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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E-Zine
07 Dec 2023
CW EMEA: Prepare for cyber war
When the war between Hamas and Israel began in October, cyber security professionals and major government and private organisations braced for an inevitable accompanying online war. In this issue of CW EMEA, we outline cyber war, patterns of threat activity, and find out what security teams can do to protect their organisations. We also look at Finland’s advances in quantum computing, how Belgian researchers have developed technology to help datacentres process data faster, and the secrets of KPN’s successful business transformation. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
20 Oct 2023
Belgian researchers raise speed limit in European datacentres
Researchers have developed a prototype of an optical receiver that will help datacentres process data at a much higher rate Continue Reading
By- Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management
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News
21 Jul 2022
Four key need-to-knows about CXL
Compute Express Link will pool multiple types of memory and so allow much higher memory capacities and the possibility of rapidly composable infrastructure to meet the needs of varied workloads Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
20 Jul 2022
UK heatwave sparks cooling system meltdown in Google’s and Oracle’s London datacentre regions
The extreme heat experienced by the UK this week had a detrimental impact on the cooling systems of two of the cloud world’s biggest players Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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Blog Post
19 Jul 2022
ESG: Credibility behind the words
In this guest post, Guy Armstrong, senior vice president of applications for UK and Ireland at database software giant Oracle, on the importance of enterprises having accurate data to track ... Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Jul 2022
Environmental sustainability considerations for IT teams
With customers, employees and investors pressuring companies to go green, IT needs to take a lead on sustainability. Learn some of the ways IT can make progress. Continue Reading
By- Diann Daniel, Executive Editor
- 18 Jul 2022
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News
15 Jul 2022
Log4Shell on its way to becoming ‘endemic’
US government report concludes that, like Covid, Log4Shell will be with us for a long time to come Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
15 Jul 2022
HPE expands private cloud capabilities in GreenLake
HPE’s GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise is a managed service that provides flexibility in deployment models with automation capabilities for a cloud-like experience Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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E-Zine
14 Jul 2022
CW APAC: Buyer’s guide to backup and recovery software
The cyber threat landscape leaves firms with little room for error. In this handbook, focused on backup and recovery software in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at data protection capabilities, how Veeam aims to achieve a market-leading position, Rubrik’s focus on recovery and Kubernetes’s mission to meet the challenges of containerised application environments. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Jul 2022
Building the sustainable HPC environments of the future
In this guest post, Mischa van Kesteren, sustainability officer at HPC systems integrator OCF runs through the wide variety of ways that large-scale computing environments can be made to run more ... Continue Reading
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News
14 Jul 2022
Netflix selects Microsoft as tech partner to build out its ad-supported subscription tier
After announcing plans back in April to roll out a lower-cost, ad-supported subscription plan to its service, Netflix has confirmed that it will be tapping up Microsoft for support in building its new offering Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
14 Jul 2022
Gartner: Software sales defy economic outlook
With spending on IT going up, there is no better time to be a head of IT as software drives new revenue-making opportunities Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
14 Jul 2022
EC urged to rejig green power strategy to include greater use of energy storage tech
Ten stakeholders from the world of energy storage systems have penned an open letter to the European Commission’s policymakers, urging them to factor in their technology to the EC’s green transition plans Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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News
13 Jul 2022
APAC organisations renew focus on ERP
Organisations in Asia-Pacific are looking to renew their enterprise resource planning systems as they emerge from the throes of the pandemic Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
13 Jul 2022
Enterprise interest in sovereign cloud on the rise, Capgemini research suggests
Capgemini Research Institute probe into enterprise attitudes towards use of sovereign cloud services suggests interest is on the up Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
13 Jul 2022
Delta Airlines signs multi-year cloud deal with AWS as customer experience revamp gathers pace
