Converged infrastructure

The converged infrastructure concept is finding favour with enterprises that want to move away from the traditional, horizontal datacentre hardware silos, and cut the time it takes to kit out their facilities. In a converged infrastructure stack, the required servers, storage and networking equipment are all packaged together in a single, software-defined package, which is usually optimised to run a specific workload or application.

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Top 10 datacentre stories of 2021

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 datacentre stories of 2021
December 16, 2021 16 Dec'21
Barclays selects HPE GreenLake to host 100,000 workloads

Bank sees a need to provide more personalised digital experiences, and GreenLake is providing the IT infrastructure to help it get there
December 15, 2021 15 Dec'21
Dell CTO’s predictions focus on edge, mobility, data and security

There will be plenty going on in 2022 as debates on some of the big topics evolve to meet changing trends
November 15, 2021 15 Nov'21
Norwegian telco Telenor partners with Google Cloud for digital transformation push

Telenor has signed a deal with Google Cloud that will see the pair collaborate on bringing joint services and products to market for their customers

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