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Microsoft Launches Azure Stack Technical Preview
Microsoft's 'next step' in hybrid strategy will see customers run Azure in their own data centres
Lenovo And SAP Aim To Boost Customer Agility In The Digital Economy
The deal is hoped to bolster an existing partnership, combining SAP solutions with Lenovo’s data centre offerings
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Facebook Confirms €200m ‘Green’ Irish Data Centre
Facebook is to go ahead with its first Irish data centre, situated in Clonee, County Meath
Irish Government Websites Taken Down By DDoS Attacks
DDoS attack knocks Irish government websites offline, soon after major cyberattack on Irish lottery
Dropbox Releases Universal Windows 10 App
Native Windows 10 app for Dropbox will be released in coming days with phone app coming soon
IBM Posts More Declines Despite Cloud Progress
Bad news for shareholders. Fifteenth consecutive revenue fall as Big Blue continues painful migration to cloud
Dell OS10 Promises Open Network Freedom For Data Centre, Cloud Providers
'Disaggregated' Dell OS10 promises greater choice of equipment and application modules and development freedom
AMD Launches 64-Bit ARM Chip For Data Centres
Opteron A1100 SoC series is a "key milestone" for establishing ARM in the data centre, says AMD
Yandex Data Centres To Supply Hot Water To Finnish City
The city of Mäntsälä looks to reduce C02 emissions by up to 40 percent by heating its water with Russian data centres
Seagate Fires Back At HGST With 10TB Helium Hard Drive For Data Centres
Seagate catches up with the helium competition with announcement of data centre helium hard drive that incorporates seven platters and 14 heads
Data Centre Firm Interxion Leaks Customer Data
The security breach enabled unauthorised access to Interxion's customer and prospect contact details
Southend-on-Sea Council Plans £1.5m Data Centre
Local borough council scouts for provider to build hybrid cloud data centre to serve as Digital Strategy catalyst
Tableau Opens First European Data Centre In Ireland
Dublin data centre "underscores" Tableau's European commitment to cloud analytics, says firm
Filthy Data Centres Are Becoming A Major Problem
Make sure you keep your bits clean, says data centre healthcare provider, or run the risk of power outages and data loss
Verizon Has Started Selling Off Its 48 US Data Centres – Report
Verizon Communications Inc starts auction process for its North American data centres as it looks to focus on core business, sources say
Christmas Floods Take Out Vodafone Data Centre In Leeds
Unprecedented flooding meant Vodafone engineers couldn’t access site following use of back-up batteries
Google Prepares To Build 15th Global Data Centre
Clarksville, Tennessee data centre will be Google’s eighth in the US, costing the search giant more than £400m
HPE Extends Worldwide Enterprise Hardware Market Share
HPE, Cisco and Microsoft continue to lead in the three main data center infrastructure market segments
Facebook May Be Planning Its First Asia-Pacific Data Centre
Taiwanese government source tell Reuters that efforts are being made to ready a 6 acre site in Google-occupied Changhua County
Infinity Sells Flagship Slough Data Centre To Virtus
Virtus data centres, backed by ST Telemedia, makes move on Infinity in deal which will "double" its capacity
EMC ‘To Modify Virtustream Deal’
EMC will reportedly lower VMware's stake in a plan to spin off Virtustream, after VMware shares dropped sharply
Enter The Matrix: Heroes Of The UK Data Centre
TechWeekEurope goes down the rabbit hole with NaviSite to learn more about the staff keeping its data centres in prime ready-mode
Google Hires VMware Co Founder Diane Greene As New Cloud Head
Diane Greene will head up Google's cloud efforts as it seeks to make greater impact on business market
Equinix Signs Two Data Centre Renewable Energy Deals
Equinix takes next step towards committing to use 100 percent renewable energy in North America by the end of 2016
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Updates 3PAR All-Flash Range
HPE has also integrated 3PAR StoreServ with new HPE StoreOnce and HPE StoreEver product lines
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Microsoft Will Open Two German-Only Azure Data Centre Regions
Microsoft Azure data processing will be entrusted with Deutsche Telekom, which will control and oversee all access to customer data
Verizon ‘Eyes Sale Of $10bn Enterprise Assets’
Verizon is reportedly aiming to shed data centre and enterprise fixed-line services as it builds up its mobile business