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.
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					20 Oct 2025
					
									
										  AWS confirms it is working to 'fully restore' services after major outageAmazon Web Services (AWS) users have experienced an outage after the public cloud giant's North Virginia datacentre region became beset with technical difficulties Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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					20 Oct 2025
					
									
										  Nscale founding director exits AI infrastructure provider in wake of $1.1bn investment roundMuch-hyped artificial intelligence infrastructure provider Nscale has parted ways with one of its founding directors, Companies House documents confirm Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                12 Nov 2021
                  IT Priorities 2022: APAC enterprises invest in digital futureNearly two-thirds of enterprises in Asia-Pacific plan to increase their IT budgets next year in areas such as cloud computing and cyber security to secure their digital future Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                Opinion
                11 Nov 2021
                  How the tech sector can lead the green revolutionTech has often been highlighted as a contributor to climate change, but technology innovation will be central to achieving a net-zero economy Continue Reading By- Julian David, TechUK
 
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                News
                11 Nov 2021
                  Post-Covid tech world to see 89% of UK tech operations hosted off-premiseLeading UK ISP releases research showing that emergence of the hybrid era means that dependence on on-premise infrastructure to support a full capacity office is no longer required Continue Reading By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
 
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                News
                11 Nov 2021
                  Green energy Cray supercomputer to power weather predictionsHPE is building a supercomputer that will be shared by four European meteorological services Continue Reading By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
 
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                E-Zine
                11 Nov 2021
                  CW Benelux: Dutch IT company rips up the HR rule book for better work-life balanceOne Dutch tech firm has used learnings from the pandemic to rip up its HR rule book and implement an official work-from-home policy. In fact, Infolearn has gone further than hybrid working, with a personal mobility budget for staff and a four-day working week, all with retention of full-time salary. Also in this issue, read how Dutch education administrators appear to be underestimating the threat of cyber crime. Continue Reading 
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                Feature
                10 Nov 2021
                  APAC expert guide to cloud migrationIn this expert guide on cloud migration in Asia-Pacific, we highlight the key considerations and strategies that enterprises can take when moving their workloads to public cloud Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                09 Nov 2021
                  Gartner: Why CIOs need to replan their roadmapIT has always been about gaining more efficiency by automating processes, but greater efficiency doesn’t lead to a step change in business outcomes Continue Reading By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
 
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                09 Nov 2021
                  Riskier business: How Brexit could be changing downtime risk and resilience in the datacentreAs the UK enters the final quarter of its first year from the Brexit transition period, the risk picture for local datacentres remains unclear Continue Reading 
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                09 Nov 2021
                  The RSPCA on how going cloud-first helped it rescue and rehome animals throughout the pandemicThe RSPCA was one of the earliest adopters of Google’s online business productivity suite of tools nearly a decade ago, and the organisation’s assistant director of IT resources reveals how that decision has benefited the charity throughout the pandemic. Continue Reading 
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                News
                09 Nov 2021
                  Public cloud use linked to reduced carbon emissions and energy consumption, finds 451 ResearchIT analyst house 451 Research claims European enterprises could dramatically improve their sustainability credentials by shuttering their datacentres and moving their business applications to the public cloud Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                E-Zine
                09 Nov 2021
                  How a cloud-first strategy helped save animals in the pandemicIn this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the RSPCA about how its cloud-first strategy helped to save animals throughout the pandemic. Data warehouses have been part of the IT landscape for 30 years – but are they now old technology, and what’s next? And we assess how Brexit has affected risk and resilience in the datacentre. Read the issue now. Continue Reading 
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                News
                09 Nov 2021
                  Oracle eyes startups with Singapore cloud regionOracle is targeting startups and going beyond its enterprise stronghold with its first cloud region in Southeast Asia Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                Feature
                08 Nov 2021
                  How can enterprises avoid datacentre supply chain issues affecting IT upgrades?With analysts predicting that the current datacentre component shortages could last for at least two years, CIOs are being advised to act now to prevent the situation affecting their IT upgrade plans Continue Reading 
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                News
                08 Nov 2021
                  CME Group signs 10-year cloud and product innovation deal with GoogleCME Group, one of the world’s largest financial derivatives exchange operators, has signed a multi-year infrastructure migration deal with Google Cloud Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                08 Nov 2021
                  Irish government confirms datacentre strategy review in revised 2021 climate planThe Irish government is ramping up its commitment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, but acknowledges hitting its revised up target will be a challenge given the country’s current datacentre growth rate Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                08 Nov 2021
                  Splunk’s cloud shift is paying off in APACSplunk’s Asia-Pacific business is growing faster than the rest of the company, but it’s not resting on its laurels Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                07 Nov 2021
                  Belfast City Airport: Most apps in the cloud by 2031George Best Belfast City Airport has already achieved 50/50 cloud and on-premise working, with 80% of workloads expected to be cloud-based in the next decade. We look at what hybrid cloud means in practice Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                07 Nov 2021
                  Businesses failing to cut carbon footprint of ‘power-hungry’ technologyTackling the power consumption of datacentres features low on the list of tech leaders’ priorities, but pressures to change are growing Continue Reading By- Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
 
