Gabriele Sposato, CMO at Aruba S.p.A, explains where the current demand is coming from for data centres and how companies can meet this demand. 1. Tell us, where do you see current demand for data centres coming from? All manner of companies now rely on data centre services and cloud computing to support and optimise […]
Kuwaiti FSI leader targets mobile computing and financial services governance in bold Digital Transformation programme. Nutanix, a leader in enterprise cloud computing, has announced that Kuwait’s Warba Bank has digitally transformed its financial services and mobile banking using the power of Nutanix’s hyper-converged infrastructure platform. Warba Bank was established in 2010 and currently runs 14 […]
The harsh reality of Digital Transformation means companies and organisations will be left behind if they do not conform and adapt their technology offerings. Curro realised it needed to bring its curriculum to life, digitally. Riaan Vlok, Head of IT at Curro Holdings, tells us how its virtualised data centre now helps the institution to […]
Data centre operators and providers should consider the benefit of critical equipment hire, following multiple reports of disruption and delays of infrastructure projects and to the lead times of vital equipment. According to the Institute for Supply Management, 57% of companies have noted longer lead times for tier one China-sourced components, with average lead times […]
The UK’s Government’s Digital Infrastructure Minister, Matt Warman, is seeking views on changing regulations to make infrastructure sharing easier for broadband companies. This would open up access for broadband network operators to house their equipment on ‘passive’ infrastructure owned and used by other telecoms companies. Passive infrastructure includes utility ducts, poles, masts, pipes, inspection chambers, […]
Nokia has announced that its liquid cooling 5G AirScale Base Station solution has helped Finnish mobile operator, Elisa, reduce the potential energy expenses of its base station by 30% and CO2 emissions by approximately 80%. This is the first time a commercial 5G liquid cooling solution has been deployed anywhere in the world and highlights […]
Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier- and cloud-neutral colocation data centre services and a Digital Realty company, announced that it has reduced its cooling system energy consumption by 20% during the first year of an ongoing project with data centre optimisation specialist, EkkoSense. The project – which commenced last February – has been designed to focus […]
Many organisations are feeling the strain as they try to cope with modern enterprise storage infrastructures which are spread across a diverse range of different locations. Neil Stobart, Vice President, Global System Engineering at Cloudian, explains the issues which businesses face and how to overcome them. Storage infrastructure has evolved significantly in recent years. […]
First National Bank (FNB) is the oldest bank in South Africa and one of the country’s ‘big four’ financial institutions. It is a division of FirstRand Limited, a large financial services conglomerate, which trades on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange under the symbol FSR. FNB is also listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange under the symbol […]
Nokia has announced that it has been awarded two contracts with China-based webscale giants, Tencent and Baidu, for data centre interconnect (DCI) network solutions. Tencent and Baidu will strengthen their already strong relationship with Nokia to build out its software-defined DCI infrastructure, providing them with the dynamic, massive-scale optical bandwidth needed to support growing cloud […]
