Datacentre systems management

Read about datacentre systems management, including configuration and change management, performance monitoring, capacity planning, ITIL and IT governance, and clustering for high availability (HA) and high-performance computing (HPC).

News 11 Dec 2024
Microsoft shares details of plans to reduce water usage of AI datacentres

Microsoft has released details of the latest initiative to minimise the environmental footprint of its datacentres Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 04 Dec 2024
AWS on using GenAI to speed up legacy VMware and Microsoft datacentre migrations

At AWS Re:Invent 2024, CEO Matt Garman shared details of how its GenAI technologies are helping enterprises accelerate the pace of Microsoft and VMware datacentre migrations Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

News 27 Apr 2018
ScottishPower opens up about its two-year datacentre downsizing and migration project

The team behind ScottishPower’s recent two-year push to downsize and migrate its primary datacentre describe the project’s challenges and successes Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 25 Apr 2018
Interview: Amazon Web Services Sweden

Eric Morales leads the AWS business development team for startups and gaming companies in the Nordics. Computer Weekly caught up with him at AWS’s Nordic headquarters in Stockholm Continue Reading
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- Jane Hamrin
E-Zine 24 Apr 2018

London plans to be a smarter city

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we meet the first ever chief digital officer for London, Theo Blackwell, and find out about his plans for making the capital a smarter city. SAP has overhauled its controversial indirect licensing policy – we look at the implications for users. What are the jobs of the future in retail as the sector is transformed by technology? We ask the experts. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
18 Apr 2018

OpenStack gains early foothold in Australia

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News 16 Apr 2018
Investments in skills, infrastructure and SMEs needed to help UK data economy hit new heights

The UK data economy may struggle to reach its full growth potential between now and 2025 unless action is taken, suggests research commissioned by datacentre operator Digital Realty Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 09 Apr 2018
Norway government backs ambitious datacentre investment plan

Norway has a plan to be a leading location for datacentres with a policy that will put it in direct competition with some of its Nordic neighbours Continue Reading
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- Gerard O'Dwyer
News 06 Apr 2018
Microsoft outage: Europe-wide downtime locks Office 365 and Azure users out of cloud

Microsoft engineers cite Azure Active Directory fault as cause of cloud customer service woes across Europe Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
Feature 05 Apr 2018
Data recovery disasters: Kroll Ontrack on how it helps enterprises bounce back

Data recovery expert Kroll Ontrack provides a behind-the-scenes look at the challenges enterprises and consumers face getting their files and information back when disaster strikes Continue Reading
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- Stuart Burns
Feature 03 Apr 2018
Keeping cloud costs in check: Why good governance is key

Without proper checks and controls in place, it is all too easy for the cost of using cloud to spiral out of control in enterprises, but it doesn't have to be Continue Reading
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- Stuart Burns
News 03 Apr 2018
IT set to gain the most from AI and automation

IT administrators anticipate that artificial intelligence and automation will only affect mundane tasks, freeing up 19% of their workload Continue Reading
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- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
Feature 19 Mar 2018
Serverless computing: What it is and why it matters

Enterprises might be forgiven for thinking serverless computing is just the latest in a long line of hyped technology concepts, but there is serious substance to it Continue Reading
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- Stuart Burns
News 09 Mar 2018
Putting users first: Making sense of the CCS G-Cloud launch date U-turn

The government's decision to roll back plans to delay the launch of G-Cloud 10 could be detrimental to the future of the framework, it is claimed Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 07 Mar 2018
VMware Cloud for AWS goes live in Amazon’s UK datacentres as hybrid cloud demand grows

Technology tie-up between VMware and AWS continues to go from strength to strength as the pair confirm a European expansion of their combined hybrid cloud-enabling service Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
Feature 07 Mar 2018
Intel vs AMD: Server rivals battling it out for edge datacentre supremacy

Chipmakers Intel and AMD are targeting edge computing environments with their latest embedded chips. What do each firm's propositions have to offer? Continue Reading
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- Daniel Robinson
News 06 Mar 2018
Norway’s Statkraft outsources IT infrastructure management

