Data centre

Deciding where and how to build and operate a datacentre is one of the most important decisions your organisation will make. This section covers how to build a solid datacentre infrastructure, including selecting the right location to build your new facility, best practices for designing a new datacentre, and cooling and air flow techniques. Learn about green IT, data management systems, servers and operating systems.

September 16, 2021 16 Sep'21
NTT and Equinix lead APAC co-location market

The two datacentre service providers are leading the pack in co-location services in the Asia-Pacific region thanks to their growing business from hyperscale cloud suppliers
September 14, 2021 14 Sep'21
TikTok’s take-off fuels hyperscale datacentre spend by parent company ByteDance

Following its meteoric rise to social media prominence, TikTok’s parent company is confirmed as being the world’s seventh-biggest datacentre spender after just three years of expansion
September 14, 2021 14 Sep'21
Uptime Institute highlights patchy reporting of water use by datacentre operators

With the water usage habits of datacentres coming under increased scrutiny, research from resiliency think tank Uptime Institute highlights shortcomings in the sector's reporting of how much water facilities use
September 13, 2021 13 Sep'21
Google joins Microsoft and Facebook by pledging to replenish more water than it consumes by 2030

Google is the latest tech giant to go public with its commitment to becoming a water-positive entity

The second coming: The Nordic datacentre market comes of age

As concerns mount about space and power constraints within several of Europe’s largest datacentre hubs, enterprises are being urged to consider shifting more of their energy-intensive workloads to the Nordic countries Continue Reading
Five things you need to know about cloud file services

We look at cloud file services, which provide a file system-like architecture that gives users access to file data wherever they are, just as if it were a local NAS filer Continue Reading
Five key questions to ask about storage-as-a-service and consumption models

We look at important questions to ask providers of consumption-based storage procurement services, such as base costs and burst, usage measurement and upgrade paths Continue Reading

Marriages Are Back On The Agenda – Even In IT

Ah – the return of “normality” in the UK – i.e., people are still getting ill but the government admits it doesn’t care any longer, other than by increasing taxes… But enough of the ... Continue Reading
Throwback Thursday: Is IT investment handled better now than a decade ago?

People like to think that the way IT works with business has changed dramatically in the past 13 years, but have the important challenges faced back then really been addressed? This week, we look ... Continue Reading
A PC in the cloud

It was going to happen sooner or later. While many regarded Chromebooks as devices merely fit for less intensive computing tasks, they have shown Microsoft and the PC industry a different approach ... Continue Reading

How Covid-19 accelerated cloud investment in the financial world

Cloud computing is no longer a thing of the future for banks that want to remain competitive Continue Reading
Moving from VMs to a container-based enterprise architecture

As organisations move to a cloud-native architecture, they will need to consider what to do with their existing virtual server estate Continue Reading
Containers: Learning from the pioneers

Containerisation represents the next evolution of IT architectures, but although they will play a significant role, they are not suitable for every scenario Continue Reading

How Zoom is keeping pace with demand for conferencing tools

Magnus Falk, CIO advisor at Zoom, offers insights on how the company is scaling up its resources to meet the growing usage of its service
DOES 2017, London: Sam Guckenheimer interview

In this video Computer Weekly speaks to Sam Guckenheimer at the DevOps Enterprise Summit
DOES 2017, London: Steve Mayner interview

In this video Computer Weekly speaks to Steve Mayner at the DevOps Enterprise Summit