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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Opinion
09 Dec 2024
AI and cloud: The perfect pair to scale your business in 2025
On the Sixth Day of AI, we explore how leveraging AI and cloud can enhance business performance and shares tips for successful implementation. Continue Reading
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News
06 Dec 2024
What do the home secretary’s policing reforms mean for the future of the Police Digital Service?
The government is to create a new central body for policing with IT strategy in its proposed purview, but what does this mean for the Home Office-backed Police Digital Service? Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 Sep 2019
Getting cloud under control: A how-to guide for CIOs
In this guest post, Dave Locke, chief technology advisor for Europe, Middle East and Africa, at IT service provider World Wide Technology, sets out why organisations need a clear, consistent and ... Continue Reading
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News
26 Sep 2019
How drones and machine learning can prevent crocodile attacks
Cloud-powered drones equipped with machine learning algorithms will soon be able to detect crocodiles lurking in the waters of Queensland, Australia Continue Reading
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News
25 Sep 2019
UK government reaffirms commitment to using Oracle tech with cloud MoU
Government procurement chiefs in the Crown Commercial Service sign new agreement with database giant aimed at making it easier and cheaper for public sector organisations to use its cloud Continue Reading
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News
25 Sep 2019
Can Oracle substantiate its cloud bluster?
Larry Ellison talks aggressively about having more datacentres than AWS and how Oracle’s cloud sales are growing – but it may have to provide legal proof Continue Reading
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News
25 Sep 2019
European enterprises 'waste' £24,000 a day on unused cloud services, says Insight research
The latest Insight Intelligent Technology Index report highlights the economic impacts of wasted cloud resources within European enterprises Continue Reading
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News
25 Sep 2019
Atom Bank CTO on ditching its datacentres and moving to the Google Cloud Platform
Atom Bank CTO Rana Bhattacharya describes what is behind the mobile-only challenger bank’s large-scale, cloud-focused reboot of its infrastructure setup Continue Reading
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News
24 Sep 2019
Enterprises exposed to data loss by cloud configuration errors
Only 1% of misconfigured cloud environments are spotted and attackers are capitalising on this, claims McAfee Continue Reading
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News
24 Sep 2019
Australia’s RMIT teams up with AWS on cloud skills training
Two new online courses will equip IT and business professionals with the skills to thrive in a cloud-first world Continue Reading
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News
24 Sep 2019
Amsterdam new-build datacentre ban is not an ‘attack’ on operators, says government
Dutch Data Center Association says a government official has offered written assurances that the temporary ban on new server farms in two areas of Amsterdam is just designed to spur adoption of sustainable growth habits Continue Reading
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24 Sep 2019
Unpicking the datacentre industry’s complicated relationship with climate change
The energy usage habits of datacentres often see the sector labelled as a contributor to climate change, but the situation is far more nuanced than that, it seems. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
24 Sep 2019
Climate change – the challenge for datacentres
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the impact of climate change on datacentres as potential victims and contributors to the problem. We look at the rise of voice channels and how IT leaders can use the technology for better customer experience. And we ask what lessons must be learned from Ecuador’s citizens’ data breach. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
23 Sep 2019
AWS G4 aims to lower cost of GPU-powered AI inference
Amazon Web Services seeks to cut the cost of running artificial intelligence inference engines with the introduction of a Nvida V100 GPU-based instance Continue Reading
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News
23 Sep 2019
Walt Disney Studios signs five-year cloud-focused deal with Microsoft Azure
Microsoft added to the host of “innovation partners” that Walt Disney Studios relies upon to ensure its creative teams have access to the latest and greatest technologies Continue Reading
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News
23 Sep 2019
The perfect storm for silicon photonics
By packaging optics with silicon chips, silicon photonics will enable datacentres to keep up with the exponential growth in demand for bandwidth Continue Reading
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News
20 Sep 2019
Drive for Nordic datacentre transformation
Nordic enterprises looking to spread abroad are outsourcing datacentre IT in cutting-edge ways to gain international advantage Continue Reading
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News
20 Sep 2019
Google pairs ‘record-breaking’ green energy deal with European datacentre expansion commitment
Google CEO Sundar Pichai publicly commits to expanding the company’s datacentre footprint in Europe and gives details of its largest-ever renewable energy purchase Continue Reading
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E-Zine
19 Sep 2019
CW APAC: Buyer’s guide to human capital management
In this buyer’s guide, focused on human capital management (HCM) in the Asia-Pacific region, we look at the advantages of HCM software in recruitment, the importance of listening to staff and the considerations that should be made when using work algorithms. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Sep 2019
EBA outsourcing guidelines: What banks, fintechs and cloud providers need to know
The regulatory landscape for financial services and outsourcing will undergo a refresh this month with new guidance from the European Banking Authority. We look at what banks, fintechs and cloud firms need to do Continue Reading
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News
19 Sep 2019
Public cloud market set to double in four years
IT departments are accepting that the cloud offers a better way to provision enterprise IT, but CIOs need to beware of lock-ins Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Sep 2019
Storage and DevOps: What is required for agile development?
