Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Find out what IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service), what it is used for, which companies are using IaaS, and the types of infrastructure included in this category of cloud services.
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Feature
23 Apr 2025
Hitachi Vantara: VSP One leads revamped storage portfolio
Storage supplier profile: Block, file and object as part of full-stack IT offer for hybrid cloud and containerised applications comes via VSP One arrays and EverFlex as-a-service options Continue Reading
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News
16 Apr 2025
Interview: Markus Schümmelfeder, CIO, Boehringer Ingelheim
The pharmaceutical giant has built a digital and data platform based on cloud and standardisation, from which it is exploring technology opportunities in AI and quantum computing Continue Reading
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News
13 Jul 2022
NHS trust cuts costs and refresh cycle with Wasabi cloud storage
Imperial College NHS Trust expects to saves 30% in storage costs and cut back on five-year refresh headaches in a move that has seen backup and archive data move to the Wasabi cloud Continue Reading
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News
11 Jul 2022
Oracle to open first sovereign cloud regions for EU-based users in 2023
Database software giant Oracle has set out plans to provide private enterprises and public sector organisations with access to sovereign cloud regions, with the first set to open in Spain and Germany next year Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2022
How Bank BPD Bali modernised its datacentre infrastructure
The Indonesian bank has deployed the Nutanix Cloud Platform in a move to modernise its datacentre infrastructure and pave the way towards hybrid and multi-cloud Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2022
Microsoft to roll out grid-interactive UPS tech to its Dublin datacentre
Software giant plans to support Ireland’s transition to a carbon-free energy society by making its datacentre’s backup power sources available for use to the country’s national grid Continue Reading
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News
06 Jul 2022
Vodafone and Google Cloud collaboration gives rise to AI Booster platform
Vodafone and Google Cloud have gone public with details of a jointly created artificial intelligence platform that is already live in more than 18 countries Continue Reading
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News
05 Jul 2022
High Court quashes planning permission extension for Apple’s abandoned Irish datacentre build
After securing additional planning permission for the site of its now-abandoned datacentre build last year, Apple has seen the offer withdrawn by the High Court – which may complicate how it sells the land on Continue Reading
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News
30 Jun 2022
H&M Group tries Google Cloud on for size as omnichannel push gathers pace
H&M Group has tapped up Google Cloud to add data analytics and machine learning capabilities to its omnichannel strategy Continue Reading
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News
29 Jun 2022
Inside Bendigo and Adelaide Bank’s cloud journey
With a strong DevOps culture, Australian bank has been moving its most important applications to the cloud in a journey that has already reaped returns Continue Reading
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News
28 Jun 2022
HPE Discover: GreenLake grows new features and customer base
Tech giant HPE has used its annual user and partner conference to announce the roll-out of a series of enhancements to its flagship GreenLake as-a-service offering Continue Reading
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News
28 Jun 2022
Research highlights private equity’s growing hold on datacentre sector
Latest market tracker data from Synergy Research Group shows how private equity players are increasing their hold on the datacentre market Continue Reading
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News
23 Jun 2022
HPE commits to achieving net-zero business goals 10 years ahead of schedule
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is doubling down on its climate change commitments by vowing to cut its greenhouse gas emissions at an accelerated pace Continue Reading
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News
22 Jun 2022
Public cloud ecosystem revenue soars in line with enterprise demand for services during Q1
Demand for public cloud and related ecosystem services continues to grow, fuelling revenue growth for the market’s various players Continue Reading
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News
21 Jun 2022
Vodafone and Oracle Cloud strike multi-year deal to modernise telco’s European infrastructure
Vodafone is expanding the range of cloud providers it works with, as it embarks on a multi-year revamp of the infrastructure underpinning its European operations Continue Reading
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News
21 Jun 2022
Cloudflare outage temporarily takes down hundreds of websites
Downtime incident at web application security and performance firm Cloudflare has wide-reaching consequences for internet service providers Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Jun 2022
Looking ahead: How to create a multi-year datacentre capacity plan
