Melissa Chambal, US LATAM & Canada Technical Manager and 7×24 Exchange International Career Development Mentor at CNet Training, joined the company with over 20 years’ data centre and network infrastructure experience, plus five years teaching data centre design and network design programs. She has taught at the Top Gun Marine base in California and performed […]

As a result of the pandemic, online user behaviour has transformed. Arun Shenoy, Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing, Serverfarm, explains why Edge Computing investments are expected to see a massive ROI by helping to maintain productivity as the use of Edge data centres increases. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst for digitalisation coupled […]

Rittal, a leading global system provider of IT infrastructure as well as industrial solutions and ZutaCore, a waterless, two-phase, liquid cooling company, have announced a strategic partnership. Together they offer highly efficient data centre cooling solutions and will enable customers to cool processors up to and above 900W. Now data centre owners and operators can […]

Macquarie has launched a secure data center in Canberra, designed to house classified Australian Government workloads. Macquarie Data Centres and Macquarie Government have launched the latest facility in the company’s highly secure data center portfolio, Intellicenter 5 (IC5) in Canberra, purpose-built to house the most highly classified Australian Government workloads. The A$17 million ‘bunker’ data […]

Equinix, a global provider of digital infrastructure and Vodafone, have announced a plan to build a new subsea hub in Genoa, called GN1. Situated on Italy’s northwest coast, Genoa has a rich history in maritime trade and is well-positioned to be a key location on the global subsea cable map. Vodafone, which is the cable […]

Although data centre supply chains have not experienced the same level of disturbances as many other sectors due to the pandemic, John Lewis, Managing Director, Aggreko Africa, argues that there is still a requirement for companies to ensure their supply chains are secure while there is a potential for continued disruption. He tells us why […]

ITA, part of the Paratus Group, has announced it has achieved VMware Cloud Verified status for its data centre in Angola. Paratus is a technology integrator and cloud services provider and ITA is the biggest network services provider, with the largest data centre in Angola. The VMware Cloud Verified badge signals to customers that ITA/Paratus […]

Orange Business Services, a network-native digital services company, has announced that it will design and build a new data centre to provide cloud services for Egypt’s ‘New Administrative Capital’. The project will be implemented in collaboration with Orange Egypt, who will supply the required infrastructure and services, following their appointment as the project’s prime contractor […]

To achieve their goals of Digital Transformation, many organisations have looked closely at their data centre environment. Wang Di, President, Huawei Digital Power, Middle East, highlights examples of how Huawei has worked closely with customers in the region to enable their organisations to scale.   Across the entirety of 2020, the business environment has become […]

Mapletree Investments, a Singapore investment company, is planning to develop its first data center in Hong Kong. The company has acquired a 4,000 sq m industrial site in Fanling Sheung Shui Town in New Territories and plans to develop a 50MW data center on the land. Wong Mun Hoong, Mapletree’s Regional Chief Executive Officer for […]