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                Podcast
                05 Nov 2021
                  COP26: IT and climate change – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcastIn this episode, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna are joined by Ryan Priest to discuss IT’s role in combating climate change, on the eve of COP26, as well as YouTube’s temporary expulsion of Novara Media from its platform Continue Reading By- Clare McDonald, Business Editor
- Ryan Priest
- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                Blog Post
                05 Nov 2021
                  Underwater datacentres: Is the industry at risk of sweeping its climate problems into the sea?In this guest post, Jake Madders, co-founder of enterprise cloud provider Hyve Managed Hosting, explores the possible environmental impacts of relying on underwater datacentres In the summer of ... Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly
 
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                News
                05 Nov 2021
                  Inside Krungsri Bank’s open API journeyThailand’s Krungsri Bank has been harnessing open application programming interfaces to enable its partners to build new services in a strategy that has won over customers from rival banks Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                02 Nov 2021
                  Electronic waste excluded from COP26 agendaData sanitation industry group calls on UK government to add electronic waste to the climate summit’s agenda Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                Blog Post
                02 Nov 2021
                  Has Windows 11 strengthened the case for Chromebooks?I was left with two overriding thoughts following Microsoft’s recent launch of Windows 11 and the Windows 365 Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) proposition. My first thought was positive and pragmatic. ... Continue Reading By- Dale Vile, Freeform Dynamics
 
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                News
                02 Nov 2021
                  iXsystems entry-level NAS goes hyper-converged with TrueNAS ScaleiXsystems TrueNAS can be a fraction of the cost of competitors and with a revamped operating system it can be built into clusters that can run virtual machines and containers Continue Reading By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                E-Zine
                02 Nov 2021
                  What the Budget means for UK technologyIn this week’s Computer Weekly, we look through the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget and Spending Review to find what it means for the UK tech sector. As COP26 starts, we assess the green credentials of the IT industry. And we hear one CTO’s experiences of learning the privacy lessons of GDPR. Read the issue now. Continue Reading 
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                News
                02 Nov 2021
                  Dell rolls out financing arm in SingaporeDell Financial Services will offer flexible and consumption-based payment options in local and regional markets as more enterprises consume and operate IT infrastructure via an as-a-service model Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                01 Nov 2021
                  No cloud storage for Belfast City Airport in Nutanix hyper-converged switchGeorge Best Belfast City Airport ditches ageing Dell iSCSI SAN for Nutanix HCI for half the price of nearest contender, and gets DR site into the bargain. Cloud storage was a no-go for cost reasons Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                29 Oct 2021
                  Amazon Q3 2021: AWS nears 40% in year-on-year growthAmazon has reported 39% year-on-year growth for its public cloud division AWS and posted overall third quarter revenue of $110.8bn, up 15% on last year Continue Reading By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                News
                29 Oct 2021
                  Facebook rebrands to Meta amid continuing controversiesFacebook has changed its corporate name to Meta to support its work on the next generation of “social technologies”, but concerns around trust and privacy persist Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                Feature
                29 Oct 2021
                  Five ways the hyper-converged infrastructure market is changingWe look at changes in the hyper-converged infrastructure market as suppliers go cool, go soft, disaggregate HCI nodes, provide as-a-service options and look to containers Continue Reading 
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                News
                29 Oct 2021
                  How GitHub is driving secure software developmentGitHub’s first chief security officer offers a glimpse into the company’s efforts to help developers and organisations embrace secure software development practices Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                28 Oct 2021
                  Benioffs and Salesforce put $300m into combating climate change on eve of COP26$200m committed to reforestation and restoration efforts, and $100m for non-profits over the next 10 years Continue Reading By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                News
                28 Oct 2021
                  Social media conglomerate Facebook on streamlining its hyperscale datacentre buildoutsFacebook offers a look at how its approach to designing and building its datacentres has evolved to keep pace with the growing demands of its growing user base Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                27 Oct 2021
                  Google’s server life extension delivers $1.7bn revenue boost in nine monthsAlthough its public cloud market share is way behind AWS and Azure, GCP is forging ahead with its industrial cloud strategy Continue Reading By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
 