DevOps brings continuous and agile application. Storage has to fit in and make itself just as responsive to development that does away with the inertia of stifling hierarchies Continue Reading
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News
18 Sep 2019
Singapore Airlines extends use of VMware Workspace One
Singapore’s national carrier is extending the use of Workspace One to more users in a move to enable its workforce to stay productive while on the go Continue Reading
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News
18 Sep 2019
IT departments spend millions tackling performance issues in complex IT
A study has found that CIOs are concerned that a modern software-driven, hybrid, multi-cloud architecture will be costly and difficult to manage Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2019
Travelex launches fintech platform for B2B customers
Travelex has launched a digital platform that enables businesses to use its services via application programming interfaces Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2019
Ecuador citizens’ data breach holds lessons for enterprises
What caused the mass breach of Ecuadorian citizens’ data, and what can businesses learn from it? Continue Reading
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Podcast
17 Sep 2019
Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 30
The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast team returns from its brief summer hiatus to discuss HPE’s hardware refresh processes, the financial services industry’s changing relationship with cloud and a charity that is helping people with chronic illnesses find work in tech Continue Reading
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17 Sep 2019
Financial services and cloud: Delivering digital transformation in a highly regulated industry
The financial services community has gone from being one of the least likely sectors to adopt cloud to becoming one of its keenest users, as regulator attitudes to using the technology have become more accommodating. Continue Reading
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News
16 Sep 2019
Gartner Catalyst: Prepare for web giants crushing your industry
Companies like Amazon and Alibaba are taking a bigger chunk of the customer journey, but they are also spreading across industry sectors Continue Reading
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News
16 Sep 2019
DigiPlex to build two green datacentres near Oslo by the end of 2020
Nordic datacentre operator Digiplex has set itself an ambitious target of bringing two new datacentres online near Oslo by the end of 2020 Continue Reading
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News
12 Sep 2019
How Zendesk plans to crack the enterprise market
Zendesk has been courting enterprises by billing itself as a customer experience software company and is leaning on its design smarts to stand out among bigger rivals Continue Reading
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News
12 Sep 2019
Digital Realty expands Docklands datacentre campus by opening Cloud House colocation facility
Colocation giant expands datacentre campus in London’s Docklands and publishes research hinting at the economic benefits it could help to generate Continue Reading
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News
12 Sep 2019
Kao Data secures EMBL-EBI as tenant as bid to become leading life sciences colo gathers pace
Essex-based wholesale datacentre operator Kao Data’s bid to become the colocation provider of choice for the life sciences community sees it secure the European Bioinformatics Institute as a client Continue Reading
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E-Zine
12 Sep 2019
CW Europe: Dutch authorities call temporary halt to datacentre construction
Two Dutch municipalities are putting all datacentre construction on hold while they put together a strategy to help them control developments. A local alderman said datacentres take up a lot of space and place a large burden on the electricity grid. Also read how France is racing ahead of Germany in making the most of service companies in India, and about Google’s plans for a new datacentre and technology training hub in Finland. Continue Reading
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News
12 Sep 2019
Bloomberg will move historic trading data to cloud in support of clients’ machine-learning ambitions
Bloomberg’s CIO for enterprise, Tony McManus, says its clients’ changing attitude to using cloud is changing the way the firm makes its real-time trading data available to the financial services community Continue Reading
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News
11 Sep 2019
Fintech Fluidly combines Google’s cloud and AI tech to ease SME cashflow management woes
