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Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
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June 17, 2021
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Jun'21
Ireland’s datacentre industry to plant 1,000 orchards by 2022 as pro-pollinator plan gathers pace
The Host in Ireland-backed effort to get the Irish datacentre community to throw its weight behind growing the country’s population of bees and other pollinators has entered a new phase
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June 16, 2021
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Jun'21
Axiata doubles down on Google Cloud
The regional telecoms group plans to use Google Cloud’s compute, storage and networking services across the six telcos under its fold
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June 16, 2021
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Jun'21
IBM Financial Services for Cloud initiative wins support of more than 100 collaborators
IBM’s bid to build a sector-specific cloud platform to accelerate the adoption of off-premise technologies among financial services companies continues to gather pace
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June 16, 2021
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Jun'21
Travelport makes AWS preferred cloud supplier to oversee its public cloud migration
Travel retail company Travelport has turned to AWS to help bolster the performance and scalability of its flagship holiday booking platform
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June 16, 2021
16
Jun'21
Bupa goes deeper into Microsoft Azure cloud for personalised healthcare push
International private healthcare provider is on a multi-year, cloud-led digital transformation push with the help of long-time tech collaborator Microsoft
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June 14, 2021
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Jun'21
Equinix secures additional funding for global hyperscale datacentre builds
Colocation giant Equinix is embarking on a series of limited liability partnerships with long-standing investment partner GIC to ramp up the number of hyperscale datacentres in its global portfolio
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June 10, 2021
10
Jun'21
How Ubisoft is embracing the cloud
Game developer Ubisoft has been tapping cloud computing to overcome the constraints of game development and create gaming experiences that live on for years to come
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June 09, 2021
09
Jun'21
Covid-19: AWS research points to pandemic-induced ‘shortcomings’ in enterprise IT strategies
Amazon Web Services research shines a light on the toll that the pandemic has taken on European enterprises and their digital transformation plans
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June 09, 2021
09
Jun'21
Alibaba Cloud sets foot in the Philippines
Alibaba Cloud will open its first datacentre in the Philippines by the end of this year ahead of global rivals, as it expands its footprint in Southeast Asia
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June 08, 2021
08
Jun'21
QTS acquired in $10bn datacentre deal
Investment firm, Blackstone, is hedging its bets on the growth in data processing capacity that will be brought about by digitisation
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June 08, 2021
08
Jun'21
Oracle and Crown Commercial Service renew MoU to continue cloud use
Oracle and the UK government’s Crown Commercial Service have renewed a memorandum of understanding for the continued use of the supplier’s cloud infrastructure and applications
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June 07, 2021
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Jun'21
India’s public cloud spending on a roll
Software as a service made up the lion’s share of overall public cloud spending in India last year, followed by cloud-based infrastructure and platforms as organisations look to build digital agility amid the pandemic
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June 04, 2021
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Jun'21
Whirlpool deepens Google Cloud partnership with SAP off-premise migration plan
Home appliance manufacturer Whirlpool is expanding beyond simply using Google Cloud’s productivity tools as its digital transformation plans continue apace
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June 03, 2021
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Jun'21
Tencent Cloud grows APAC footprint
Tencent Cloud has launched new tier-three datacentres in Bangkok, Hong Kong and Tokyo as it ramps up investments to capitalise on the region’s burgeoning cloud market
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June 02, 2021
02
Jun'21
Oracle debuts low-cost Arm compute instances
Oracle is offering Arm instances powered by Ampere’s Altra processors at one cent per core hour as enterprises look to deploy more Arm-based workloads
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June 02, 2021
02
Jun'21
SA-based MSP shuns HCI for Nebulon cloud-defined storage
SYSDBA needed to refresh its HPE 3PAR arrays, and so looked at hyper-converged but decided on cloud-defined storage from Nebulon that marries local storage with a cloud control plane
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June 02, 2021
02
Jun'21
HPE latest quarterly filing hints at ProLiant shift
Installed base of ProLiant server customers on a path to consumption-based, as-a-service subscription for hardware modernisation
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June 02, 2021
02
Jun'21
Mulberry bags Google Cloud support for data-driven sales push during Covid-19
