Khazna Data Centers, one of the UAE’s largest data centre providers, has achieved the Uptime Institute’s Tier III certification of Constructed Facility for its Apollo 5 and Apollo 6 data centres. Earlier this year, Khazna was awarded the same accreditation for its Apollo 3 and 4 facilities. Data centres are both drivers and enablers for […]
The Huawei Middle East IT Day 2022, held under the theme of ‘Green Data, Super Power’, recently brought together Huawei experts, independent analysts and customers to discuss the role of modern data centre and storage technology in helping businesses innovate faster. Digitalisation is accelerating in the region, putting pressure on existing IT systems. This has […]
Khazna Data Centers, one of the UAE’s largest data centre providers, has achieved the Uptime Institute’s Tier III certification of Constructed Facility for its Apollo 3 and Apollo 4 data centres. In meeting today’s data centre demands, innovative requirements come in the form of speed, higher density, modularity, energy efficiency, sustainability and scalability, while remaining […]
Arc Solutions, a provider of integrated networking solutions, has been awarded Best Data Centre / Edge Service Innovation at the Global Carrier Awards 2021. It has been recognised for its work in rapidly expanding its network ecosystem and launching a Middle Eastern pan-regional connectivity platform to fill the gap in the market for on-demand, intra-regional […]
We often tend to focus on the specific technology and infrastructure that makes up a data centre, paying less attention to the design and build of the data centre itself. Martin Williamson, Head of Commissioning – Middle East, AESG, outlines what a comprehensive data centre commissioning process should look like and why it is important […]
Expo 2020 Dubai is set to welcome millions of visitors from around the globe, with the event said to be the largest ever held in the Arab world. The event needed to deliver an end-to-end network architecture capable of meeting both performance and capacity requirements, and Cisco CX provided the solution. Mohammed Alhashmi, Chief Technology […]
Digital Transformation of traditional business processes is taking place across the data centre sector and Edge Computing is a fundamental contributor to this overhaul. Rick Vanover, Senior Director of Product Strategy at Veeam, explains why this technology is critical to ensuring a seamless transition from the traditional workplace setting to the future of work. It’s […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has announced that it plans to open an infrastructure region in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the first half of 2022. The new AWS Middle East (UAE) Region will consist of three Availability Zones and become AWS’s second region in the Middle East with the existing AWS […]
Netskope, the SASE leader, announced expansion of the Netskope NewEdge network across Europe and the Middle East, with new data centres brought online in Manchester, UK, Marseilles, France, Zurich, Switzerland and Fujairah, UAE. All of the additional presence and capacity has been activated in direct response to customer demand, as enterprises worldwide embrace a SASE […]
Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of Tencent, has announced its collaboration with the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) – the Kingdom of Bahrain’s Investment promotion agency. The two parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the aim to drive the Kingdom of Bahrain’s Internet Data Centre (IDC) development and support its rapid emergence as […]