Nearly 18 months on from signing a multi-year deal with IBM, focused on embracing a hybrid cloud setup for its operations, Delta Airlines is adding AWS to its roster of cloud partners Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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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
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Blog Post
12 Jul 2022
How corporate travel tech firms are helping businesses achieve their net-zero goals
In this guest post, Vivi Cahyadi Himmel, CEO and co-founder at corporate housing provider AltoVita, sets out how technology can help the travel industry go green In the wake of the Covid-19 ... Continue Reading
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News
12 Jul 2022
Schneider Electric reinforces commitment to addressing datacentre skills gap with new courses
Datacentre energy management company is adding more courses to its free online training portal to help close industry skills gap Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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News
12 Jul 2022
Ordnance Survey research reveals sustainability projects as hot for software developers
According to research by Ordnance Survey, sustainability projects are emerging as hot zones for software developers, attracted by the chance to do some good as well as make good money Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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E-Zine
12 Jul 2022
UKtech50 2022: The most influential people in UK technology
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we reveal the 50 most influential people in UK IT for 2022, and talk to the winner of the 12th annual UKtech50, National Cyber Security Centre CEO Lindy Cameron. Also, we take an in-depth look at the crisis in chip supply and what’s needed to solve it. Read the issue now. 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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
11 Jul 2022
NetApp Ontap to be sole vSAN storage alternative in the cloud
NetApp Ontap storage will provide file access capacity to extend VMware data stores in AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google clouds as a cheaper alternative to VMware vSAN Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
11 Jul 2022
Microsoft VBA macro block will return
Microsoft provides more details about its sudden decision to rollback a landmark security policy, and reassures users it is a temporary measure Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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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
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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Blog Post
07 Jul 2022
Using DNS more intelligently to cut carbon emissions from the first click
In this guest post, Bal Garcha, director of customer success for Europe, Middle East, India and Africa, domain name system (DNS) specialist NS1, sets out the role this technology can play in ... Continue Reading
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News
07 Jul 2022
UK-based datacentre cooling firm FEL Group ceases trading
Although its most recent financial report suggested the firm was seeing green shoots of recovery after a business restructure and financing plan, a disagreement on a key contract has resulted in FEL Group going out of business Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Opinion
07 Jul 2022
The evolution of threat modelling as a DevSecOps practice
Threat modelling is becoming ever more integrated into software architecture design. Here, Stephen de Vries of IriusRisk looks at the evolution of the process Continue Reading
By- Stephen de Vries
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E-Zine
07 Jul 2022
CW Middle East: UAE citizens embrace new digital technologies
A survey shows that people in the United Arab Emirates believe next-generation technologies such as 3D printing and artificial intelligence will become widespread in the country. Also read how the UAE has improved its security posture amid mounting cyber threats. Continue Reading
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News
06 Jul 2022
UK-based datacentre liquid cooling firm Iceotope Technologies secures £30m funding
Sheffield-based datacentre liquid cooling firm wins funding from environment-focused global investment syndicate Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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Blog Post
05 Jul 2022
Greening ICT: Catalysing a sustainable recovery with collaboration
In this guest post, Louise Koch, global sustainability strategy and innovation director, at Dell Technologies on the role the IT sector should play in enabling a greener, post-pandemic economy ... 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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
05 Jul 2022
How IoT and digital twins could help CIOs meet ESG pledges
Many local authorities have set ambitious net-zero targets. Can IoT technology, allied to digital twinning, help CIOs hit them? Continue Reading
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05 Jul 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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E-Zine
05 Jul 2022
How to get the right level of cyber insurance