Datacentres and cloud providers without a crystal ball can make educated guesses on future requirements to right-size resources and infrastructure Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Jun 2022
AWS and startups: Using accelerator programmes to help enterprises address their pain points
The early days of Amazon Web Services saw its public cloud technologies keenly adopted by the startup community. Now the company is continuing its support for this customer sector by rolling out its accelerator programmes Continue Reading
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News
10 Jun 2022
Datavita to open Scotland’s first metro datacentre in Glasgow during Q3 2022
Datacentre operator Datavita is building a server farm in the heart of Glasgow’s financial district Continue Reading
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News
09 Jun 2022
CIO interview: Yiannis Levantis aims at total quality for Unipart IT
Unipart has a heritage in quality manufacturing and services that CIO Yiannis Levantis is building on, in part by harnessing SAP’s cloud-based business transformation service Rise Continue Reading
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News
08 Jun 2022
Pure FlashBlade//S and Evergreen//Flex boost as-a-service push
FlashBlade//S brings two new arrays in which customers can upgrade controllers and capacity, while //Flex allows capacity to be bought and moved across any QLC or TLC Pure array Continue Reading
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News
08 Jun 2022
Length, cost and severity of datacentre outages continue to rise, Uptime Institute research confirms
Latest datacentre outages research from resiliency think-tank Uptime Institute confirms that downtime incidents are increasing in cost, length and severity Continue Reading
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News
01 Jun 2022
Security leaders call for more observability for cloud native apps
New research highlights the challenges CISOs face securing modern, cloud native applications Continue Reading
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News
31 May 2022
OVHCloud facing client compensation class action claim of €10m over March 2021 datacentre fire
The law firm overseeing the class action against OVHCloud claims 140 clients are now seeking compensation for the data lost as a result of the March 2021 fire Continue Reading
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News
30 May 2022
Google Cloud secures contract to supply online productivity tools to Central Dutch Government
Search giant's cloud arm has secured a deal to supply its suite of online productivity tools to the Central Dutch Government Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 May 2022
The challenges of trying to win business through G-Cloud
In this guest post, Ross McCaw, CEO and founder of internal communications-enabling platform OurPeople airs his personal take on the challenges his firm has experienced when trying to lockdown ... Continue Reading
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News
26 May 2022
Broadcom confirms $61bn deal to acquire VMware is going ahead
Chipmaker Broadcom is continuing its buy-and-build strategy to expand into the software market by agreeing to acquire virtualisation giant VMware Continue Reading
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Feature
26 May 2022
Hydrogen’s promise: How fuel cells might power lower-carbon datacentres
Could UK datacentre operators soon adopt emerging hydrogen technologies to reach expanding energy and emissions requirements? Continue Reading
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News
25 May 2022
Google Cloud expands European presence with opening of Madrid region
Public cloud giant Google is continuing to build out its datacentre footprint across Europe with the opening of its latest region in Madrid, Spain Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 May 2022
The electric vehicle revolution will need better software to keep it running
The climate crisis is already here – and electric mobility is a vital piece of the puzzle; but too rarely discussed is the need for better software to manage electric vehicles, says Aidan McClean, ... Continue Reading
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News
20 May 2022
Microsoft urged to do more to address European cloud antitrust complaints
In the wake of Microsoft setting out its first steps towards addressing the antitrust complaints directed at it by some European cloud providers, one complainant said the firm needs to go further by making more of its off-premise portfolio open source Continue Reading
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News
18 May 2022
Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability to enter general availability in June 2022
Microsoft has confirmed its sustainability-focused suite of software-as-a-service (SaaS) tools is set to enter general availability from June 2022 Continue Reading
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News
18 May 2022
Google embarks on UK-focused cloud skills programme pilot with non-profit Generation UK
The Google Cloud team is enlisting the help of non-profit training and education provider Generation UK to help more people from under-represented groups start out on a career in cloud Continue Reading
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E-Zine
17 May 2022
Digitally transforming UK power networks for renewable energy
