EkkoSense, the data centre M&E capacity planning and simulation specialist, has launched a major partner recruitment drive to help accelerate its expansion plans – both in the UK and internationally. The announcement follows the recent introduction of the company’s disruptive EkkoSoft Critical SaaS-powered 3D visualisation and optimisation software that provides data centre operators with true DCIM-class […]

Digital Realty, a leading global provider of data centre, colocation and interconnection solutions, hax announced the signing of a virtual power purchase agreement on behalf of Facebook, to support Facebook’s renewable energy goals at data centre facilities leased from Digital Realty. Under the agreement, Digital Realty has executed a long-term renewable power purchase contract to […]

ExtraHop, a provider of enterprise cyberanalytics from the inside out, has announced new capabilities designed to help Security Operations Centre (SOC) and Network Operations Centre (NOC) teams identify and safeguard critical assets, rapidly detect late-stage and insider threats, and transform security analysts into threat experts with streamlined investigation workflows. Demand for business agility and uptime […]

AT&T Inc has announced that it has completed the sale of its datacentre colocation operations and assets to Brookfield Infrastructure and its institutional partners (‘Brookfield’). The company previously announced a strategic alliance with Brookfield that included the transfer of these operations and assets. Brookfield has established a wholly owned company, Evoque Data Center Solutions (‘Evoque’), to own and […]

Africa is an exciting market for IT services right now. Thanks to the massive increase in rich-media content consumed by Africans and the global population, compounded by corporates continuing to migrate to the cloud, the continent is ripe with opportunity to establish new revenue streams through smart data offerings, with IT leaders drawing attention to […]

With the growth of cloud in the Middle East being a undoubted factor in the region’s drive towards Digital Transformation, Intelligent CIO speaks to Paulo Pereira. Director, Systems Engineering, Nutanix, to find out more about cloud solutions for enterprises.  Nutanix, a leader in enterprise cloud computing, offers enterprises Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS software that makes […]

Earlier this year Equinix, the global interconnection and data centre company, and Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel), announced a joint venture to develop a new network-dense data centre that will be located in Barka, near Muscat. This joint venture will establish the first world-class, carrier-neutral hub in Oman where carriers, content providers and cloud providers co-locate […]

Ankabut, the UAE’s Advanced National Research and Education Network (NREN) offering academic institutions connectivity to other education networks around the world, and Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, has partnered to launch a cutting-edge new cloud solution in the UAE, Microsoft’s Azure Stack. This will be […]

An IDG Connect survey of 300 senior decision makers across Sweden and Norway has revealed DigiPlex as the most recognised brand in one of the world’s most active and attractive markets for international data centre investment. The survey, which gathered the opinions of CEOs, CFOs and CIOs, revealed the best recognised data centre brands in […]

Siemon, a leading global network infrastructure specialist, has announced the launch of its end-to-end TERA Category 8.2 copper cabling system, delivering transmission performance up to 2 GHz to support emerging high-speed 25 and 40 Gigabit (25/40GBASE-T) applications in data centre switch-to-server applications. Siemon’s TERA Category 8.2 system includes cable, patch cords, connectors and pre-terminated cable […]