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Giving women a seat at the table this International Women’s Day

This International Women’s Day, we spoke to 11 people in tech, from a variety of backgrounds and roles. They provided insight into their experiences of being a woman in a male-dominated industry and how the sector can continue to #BreakTheBias. The theme for this years’ International Women’s Day is #BreakTheBias. “It challenges us to do […]


BNP Paribas Real Estate to establish success across UK data centre market 

With more pressure placed upon the data centre industry to appeal to new clients and establish long-lasting relationships, knowing where to invest is key. Here, Michael Umfreville discusses his new role as Head of Data Centres at BNP Paribas Real Estate, what this means for the business and how he will lead his team to […]


Experts discuss: Automation changing the data centre industry in the next 12 months

Schneider Electric, a leader in the Digital Transformation of energy management and automation, has joined other industrial leaders and pioneers to form UniversalAutomation.org (UAO), an independent, not-for-profit association managing the reference implementation of a shared source runtime. For the first time, IT and OT software vendors, industrial end-users, OEMs and academics will share a common automation software layer across their automation technology — regardless of brand.  UniversalAutomation.org will drive […]


The ‘new normal’ for workplaces is here. Is your IT ready?

Nathan Knight, Managing Director – Infrastructure Solutions Group at Lenovo ANZ, tells us organizations need to ensure their IT systems are developed to manage the change in work processes and the increased desire to work from home. With lockdown restrictions easing across the nation, organizations are working hard to plan and implement efficient return-to-office protocols. […]


Arc Solutions is recognised at the Global Carrier Awards 2021

Arc Solutions, a provider of integrated networking solutions, has been awarded Best Data Centre / Edge Service Innovation at the Global Carrier Awards 2021. It has been recognised for its work in rapidly expanding its network ecosystem and launching a Middle Eastern pan-regional connectivity platform to fill the gap in the market for on-demand, intra-regional […]


LCL Wallonia One receives three ISO certificates

LCL Data Centres has received ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 9001 certificates for its Gembloux data centre in the last four months. LCL Wallonia One already had an ISO 27001 certificate – as LCL’s other data centres do – for the international standard for managing information security. These new certificates confirm that all LCL […]


Baking resiliency into data centres from day one 

Resiliency – along with many other elements – is key to the design process when it comes to building a successful data centre facility with the future in mind. Paul Christensen, General Manager Data Centres and Security, Macquarie Data Centres, discusses the primal factors that should be considered in the data centre design phase and why […]


Etisalat Group and G42 join forces to establish UAE’s largest data centre

Etisalat Group and G42 have announced the signing of a binding agreement to merge their data centre (DC) offering in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A total of 12 data centres will be combined in a new joint venture business operating under Khazna Data Centres, creating the UAE’s largest data centre provider. G42 and Etisalat […]


EG Group drives miles further with Nutanix in the tank

Nutanix, a global provider of hybrid multi-cloud computing solutions, has announced that, following the deployment of Nutanix Cloud Platform across its global network, leading convenience retailer EG Group is already reaping the benefits of that investment and is empowered to implement ambitious plans for further rapid growth. Starting with a single location in 2001, EG […]


Liquid and Unitas Global create the largest network of interconnected data centres in Africa

Pan-African technology group, Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid), has announced a strategic partnership with global managed network provider, Unitas Global, in a bid to meet the demands of rapid Digital Transformation across the continent. Through strategic interconnections, Liquid and Unitas are now better positioned to serve their customers in Africa and beyond, with this rapid response to the growing demand […]


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