Energy company awards India’s HCL five-year IT deal in order to free up resources to focus on core business Continue Reading
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- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
News 06 Mar 2018
Microsoft courts US government cloud users with Azure Stack integration promise

Microsoft is stepping up its efforts to get the US government using its cloud in anger, with the promise of a forthcoming Azure Stack integration and new datacentre regions to house “secret” classified data Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 05 Mar 2018
Bitcoin burglaries: Icelandic police count cost of cryptocurrency kit thefts from datacentres

Police in Iceland are investigating a spate of datacentre thefts, after thieves lifted 600 cryptocurrency-mining servers worth around $2m Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 05 Mar 2018
AWS outage: Datacentre power cut knocks ‘hundreds’ of internet services offline

A year on from Amazon’s S3 outage at its US-East-1 datacentre region, a power loss incident in the same place has caused a fresh round of service disruption for the cloud giant’s customers Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 02 Mar 2018
Cloud firms need $1bn datacentre investment a quarter to compete with AWS and co

IT service providers must invest “at least” $1bn a quarter to keep up with the pace of Amazon, Google and Microsoft hyperscale cloud growth, research suggests Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 28 Feb 2018
Colt DCS ramps up renewable power use across European datacentre estate

Carrier neutral datacentre operator Colt DCS claims the technology industry has a "moral duty" to do more than the bare minimum to ensure its growth does not come at the expense of the environment Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 26 Feb 2018
OpenStack gains early foothold in Australia

Although the open source technology has its cheerleaders, OpenStack has yet to crack Australia’s mainstream and challenge the market share of proprietary cloud suppliers Continue Reading
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- Beverley Head
News 21 Feb 2018
FBI seeks information on IaaS and SaaS providers as cloud push gathers pace

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking information about the capabilities of the public cloud provider community, in preparation for move off-premise Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 21 Feb 2018
CBRE: European colocation market adjusts to 'new' high-growth norms in 2017

As the take-up and supply of datacentre capacity across Europe continues to hit new heights, CBRE claims the colocation market is entering a phase where high growth is becoming the "new normal" Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
Feature 20 Feb 2018
The EURECA moment: Counting the cost of running the UK’s public sector datacentres

The EU-backed EURECA project has spent the past 36 months assessing the state of public sector datacentres across Europe, and is revealing what it found Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 14 Feb 2018
UKCloud to open Microsoft Azure Stack region for public sector users

Public sector-focused cloud services provider UKCloud is in the throes of beta testing its Azure Stack setup, which will run in the same datacentres as the Cabinet Office's Crown Hosting Service Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
Feature 09 Feb 2018
Cloud management platforms: What you need to know to make multi-cloud happen

Deploying a cloud management platform can make adopting a multi-cloud approach to consuming IT resources easier, but choosing one that is the right fit for your enterprise can be a challenge for CIOs Continue Reading
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- Stuart Burns
E-Zine 08 Feb 2018

CW Benelux: Dutch IT expert on a mission to expose vulnerabilities

Dutch ethical hacker Victor Gevers took full-time leave from his IT job last year and used the time to hunt for vulnerabilities. Read about his mission to find vulnerabilities, report them responsibly and then, hopefully, get them fixed by the vulnerable parties involved. Also in this issue, read how Proximus, Belgium’s largest telecommunications operator, is leaning on Cloudify to support its adoption of network functions virtualisation, and how journalists showed that the email addresses of Dutch politicians are easy to spoof. Continue Reading
News 07 Feb 2018
Beyond Brexit: Can the hyperscalers future-proof the growth of the UK colocation market?