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                News
                27 Oct 2021
                  Microsoft: Solving the climate crisis will require moon landing levels of tech innovationMicrosoft’s chief environmental officer says it’s not too late to prevent a climate disaster, but doing so will require a group effort and levels of tech innovation on a par with those needed to put a man on the moon Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                27 Oct 2021
                  Cohesity beefs up ransomware and disaster recovery offerDisaster Recovery as-a-service, Data Govern and project Fort Knox available or in development as data protection supplier augments its portfolio with ransomware firmly in mind Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                27 Oct 2021
                  AWS to open cloud region in New ZealandCloud giant will invest NZ$7.5bn in New Zealand over the next 15 years through the new Auckland cloud region Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                25 Oct 2021
                  London calling for infrastructure as business nets expand four times faster than pre-pandemicAs the new way of working in the post-pandemic arena evolves, research finds digitally mature businesses are hitting the accelerator on digital infrastructure Continue Reading By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
 
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                Blog Post
                25 Oct 2021
                  COP26: IT's role in tackling climate changeFar from being a clean sector, IT is an immense consumer of natural resources and electricity. The majority of the world’s semiconductors are manufactured in Taiwanese fabrication plants (fabs), ... Continue Reading By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
 
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                News
                25 Oct 2021
                  The RSPCA on how going cloud-first helped it rescue and rehome animals throughout the pandemicThe RSPCA was one of the earliest adopters of Google’s online business productivity suite of tools nearly a decade ago, and the organisation’s assistant director of IT resources reveals how that decision has benefited the charity throughout the pandemic Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                21 Oct 2021
                  NetApp Insight frames moves to public cloud and cloud nativeStorage player highlights partnerships with cloud hyperscalers and development of Spot portfolio aimed at cloud-native applications, DevOps, FinOps and SecOps Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                20 Oct 2021
                  Alibaba Cloud to open datacentres in Thailand and South KoreaChinese cloud supplier is expanding its regional datacentre footprint to Thailand and South Korea in 2022 alongside technology investments that include a custom Arm-based server chip Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                19 Oct 2021
                  Government flags opportunity for re-use of waste datacentre heat in net-zero strategyUK government's long-awaited net-zero strategy document makes the case for the creation of heat networks that could see waste heat from datacentres used to warm homes and businesses Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                19 Oct 2021
                  VMware refines cross-cloud strategyVMware’s CTO Kit Colbert talks up the evolution of the company’s cross-cloud strategy and how it stands out from other suppliers eyeing the multicloud pie Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                E-Zine
                19 Oct 2021
                  Making the case for and against police use of facial recognition technologyIn this week’s Computer Weekly, as the Met Police enhances its facial recognition capabilities, we examine the pros and cons of law enforcement use of the technology. Three in five IT professionals want a new job – is there a tech exodus in the industry? And we take an in-depth look at the growth of the Nordic datacentre sector. Read the issue now. Continue Reading 
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                News
                18 Oct 2021
                  Singapore pulls ahead with public sector 5G trialsSingapore’s public sector organisations are testing the use of 5G connectivity to remotely operate an autonomous vehicle for road-sweeping, among other use cases Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                Definition
                18 Oct 2021
                  storage capacity planningStorage capacity planning is the practice of assessing current data storage needs and forecasting future storage requirements. Continue Reading By- Paul Kirvan
- Kim Hefner, Executive Managing Editor
 
