David Craig, CEO, Iceotope, discusses the impact of the data explosion and how this is transforming the data centre model as the need to remain relevant to customers and investors is ever present. In 2020, humans were creating, on average, 1.7MB of data per second. We sent 500,000 Tweets per day. And by the end […]

Matt Edgley, Director, TeleData UK, discusses the relationship between cloud and data centres and explains why it’s better to consider all the factors that are relevant to your business, look for providers that meet those needs and make sure you ask the right questions. Moving to a cloud provider is a consideration that really came […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has announced the launch of its second Region in the Middle East, the AWS Middle East (UAE) region. Starting now, developers, start-ups, entrepreneurs and enterprises, as well as government, education and non-profit organisations will have even greater choice for running their applications and serving end-users from data centres […]

Market Solutions Events Management and Cybersecurity Innovation Series (CSIS) pledges it’s support to UAE’s initiative on creating a safe and secure cyber environment. We will be hosting an initiative called the Cybersecurity Innovation Series (CSIS) – UAE Chapter Endorsed by the UAE Cyber Security Council which will take place on 6-7 September 2022 at Conrad […]

Proximity Data Centres, one of the UK’s fastest growing regional Edge colocation data centre provider, has announced the opening of its 10th UK facility. Proximity Milton Keynes Edge 10 is a purpose-built, tier 3 standard 48,000 square foot facility with multiple data halls and provides 3 MW of available power. Conveniently located to Milton Keynes, […]

As the amount of data continues to surge – largely a result of the pandemic – organisations must find ways to manage their data more cost-effectively and efficiently. Florian Malecki, Executive VP Marketing, Arcserve, offers some best practice advice as to how this can be achieved. Storage costs continue to skyrocket as data creation rapidly […]

Colt Technology Services, a leading provider of agile, high-bandwidth connectivity solutions, has announced that it has substantially reduced the latency between the Singapore and Australian exchanges, realising the fast connectivity in the market of less than 87ms. The optimisation further strengthens Colt’s ultra-low latency network and proposition in the region, providing faster connectivity that meets […]

Netskope, a leader in Security Service Edge (SSE) and Zero Trust, has announced its continued global expansion of the Netskope NewEdge network with an additional data centre now launched and taking traffic in South Africa. The new Cape Town deployment complements the existing Johannesburg infrastructure to address growing customer demand and provide more in-region capacity […]

With data centre infrastructure evolving to meet the changing needs of end users – including the incorporation of IoT devices – data centre managers can no longer rely on basic cabling testing. It’s critical that they have the tools available to be able to test and troubleshoot issues quickly, to ensure Business Continuity. Lisa Schwartz, […]