Public cloud giant adds Mulberry to its roll-call of retail customers
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May 26, 2021
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May'21
How Kao Data used digital twin technology to build UK’s first free-cooled wholesale colo datacentre
Harlow-based firm claims to be the first UK wholesale colocation provider to build a free-cooled facility, with the help of digital twin and computational fluid dynamics technology
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May 25, 2021
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May'21
Homeware retailer vidaXL signs three-year Google Cloud deal to enable SAP systems migration
Netherlands-based international homeware retailer vidaXL taps up Google Cloud for SAP systems migration
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May 24, 2021
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May'21
Melbourne taps AI to ease traffic congestion
University of Melbourne has teamed up with public and private sector organisations to build an AI application that can predict traffic congestion up to three hours ahead
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May 21, 2021
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May'21
NHS Education for Scotland defends 'decade-long' public cloud deal with AWS
The training arm of NHS Scotland has come under fire from members of the public sector IT supplier community over its decision to award a 10-year cloud contract to AWS
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May 20, 2021
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May'21
GDPR-readiness of EU Cloud Code of Conduct wins backing of European data protection authorities
The EU Cloud Code of Conduct, which aims to help IT buyers source GDPR-compliant cloud services, has found favour with the European Data Protection Board
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May 20, 2021
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May'21
Record colocation take-up across Europe prompts renewed power supply concerns
The latest quarterly tracker data from real estate consultancy CBRE confirms colocation operators in Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam and Paris saw another record period of growth during Q1 2021
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May 19, 2021
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May'21
Google to shift cloud compute tasks between datacentres based on green power availability
Internet giant Google debuts capability that makes it possible to shift compute workloads between datacentres based on the regional availability of renewable, carbon-free power sources
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May 17, 2021
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May'21
AWS sets out plans to expand re/Start cloud skills programme across more of the UK and Ireland
Hot on the heels of Amazon’s pledge to create 10,000 jobs across the UK in 2021, its cloud division is planning to expand the geographical coverage of its long-standing skills builder programme
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May 17, 2021
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May'21
How M1 is striving to be a digital telco
Singapore’s M1 is dialling up its digital chops by monetising its data, building more personalised services for subscribers, and going beyond connectivity as it evolves into a digital telco
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May 14, 2021
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May'21
Amazon to create 10,000 new UK jobs in 2021 across online retail and cloud computing divisions
Online retail giant goes public with plans to create 10,000 new jobs in UK and embark on a retraining plan for existing staff who may want to pursue employment opportunities outside the company later down the line
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May 13, 2021
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May'21
PayPal expands multi-year Google Cloud partnership as Covid-19 prompts spike in online payments
Payment platform app provider publicly commits to moving more of its workloads to the Google Cloud Platform as consumer demand for online payment options soar
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May 13, 2021
13
May'21
Financial and technical obstacles hit Danish datacentre heat recycling plan
A datacentre project in Denmark is grappling with the challenges of reusing waste heat in local central heating systems
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May 13, 2021
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May'21
VMware names Raghu Raghuram as CEO to guide company through Dell Technologies spin-off
Several months on from the departure of ex-VMware chief Pat Gelsinger, the virtualisation giant names Raghu Raghuram as his permanent successor
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May 12, 2021
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May'21
Equinix shines light on changing post-pandemic investment priorities for UK IT decision-makers
Colocation giant Equinix’s latest Tech Trends Survey takes a look at how the IT spending priorities of IT leaders across the globe have shifted in response to the Covid-19 pandemic
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May 12, 2021
12
May'21
Irish datacentre industry urged to throw its weight behind country’s greener electricity grid push
Host in Ireland tells industry players to work with the government and other stakeholders to boost the sustainability of the country’s electricity grid for the sake of the sector’s continued growth
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May 12, 2021
