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April 22, 2020 22 Apr'20
How DBS is reaping the dividends of digital transformation

At DBS Bank, the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak has demonstrated the value of technology and the investments it made over the past decade to modernise its technology stack
March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20
Nutanix expands virtual desktop service in APAC

Nutanix has expanded its Xi Frame virtual desktop service to five more cloud regions in Asia-Pacific amid the Covid-19 outbreak
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
March 06, 2020 06 Mar'20
IT Priorities 2020: AI, cloud to dominate IT spending in India

Indian organisations are expected to spend more on artificial intelligence and cloud this year in a bid gain an edge over rivals through key technology investments

February 26, 2020 26 Feb'20
Cloud Snooper firewall bypass may be work of nation state

Cloud Snooper deploys a combination of specialised techniques to sneak past enterprise firewalls, warns Sophos
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
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?
January 06, 2020 06 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"
December 27, 2019 27 Dec'19
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2019

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 datacentre stories of 2019
December 03, 2019 03 Dec'19
HPE takes aim at hybrid IT management as a service

Starting with its GreenLake family, HPE is building out a hybrid platform from the edge to the cloud

November 26, 2019 26 Nov'19
VMware doubles up on Kubernetes play

New Tanzu portfolio reflects efforts by VMware to better meet the needs of enterprises that are warming to containers and Kubernetes when building new cloud-native applications
November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19
Mystery surrounds leak of four billion user records

Threat researchers uncover four billion user records on a wide-open Elasticsearch server but who left them there is a mystery
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
November 05, 2019 05 Nov'19
OpenStack to get standardisation boost in China

New standards are being developed by the OpenStack Foundation and a standards body to improve the interoperability of OpenStack distributions in China
October 25, 2019 25 Oct'19
Cloud leaders invest in datacentres as public clouds expand

Microsoft and Amazon have posted strong results for Q3 2019. Both are investing heavily in cloud infrastructure to support cloud services
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
September 20, 2019 20 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
September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19
Virtual Instruments brings automated VM right-sizing in v6.2

Storage and app performance specialist can now change virtual machine compute and network resources according to workload, with increased shift to analytics and proactive monitoring
August 26, 2019 26 Aug'19
VMware’s latest acquisitions point to emerging platform war

VMware’s buyout of Carbon Black and Pivotal is a sign of an emerging platform war following the IBM-Red Hat deal
July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19
Google increases presence and investments in Finland

New next-generation datacentre at Hamina and technology training hub in Helsinki illustrate Google’s growing interest in Finland
July 16, 2019 16 Jul'19
Dutch authorities temporarily halt datacentre construction

Two local authorities in the Netherlands have put the brakes on datacentre construction to give them time to put policies in place to gain more control over builds
July 10, 2019 10 Jul'19
Tax changes lead to review of Sweden’s datacentre development

Swedish government has changed the rules on how it offers tax rebates to datacentre providers and users, hitting domestic companies
July 09, 2019 09 Jul'19
Amsterdam’s datacentres face challenges to retain high growth

The Amsterdam datacentre market is growing rapidly, but the industry behind it must get on top of some burgeoning challenges
June 16, 2019 16 Jun'19
5G to drive hybrid cloud adoption in ANZ

5G networks will move computing to the edge, driving adoption of hybrid cloud and hyper-converged infrastructure, says Nutanix’s ANZ chief
June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19
Datacentre operators urged to look beyond past experience to fill talent gaps

Panellists at the annual Datacloud Europe Congress in Monaco claim operators will continue to struggle to plug talent gaps while focusing on finding candidates with years of experience in datacentres, rather than those with an aptitude for the type ...
June 04, 2019 04 Jun'19
Is ‘Brexit effect’ to blame for drop in UK data management investments?

Research from data backup software supplier Veeam suggests UK C-suite is set to invest much less in data management over the course of the next 12 months than the rest of the world, prompting concerns that Brexit might be to blame
June 03, 2019 03 Jun'19
How Alibaba Cloud plans to win over APAC enterprises

The Chinese cloud supplier is counting on data analytics, industry-specific offerings and its knowledge of the China market to gain a foothold in the Asia-Pacific region
May 23, 2019 23 May'19
Why enterprises should dump their VMs for containers

Kubernetes is five years old and server virtualisation is the new legacy, says Aparna Sinha, director of product management for Kubernetes at Google
May 23, 2019 23 May'19
VMware CEO outlines laws of hybrid cloud

Pat Gelsinger points out three laws that will make the case for the hybrid cloud future: economics, physics and data sovereignty
May 21, 2019 21 May'19
University of Bradford deploys HPC to aid research into preserving world’s heritage sites