London-based fintech Fluidly explains how its recent all-in move to the Google Cloud is supporting its continued growth, and delivers new features to customers faster Continue Reading
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News
11 Sep 2019
Digital transformation requires a continuous approach to change
There is no such thing as a one-shot business transformation. It's an on-going approach to deploying new ideas and technologies that grow the business Continue Reading
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News
10 Sep 2019
Spectra tilts at HSM with StorCycle storage management software
Spectra Logic unveils newly-developed storage management platform and two-tier file access and object storage with all data visible to all users for restore Continue Reading
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News
09 Sep 2019
Mutlicloud use rife in financial services sector, suggests YellowDog research
Poll of 200 IT decision makers in the financial services sector highlights how this highly regulated industry continues to warm towards using cloud Continue Reading
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News
09 Sep 2019
Green energy developer earmarks Scotland for 'world's first' ocean-powered datacentre
Plans are underway for a hyperscale-focused datacentre to be built in the north of Scotland, which its developers claim would be the first in the world to be powered by tidal energy Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Sep 2019
Blockchain: hype vs reality
Blockchain technology presents a number of complex challenges that must be overcome before it can truly deliver on its promises Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Sep 2019
Cutting the cord: Negotiating cloud contracts with problematic customers
How accountable should cloud firms be for the actions of the customers that use their platforms, and how much thought should they give to aligning themselves with problematic brands before hosting them? Continue Reading
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News
05 Sep 2019
National Rail Enquiries hit by rush hour real-time information outage on mobile app and website
National Rail Enquiries confirms it is waiting on a third-party supplier for an update on when access to real-time train departure and arrival information will be restored on its website and mobile app Continue Reading
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News
05 Sep 2019
EasyJet deploys Google’s natural language processing tech to bring voice search to airline app
Airline claims to be the first in the world to offer customers access to voice search capabilities within its mobile app Continue Reading
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News
04 Sep 2019
Oracle and Microsoft expand OCI, Azure cloud connections
The multi-cloud capabilities offered by Oracle and Microsoft are now available in the U.K. via a link between the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Azure platforms. Continue Reading
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News
04 Sep 2019
NHS Shared Business Services sets ‘simplified’ public sector cloud procurement framework live
Twenty-four suppliers selected to populate cloud procurement framework, which is geared towards simplifying the purchasing of off-premise services for public sector organisations Continue Reading
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News
04 Sep 2019
PDG, Equinix tap booming APAC datacentre market
Major datacentre providers are expanding their footprint in a region that is set to become the biggest datacentre market by 2020 Continue Reading
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News
04 Sep 2019
Virtual Instruments brings automated VM right-sizing in v6.2
Storage and app performance specialist can now change virtual machine compute and network resources according to workload, with increased shift to analytics and proactive monitoring Continue Reading
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News
03 Sep 2019
How the University of Liverpool balances HPC and the cloud
The University of Liverpool has been running a hybrid HPC environment since 2017, which uses PowerEdge nodes and AWS public cloud services Continue Reading
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News
03 Sep 2019
Aberdeen Standard Investment deploys Igel for VDI
The investment management group is rolling out virtual desktop infrastructure globally and will use the secure Linux platform Igel to manage the VDI environment Continue Reading
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News
03 Sep 2019
Assessing China’s machine learning platforms
In a new market research report, technology analyst firm IDC offers insights on key suppliers of machine learning platforms in China Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2019
Nordic greentech attracts investment