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                News
                17 Oct 2021
                  Graphcore opens Southeast Asia hub in SingaporeThe AI chipmaker is looking to expand its sales teams and hire more engineers to support customer deployments in Singapore and the rest of Southeast Asia Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                14 Oct 2021
                  NXP Semiconductors doubles down on datacentre migration plan with AWSNetherlands-based semiconductor manufacturer is expanding its use of Amazon Web Services to speed up the time it takes to develop and release new products Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                14 Oct 2021
                  HPE’s GreenLake strategy pays off in APACHPE’s transition to an as-a-service company is paying off in Asia-Pacific where it witnessed one of the strongest quarters, thanks in part to rising demand for services Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                13 Oct 2021
                  Microsoft makes carbon emissions-tracking dashboard generally available to cloud usersMicrosoft has confirmed the general availability of a dashboard that will allow enterprises to track the greenhouse gas emissions generated by their cloud usage habits in latest sustainability push Continue Reading 
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                News
                13 Oct 2021
                  Half-year cloud market tracker data highlights soaring demand for IaaS and PaaSLatest market tracker data from Synergy Research Group highlights how soaring demand for cloud services is affecting the dominant suppliers Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                13 Oct 2021
                  Google builds out hybrid and multicloud vision for enterprisesThe tech giant used the first day of its Google Cloud Next virtual conference to reveal how it is building out its multicloud proposition for enterprises Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                Feature
                13 Oct 2021
                  APAC expert guide to storage managementIn this expert guide to storage management in Asia-Pacific, we unpack the developments shaping storage management and key strategies to extract business value from data Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                13 Oct 2021
                  Google Cloud renews commitment to helping enterprises decarbonise their IT infrastructurePublic cloud giant is making a series of tools available to users of its off-premise platforms that are designed to help them decarbonise their IT setups Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                12 Oct 2021
                  Siemens Energy plots multi-petabyte datacentre migration with Google CloudEnergy technology company Siemens Energy is to downsize its datacentre footprint with an ambitious plan to move 2.6 petabytes of its business data to Google Cloud over 15 months Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                11 Oct 2021
                  Malaysia’s highway authority improves DR capabilitiesThe Malaysian Highway Authority is now more resilient against cyber attacks through a local disaster-recovery-as-a-service offering powered by Veeam software Continue Reading By
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                11 Oct 2021
                  Five things you need to know about cloud file servicesWe 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 
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                11 Oct 2021
                  SSE Renewables teams with Microsoft for AI-led puffin conservation project on Isle of MayGreen energy provider talks up the potential for artificial intelligence technology to help speed up the time it takes to bring new supplies of renewable power onto the grid Continue Reading 
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                News
                11 Oct 2021
                  Oracle commits to growing global datacentre footprint by opening 14 new regions over coming yearDatabase giant to build out its datacentre presence across the world on the back of growing demand for its cloud infrastructure services Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                Feature
                07 Oct 2021
                  What lies beyond the data warehouse?Has the traditional data warehouse finally reached the end of its life? If so, what will follow it? Will it be a hybrid? We find out Continue Reading 
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                News
                07 Oct 2021
                  How VMware is tackling the Indian marketVMware is eyeing growing opportunities in India around cloud-native application development, remote work as well as 5G and edge computing, says VMware president Sumit Dhawan Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                06 Oct 2021
                  VMworld 2021: VMware CEO fleshes out and refines company’s enterprise multi-cloud strategyVMware’s new CEO, Raghu Raghuram, uses the VMworld 2021 keynote to set out the company’s expanded take on the meaning of multi-cloud Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                06 Oct 2021
                  Open Infrastructure Foundation hails surge in OpenStack deployments as Microsoft joins ranksOpen Infrastructure Foundation’s chief operating officer lifts the lid on how the pandemic is shaping and accelerating adoption of its open source cloud platform OpenStack Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                Podcast
                06 Oct 2021
                  Top women in UK tech, AI on puffin island – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcastIn this episode, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss CW’s annual programme to choose the most influential women in UK tech, as well as Newham Sparks, and puffin-counting AI Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
- Clare McDonald, Business Editor
- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                News
                06 Oct 2021
                  Aetos to deploy Singtel MEC for security operationsSecurity firm Aetos will use Singtel’s multi-access edge computing platform to run applications such as surveillance robots, drones and video analytics at its security command centre Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                05 Oct 2021
                  Kao Data secures up to £130m in funding to finance colocation datacentre expansionsHarlow-based colocation giant has secure further investment as its expansion plans gather pace Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                E-Zine
                05 Oct 2021
                  The Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2021In this week’s Computer Weekly, we reveal the 50 women chosen as the most influential in UK technology for 2021, and talk to the 10th winner of our annual list – Poppy Gustafsson, CEO of Darktrace. Also, our latest buyer’s guide looks at digital customer experience technologies. Read the issue now. Continue Reading 
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                News
                29 Sep 2021
                  AWS courts local councils across UK and Ireland with three-month free cloud services trial offerAmazon Web Services is seeking expressions of interest from local authorities across the UK, Ireland and Spain to take part in a three-month cloud trial programme Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                Feature
                29 Sep 2021
                  Riskier business: How Brexit could be changing downtime risk and resilience in the datacentreAs the UK enters the final quarter of its first year from the Brexit transition period, the risk picture for local datacentres remains unclear Continue Reading By
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                Feature
                29 Sep 2021
                  Could Iceland be the best place in the world for high-performance computing?Most of Iceland’s cheap, sustainable energy is currently used by aluminium smelters, but recognising the need to diversify, the Landsvirkjun power company now promotes other uses Continue Reading By- Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management
 