University teams up with OCF to deploy high-performance computing environment to support efforts to create 3D representations of world heritage sites
May 03, 2019 03 May'19
Redefining OpenStack in the ‘open infrastructure’ era

The OpenStack Foundation’s inaugural Open Infrastructure Summit saw it share a series of updates on its efforts to expand its technological reach by forging closer ties with both users and adjacent open source communities
April 22, 2019 22 Apr'19
With Anthos, Google seeks to unify open source cloud technologies

Urs Hölzle, Google’s head of technical infrastructure, talks up efforts to deliver what he claims to be the first open source cloud stack
April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19
HPE and Nutanix go after hybrid cloud service opportunity

Enterprises are taking a hybrid approach to cloud computing. A new deal with Nutanix is HPE's latest attempt at simplifying hardware as a service
April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19
Sweden chosen by Amazon Web Services as renewable energy project location

Amazon Web Services has chosen a wind farm in Sweden as part of a project to source renewable energy for its global infrastructure
April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19
Cranfield gets Rubrik backup plus Nutanix in drive to the cloud

Research-led university goes hyper-converged across the board with Rubrik backup appliances and Nutanix in a move to rationalise on-site physical needs and drive to the cloud
April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19
Public cloud fuelled bulk of datacentre infrastructure spend in 2018, research shows

Latest datacentre infrastructure tracker from Synergy Research Group highlights the impact the growing demand for public cloud is having on the market
March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19
Singapore’s UOB signs up for VMware Cloud on AWS

United Overseas Bank has become the first in Southeast Asia to use VMware Cloud on AWS in its move to the hybrid cloud
March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19
Norway datacentre strategy producing dividend

Norway's strategy to become a favourable location for Nordic datacentres is gathering steam
March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19
Hyperscale demand for colocation offsets softening take-up from enterprises, research shows

Latest quarterly tracker data from Synergy Research Group highlights the positive impact the hyperscalers are having on the global colocation market, at a time when enterprise demand for their services appears to be softening
March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19
Volkswagen broadens public cloud commitment by partnering with AWS

Automotive manufacturing giant Volkswagen Group is continuing to build out its cloud strategy by setting out plans to work with Amazon Web Services to revamp its manufacturing processes
March 18, 2019 18 Mar'19
MySpace data loss: Botched server migration prompts user concerns over fate of lost songs

Social networking forerunner MySpace confirms server migration caused the loss of content uploaded to its site before 2015
March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19
IT Priorities 2019: ANZ organisations focus on fundamentals

Organisations in Australia and New Zealand will spend more on modernising legacy applications and breaking down data silos this year
February 18, 2019 18 Feb'19
IT Priorities 2019: Cloud migrations emerge as top investment area for IT decision-makers

This year’s Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities research shows a growing appetite among UK IT leaders to move more of their IT estate and applications to the cloud
February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19
Lenovo offers enterprises access to on-premise datacentre kit on cloud-like pay-as-you-go terms

Chinese PC maker Lenovo wants to make it easier for enterprises to access on-premise datacentre resources without needing to invest huge sums of money in purchasing it
February 07, 2019 07 Feb'19
T-Systems cuts size of datacentre estate by 85% through technology refresh

The IT services arm of Deutsche Telekom has culled the number of datacentres it operates from 89 to 13, but claims to have seen its compute capacity increase by 25%
January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19
Hyper-converged infrastructure gains acceptance in APAC

A top Nutanix executive claims that migrations to hyper-converged infrastructure in the region are under way, fuelled by growing interest in hybrid cloud
January 29, 2019 29 Jan'19
Nordic green energy IT strategy gains momentum

The Nordic countries are building strong IT sectors around their green-powered datacentre infrastructures
November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18
It’s still early days for hybrid IT in APAC

The tipping point for hybrid IT adoption will come only when more enterprises start running production workloads on the public cloud, says HPE’s chief technologist for the region
November 14, 2018 14 Nov'18
OpenStack Foundation hails innovation benefits of open and inclusive software development

OpenStack CIO Mark Collier predicts the next five to 10 years will see more software development conducted in open, transparent and collaborative ways, as enterprises strive to speed up digital transformation efforts
November 14, 2018 14 Nov'18
OpenStack Foundation will tackle infrastructure barriers to enterprise AI adoption

OpenStack supporting community will help enterprises to overcome infrastructure barriers to adopting artificial intelligence technologies in 2019 as demand for GPU and FPGA-based set-ups grows