The Nordic region is seeing digital innovation across a diverse range of sectors and, not surprisingly, a region known for its green credentials also has a burgeoning green technology (greentech) sector Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2019
European colocation market set for another record-breaking year, but London market growth slows
CBRE's quarterly colocation tracker shows the Frankfurt market is leading the way in take-up rates, as London’s 2019 growth rates suffer a hangover Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2019
IBM and Vodafone offer National Express a smooth ride to hybrid cloud
Coach operator National Express signs eight-year IT modernisation deal with IBM and Vodafone to provide it with a cloud platform to underpin future digital transformation plans Continue Reading
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News
27 Aug 2019
Ireland’s power network needs €9bn investment by 2027 to sustain datacentre sector, claims report
Report by the Irish Academy of Engineering highlights how the expansion of Ireland’s datacentre industry has contributed to it becoming the country's biggest source of growth in terms of energy demand Continue Reading
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News
27 Aug 2019
Oracle to launch fresh court appeal against US Department of Defense’s $10bn JEDI cloud contract
Database giant has confirmed it will appeal the US Federal Court’s dismissal of its previous legal challenge over JEDI cloud contract Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 Aug 2019
Here’s to five years of the new NHS Spine
Like any milestone birthday it’s a time for reflection, writes Andrew Meyer, director of NHS Digital's Digital Delivery Centre. Have you achieved what you wanted in the time passed, are there ... Continue Reading
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News
26 Aug 2019
VMware’s latest acquisitions point to emerging platform war
VMware’s buyout of Carbon Black and Pivotal is a sign of an emerging platform war following the IBM-Red Hat deal Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Aug 2019
What is data center networking, and how can you get started?
This feature explores the basics of data center networks, such as how to plan for data center consolidation, the effects of cloud services and how to handle data center interconnects. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Aug 2019
Finding a fix for the IT industry's recruitment woes: A datacentre perspective
The datacentre industry is in the midst of a well-documented skills crisis, caused by a mix of sector-specific challenges and some more generalised ones Continue Reading
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News
23 Aug 2019
GoCo Group backs Microsoft Azure to deliver ‘savings-as-a-service’ customer acquisition strategy
GoCo Group technology director Kieron Nolan explains the firm’s plans to migrate most of its price comparison platforms to the Microsoft Azure cloud in 2020 Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Aug 2019
DevOps needs more perspective and humility
DevOps started as a grass-roots movement led by practitioners. The motives were pure, and focused simply on finding better ways of doing things for the good of everyone involved in software ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
22 Aug 2019
CW Nordics: Copenhagen woos tech startups
Copenhagen offers all the advantages startups need to get off the ground and many are setting up with the intention of staying there for the long haul. Also read how shipping giant Maersk is employing a cloud-first strategy to disrupt competition and build innovation, and why three Finnish banks are sharing a core IT platform. Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2019
Inside Facebook’s engineering culture
An open and transparent culture that encourages developers to take risks and assume the best intent of co-workers has been the defining character of Facebook’s engineering organisation Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2019
Transport and logistics transformation driven by data
Growth in data connectivity and the adoption of technologies such as robotic process automation are fuelling a tech revolution in transport and logistics Continue Reading
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E-Zine
20 Aug 2019
Who will win the world’s biggest cloud contract?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the $10bn Pentagon cloud contract – codenamed JEDI – and ask why it is taking so long to choose a supplier. We discuss with IT chiefs how AI will transform technology leadership. And we look at how to improve your email security. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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20 Aug 2019
The $10bn question: Why is the US government’s JEDI cloud contract taking so long to award?