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how the UK’s power networks need to be digital transformed to be ready for renewable energy – and the role of open source. Wi-Fi 6 was meant to give a boost to wireless connectivity – we examine why adoption has stalled. And we look at what a quantum datacentre might be like. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
12 May 2022
Rackspace mulls over business unit sell-off following strategic review of company
A statement by the CEO of Rackspace suggests the company could be heading for another period of change, following a strategic review of its business Continue Reading
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News
12 May 2022
Ryanair taps up AWS machine learning tech to manage in-flight refreshment stocks
Low-cost airline Ryanair opens up about how its long-standing tech partnership with Amazon Web Services is helping it cut food waste and improve its in-flight customer service Continue Reading
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News
11 May 2022
Kao Data debuts datacentre education programme for seven-to-11-year-olds
Harlow-based colocation provider wants to help teach children about the important role datacentres play in our society, in the hope that it might inspire some of them to pursue a career in the field of server farms Continue Reading
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News
10 May 2022
CyberUK 22: NCSC refreshes cloud security guidance
The National Cyber Security Centre is revising its cloud guidance as increasing uptake of potentially vulnerable cloud services puts more organisations at risk of compromise Continue Reading
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News
10 May 2022
DWP Digital sets out three-year plan to improve data sharing and cut legacy
In response to the pandemic, the government department aims to improve collaboration and develop a reference architecture Continue Reading
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News
09 May 2022
Malaysian government inks agreement with Google Cloud
The cloud framework agreement with Google will make it easier for Malaysia’s public sector agencies to access Google Cloud services through a single government contract Continue Reading
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News
09 May 2022
AWS embarks on green power-focused deals with AES and Fluence Energy
Amazon Web Services is beginning two green energy-focused collaborations that will see it ramp up the amount of renewable power it uses while helping other enterprises to do the same Continue Reading
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News
06 May 2022
Uptime Institute debuts sustainability-focused accreditation for datacentre professionals
Uptime Institute continues to build out its education resources and support offerings for datacentre operators that want to get to grips with the changing regulatory landscape around sustainability Continue Reading
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News
05 May 2022
CyrusOne hits climate-neutral datacentre targets in Europe
US colocation giant CyrusOne has published its latest sustainability report, which hails progress in making its global datacentre operations climate-neutral and water-positive Continue Reading
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News
04 May 2022
BT signs five-year deal with AWS to revamp legacy infrastructure and ready it for the cloud
Telco giant has signed another multi-year cloud deal, this time with AWS, as it sets to work on revamping its operations and cutting costs Continue Reading
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Feature
04 May 2022
Will AWS pledge to extend life of servers inspire other cloud firms to follow suit?
Amazon’s recent announcement to extend the useful life of its datacentre equipment has been deemed a positive decision for the cloud computing giant, but will other companies adopt this cost-saving and sustainability strategy? Continue Reading
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E-Zine
03 May 2022
A prescription for digital accessibility at Boots
In this week’s Computer Weekly, millions of people have difficulties when using websites – we find out how Boots is making its e-commerce offering fully accessible. Our new buyer’s guide examines communications as a service. And we talk to Trainline’s CTO about how the rail app provider survived and thrived post-pandemic. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
29 Apr 2022
AWS grows as Amazon posts net loss
AWS continues to dominate the public cloud market but Amazon has seen its revenue squeezed Continue Reading
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News
27 Apr 2022
Disappointing earnings at Google, but cloud still strong
Google posts first-quarter 2022 revenue of $68bn, but growth is not as fast as last year Continue Reading
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News
27 Apr 2022
Microsoft shows inflation-busting growth, driven by cloud adoption
As prices rise, Microsoft is trying to position its cloud services as the public cloud that offers the best value for money Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Apr 2022
Growing prospects for edge datacentres
Although the value that edge datacentres provide is not in question, for many companies, the journey to adoption is far from fixed Continue Reading
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News
21 Apr 2022
Alibaba Cloud eyes VMware workloads with new cloud service
The Alibaba Cloud VMware Service is aimed at Chinese enterprises that are looking to move their VMware workloads to public cloud, perform disaster recovery and reduce their on-premise datacentre footprint Continue Reading