Demand for colocation datacentre space in London is booming, on the back of the hyperscale cloud giants setting up shop in the UK, but will it be enough to safeguard the sector’s growth in the face of Brexit? Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 07 Feb 2018
IT managers in the dark over work-life balance pressure of on-call work, research shows

PagerDuty's inaugural work-life balance report highlights how unspoken frustrations about punishing on-call schedules can contribute towards employee attrition and workplace stress Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 06 Feb 2018
CBRE adopts artificial intelligence to help troubleshoot issues across 800-plus client datacentres

The datacentre operations arm of real estate consultancy CBRE wants to use artificial intelligence to troubleshoot issues in its clients' 800-plus datacentres Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 02 Feb 2018
Interxion closes in on Equinix in battle for Emea colocation market supremacy

The latest colocation market leaderboard from Cloudscene shows Interxion could be gaining ground on giant provider Equinix Continue Reading
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- Zach Emmanuel, Computer Weekly
News 02 Feb 2018
AWS becomes $20bn company as demand for public cloud continues to soar

Amazon Web Services enjoys another stellar quarter of revenue growth, while its parent company continues to profit off the success of Alexa devices Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 30 Jan 2018
IT Priorities 2018: Datacentre infrastructure investments show no signs of slowing

The 2018 Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities poll suggests datacentre infrastructure revamps could be on the cards at enterprises across the UK and Europe, as the push to consolidate their server farms picks up pace Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 25 Jan 2018
NHS Wales IT outage: What went wrong with its datacentres?

A country-wide outage of several core NHS Wales IT systems has prompted questions about the organisation’s datacentre failover procedures Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 24 Jan 2018
Colt Technology Services outage: European customers hit by internet connectivity issues

Voice and data network provider Colt Technology Services suffers outage, blighting users in several European countries Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 23 Jan 2018
Irish planning chiefs dismiss appeal against Amazon's €1bn datacentre build

Irish planning chiefs have granted Amazon permission to proceed with its plans to build a €1bn datacentre in Dublin to support the continued European growth of its cloud business Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 15 Jan 2018
Demand for cloud-enabling infrastructure products soared in 2017, IDC research shows

IDC's latest cloud IT infrastructure market tracker shows the demand for public and private cloud-enabling servers, storage and Ethernet switches is showing no signs of slowing Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 15 Jan 2018
Case study: Gleadell Agriculture supports cloud-first push with change in backup strategy

Commodity trading firm Gleadell Agriculture won the prize for Best Data Security and Data Protection Project at the Best of VMworld 2017 Awards, with its account of how an overhaul of its disaster recovery practices has set it up to become a cloud-first organisation Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 10 Jan 2018
Daisy Group saves on datacentre cooling costs through five-year EkkoSense deal

Daisy Group claims to have already seen sizeable cost savings on the back of its push to improve its datacentre cooling procedures across five UK facilities Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 04 Jan 2018
Meltdown and Spectre: AWS, Google and Microsoft rush to patch cloud chip flaws

Amazon, Google and Microsoft rush to fix chip flaws that could leave cloud customers at risk of having their data accessed or stolen by other users Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 04 Jan 2018
Claire House Children’s Hospice opens up about its digital transformation triumphs

Claire House Children’s Hospice took home the Best of Show prize at the Best of VMworld 2017 Awards by sharing details of how technology is helping it achieve its aim of reaching every family who needs its help across the north-west of England Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 18 Dec 2017
Top 10 cloud stories of 2017

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cloud stories of 2017 Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 05 Dec 2017
US utility provider PG&E on ditching the datacentre and going cloud-first

US-based utility provider Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) discusses how getting out of the datacentre business and into the cloud is helping meet its regulatory, affordability and innovation targets Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 28 Nov 2017
Dutch digital coin miners offered datacentre space to reduce costs

The Netherlands’ Datacenter Group is providing digital coin miners with space in a professional datacentre Continue Reading
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- Kim Loohuis
Feature 14 Nov 2017
The multi-cloud myth: Why workload portability is still a pipe dream

While IT providers are fond of suggesting moving workloads between clouds is as easy as dragging and dropping apps between environments, the reality can be far more complex Continue Reading
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- Daniel Robinson
News 13 Nov 2017
DBS teams up with Equinix to reduce datacentre footprint

