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 […]

StarLeaf, a leading provider of telecommunications services, managed to rapidly scale its services to support its growing customer base and retain its position as a keystone provider to the NHS. It achieved this by hosting its infrastructure in ServerChoice’s data centres. Andy Wild, Cloud Operations Manager at StarLeaf, tells us more about how this was […]

Africa Data Centres, the largest network of interconnected, carrier- and cloud-neutral data centre facilities on the continent, has announced that it has officially opened its new 10MW data centre facility in Lagos, Nigeria. The new facility, the company said, will pave the way for Africa Data Centres hyperscale customers to deploy digitisation solutions to West […]

Data centre provider, ServerChoice, has announced the launch of its new network connectivity service, ServerChoice Connect. The new offering allows users to seamlessly connect to other data centres, cloud providers, peering exchanges and more, direct from their ServerChoice rack. Hybrid and remote working have quickly become the standard working practice for many desk-based jobs. ServerChoice’s research shows […]

Investing in a local data residence, or partnering with a vendor that already has a local data storage facility, offers many benefits for organisations. Simon Godfrey, EMEA Senior Sales Director, Secureworks, explores why EU businesses prefer to have their security telemetry data stored locally so that it complies with GDPR and other regulations. The location […]

As Edge Computing is expected to increase in the years to come, the design and location of how the data is stored will vary. Sam Prudhomme, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Subzero Engineering, discusses re-thinking the concept of microdata centre designs and defining your Edge. For many years, the industry has been in a deep […]

MainOne, a leading connectivity and data centre solutions provider in West Africa, has upgraded Ivorian ISP VIPNET’s capacity from 155Mbps to 1Gbps. VIPNET is a telecommunications operator that provides connectivity services and technology integration solutions through the national broadband coverage. VIPNET is a telecommunications operator operating in Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso, whose main activity […]

DC Byte, a leading data centre research and analytics platform, has shared the latest statistics and insights from its most recent Data Centre Report, published in partnership with Knight Frank, a leading global property adviser. While 2021 initially brought uncertainty as to what demand would look like after the increased buying cycles accelerated by the […]

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 […]

We ‘Deep Dive’ with Chris Carreiro, Chief Technology Officer – ParkView at Park Place Technologies, who tells us about life inside and outside the office. What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry? My proudest achievement was successfully designing and deploying a tool that leverages AI and reduces analysis […]