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Interview: Next steps needed in data centre energy efficiency

Thu, 14th Feb 2019
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SPIE UK's Peter Westwood shares what needs to be done to make the vision of a data-driven world more sustainable.
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IBM opens up Watson to run on anything, anywhere

Wed, 13th Feb 2019
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IBM opens up Watson AI across any cloud, championing industry-wide transformation by breaking data silos and offering seamless AI integration.
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123Net forms partnership to support Michigan's innovation drive

Wed, 13th Feb 2019
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With self-driving cars entering the market, the amount of data being used and generated is skyrocketing - demanding the need for more data centres.
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Lenovo launches new IT infrastructure-as-a-service offering

Wed, 13th Feb 2019
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Customers can now use and pay for data centre hardware and services - on-premise or at a customer-preferred location - without having to purchase the equipment.
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Hybrid cloud adoption accelerating in healthcare

Tue, 12th Feb 2019
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In just two years, healthcare providers' hybrid cloud deployments are set to almost double from 19 percent penetration to 37 percent.
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Interview: Emerging trends for a sustainable data centre industry

Mon, 11th Feb 2019
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storage
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SPIE UK's Peter Westwood discusses the various technologies emerging both now and in the future to boost energy efficiency among data centres.
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AWS' on-premises play an admission of hybrid cloud's future

Wed, 6th Feb 2019
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According to Nutanix's Jeff Smith, public cloud is not - and never has been - a panacea, and it seems the world has finally caught up to that fact.
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Photo gallery: The world's 'most beautiful' data centre

Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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Nestled in a former chapel, the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, housing MareNostrum, stuns with its beauty and power, reaching 13.7 petaflops.
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Lenovo flaunts BSC: 'World's most beautiful data centre'

Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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Lenovo recently held a press event in Barcelona, flying in media representatives from all over Europe to benefit from a content-packed event.
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Exclusive Q&A: Why businesses are storing useless hardware

Wed, 30th Jan 2019
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In this exclusive interview, Blancco's Fredrik Forslund details just how expensive the issue of data centre waste has become.
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Exclusive Q&A: The on-premises data centre is here to stay

Wed, 30th Jan 2019
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In an exclusive interview, Scality's Paul Speciale shares his thoughts on the data centre and cloud industries.
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Organisations wasting $100k a year hoarding useless IT hardware

Mon, 28th Jan 2019
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A new report reveals that two in five organisations spend over USD $100,000 annually storing useless IT hardware, posing security and compliance risks.
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Top risk facing organisations? Why, it's an IT talent famine

Mon, 21st Jan 2019
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The IT industry is experiencing a severe talent shortage, now the top risk for organisations, up from third place, per Gartner's latest report.
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Rubrik welcomes $261m funding for new market expansion

Wed, 16th Jan 2019
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data management
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data center management
The company intends to use the funds from new investor Bain Capital Ventures will go toward future innovation and expansion.
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Survey finds retailers 'bullish' on hybrid cloud adoption

Wed, 16th Jan 2019
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The retail industry takes no prisoners and that's made clear in its 'on the pulse' adoption of new technologies.
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New research shows data centre acquisition upsurge

Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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Data centre acquisitions surged in 2018 with 68 deals worth USD $16 billion, despite falling below 2017's peak, Synergy Research reports.
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NZ companies ill-prepared for new digital marketing era

Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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Kim Voon claims New Zealand companies need to get off their bums and get on with adopting new marketing tech or face being left behind by their global peers.
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IoT's rapid rise fuelling an explosion of data

Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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IDC expects global annual spending on IoT to exceed US$1 trillion by 2022, driving huge demand for data centres.
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Equinix unveils ANOTHER data centre – this time in South Korea

Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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This will be the company's third data centre revealed thus far this year - and we've barely scratched the surface of 2019.
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Cloud IT infrastructure revenues overtake traditional IT for first time

Sat, 12th Jan 2019
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The rush to 'digitally transform' and adopt cloud-based technologies has caused some major changes in the market.