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News
19 Apr 2022
Gartner: Public cloud spending on the rise across the globe as hybrid working takes hold
Latest worldwide public cloud services spending tracker reveals end-user appetite for off-premise services shows no signs of slowing down Continue Reading
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News
13 Apr 2022
Google Cloud research highlights disconnect between intention and delivery on green IT initiatives
Google Cloud research reveals disconnects between intention, delivery and budgets within businesses across EMEA on sustainability matters Continue Reading
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E-Zine
12 Apr 2022
Disney combines digital, data and creativity to win advertising opportunities
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the executive vice-president for client and brand solutions at Disney Advertising Sales about how it is using data to subserve story-telling excellence. We delve into how rising energy costs negatively impacted the UK arm of Sungard Availability Services. And we look at the role of infrastructure as code in edge datacentres. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Podcast
11 Apr 2022
Energy crisis impact on datacentre market – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
Podcast team discusses the energy crisis by way of the Sungard AS UK collapse, data analytics-powered wind turbines, and CW survey showing big increase in flexible working for IT professionals Continue Reading
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News
07 Apr 2022
AirAsia taps Google Cloud to bolster its super-app
AirAsia is setting up a cloud centre of excellence with Google Cloud to shore up its super-app and build capabilities in site reliability engineering and machine learning operations Continue Reading
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News
06 Apr 2022
Vodafone hails business efficiency and sustainability gains of Google Cloud big data partnership
Less than 12 months on from the announcement that Vodafone had signed a six-year strategic cloud deal with Google, the firm lifts the lid on how the technology tie-up is making its business more efficient Continue Reading
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News
05 Apr 2022
London Stock Exchange datacentre migration project secures low-latency network support from EXA
The London Stock Exchange Group is gearing up to shutter its primary City of London datacentre by the end of August 2022, while work continues on building out its new facility Continue Reading
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News
05 Apr 2022
HPE offers up progress report on how its space-based supercomputer is performing
Nearly one year on from its deployment, HPE shares details of some of the successful experiments its space-based supercomputer has been involved with Continue Reading
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News
05 Apr 2022
UCL and AWS team up for health tech-focused startup accelerator
AWS is lending its cloud expertise to UCL’s startup accelerator programme, which is geared towards helping health and education organisations address global health issues Continue Reading
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News
04 Apr 2022
Environmental campaigners halt Meta datacentre construction in the Netherlands
Datacentre being built to serve ‘metaverse’ worlds would consume nearly half as much energy as all other datacentres in the country Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Apr 2022
The time is now: Edge datacentres come of age
After years of hype and speculation, could the post-pandemic period see a resurgence in interest in the build-out of edge datacentres and compute environments as enterprises look to dust off projects that Covid-19 forced them to shelve? Continue Reading
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News
01 Apr 2022
Sungard UK in administration: How rising energy costs are impacting the datacentre market
As households brace for another rise in their energy bills, news that the UK arm of Sungard AS has fallen into administration highlights the toll the surge in gas and electricity prices is taking on the datacentre industry Continue Reading
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News
29 Mar 2022
Rising energy costs blamed as UK arm of colocation firm Sungard AS enters administration
Financial difficulties caused by downturn in demand for its services during the pandemic, coupled with ‘unprecedented’ energy price rises, force Sungard AS into administration in the UK Continue Reading
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News
28 Mar 2022
Public cloud giants fuel double-digit growth in datacentre hardware and software spend
Research reveals how the datacentre buildout plans of the public cloud giants are affecting hardware and software spend Continue Reading
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News
28 Mar 2022
Babylon Health expands hybrid cloud infrastructure setup to include Google
Digital healthcare provider Babylon has opened up about the work it is doing with the Google Cloud team, as it grapples with trying to meet the infrastructure needs of its rapidly growing business Continue Reading
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News
25 Mar 2022
Telehouse’s takeover of Thomson Reuters Docklands datacentre brings more colo capacity to London