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at how the market for cyber insurance is evolving and how to avoid buying the wrong level of cover. We find out what role hydrogen technologies could play in reducing datacentre carbon emissions. And we hear how a 125-year-old bicycle maker is embracing digital innovation. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
04 Jul 2022
How Lenovo is making the transition into services
Although Lenovo is late to the as-a-service game, it is making headway through its One Lenovo and services-led transformation strategies, says a top company executive Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
01 Jul 2022
File, block and object: Storage fundamentals in the cloud era
We look at the three basic ways that storage accesses data – via file, block and object – as well as the ways in which the rise of the cloud and distributed systems have brought changes to them Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Definition
30 Jun 2022
CONFIG.SYS
CONFIG.SYS is a text file containing disk operating system (DOS) commands that tell the operating system (OS) how the computer is initially set up. Continue Reading
By- Ben Lutkevich, Site Editor
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Blog Post
30 Jun 2022
How open source supply chain technology collaboration can help fight climate change
In this guest post, Justin Griffith, CTO of supply chain software company StayLinked illustrates how open source technologies can be both environmentally friendly and profitable Open source ... 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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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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
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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Definition
28 Jun 2022
distributed applications (distributed apps)
Distributed applications (distributed apps) are applications or software that run on multiple computers within a network at the same time and can be stored on servers or cloud computing platforms. Continue Reading
By- Ben Lutkevich, Site Editor
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News
28 Jun 2022
Google Cloud expands availability and scope of IT sustainability tracking tools for enterprises
The Google Cloud Sustainability Summit sees the public cloud giant ramp up its support for enterprises wanting to minimise the environmental impact of their operations Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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News
28 Jun 2022
Veritas aims at autonomous backup discovery and provisioning
Veritas bets on a backup platform that can discover all enterprise data – on-premise and in the cloud – and make its own decisions about the optimal place to store copies Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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E-Zine
28 Jun 2022
Collaboration key to IT sector sustainability
In this week’s Computer Weekly, as sustainability rises up the corporate agenda, IT leaders say more collaboration is needed to meet climate goals. Microsoft faces further calls for greater transparency over software tools used to monitor employees. And the cyber security industry warns over an increasing loss of talent. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jun 2022
Sustainable Norwegian colocation firm Green Mountain expands to the UK with Infinity SDC buyout
Infinity SDC has sold off its Romford facility to Norwegian colocation player, Green Mountain, whose backers claim the move will change the way other UK-based operators approach sustainability Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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Feature
27 Jun 2022
How to track greenhouse gas emissions
Companies from a range of sectors, as well as public authorities, are using software and data analytics to track greenhouse gas emissions, partly to meet new regulatory demands Continue Reading
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News
24 Jun 2022
Castrol and Submer form partnership to popularise use of immersion cooling in datacentres
BP-owned Castrol has agreed to work with immersion cooling specialist Submer to bring to market next-generation cooling fluids for use in datacentres Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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Podcast
24 Jun 2022
Green desktop IT: Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this special edition of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Gartner’s Annette Zimmerman discusses desktop IT’s circular economy Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
24 Jun 2022
US cyber agency in fresh warning over Log4Shell risk to VMware
Many VMware Horizon and UAG servers remain defenceless against Log4Shell, and organisations continue to fall victim to the vulnerability Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
24 Jun 2022
Weka scale-out NAS v4 goes beyond just AWS to go multicloud
Weka v4’s multicloud capability means the scale-out NAS file system can work across customer datacentres and public clouds that include AWS, Azure, GCP and Oracle Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
24 Jun 2022
Developers grapple with open source software security
Software developers are taking longer to fix vulnerabilities and many do not know about the dependencies of open source software components they are using, study finds Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Blog Post
23 Jun 2022
Lean business. Green tech. Keen leaders.
