UK plays host to less than 5 percent of world's major cloud data centres, but expansions from AWS, Google, and Microsoft will boost the region in 2016
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Data Centre Outage Causes Drama For Theatre Ticket Seller
Data centres: "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." Rack's faulty network switch knocks out theatre ticketing system provider
Seagate Will Test Optical Interconnect Technologies For The World’s Hungriest Data Centres
Seagate has partnered with Japanese scientists PETRA to test optical interconnect solutions for exascale data centres looking to boost bandwidth and reduce power consumption
Jive Updates Intranet And Customer Collaboration Platforms
Jive World 2016: Jive adds new content creation options for internal and external collaboration software, teases Jive 9
Microsoft Tackles Cloud Data Centre SDN With SONiC
Microsoft's latest contribution to the Open Compute Project is aimed at helping cloud data centre operators more quickly embrace efficient, next-generation networking innovations
Rackspace Revamps OnMetal Cloud Servers
Performance booster for Cassandra, Docker and Spark workloads comes to the UK
Google Is Finally Ready To Open Source Its Data Centre Infrastructure
Google joins Facebook's Open Compute Project as web giant starts work on standardised racks for artificial intelligence, machine learning
Lenovo, Juniper Agree Data Centre Partnership
Match made in heaven? Lenovo servers, Juniper networking know-how combine for 'hyperconverged' data centres
Royal Navy’s Submarine Uses VMware Data Centre To Control Torpedoes
HMS Artful's 'Common Control System' is a miniature data centre from Vmware and Dell that tracks targets
Dropbox Reaches Half A Billion Users, 8m Businesses
Dropbox founders are delighted with milestone, claiming there are now 3.3 billion connections between users
‘Sluggish’ Governments Are Overwhelmed By Pace Of IT Change
Governments are failing to keep up with the pace of technical innovation, finds Gartner
Interxion Splashes £36m On Euro Data Centre Expansions
Marseille, Paris, Vienna, and Dusseldorf target of Interxion's data centre upgrades after promising results
Equinix To Open Four New Data Centres Across World
Equinix details 2016 growth plans with new data centres opening in Brazil, Australia, Japan, and the United States
Massachusetts Researchers Launch Solar-Power Data Centre
15 megawatt 'micro' data centre opened by US green computing scientists to research renewable future
Spotify Ends Data Centre Foray With Google Cloud Deal
Spotify signals the end of its own data centre programme with move to the Google Cloud Platform
MWC 2016: Mirantis Rolls Out Public Cloud For Largest Middle Eastern Telco
Saudi Telecom will use OpenStack public cloud from Mirantis to support customers in nine countries across the Middle East and Africa
Amazon’s Next Irish Data Centre Will Replace A Jacob’s Biscuit Factory
Amazon applies for planning permission on Tallaght site for data centre expansion
Dell Readies Hyperscale-Style Infrastructure For Carriers
The vendor's upcoming DSS 9000 will include compute and storage, built-in networking and shared power and cooling.
Node4 Pumps £2m Into Northampton Datacentre Expansion
Node4 says the investment will deliver quality connectivity, colocation and cloud services customers demand
VMware And EMC Unveil HyperConverged VxRail Appliance
VCE's hyperconverged appliance family targeting branch offices and the mid-market
Interxion Spending £22m On Third Irish Data Centre
Dutch colocation firm also expands data centre operations in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and Copehagen
Violin Memory Prepares All-Flash Starter Kits
Violin Memory markets starter kits as 'easy and affordable' route into an flashy data centre
Box KeySafe Lets Users Manage Encryption Keys Without Dedicated Hardware
Box hopes KeySafe will encourage regulated firms of all sizes to adopt the cloud
Digital Realty Considering Interxion Acquisition
Europe's Interxion may be up for grabs after it missed out on 2015's Telecity merger
Microsoft Trials Underwater Data Centre
Submarine servers sunk off Seattle, Project Natick could bring cloud closer to cities
Microsoft Offers Cloud Storage Partners New Office Collaboration, iOS Integrations
Microsoft's cloud storage partners such as Box and Dropbox can now take advantage of real-time collaboration, easy attachments and iOS integration
How To Navigate The Data Location Minefield
Andrew Roughan, business development director at IO UK examines the difficulties of applying physical laws to the digital world
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