Building on earlier efforts to harness cloud computing to support growing compute workloads, DBS’s new private cloud datacentre will be smaller, greener and cheaper to run Continue Reading
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- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
Feature 06 Nov 2017
CIO interview: How River Island is using cloud to fend off its fast fashion competitors

River Island's CIO, Doug Gardner, discusses how embracing cloud, online and mobile devices is driving sales in its high street stores Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 01 Nov 2017
Irish High Court denies latest appeal bid by Apple datacentre objectors

Judge rules that latest attempt to block Apple’s plans to build a datacentre in Athenry does not meet the required legal threshold Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 18 Oct 2017
Cloud service spending almost matches traditional IT outsourcing

Traditional outsourcing spending has plummeted in the latest three-month period, but spending on cloud-based IT services is going some way to filling the void Continue Reading
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- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
News 10 Oct 2017
GE opens up on how its move to the AWS public cloud is progressing

The multi-national conglomerate claims to have migrated more than 2,000 apps to the AWS cloud, as its digital transformation efforts continue apace Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
E-Zine 22 Sep 2017

CW ASEAN: Strike a business balance with ERP

Cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications are growing in popularity, yet they don’t fit every need. In this month’s issue of CW ASEAN, we delve deeper into the motivations for adopting cloud-ERP systems in Southeast Asia, the limitations of the technology and what enterprises need to consider before jumping on the bandwagon. Also, find out what Dell EMC is doing to tackle the Asia-Pacific market, and how NTT Docomo is using SAP Hana to improve customer service. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
News 07 Sep 2017
Stockholm Data Parks welcomes first Greenfield tenant to renewably-powered datacentre hub

Multigrid Data Centers named as as one of the first operators to take up space in Stockholm's heat-reusing, green energy-powered datacentre hub Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 17 Aug 2017
World's largest’ data center planned in Norway

Norway will soon have the biggest datacenter in the world which will harness the countries rich natural resources Continue Reading
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- Eeva Haaramo
E-Zine 01 Aug 2017

The fields of Athenry – how Apple’s datacentre plans are causing turmoil in a small Irish town

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look into Apple’s controversial plans to build a huge datacentre in a small town in the west of Ireland, and hear the local arguments it has caused. We find out how the Met Office is managing the vast quantities of data it uses for weather forecasting. And we examine Google plans to bring artificial intelligence tools to the job recruitment market. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
E-Zine 25 Jul 2017

How the DVLA is making driving digital

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we hear from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) about how it is becoming a digital hub for motoring and moving away from its legacy IT. Our latest buyer’s guide examines the future of data management. And we look at the importance of understanding the small print in your software licensing agreements. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
News 24 Jul 2017
What are Amazon Web Services’ Nordic plans?

Amazon Web Services' head in the Nordic tells Computer Weekly about the region's increasing demand and use of the cloud Continue Reading
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- Eeva Haaramo
News 20 Jul 2017
Singapore begins quest for high-rise datacentres

Huawei, Keppel Data Centres and the Singapore government will assess the feasibility of building high-rise facilities amid growing demand for datacentre capacity in the region Continue Reading
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- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
News 22 Jun 2017
British Army draws on infrastructure refresh and automation to power DevOps drive

Army opens up about how a move to adopt a software-defined datacentre setup has helped DevOps to take hold in the organisation Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
E-Zine 20 Jun 2017

Why did British Airways’ datacentre crash?

In this week’s Computer Weekly, after an IT outage at British Airways left passengers stranded at airports, we examine the possible causes and ask what BA’s official explanation really means. We analyse the challenges for digital government now the UK election is over. And we hear how the charity Barnardo’s is leading an initiative for a data platform to improve children’s social care services. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
E-Zine 15 Jun 2017

CW ANZ: Flash arrays make a splash

In this month’s CW ANZ, we find out why a growing number of Australian enterprises are turning to all-flash storage technology to replace spinning disk storage systems, thanks to lower costs and reduced complexity. We also hear from a senior Veritas executive about why extracting more metadata to improve business processes and data management will become more important. And we take a look at how public cloud services have empowered Australian startups to scale up and go global from day one, and identify the key drivers for the development of hyper-converged systems and how they will transform the way applications are delivered. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
News 12 Jun 2017
Wickes customers hit by ‘system-wide’ online ordering problems

Computer Weekly understands a “system-wide” issue is affecting the home improvement firm's online delivery bookings, as well as its click-and-collect services Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 09 Jun 2017
British Airways IT outage: What went wrong with its datacentre?