In this guest post, James Petter, vice president and general manager international at storage hardware suppler Pure Storage sets out what tech hardware manufacturers should be doing to green up ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Jun 2022
Terminal Velocity
Back in the early days of business computing, operators accessed the back-end system - such as a mainframe or minicomputer - via a green screen terminal. Terminals were disposable devices. No one ... Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Feature
23 Jun 2022
Global file systems: Hybrid cloud and follow-the-sun access
We look at global distributed file systems that put enterprise data under a single file access namespace so that enterprises and branch offices can get to data from anywhere Continue Reading
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News
23 Jun 2022
Non-European tech giants could be subject to EU-backed anti-greenwashing directive
EU-backed push to tighten up the sustainability reporting processes for companies that do business in Europe gathers pace Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
23 Jun 2022
SolarWinds unveils new development model to avoid a repeat of Sunburst
SolarWinds has unveiled a new, secure-by-design software development model to protect itself from a repeat of the infamous 2020 cyber attack on its systems, and serve as a blueprint for the industry Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
22 Jun 2022
UK senior business leaders lack confidence in quality of ESG data, research shows
A global poll of senior business leaders reveals the UK is doing better than other countries in terms of how its organisations report ESG data, but there is still room for improvement Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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Opinion
22 Jun 2022
Why the world needs tech standards for UN Sustainable Development Goals
Chaesub Lee from the ITU argues that the world needs technology standards to address the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Continue Reading
By- Chaesub Lee, ITU Telecommunication Standardisation Bureau
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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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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News
22 Jun 2022
Cloudflare confirms outage caused by datacentre network configuration update error
Website application security firm Cloudflare has published a review into the cause of the short-lived outage that rendered hundreds of websites inaccessible Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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Podcast
21 Jun 2022
Podcast: The legacy and modern apps that drive object storage
We talk to object (and file) storage vendor Scality about the ways the application and development environment is changing and how that is driving object storage Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Blog Post
21 Jun 2022
Tackling greenwashing with cloud technology
In this guest post, Justin Keeble, managing director for global sustainability at public cloud giant Google Cloud, sets out why - in the current technology landscape - companies should not be ... Continue Reading
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Definition
21 Jun 2022
economizer
An economizer is a mechanical device that reduces the amount of energy used to cool a data center or other buildings. 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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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Feature
17 Jun 2022
Data gravity: What is it and how to manage it
Data gravity can attract increasing amounts of data, and brings with it onerous management overheads. We look at how to mitigate data gravity in datacentre and cloud Continue Reading
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Opinion
17 Jun 2022
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Tightening up a circular supply chain
With sustainability moving up the boardroom agenda, CIOs and IT managers should look to revamp their IT procurement strategies to align with the principles of the circular economy, but why and what does this mean when it comes to managing the lifecycle of their entire IT estate? Continue Reading
By- Iggy Bassi, Cervest
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Definition
16 Jun 2022
z/OS
Introduced in 2000, IBM z/OS is a 64-bit mainframe operating system (OS) developed by IBM for its family of enterprise z/Architecture mainframe computers. Continue Reading
By- Mary E. Shacklett, Transworld Data
- Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor
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Opinion
16 Jun 2022
IT Sustainability Think Tank: The circular economy in the context of the datacentre
With sustainability moving up the boardroom agenda, CIOs and IT managers should look to revamp their IT procurement strategies to align with the principles of the circular economy, but why and what does this mean when it comes to managing the lifecycle of their entire IT estate? Continue Reading
By- Jay Dietrich, Uptime Institute
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News
16 Jun 2022
Office 365 loophole may give ransomware an easy shot at your files
Researchers at Proofpoint have discovered potentially dangerous Microsoft Office 365 functionality that they believe may give ransomware a clear shot at files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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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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News
14 Jun 2022
MS Azure Synapse vulnerability fixed after six-month slog
Microsoft patched a critical Azure Synapse vulnerability twice, but each time the researcher who discovered it was able to bypass it with ease, leading to a lengthy saga Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Feature
14 Jun 2022
Unified file and object storage: Three suppliers and their approaches
We look at unified file and object storage products from NetApp, Pure Storage and Scality, the differences, the workloads aimed at, and how unified they actually are Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Podcast