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May'21
How a cloud engineer at DBS Bank charted his career
A cloud engineering leader at DBS Bank offers a glimpse into the tasks and challenges of a cloud professional and how his team is organised to support the bank’s public and private cloud infrastructure
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May 11, 2021
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May'21
AWS, Microsoft and Google secure spots on £750m UK government Cloud Compute framework
Tech giants Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM and Oracle are among the suppliers to secure a place on the four-year CCS Cloud Compute framework
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May 11, 2021
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May'21
IBM doubles down on AI and hybrid cloud
IBM is beefing up its core technology capabilities in artificial intelligence and hybrid cloud to speed up application modernisation and improve AI adoption
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May 10, 2021
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May'21
Server-side licensing leads to hike in public cloud prices
Changes made over the last year or so to protect open source revenue streams is starting to impact public cloud managed service costs
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May 06, 2021
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May'21
Premier League promotes football analytics with Oracle Cloud
From season 2021-22, the Premier League will provide in-match statistics and analysis for fans, made possible by Oracle Cloud
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May 06, 2021
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May'21
Dell Technologies World: Amex CEO on how Covid-19 has accelerated consumer adoption of e-commerce
American Express CEO Stephen Squeri was among the commentators called upon during this year's Dell Technologies World keynote to discuss how the world of work and IT has changed during the pandemic
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May 04, 2021
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May'21
Vodafone and Google Cloud expand big data platform collaboration with new six-year deal
Vodafone and Google Cloud have signed a six-year deal to build on their efforts to create a big data platform that will help the telco deliver a more personalised service to businesses and consumers across the world
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May 04, 2021
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May'21
How Transport for NSW is tapping machine learning
Transport agency in New South Wales taps machine learning to restore public confidence in the state’s transportation network amid the pandemic
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April 30, 2021
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Apr'21
Amazon posts profit and revenue growth as Q1 results highlight impact of Covid-19 on its business
Online retail giant and its cloud arm have benefited from Covid-19-induced changes to consumer and enterprise buying patterns
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April 29, 2021
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Apr'21
Public sector organisations ‘in the dark’ about where their data is, suggests UKCloud survey
Response to a poll of public sector IT and business leaders suggests few have any idea if their data is stored in the cloud or on-premise, claims UKCloud
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April 29, 2021
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Apr'21
Walt Disney Company confirms AWS as preferred cloud partner for Disney+ streaming service
Company lifts the veil on the cloud tech powering the global expansion of its popular Disney+ streaming service
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April 29, 2021
29
Apr'21
JEDI cloud contract: US court refuses to dismiss Amazon’s ‘political interference’ allegations
The long-running JEDI cloud contract row rumbles on as US Court of Federal Claims refuses to dismiss Amazon’s allegations that the Trump administration interfered with contract’s outcome
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April 28, 2021
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Apr'21
Google Cloud reports $1bn operating loss, but Alphabet remains committed
Company has extended the life of its servers from three to four years, netting $625m more revenue
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April 28, 2021
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Apr'21
Red Hat eyes edge computing workloads
Open-source juggernaut has enriched its enterprise Linux and OpenShift offerings to support edge computing workloads better
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April 27, 2021
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Apr'21
Startup targets PC gamers to build decentralised supercomputer
US-based Salad Technologies has been tapping up PC gamers to donate their surplus capacity for cryptocurrency mining for several years now, but it is now turning its attention to diversifying its workloads
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April 27, 2021
27
Apr'21
Wipro and Google Cloud deepen partnership
Wipro earns application development specialisation from Google Cloud following an earlier move to migrate SAP workloads to Google Cloud Platform
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April 27, 2021
27
Apr'21
Papa John’s embarks on ‘multi-phase’ move to Google Cloud
Papa John’s International has set out plans to shutter its datacentres and revamp its customer experience to include a move towards real-time tracking data for its deliveries