HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, has announced a new strategic partnership with Green Datacenter (Green), one of the leading providers of data centre services in Switzerland. With the DACH region being of strategic importance to HCL, this collaboration will help organisations adopt cloud technologies and improve client outcomes. Offering an end-to-end IT […]
Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS), a leading provider of highly-available, cloud connected infrastructure in North America and Europe, and Megaport, a global leader in Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) providers, has announced a new partnership that will enable Sungard AS data centres worldwide with Software-Defined Cloud Interconnection (SDCI) capabilities. These Connected Infrastructure Hubs offer on-demand, scalable and secure […]
The DCA explains the reason for its new Sustainability Special Interest Group (SIG), why it has been set up and what it will achieve as we consider the impact of data centres on the environment both now and into the future. The data centre remains the beating heart of our digital world. Businesses and society […]
Leeds City Council has awarded Keysource, data centre and critical environment specialists, a major cooling upgrade project for its facility in Leeds, following a competitive tender. Under the terms of the deal, Keysource will be responsible for the full mechanical and electrical installation of a replacement data centre cooling system to increase efficiency, improve airflow […]
The Uptime Institute has stated that with more investment in management, process and training, outage frequency of data centres would almost certainly fall significantly. Sarah Parks, Marketing and Communications Director, CNet Training, considers some of the ways to reduce highly preventable downtime as human error accounts for a large number of outages. What poses the […]
In response to growing demand in 2020 for colocation and cloud services, Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS), a leading provider of highly-available, cloud-connected infrastructure in North America and Europe, has announced significant expansion of its data centre footprint in Woking. The company’s newly expanded Technology Centre 3 (TC3) data hall is now open for use, […]
Global, cloud-led, data-centric software company, NetApp, has announced enhancements to industry-leading cloud-connected NetApp ONTAP data management software. The company also announced a more flexible NetApp Keystone Flex Subscription service and a new NetApp SolidFire Enterprise SDS solution. With these updates, NetApp helps organisations everywhere unlock the best of cloud. Organisations can now optimise performance and security, […]
Equinix, a digital infrastructure company, in association with alliance partner and global communications hub, datamena, has announced the availability of Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric (ECX Fabric) in the Dubai International Business Exchange (IBX), DX1. This launch further underpins Equinix’s data centre facility as a world-class, carrier-neutral hub for the region where carriers, content providers, cloud providers, […]
Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, has announced plans to expand its global network of cloud data centres, including new state-of-the-art facilities in Canada, New Zealand and Bhutan. Announced at the Acronis Global Cyber Summit 2020, the expansion ensures that the full range of Acronis Cyber Protection Solutions will be available to partners and […]
Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top 10 global operators, has announced that its subsidiary in Greece has been certified for the use of renewable energies at its data centres in Metamorfosis (Athens), Koropi and Chania. The Certificate of Origin – issued by Hellenic Petroleum and Edison (ELPEDISON), one of […]
