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Intel Posts Reduced Profit Amid Data Centre Slowdown
Intel reports a better than expected profit, but hefty cost cutting impacts chipmaker's bottom line
Google Uses DeepMind AI To Slash Data Centre Energy Use
Artificial intelligence platforms predicts power needed for cooling, resulting in 40 percent energy saving
Equinix Admits To Power Failure That Knocked Out BT Internet
Equinix’s Telecity LD8 data centre in London’s Docklands suffers brief outage, in turn affecting BT’s services from LINX
Ubuntu Forums Breach Affects Two Million Users
The breach resulted from an unpatched bug, Canonical admits
Salesforce Enhances Shield Security With BYOK for Regulated Industries
The update to Salesforce Shield provides a set of integrated security services that lets companies use their own encryption keys with Shield.
Report Highlights Failing Government IT Projects
Several major projects show signs of serious trouble, finds the Infrastructure and Projects Authority
Gartner: Brexit Threatens Improved IT Spending Outlook
IT spending forecast to be flat this year according to Gartner, but that prediction assumes the UK will not exit the EU
British Software Vendors Could Lose AWS Business After Brexit
AWS Marketplace is now accepting software sellers based in the EU, but AWS doesn’t know how Brexit will affect UK companies
Brexit Won’t Stop Amazon Building Its AWS UK Data Centres
AWS still won't give official launch date, but it is understood UK data centres will open between November and February
Amazon Web Services Expands With First India Data Centres
Amazon Web Services has established two cloud data centres in Mumbai, expanding the total to 35 worldwide
BT Offers Direct Access To Oracle Cloud
BT Cloud Connect will link to Oracle data centres in London and Amsterdam
US To ‘Regain’ Supercomputer Crown In 2018
The Summit supercomputer will have roughly double the power of China's top system, according to the DOE
China ‘Leapfrogs’ US With Home-Built Supercomputer
A new research system using China-built chips is more than four times as powerful as the US' top machine
Microsoft’s Cloud to Track Legalized Marijuana Sales
Microsoft teams with Kind Financial to help government agencies track the legalized cannabis industry in their jurisdictions.
HPE And Docker Forge Data Centre Container Partnership
HPE servers will be shipped ready with Docker's container tech
Cork Lined Up For ‘Game Changing’ £150m Data Centre
JCD Group awaits planning permission for in-demand data centre as spotlight moves away from Dublin
Pulsant Buys Onyx For Northern Data Centre Expansion
Pulsant swallows five datacentres in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sheffield and Newcastle
‘Register To Vote’ Website Buckles Under Surge Of EU Referendum Voters
But Cameron urges unregistered voters to keep trying as deadline expires
HPE Gives Open-Source Developers Early Access To The Machine
The tech vendor wants developers to start developing code for the Machine, a system officials say will fundamentally change data center computing
DocuSign Suite Builds On New EU Electronic ID Laws
The company has introduced a platform standardising electronic signatures across the EU
Lenovo Targets Data Centre Expansion With Enterprise Server And Network Updates
Lenovo refreshes data centre range and details more about Juniper Networks partnership
CoreOS Launches Torus Project for Cloud-Native Storage
While there are already multiple distributed storage systems, Torus aims to be cloud-native and integrate closely with Kubernetes.
EU Watchdog: EU-US Privacy Shield Is ‘Not Robust Enough’
The new transatlantic data transfer agreement is likely to be defeated in EU court just as Safe Harbour was, argues the European data protection supervisor
Singapore Tests Data Centres At 30 Degrees In 90 Percent Humidity
'Tropical Data Centre' trial will test how data centres can run at higher temperatures, saving costs through reduced cooling demands
Lenovo Boosts Data Centre Power With New Cooling Technology
Work with University of Birmingham could reduce cooling energy by up to 83 percent compared to using air cooling alone
Alibaba Takes On AWS In India With Data Centre
AliCloud eyes Indian data centre build to compete with Western cloud expansion
IBM, Huawei, AMD, ARM And Qualcomm Unite On Data Centres
Xilinx, Mellanox also join CCIX Consortium to give data centre CPUs an open sharing architecture to boost speed and efficiency
UK And Half Of EU Member States Back Free Data Flows
Liberalisation of the way user data can be used by businesses is 'vital' for EU businesses, member states say
Microsoft Raises Data Centre Renewable Energy Targets
Microsoft commits to reducing reliance on carbon offset certificates and aims to boost direct renewable energy use for the future