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By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Mon, 19th Nov 2018

Google Cloud CEO stepping down to welcome ex-Oracle exec

Google Cloud has grown significantly under Greene's tenure, but has involved tens of billions of dollars and little gains on AWS and Azure.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Sat, 17th Nov 2018

Frankfurt overtakes London as largest data centre cluster

After many forecasts predicting it, a new report of Europe's top 20 data centre clusters has confirmed London has lost its crown to Frankfurt.

Digital Transformation

Enterprises to begin closing their data centres

Dan Hushon predicts next year companies will begin bidding farewell (if they haven't already) to their onsite data centres.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 16th Nov 2018

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 16th Nov 2018

HPE extends cloud-based AI tool InfoSight to servers

HPE asserts it is a big deal as the system can drive down operating costs, plug disruptive performance gaps, and free up time to allow IT staff to innovate.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 16th Nov 2018

Huawei unveils new cloud region in South Africa

The announcement makes it the world's first cloud service provider that operates a local data centre to provide cloud services in Africa.

Firewalls

Cyber crisis continues unabated – is ATP the answer?

Statistics on cybercrime certainly makes for grim reading, and that is set to continue unless businesses take measures to stack the odds better in their favour.

Storage

DDN part of data mining mission on Mars

DataDirect Networks (DDN) today announced that it will be playing a role in one of NASA's most critical missions.

HPE building new supercomputer with €38m price tag

It will be installed at the High Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart and will be the world's fastest for industrial production.

Study claims Denmark has been misled by hyperscale data centres

Despite repeated assurances from Danish ministers, almost none of the new hyperscale data centres are reusing their waste heat.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Wed, 14th Nov 2018

Partner Programmes

Interview: Mobile Mentor CEO shares mobility strategies

Mobile Mentor, a mobile solutions company, has been named a Microsoft Co-Sell Ready partner, enabling them to build custom mobile apps with high security.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 14th Nov 2018

HPE launches new Datacenter Care capabilities

The company asserts the new capabilities will be delivered by HPE PointNext and will help businesses simplify complex IT environments.

Digital Transformation

Digital transformation an almost $2 trillion industry by 2022

Digital transformation investment is set to surge to USD $1.97 trillion by 2022, driven by sectors like manufacturing and retail, says IDC.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Nov 2018

Network Infrastructure

NEXTDC partnering with Superloop to bring Asia and AU closer

NEXTDC's customers will be among the first to take advantage of APAC's shortest submarine cable route between Sydney and Singapore.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Nov 2018

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Wed, 14th Nov 2018

Eccellente! AWS building new data centres in Italy

The new infrastructure region is expected to be complete in early 2020 to enable customers to run workloads and store data in Italy with even lower latency.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 13th Nov 2018

NEXTDC adds 9MW customer contracts at new Sydney data centre

NEXTDC's Sydney S2 data center has increased its contracted commitment by 9MW, taking up 47% of total planned capacity.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Mon, 12th Nov 2018

Interview: VR's imminent impact on the data centre

As VR's data demands surge, Bryan Hill of Interxion discusses how data centres must evolve with 5G to offer seamless user experiences and minimise latency.

Power / Energy

Digital Realty claims sustainability award at REITworld 2018

Digital Realty wins the Nareit 'Leader in the Light' award for the second year in a row at REITworld 2018, highlighting its commitment to sustainability.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Nov 2018