide audience
The New York Philharmonic is digitally archiving millions of documents and making them available online
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May 10, 2017
10
May'17
Nordic region competes for datacentre dominance
The Nordic region is an attractive region for datacentres as demand for cloud services in the area grows
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May 05, 2017
05
May'17
HSBC adopts cloud-first strategy to solving big data business problems
David Knott, chief architect at banking giant HSBC, tells Computer Weekly about how machine learning, big data analytics and cloud are changing the way it does business
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May 03, 2017
03
May'17
Google hails end of multi-year enterprise cloud migrations
Google cloud chief, Diane Greene, claims multi-year datacentre migrations are no longer the norm, as some firms are making the move off-premise in weeks or months
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May 02, 2017
02
May'17
Uptime Institute research: 65% of enterprise applications still run in private datacentres
According to the Uptime Institute’s seventh annual industry survey, enterprise-owned datacentres and colocation facilities remain primary compute venue for many organisations
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April 28, 2017
28
Apr'17
UBS reduces legacy dependence with Microsoft Azure
Swiss bank begins its strategy of moving core systems into the cloud
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April 26, 2017
26
Apr'17
Research: Local councils urged against rushing to adopt cloud
An academic paper, profiling the cloud adoption journeys of three local councils, cautions public sector organisations from being pressured into adopting off-premise technologies before they are ready
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April 26, 2017
26
Apr'17
Carrenza's US datacentre expansion plans help spend control firm get cloud compliant
Fourth, a customer of UK-based infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider Carrenza, explains how the firm’s decision to expand its US datacentre footprint has benefited its business
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April 25, 2017
25
Apr'17
MigSolv offers SME colocation clients way-in to public sector deals through Janet network
Norwich-based colocation provider embarks on technology tie-up with Janet's commercial arm to ensure clients have direct access to education sector network
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April 24, 2017
24
Apr'17
Research highlights cloud security complacency in organisations that ditch on-premise tech
Enterprise attitudes to cloud security are laid bare in the latest research report from Bitglass, and suggest more could be done to secure corporate data stored off-premise
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April 21, 2017
21
Apr'17
Research: OpenStack user satisfaction ratings drop, as adoption of the open source cloud rises
Use of OpenStack-powered clouds continues to grow across companies of all sizes, but customer satisfaction levels appear to have dropped, research shows
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April 19, 2017
19
Apr'17
Equinix tops global colocation leader boards on coverage and connectivity grounds
Colocation giant Equinix emerges as the one to beat in Cloudscene’s inaugural rankings of globe’s biggest datacentre service providers
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April 19, 2017
19
Apr'17
Rebuild and revamp: Housing association on benefits of ditching its legacy, on-premise tech
Bournemouth Churches Housing Association (BCHA) explains how ditching its 15-year-old legacy IT system has led to an uptick in the responsiveness and levels of customer care it offers
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April 18, 2017
18
Apr'17
Virtus Data Centres plots to expand Slough colocation footprint
Colocation provider sets out plans to expand its datacentre footprint in Slough, as demand for locally hosted cloud services grows
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April 11, 2017
11
Apr'17
‘Can do’ attitude of DevOps teams is driving cloud-first strategies
The cloud-first strategies of businesses across sectors are maturing, with DevOps teams playing a leading role
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March 27, 2017
27
Mar'17
AWS London users suffer "insufficient capacity" problems with T2 Micro Instances
Users of AWS's London-hosted T2 Micro Instances suffered capacity issues on Friday 24 March
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March 14, 2017
14
Mar'17
HPE, Dell and IBM suffer Q4 server sales slumps, as demand for ODM hardware grows
IDC's latest EMEA-wide server market sales tracker suggests soaring demand for ODM servers is hitting tier-one manufacturers hard
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March 13, 2017
13
Mar'17
Powering the cloud: Unlocking the secrets of Google datacentres
At the Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco, the internet search giant opened up about how it secures, operates and stress-tests its growing cloud datacentre fleet
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March 13, 2017
13
Mar'17
Nearly 2,000 Lloyds bank IT jobs set to move to IBM in £1.3bn outsourcing deal
Around 2,000 IT staff at Lloyds Banking Group are set to transfer to IBM as part of a seven-year IT outsourcing deal, says union
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March 03, 2017
03
Mar'17
NSPCC CIO on combining hybrid cloud with managed services to boost Childline resiliency
NSPCC CIO Ray Bilsby sets out the work the children's charity is doing to boost the resiliency of its flagship services, with the help of its managed services partners
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February 16, 2017
16
Feb'17
Cisco sales fall as traditional product sales slump
Cisco's traditional product sales such as switches are falling, but revenues in emerging products in areas such as security are on the up
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February 16, 2017
16
Feb'17
Singapore’s ST Telemedia expands datacentre footprint
Additional colocation facilities will cement Singapore’s position as a regional datacentre hub
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February 15, 2017
15
Feb'17
Enterprise IT buyers shed light on server makers’ shortfalls in customer service and support
451 Research's latest Voice of the Enterprise report sees IT buyers rate server and converged infrastructure makers on their approach to customer service and support