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Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

• October 28, 2021 28 Oct'21

  Social media conglomerate Facebook on streamlining its hyperscale datacentre buildouts

  Facebook 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

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  Google’s server life extension delivers $1.7bn revenue boost in nine months

  Although its public cloud market share is way behind AWS and Azure, GCP is forging ahead with its industrial cloud strategy

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  Microsoft: Solving the climate crisis will require moon landing levels of tech innovation

  Microsoft’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

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  AWS to open cloud region in New Zealand

  Cloud giant will invest NZ$7.5bn in New Zealand over the next 15 years through the new Auckland cloud region

• October 25, 2021 25 Oct'21

  The RSPCA on how going cloud-first helped it rescue and rehome animals throughout the pandemic

  The 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 ...

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Alibaba Cloud to open datacentres in Thailand and South Korea

  Chinese 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

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  Government flags opportunity for re-use of waste datacentre heat in net-zero strategy

  UK 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

• October 17, 2021 17 Oct'21

  Graphcore opens Southeast Asia hub in Singapore

  The 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

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  NXP Semiconductors doubles down on datacentre migration plan with AWS

  Netherlands-based semiconductor manufacturer is expanding its use of Amazon Web Services to speed up the time it takes to develop and release new products

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  HPE’s GreenLake strategy pays off in APAC

  HPE’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

• October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21

  Microsoft makes carbon emissions-tracking dashboard generally available to cloud users

  Microsoft 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

• October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21

  Half-year cloud market tracker data highlights soaring demand for IaaS and PaaS

  Latest market tracker data from Synergy Research Group highlights how soaring demand for cloud services is affecting the dominant suppliers

• October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21

  Google builds out hybrid and multicloud vision for enterprises

  The 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

• October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21

  Google Cloud renews commitment to helping enterprises decarbonise their IT infrastructure

  Public 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

• October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21

  Siemens Energy plots multi-petabyte datacentre migration with Google Cloud

  Energy 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

• October 11, 2021 11 Oct'21

  Oracle commits to growing global datacentre footprint by opening 14 new regions over coming year

  Database giant to build out its datacentre presence across the world on the back of growing demand for its cloud infrastructure services

• October 07, 2021 07 Oct'21

  How VMware is tackling the Indian market

  VMware 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

• October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21

  VMworld 2021: VMware CEO fleshes out and refines company’s enterprise multi-cloud strategy

  VMware’s new CEO, Raghu Raghuram, uses the VMworld 2021 keynote to set out the company’s expanded take on the meaning of multi-cloud

• October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21

  Open Infrastructure Foundation hails surge in OpenStack deployments as Microsoft joins ranks

  Open 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

• October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21

  Aetos to deploy Singtel MEC for security operations

  Security 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

• September 29, 2021 29 Sep'21

  AWS courts local councils across UK and Ireland with three-month free cloud services trial offer

  Amazon 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

• September 29, 2021 29 Sep'21

  AWS launches programme to advance health equity

  The $40m global health equity programme will fund projects that improve health outcomes for underserved communities

• September 28, 2021 28 Sep'21

  Pure launches Fusion cloud control layer for storage

  Pure Fusion is a storage control plane across cloud and datacentre. Portworx Data Services also launches to provide database management for container storage platform

• September 27, 2021 27 Sep'21

  GCP gets triple-redundant NAS and built-in Kubernetes backup

  Google Filestore Enterprise will provide synchronous replication across three zones, while Backup for Google Kubernetes Engine brings built-in container cluster data protection

• September 27, 2021 27 Sep'21

  Private equity cash fuels Nordic datacentre growth

  Private equity companies are betting on the Nordic datacentre sector as demand for services in the region accelerates

• September 27, 2021 27 Sep'21

  CIO interview: Jon Braithwaite, CIO, Compass Group UK & Ireland

  FTSE 100 catering services company is undergoing a widespread overhaul of its technology and improving the digital offering to customers

• September 23, 2021 23 Sep'21

  Regulator concerns about resilience and security could slow cloud adoption in financial services

  Report 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

• September 23, 2021 23 Sep'21

  European cloud providers are growing revenue but losing market share, Synergy data shows

  Latest data from Synergy Research Group highlights changing dynamics within the European cloud market, as the US giants continue to grow their share