BA has blamed “human error” for its bank holiday datacentre outage, but the Uptime Institute suggests there may be more to it than that Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 06 Jun 2017
Lloyds bank staff will move to IBM in outsourcing deal

About 1,500 IT staff at Lloyds Banking Group will join IBM as part of an IT infrastructure outsourcing agreement Continue Reading
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- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
News 30 May 2017
British Airways counts cost of major bank holiday IT system outage

Share price of British Airways' parent company plummets after power supply issue at "local" datacentre grounds flights at Heathrow and Gatwick over the bank holiday weekend Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 19 May 2017
Microsoft to open African cloud datacentre region in 2018

Software giant plans to capitalise on business demand for its cloud services in Africa by offering users access to locally hosted Azure and Office 365 Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 17 May 2017
Bombardier signs $700m IBM cloud deal to support business turnaround efforts

Canadian vehicle manufacturer inks IBM cloud deal to support five-year push to cut costs and improve efficiency Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 10 May 2017
Nordic region competes for datacentre dominance

The Nordic region is an attractive region for datacentres as demand for cloud services in the area grows Continue Reading
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- Eeva Haaramo
News 05 May 2017
HSBC adopts cloud-first strategy to solving big data business problems

David Knott, chief architect at banking giant HSBC, tells Computer Weekly about how machine learning, big data analytics and cloud are changing the way it does business Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 03 May 2017
Google hails end of multi-year enterprise cloud migrations

Google cloud chief, Diane Greene, claims multi-year datacentre migrations are no longer the norm, as some firms are making the move off-premise in weeks or months Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 28 Apr 2017
UBS reduces legacy dependence with Microsoft Azure

Swiss bank begins its strategy of moving core systems into the cloud Continue Reading
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- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
News 24 Apr 2017
Research highlights cloud security complacency in organisations that ditch on-premise tech

Enterprise attitudes to cloud security are laid bare in the latest research report from Bitglass, and suggest more could be done to secure corporate data stored off-premise Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 19 Apr 2017
Equinix tops global colocation leader boards on coverage and connectivity grounds

Colocation giant Equinix emerges as the one to beat in Cloudscene’s inaugural rankings of globe’s biggest datacentre service providers Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
Feature 18 Apr 2017
How cloud, IoT and mobile devices are driving demand for edge datacentres

The demand for edge datacentres and computing resources is steadily rising, but what's driving the trend? Continue Reading
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- Rene Millman
News 18 Apr 2017
Virtus Data Centres plots to expand Slough colocation footprint

Colocation provider sets out plans to expand its datacentre footprint in Slough, as demand for locally hosted cloud services grows Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
E-Zine 13 Apr 2017

CW Middle East: UAE faces IT recruitment challenge

In this issue, read how organisations in the UAE face a challenge to attract and retain top-quality CIOs and other key IT staff as the region seeks to tackle a technology skills gap. Also, Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority has revealed that plans to unveil passenger-flying cars are in the final stages, with the initiative expected to launch in July 2017. Meanwhile, the UAE is mirroring global trends by eagerly adopting virtual reality technology. Continue Reading
News 11 Apr 2017
‘Can do’ attitude of DevOps teams is driving cloud-first strategies

The cloud-first strategies of businesses across sectors are maturing, with DevOps teams playing a leading role Continue Reading
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- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
E-Zine 28 Mar 2017

Making the UK fit for 5G

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the government’s new 5G strategy and assess whether it’s enough to stimulate development of next generation mobile networks. We meet some of the Silicon Valley startups hoping to revolutionise big data analytics. And we examine how to prevent the move to DevOps from harming work-life balance for IT professionals. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
News 27 Mar 2017
AWS London users suffer "insufficient capacity" problems with T2 Micro Instances

Users of AWS's London-hosted T2 Micro Instances suffered capacity issues on Friday 24 March Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
Opinion 23 Mar 2017
The rise of the ODMs: Should the branded hardware suppliers be worried?

