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 […]
It’s been a turbulent year to say the least and data centre organisations must adapt to the technology demands thrust upon them by the pandemic, or risk being left behind. Will King, Managing Director, DC Byte, reflects on the past 12 months and predicts what the future has in store for the industry. The data […]
The move to open networking and next-generation software-defined networking has offered one of Italy’s leading banking institutions, Credito Valtellinese [Creval], significant technical and operational benefits. The organisation has upgraded its data centre infrastructure, with greater capacity for improved performance. Bruno Franchetti, Chief Network Architect, Creval Group, discusses how the organisation worked with Pluribus Networks and […]
LCL Data Centres has received ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 9001 certificates for its Gembloux data centre in the last four months. LCL Wallonia One already had an ISO 27001 certificate – as LCL’s other data centres do – for the international standard for managing information security. These new certificates confirm that all LCL […]
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 […]
Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, has released the results of an in-depth research project to identify Edge infrastructure models to help organisations move toward a more standardised approach to Edge Computing deployments, with the intent to improve costs and deployment times. The report, Edge Archetypes 2.0: Deployment-Ready Edge Infrastructure […]
Rasha Rajeh, Channel Account Manager, Middle East at Infoblox, discusses the role of women executives in IT security. Please describe your job role in your organization related to cybersecurity? I am Infoblox’s Channel Account Manager for the Middle East. I believe in channel scalability and the power of channel to drive customer success. I’m tasked […]
Achieving successful Digital Transformation is a complex task and data centre managers must implement innovative strategies which ensure availability, scalability and more importantly, sustainability. Sanjay Kumar Sainani, Global SVP of Business Development & Global CTO for the Digital Power Business at Huawei Technologies, discusses the tech giant’s strategy for successful data centre innovation and tells […]
AtlasEdge, a pan-European edge data centre provider, has announced the successful acquisition of 12 data centres. The deal is with Colt DCS, a world-class provider of hyperscale data centres across Europe and APAC. The successful acquisition from Colt strengthens AtlasEdge’s unique portfolio of distributed data centres that are positioned to support localised or low latency […]