The announcement of who has won the US government’s controversial $10bn, decade-long cloud contract is nearly 12 months overdue. So what’s holding it up? Continue Reading
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News
20 Aug 2019
YPO debuts £400m datacentre and cloud framework for local councils and schools
Procurement management organisation YPO has set live a public sector framework designed to support local authorities and educational institutions embrace hybrid cloud Continue Reading
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News
20 Aug 2019
Buyers think SD-WAN is too expensive and complicated
Building and maintaining an SD-WAN is perceived as a complicated endeavour, and the industry’s messages are not getting through, says a new report Continue Reading
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News
15 Aug 2019
Google staff petition cloud giant against working with US border force agencies
More than 600 Google staff have signed a petition, urging the cloud giant not to participate in a bidding war with its rivals to secure US border agency datacentre consolidation-related contract Continue Reading
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News
15 Aug 2019
Google vs Microsoft: Digging into the public cloud email market duopoly
The public cloud email sector is a veritable two-horse race, with Microsoft and Google being the ones to beat, but it is unlikely ever to become a “winner takes all” market, says Gartner Continue Reading
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News
15 Aug 2019
Cloud demand fuels 18% rise in colocation M&A activity in first half of 2019
Merger and acquisition activity in colocation market leaps as demand for cloud continues to reshape the enterprise and hyperscale datacentre landscape Continue Reading
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News
14 Aug 2019
Cloud Paks on Red Hat OpenShift a ‘bold step’ for IBM
A top APAC executive at IBM says the move to containerise and run its software on Red Hat OpenShift is a big step forward for the company Continue Reading
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News
13 Aug 2019
Cray to support US Department of Energy El Capitan exascale programme
Shasta platform will be used to expand traditional supercomputing to support complex workflows Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Aug 2019
Financial services and cloud: Delivering digital transformation in a highly regulated industry
The financial services community has gone from being one of the least likely sectors to adopt cloud to becoming one of its keenest users, as regulator attitudes to using the technology have become more accommodating Continue Reading
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News
13 Aug 2019
IBM Cloud: No shift, Sherlock
OpenShift is a key ingredient in the latest shift in IBM’s long-running cloud strategy. We look at what it means Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Aug 2019
Multi-cloud: Reaping the benefits
In this guest post, Will Grannis, founder and director of the Google Office of the CTO, sets out how adopting a multi-cloud strategy can help enterprises navigate IT challenges around value, risk ... Continue Reading
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13 Aug 2019
AI storage: Machine learning, deep learning and storage needs
Artificial intelligence workloads impact storage, with NVMe flash needed for GPU processing at the highest levels of performance – and there are other choices right through the AI data lifecycle. Continue Reading
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News
13 Aug 2019
Microsoft teams up with India’s Jio in cloud push
Microsoft and Indian telecoms giant Jio will deliver cloud infrastructure services through two new datacentres being built in Gujarat and Maharashtra Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Aug 2019
Hop jumps to Pure Storage to avoid big storage complexity
Air France short-haul and regional brand Hop jumps to Pure Storage after coming up against Dell EMC, NetApp and HPE, which all tried to sell it solutions ill-suited to its needs Continue Reading
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News
08 Aug 2019
British Airways resolves IT systems issues that forced it to ground and delay hundreds of flights
British Airways has confirmed the IT system-related technical difficulties that resulted in it having to cancel hundreds of flights have been resolved Continue Reading
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News
07 Aug 2019
Rackspace Service Blocks has its roots in APAC
Rackspace’s new managed services model that lets enterprises choose services based on where they are in their cloud adoption journey was conceived in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading
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Answer
07 Aug 2019
What effect will 400 GbE have on enterprise networks?
400 Gigabit Ethernet is the next hurdle for Ethernet capabilities to surpass. But enterprises may not be prepared for this technology yet, due to its immaturity. Continue Reading
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Feature
07 Aug 2019
Unpicking the datacentre industry’s complicated relationship with climate change
The energy usage habits of datacentres often see the sector labelled as a contributor to climate change, but the situation is far more nuanced than that, it seems Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Aug 2019
Digging into the cloud security arguments of the Capital One data breach
In this guest post, Dob Todorov, CEO and chief cloud officer, HeleCloud, sets out why it is wrong to declare cloud not fit for business use in the wake of the Capital One data breach. In two ... Continue Reading
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Answer
07 Aug 2019
What are Google G Suite backup best practices?