The use of ODM datacentre hardware makes good economic sense for the hyperscale providers, but what about everyday enterprises? Continue Reading
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- Clive Longbottom
E-Zine 21 Mar 2017

Google power – how the internet giant builds datacentres

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we hear from Google executives about how the firm builds, tests and secures its global datacentre estate. We analyse the implications for the UK’s broadband infrastructure after the BT and Openreach split. And we find out how artificial intelligence and the internet of things are coming together to deliver new technologies. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
News 14 Mar 2017
HPE, Dell and IBM suffer Q4 server sales slumps, as demand for ODM hardware grows

IDC's latest EMEA-wide server market sales tracker suggests soaring demand for ODM servers is hitting tier-one manufacturers hard Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 13 Mar 2017
Nearly 2,000 Lloyds bank IT jobs set to move to IBM in £1.3bn outsourcing deal

Around 2,000 IT staff at Lloyds Banking Group are set to transfer to IBM as part of a seven-year IT outsourcing deal, says union Continue Reading
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- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
E-Zine 07 Mar 2017

Industrial control systems pose big risk to security

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the risks to critical national infrastructure from security vulnerabilities in legacy industrial control systems. DevOps is growing in popularity – we find out about the organisational, process and cultural approaches to make it succeed. And we ask CIOs how they are becoming hybrid IT and digital leaders. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
E-Zine 16 Feb 2017

CW ASEAN: On-premise vs cloud creates storage balancing act

Storage is gradually moving to the cloud in ASEAN. According to Computer Weekly/TechTarget’s annual IT Priorities research, 40% of ASEAN-based IT decision makers are planning a cloud storage initiative in 2017 and 40% are planning a cloud backup initiative. To answer this growing demand for cloud storage, many new cloud players are setting up datacenters in the region. Southeast Asia’s cloud market is already teeming with all the big players – AWS, Microsoft, IBM, HP, Oracle – and a host of other providers of datacenter services and managed IT services, so how will newcomers, including Alibaba Cloud and Google, affect the cloud storage market? And what does this mean for the on-premise storage market? We speak to storage experts, analysts and suppliers to bring you an exclusive analysis of the fast-evolving storage market in the Southeast Asian region. Continue Reading
E-Zine 07 Feb 2017

Compute power pushes boundaries

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the ways chip engineers are looking beyond silicon to keep pushing the limits of Moore’s Law as datacentre power demands increase. We find out about serverless computing and how it could deliver what many firms really want from the cloud. And we look at the importance of culture change to digital transformation. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
E-Zine 31 Jan 2017

Visionary technology transforming healthcare

In this week’s Computer Weekly, find out how a visionary approach to technology is transforming healthcare at London’s world-leading Moorfields Eye Hospital. The UK tech sector has set out its priorities for the forthcoming Brexit negotiations – we take a look at the key issues. And our new buyer’s guide examines the latest trends in datacentre management. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
News 05 Jan 2017
HMV changes its IT tune to cut maintenance spend on legacy on-premise systems

The high street music retailer has embarked on a sizeable digital transformation project to cut costs and boost the agility of its business operations Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
E-Zine 13 Dec 2016

UKtech50 – the most influential people in UK IT 2016

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we reveal the seventh annual UKtech50 – our list of the 50 most influential people in UK IT. And we talk to this year’s winner, ARM CEO Simon Segars, about the prospects for the UK tech sector after the uncertainty caused by the Brexit referendum vote. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
E-Zine 01 Dec 2016