Telehouse has hailed the buildout of its fifth datacentre in the London Docklands area as its most ambitious development to date Continue Reading
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News
25 Mar 2022
More than 300 new hyperscale datacentres in development globally
The number of hyperscale datacentres in operation around the world is set to hit the 1,200 mark by the end of 2026, as demand for capacity across the globe continues to soar Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Mar 2022
Weighing up the nuclear option for powering datacentres
Resourcing energy-hungry IT through the race to reduce carbon emissions means looking objectively at all the options, including nuclear power Continue Reading
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News
22 Mar 2022
Edge computing implementations still in their infancy
It’s still early days for enterprise implementations of edge computing, with one analyst likening it to the early days of cloud Continue Reading
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News
18 Mar 2022
University of Reading tracks fruit tree flowering as spring breaks, with Oracle
University is working with Oracle for research to monitor fruit trees as they blossom into spring Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2022
AWS pledges to invest £1.8bn in building out its UK datacentre footprint over next two years
Public cloud giant outlines commitment to bolstering its digital infrastructure in the UK through investing billions of pounds in its datacentres Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2022
Intel injects billions into European semiconductor push
With no end in sight to the semiconductor shortage, Intel is blowing the budget on ramping up European manufacturing, packaging and R&D Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2022
TCS doubles down on innovation and talent in Australia
Indian IT service provider TCS has opened an innovation centre in Sydney and is investing in local talent to meet the digital transformation needs of Australian organisations Continue Reading
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News
10 Mar 2022
BT signs five-year deal with Google Cloud to revamp customer experience
BT is teaming up with Google Cloud so it can tap into its portfolio of data analytics and artificial intelligence services, and revamp its customer experience Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2022
Uptime Institute debuts online tool to showcase datacentre industry career opportunities
Uptime Institute has unveiled a new tool, geared towards showcasing the career opportunities that exist in the datacentre industry Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Mar 2022
Datacentres and climate change: Operators accused of being all talk and no action on sustainability
Datacentre operators talk a good fight when it comes to tackling climate change, but there is far more they should and could be doing to make their operations more sustainable, say experts Continue Reading
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News
07 Mar 2022
India’s Mahindra Group makes cloud move
The Indian conglomerate will migrate SAP S/4 Hana and its data warehouse to Google Cloud and build up its DevOps capabilities Continue Reading
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News
04 Mar 2022
Microsoft stops sales of products and services to Russia
Citing sanctions and cyber security concerns, Microsoft has become the latest company to withdraw from the Russian market Continue Reading
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News
02 Mar 2022
How FinOps can rein in cloud costs
More organisations are warming to FinOps to keep escalating cloud costs in check, amid growing usage of public cloud services Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Mar 2022
Decarbonising datacentres: Turning the hot air about heat reuse into real-life use cases
Reusing waste heat from datacentres to warm local businesses and homes could bring about considerable reductions in carbon emissions and lower energy costs, so what needs to happen to make this a more widespread practice? Continue Reading
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News
01 Mar 2022
ASOS commits to keep using Microsoft Azure for another five years to support business growth push
Online retail giant ASOS is preparing to go even deeper into the Microsoft Azure cloud portfolio, as it looks to ramp up its use of data analytics to support its business growth goals Continue Reading
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News
01 Mar 2022
Forrester: Boom in IT spending to drive economic recovery
Global IT spending is increasing as countries start to recover from the economic downturn caused by Covid-19 lockdown restrictions Continue Reading
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News
01 Mar 2022
Kao Data expands Harlow datacentre campus by opening second 10MW facility
Kao Data has begun the build-out of its second datacentre on the site of its Harlow campus several months after securing £130m in additional funding to support its expansion Continue Reading
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News
01 Mar 2022
Cloud suppliers eye APAC space industry
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft are working with local governments and supplying cloud technologies to support the region’s growing space industry Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Feb 2022
Cracking the code on blockchain and crypto: What might adoption mean for datacentres?