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                News
                29 Sep 2021
                  The Security Interviews: How SolarWinds came through its darkest hourIn his first major UK press interview, SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna tells Computer Weekly how a relentless focus on transparency saw the company safely through a nightmare cyber breach scenario Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                News
                29 Sep 2021
                  AWS launches programme to advance health equityThe $40m global health equity programme will fund projects that improve health outcomes for underserved communities Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                28 Sep 2021
                  How one red team exercise averted a new SolarWinds-style attackPalo Alto Networks shares details of how its red teamers found and sealed a customer vulnerability that could have led to another SolarWinds-style supply chain attack Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                News
                28 Sep 2021
                  Pure launches Fusion cloud control layer for storagePure Fusion is a storage control plane across cloud and datacentre. Portworx Data Services also launches to provide database management for container storage platform Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                E-Zine
                28 Sep 2021
                  Chancellor Rishi Sunak talks techIn this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the Chancellor of the Exchequer about his plans to support innovation and growth in the UK tech sector. Composable IT is the latest trend in building software to support business change. And Halfords built its own service management software – and now is selling it to other retailers. Read the issue now. Continue Reading 
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                Tip
                27 Sep 2021
                  Considerations for sustainable data center designTo design a green, sustainable data center, consider methods to improve energy conservation and efficiency. Then, look into green -- or greener -- energy source alternatives. Continue Reading By- Robert McFarlane, Shen Milsom & Wilke LLC
 
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                News
                27 Sep 2021
                  GCP gets triple-redundant NAS and built-in Kubernetes backupGoogle Filestore Enterprise will provide synchronous replication across three zones, while Backup for Google Kubernetes Engine brings built-in container cluster data protection Continue Reading By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                27 Sep 2021
                  Private equity cash fuels Nordic datacentre growthPrivate equity companies are betting on the Nordic datacentre sector as demand for services in the region accelerates Continue Reading By- Gerard O'Dwyer
 