• September 23, 2021 23 Sep'21

  SSE Renewables teams up with Microsoft for AI-led puffin conservation project on Isle of May

  Green 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

• September 22, 2021 22 Sep'21

  Salesforce to debut Hyperforce architecture in Singapore

  Salesforce is rolling out its Hyperforce infrastructure architecture in Singapore by the year-end, enabling enterprises to run Salesforce applications on Amazon Web Services

• September 22, 2021 22 Sep'21

  Newham aims to harness local talent to build data economy in London

  The 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

• September 22, 2021 22 Sep'21

  Linode commits to NVMe storage infrastructure upgrade across its global datacentre portfolio

  Alternative 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

• September 21, 2021 21 Sep'21

  UK needs coordinated effort to regain ground in high-performance computing

  The UK is falling behind in the supercomputer league as a lack of skills and awareness of large-scale computing holds back organisations

• September 21, 2021 21 Sep'21

  Stax to expand in New Zealand, Southeast Asia

  Australia’s homegrown cloud management platform is setting its sights on neighbouring markets amid growing cloud adoption across the region

• September 21, 2021 21 Sep'21

  Hyperscale cloud giants look to pick up the pace of self-built datacentres in London

  Latest 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

• 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 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

• September 06, 2021 06 Sep'21

  Verne Global acquired for £231m as Nordic datacentre investment trend gathers pace

  Icelandic colocation firm acquired by digital infrastructure investment fund as demand for datacentre capacity in the Nordics continues to grow

• September 03, 2021 03 Sep'21

  Berlin court reverses ban on use of EncroChat evidence in criminal trials

  Berlin Superior Court allows use of EncroChat evidence in criminal trials but lawyers say the question will ultimately need to be decided by the German Supreme Court

• September 03, 2021 03 Sep'21

  HPE revenue boosted by digitisation drive

  Company says it has experienced strong growth thanks to demand accelerating during the pandemic

• September 03, 2021 03 Sep'21

  Equinix acquires two Mumbai datacentres to expand colocation operations into India

  Colocation giant Equinix has acquired a physical presence in India for the first time, following the completion of its acquisition of two Mumbai datacentres

• September 02, 2021 02 Sep'21

  HPE signs 10-year GreenLake HPC deal worth $2bn with US National Security Agency

  The US National Security Agency has enlisted the help of HPE and its GreenLake platform to aid the delivery of its data management strategy

• September 01, 2021 01 Sep'21

  NTT Group to grow global datacentre footprint by 20% over next 18 months

  Carrier-neutral colocation giant has set out plans that will see it continue to add datacentre capacity across all of the major markets it operates in

• August 31, 2021 31 Aug'21

  The Raxio Group sets out Pan-African colocation datacentre expansion plans

  Pan-African datacentre developer The Raxio Group has embarked on a collaboration that will pave the way for it to increase its colocation footprint within the continent

• August 24, 2021 24 Aug'21

  Inchcape picks Rise with SAP on Google Cloud to motor on digital

  Auto sector company Inchcape has chosen SAP’s Rise service on Google Cloud to drive forward its digital transformation programme

• August 20, 2021 20 Aug'21

  Facebook vows to replenish more water than it consumes across its global operations by 2030

  Social networking giant is following in Microsoft’s footprints by setting itself a goal of becoming a water-positive entity by 2030

• August 19, 2021 19 Aug'21

  HPE-Microsoft supercomputing collaboration on ISS speeds research into space travel health impacts

  Several months on from the deployment of a microwave-sized supercomputer on the International Space Station, details of the research it's powering have started to emerge

• August 16, 2021 16 Aug'21

  NAB partners AWS, global banks on open finance

  Australia’s NAB teams up with three other banks and AWS to run an open global finance challenge that will see participating teams prototype new digital banking services

• August 16, 2021 16 Aug'21

  Microsoft launches 'top secret' Azure cloud region for US intelligence community

  Microsoft continues to deliver on its pledge to provide cloud services to the US government that are compliant with all strengths of data classification

• August 15, 2021 15 Aug'21

  UK government tells firms to use cloud to curb their carbon emissions and fight climate change

  Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has listed moving to the cloud among the steps that businesses should take to help fight climate change