A high share of datacentre customers look set to adopt blockchain technologies, including digital currencies, over the next few years Continue Reading
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Opinion
25 Feb 2022
Server virtualisation is far from dead
Server virtualisation must be looked upon with an expanded and fresh perspective amid the growing adoption of containers and Kubernetes. Here are seven server virtualisation trends to watch Continue Reading
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News
23 Feb 2022
Microsoft extends Defender umbrella to Google Cloud Platform
Redmond says extending Defender for Cloud native capabilities to the Google Cloud Platform will help simplify security for organisations pursuing multicloud strategies by eliminating the gaps where the bad guys can get in Continue Reading
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News
23 Feb 2022
Police forces ‘must’ do data protection due diligence checks before using PDS-backed AWS cloud
Police forces across England and Wales are being reminded not to overlook their data protection-related compliance responsibilities when making use of the Police Digital Service’s Amazon-powered cloud platform Continue Reading
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News
21 Feb 2022
Website owners urged to adopt ‘eco-standard’ to help cut internet-generated carbon emissions
The Eco-Friendly Web Alliance has set its sights on preventing a further 500,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide being generated in the next decade by helping website operators to cut emissions Continue Reading
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News
18 Feb 2022
Alibaba at the Winter Olympics: Bringing Beijing 2022 to broadcasters around the world
As the Winter Olympics in Beijing draw to a close, the organisers lift the lid on the role Alibaba’s cloud technology has played in broadcasting the event to audiences across the globe Continue Reading
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News
18 Feb 2022
Amazon drops Elasticsearch name from cloud portfolio after trademark infringement suit concludes
Enterprise open search company Elastic has succeeded in getting Amazon to stop using the name Elasticsearch to describe its distributed search and analytics product Continue Reading
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News
16 Feb 2022
Interview: How do you define IBM?
It is the world’s oldest computer company, and it was once said you didn’t get fired for buying from Big Blue. But a lot has changed. Sreeram Visvanathan, CEO for UK&I, explains how IBM is reinventing itself Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Feb 2022
The future of cloud: Tech predictions for 2022 and beyond
In this guest post, Amazon CTO and vice president Werner Vogels sets out what he thinks the year ahead holds for the world of cloud technology Cloud infrastructure has evolved to a place where we ... Continue Reading
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News
15 Feb 2022
Nebulon gets Ansible collection for datacentre deployment
Provider of cloud-managed and hardware-accelerated – formerly ‘cloud-defined’ – storage makes further moves towards its smartInfrastructure vision, with Terraform support coming Continue Reading
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News
10 Feb 2022
Half of key IT spending to shift to cloud
Some 51% of spending in key areas such as application software, infrastructure software, business process services and system infrastructure will shift to cloud by 2025, says Gartner Continue Reading
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News
09 Feb 2022
KPMG embarks on cloud-focused youth tech talent push with non-profit Generation
Global consultancy firm KPMG is making good on its pledge to employ more people from working class backgrounds by 2030 with cloud-focused youth tech talent push Continue Reading
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News
04 Feb 2022
AWS vs Amazon: Cloud giant’s revenue rises as parent company’s profit falls during Q4
AWS closes out its financial year with another quarter of strong revenue growth, while its parent company, Amazon.com, reports a more downbeat performance Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2022
Singtel adds Azure Edge Zones to MEC platform
Azure customers will be able to leverage existing Azure subscriptions in Singtel’s new MEC offering and use the Azure portal to deploy 5G applications at the edge Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2022
French Supreme Court raises constitutional questions over EncroChat hacking secrecy
Conseil Constitutionnel to decide whether ‘defence secrecy’ over state EncroChat cryptophone hacking breaches French constitution Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2022
Australia’s cloud market tipped to surpass $14bn in 2025
The growth will be led by growing demand for software-as-a-service offerings as Aussie firms look to tap cloud services in their digital transformation efforts Continue Reading
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News
02 Feb 2022
JustPark moves from AWS to take up space in the Google public cloud
Parking space booking app JustPark claims shift in public cloud deployment strategy has reduced the system management overhead for its developers Continue Reading