14 Jun 2022
Podcast: SaaS data protection vulnerability and how to manage it
We talk to backup and data management supplier Cohesity about the added vulnerabilities of software-as-a-service data in a hybrid cloud environment and how best to manage multiple data sources Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
13 Jun 2022
Dell server, storage, PC sales grow despite component supply chain woes
Dell executives cite the company’s use of “alternative” component supply chains as server, storage and PC sales grow despite difficulties for most of the market sourcing parts Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
13 Jun 2022
The inauguration of LUMI: Europe's most powerful supercomputer launches
A former paper mill in Finland is now home to the world's third most powerful supercomputer, which will help researchers across Europe accelerate their scientific breakthroughs in the fields of climate change and medicine Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
13 Jun 2022
New UK digital strategy aims to secure future growth for £150bn digital economy
Government publishes plan that brings together existing and new initiatives intended to expand the digital sector and help to establish the UK as a ‘superpower’ in science and tech Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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Blog Post
10 Jun 2022
Building a reliable, resilient and responsible digital infrastructure in 2022
In this guest post, David Watkins, solutions director for colocation services provider VIRTUS Data Centres, sets out the green challenges facing the datacentre industry In all sectors, going green ... 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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Opinion
10 Jun 2022
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Incorporating circular economy principles into IT procurement
With sustainability moving up the boardroom agenda, CIOs and IT managers should look to revamp their IT procurement strategies to align with the principles of the circular economy, but where should they start? Continue Reading
By- Craig Melson, TechUK
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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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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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
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
09 Jun 2022
Schneider Electric: IT industry must address 'sustainability action gap' to fight global warming
Research commissioned and compiled by Schneider Electric reveals industry-wide disconnect between words and actions on sustainability Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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E-Zine
09 Jun 2022
CW Europe: Russia escalates cyber war on Ukraine
Microsoft has given details of cyber attacks on Ukrainian civilian communications, nuclear safety authorities, and the exploitation of the destruction of Mariupol in a phishing campaign. Also read about a report on the European Artificial Intelligence Act that suggests a limited ban on predictive policing systems. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Jun 2022
Cloud-to-cloud backup: When native cloud protection is not enough
There is a certain amount of protection built into cloud services, but it has its limits and full data protection requires that cloud data is secured with cloud-to-cloud backup Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Jun 2022
Grid stability and the risk it poses to the retail sector and its datacentres
In this guest post, Simon Brady, services channel business development manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa at datacentre equipment manufacturer Vertiv, outlines the challenges retailers face ... 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
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Opinion
08 Jun 2022
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Understanding the circular economy
With sustainability moving up the boardroom agenda, CIOs and IT managers should look to revamp their IT procurement strategies to align with the principles of the circular economy, but why and what does this mean when it comes to managing the lifecycle of their entire IT estate? Continue Reading
By- Carmen Ene, BNP Paribas 3 Step IT,
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News
08 Jun 2022
APAC life sciences firms face HPC challenges
More than half of pharmaceutical and biotech companies expect over 10% growth in genomic workloads but are facing scalability and other challenges with their HPC infrastructure Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
07 Jun 2022
Kubernetes backup products and 10 key players
We look at 10 key players in Kubernetes backup, why they are needed, what they offer and why you need to watch out for duplication between application teams and the IT department Continue Reading
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News
07 Jun 2022
Software house Mega achieves holistic SaaS security with Synopsys
Mega International, a supplier of IT management software, turned to Synopsys’s Coverity and Black Duck products to reassure both itself and its customers that its software-as-a-service offerings were built to the best possible security standards Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Blog Post
07 Jun 2022
Green coding: A sustainability practice all software engineers should adhere to
In this guest post, Dean Clark, chief technology officer at digital transformation consultancy GFT, talks up the environmental benefits of taking a greener, more considered and efficient approach ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
07 Jun 2022
Using technology to reinvent shopping
In this week’s Computer Weekly, after the pandemic led to a boom in e-commerce, we look at how retailers are turning to tech to revitalise their stores. We examine the issues around using algorithmic automation to manage employees. And we find out how data science is supporting drug discovery at Novartis. Read the issue now. Continue Reading