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                News
                27 Sep 2021
                  CIO interview: Jon Braithwaite, CIO, Compass Group UK & IrelandFTSE 100 catering services company is undergoing a widespread overhaul of its technology and improving the digital offering to customers Continue Reading By
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                News
                24 Sep 2021
                  IT systems failure blights UK Border Force electronic passport gatesThe Home Office confirms the UK Border Force electronic passport gates are up and running again after passengers complain of missed flights due to earlier immigration processing delays Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                23 Sep 2021
                  Regulator concerns about resilience and security could slow cloud adoption in financial servicesReport by Association for Financial Markets In Europe highlights the pressure financial services firms face as they seek to balance the need for innovation with regulatory requirements Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                23 Sep 2021
                  European cloud providers are growing revenue but losing market share, Synergy data showsLatest data from Synergy Research Group highlights changing dynamics within the European cloud market, as the US giants continue to grow their share Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                23 Sep 2021
                  Threat actors target VMware vCenter Server usersUsers of VMware vCenter Server are advised to patch a series of vulnerabilities post haste Continue Reading By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                News
                23 Sep 2021
                  SSE Renewables teams up with Microsoft for AI-led puffin conservation project on Isle of MayGreen energy provider talks up the potential for artificial intelligence technology to help speed up the time it takes to bring new supplies of renewable power onto the grid Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                News
                22 Sep 2021
                  Salesforce to debut Hyperforce architecture in SingaporeSalesforce is rolling out its Hyperforce infrastructure architecture in Singapore by the year-end, enabling enterprises to run Salesforce applications on Amazon Web Services Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                22 Sep 2021
                  Newham aims to harness local talent to build data economy in LondonThe London Borough of Newham sets out to enable its young, digitally savvy population to build a data economy for sustainable growth through the launch of Newham Sparks at London Tech Week 2021 Continue Reading By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                News
                22 Sep 2021
                  Linode commits to NVMe storage infrastructure upgrade across its global datacentre portfolioAlternative public cloud service provider Linode has commited to revamping the storage infrastructure across its 11 datacentres, which include sites in the US, UK and Germany Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                Tip
                21 Sep 2021
                  Pros and cons of on-site power generation for data centersOrganizations considering a move to on-site power generation should weigh drawbacks -- such as cost -- against benefits, including sustainability and increased control over power. Continue Reading By
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                News
                21 Sep 2021
                  UK needs coordinated effort to regain ground in high-performance computingThe UK is falling behind in the supercomputer league as a lack of skills and awareness of large-scale computing holds back organisations Continue Reading By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
 
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                News
                21 Sep 2021
                  Stax to expand in New Zealand, Southeast AsiaAustralia’s homegrown cloud management platform is setting its sights on neighbouring markets amid growing cloud adoption across the region Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                21 Sep 2021
                  Hyperscale cloud giants look to pick up the pace of self-built datacentres in LondonLatest quarterly datacentre market tracker data from DC Byte and Knight Frank suggests a shift in investment priorities for the hyperscale cloud giants could be on the cards Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                Blog Post
                21 Sep 2021
                  Why water usage is the datacentre industry’s dirty little secretIn this guest post to mark Sustainable Development Week, Arnaud de Bermingham, president and founder of cloud provider Scaleway sets out why the datacentre industry must come clean about its water ... Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly
 
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                21 Sep 2021
                  Hybrid IT: Making datacentre and cloud work better together in the enterpriseEnterprises are increasingly trying to balance and manage IT assets in a variety of environments, but there are plenty of tools and technologies out there to make the job a lot easier Continue Reading 
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                E-Zine
                21 Sep 2021
                  The cities planning for ethical use of AIIn this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to tech leaders in Barcelona and London about a collaboration to ensure ethical use of AI in the era of smart cities. The UK government wants to reform data protection law – we assess the implications. And we examine the latest best practice in hybrid cloud. Read the issue now. Continue Reading 
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                Feature
                20 Sep 2021
                  Climate change and datacentres: Weighing up water useGiven that a mid-sized datacentre uses as much water as three average-sized hospitals, green IT needs to start considering water usage Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
 
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                News
                20 Sep 2021
                  ASEAN organisations face observability gapOrganisations in Southeast Asia are grappling with a hodgepodge of observability tools and have some way to go before they can achieve full visibility over their technology stacks Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                16 Sep 2021
                  NTT and Equinix lead APAC co-location marketThe 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 Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                14 Sep 2021
                  TikTok’s take-off fuels hyperscale datacentre spend by parent company ByteDanceFollowing 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 Continue Reading By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 

 
		 
	