CW ANZ: Virtually effortless storage

In this month's CW ANZ, we look at how although Australia was an early adopter of server virtualisation – with 85-90% of Australian servers already virtualised, compared with about 75% globally – Gartner predicts more virtualisation to come. This is a surprise to many. We also hear from freight forwarder IFC Logistics, which has completed a virtualisation journey to benefit from improved uptime, performance and peace of mind. We also cover Australia's adoption of an internet of things standard to help improve security, and how thousands of significant cyber incidents are hitting Australian organisations. Continue Reading
E-Zine 29 Nov 2016

Machine learning keeps customers happy at Ocado

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how data scientists at online grocer Ocado are using machine learning technology to deliver better customer service and improve warehouse efficiency. Manufacturing giant GE is making a play to become a top 10 software supplier – we look at the plans. And we examine the future of server operating systems as workloads move increasingly to the cloud. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
News 25 Nov 2016
CBRE: Cloud drives Q3 demand for colocation space in Frankfurt and London

CBRE’s third-quarter datacentre market tracker highlights soaring demand for colocation capacity in Frankfurt and London, as cloud providers court European enterprises Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
Guide 24 Nov 2016

Essential guide to cloud management

A well-implemented cloud management strategy allows users to maintain control over public, private and hybrid clouds Continue Reading
E-Zine 22 Nov 2016

IT spreads innovation at Unilever

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how consumer goods giant Unilever has changed its thinking about IT to support a global digital transformation programme. The UK boss of Hewlett Packard Enterprise assesses progress after the first year since HP split in two. And we examine how software development is changing in the enterprise. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
News 04 Nov 2016
CenturyLink sells datacentre portfolio to private equity consortium

Telco brings an end to months of speculation about its datacentre plans by confirming it has reached a deal to offload 57 sites to BC Partners Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
News 19 Oct 2016
Cloud backup saves data after fire destroys school

Data from The Academy secondary school in the seaside town of Selsey was restored just hours after a fire destroyed most of the premises, thanks to a cloud backup agreement set up a year earlier Continue Reading
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- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
News 16 Sep 2016
Mirantis acquires TCP Cloud in continuous delivery push for OpenStack deployments

OpenStack distribution provider claims TCP Cloud acquisition will ensure its customers' infrastructure is equipped to cope with the rate of application innovation they are demanding Continue Reading
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- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
E-Zine 14 Sep 2016

Is Europe a growing datacentre destination?

In this quarter’s issue of CW Europe, we ask whether European datacentres will benefit from the UK’s exit from the EU. As the dust settles on the EU referendum and the new-look US-Europe Privacy Shield data transfer agreement, we look at what it could mean for European datacentre operators. For example, 451 Research issued an advisory note several days after the result of the EU referendum, suggesting operators have slowed or suspended datacentre planning until a clearer idea emerges of how the post-Brexit world will pan out. Continue Reading
E-Zine 13 Sep 2016

Dell Technologies aims for an intelligent, connected future

In this week’s Computer Weekly, as Dell and EMC complete the largest IT supplier merger in history, we look at the new $74bn company’s strategy and what it means for IT leaders. Our latest buyer’s guide examines a key aspect of cloud – cloud bursting, used for dynamic capacity management. And we assess the latest views on the UK government’s plans for internet surveillance legislation. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
E-Zine 09 Aug 2016

Will Rio’s 4G networks sink or swim?

The Rio Olympic Games are meant to be the fastest ever – not just for the athletes, but also for mobile data speeds, as users seek to upload photos and videos in real time. In this week’s Computer Weekly, we investigate how operators are working around Brazil’s patchy 4G. We also find out how Glasgow’s smart city initiatives are evolving following its Future City projects in 2014, and assess how Google and Microsoft are lining up to take on the might of Amazon Web Services. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
E-Zine 26 Jul 2016

Olympic vision: Technology on track for Rio Games

In this issue, we interview the CIO for the forthcoming Rio Olympics. The technology his team has put in place will support delegations from more than 200 countries, including 10,500 athletes. We also look at datacentre and open source security, as well as take a first look at what the new UK prime minister’s approach might be to the digital economy. Read the issue now. Continue Reading