Is your Google data protected? Make sure you are backing up G Suite files, because Google doesn't provide the comprehensive protection you'll need to be safe. Continue Reading
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News
07 Aug 2019
The $10bn question: Why is the US government’s JEDI cloud contract taking so long to award?
The announcement of who has won the US government’s controversial $10bn, decade-long cloud contract is nearly 12 months overdue. So what’s holding it up? Continue Reading
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News
07 Aug 2019
BA IT systems failure results in cancelled flights and delays at London airports
British Airways is experiencing unspecified technical difficulties at London Heathrow, London Gatwick and London City airports, prompting it to cancel flights Continue Reading
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News
06 Aug 2019
Oracle Generation 2 cloud service to debut in Australia
The Sydney Generation 2 cloud region will be delivered from a new datacentre to meet demand for Oracle’s cloud infrastructure and autonomous database services in Australia Continue Reading
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Podcast
06 Aug 2019
Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – episode 27
In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload, Brian McKenna and Caroline Donnelly are joined by Alex Scroxton to weigh up the tech credentials of Boris Johnson’s new cabinet, Huawei’s half-year results, LinkedIn’s cloud migration plans and smart cities Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Aug 2019
Hype vs. reality: Why some organisations are opting to de-cloud
In this guest post, Justin Day, CEO of hybrid cloud connectivity platform provider Cloud Gateway shares his thoughts one why some enterprises are choosing to pull back from off-premise life and ... Continue Reading
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News
06 Aug 2019
Scottish government launches £30m Cloud Services Framework with a 50% SME supplier list
Framework has gone live with 14 suppliers making the cut, who will be on hand to provide public sector organisations in Scotland with access to public, private and hybrid cloud services, as well as colocation capacity Continue Reading
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News
01 Aug 2019
Malaysian state investment fund adopts Alibaba Cloud
Permodalan Nasional chooses Alibaba Cloud for hybrid cloud architecture to boost speed to market and gain scalability Continue Reading
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News
01 Aug 2019
Amazon to build second wind power plant in Ireland to support AWS green cloud push
Amazon sets out plans to ramp up availability of green power in Ireland and US, as its push to make its datacentre fleet run in a more sustainable way continues apace Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Aug 2019
Log management: Helping IT admins to achieve infrastructure-wide visibility
When properly configured and deployed, log management tools can unearth a veritable treasure trove of data that IT administrators can use to triage and diagnose problems in enterprise IT infrastructures Continue Reading
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News
01 Aug 2019
Enterprise-readiness of business cloud services found lacking in Netskope research
Latest analysis of cloud and internet usage trends in the enterprise space by Netskope suggests the majority of the off-premise services businesses use are not fit for purpose from a security and data protection standpoint Continue Reading
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Podcast
31 Jul 2019
Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 26
In this special edition of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload, Brian McKenna and Caroline Donnelly are joined by Bill Goodwin and Sebastian Klovig Skelton to dig into the pair's recent run of in-depth investigative articles on Facebook and its privacy practices Continue Reading
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News
30 Jul 2019
Google increases presence and investments in Finland
New next-generation datacentre at Hamina and technology training hub in Helsinki illustrate Google’s growing interest in Finland Continue Reading
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News
30 Jul 2019
Google bolsters hybrid cloud proposition for enterprises through VMware partnership
VMware-Google hybrid cloud partnership should pave the way for enterprises to run their vSphere-based workloads on the search giant's public cloud platform with greater ease Continue Reading
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News
30 Jul 2019
Australia to upgrade supercomputer in HPC boost
The Gadi supercomputer at the Australian National University will run 10 times faster than its predecessor, giving researchers access to high performance computing resources to solve the toughest research problems Continue Reading
