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
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Om Malik’s Plea For Cloud Transparency Makes Perfect Sense
Blog: It's time for cloud leaders to start reporting with useful and better metrics, writes GigaOM founder Om Malik. We agree.
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
Interxion Splashes £36m On Euro Data Centre Expansions
Marseille, Paris, Vienna, and Dusseldorf target of Interxion's data centre upgrades after promising results
NTT Overhauls Enterprise Cloud With Free Connectivity, Management Portal
NTT Communications sets sights on taking on bigger cloud rivals with expanded capabilities of its Enterprise Cloud service
Salesforce Customers Hit With 10-Hour Outage
One of Salesforce.com's EMEA instances went down for more than 10 hours overnight, problems caused by a "storage failure"
IT Life: Calling Down Under
Telstra's head of Europe Tom Homer talks about his career in IT, views on cloud and fear of shadow IT
Microsoft Boosts Office 365, Azure Security With Analytics And Visualisation Tools
Microsoft says new capabilities for its cloud services are part of a new vision of security outlined by Satya Nadella last year
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
Nimble Storage Adds Smarts To New All-Flash Arrays
Nimble bought InfoSight for its predictive analysis technology, and now that IP is hard at work in the new all-flash array.
MWC 2016: Ericsson And AWS Enter Cloud Partnership For Telcos
Ericsson says AWS deal and cloud initatives can make telcos more efficient and productive by boosting agility and reducing data centre footprint
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
Nokia Is Opening A UK Data Centre Design Hub
Nokia launches three new services designed to help operators in their move towards the telco cloud
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.
VMware And EMC Unveil HyperConverged VxRail Appliance
VCE's hyperconverged appliance family targeting branch offices and the mid-market
Cisco And Pivotal Enter Cloud Service Sales Deal
Both companies strike deal to sell Cisco's Metapod and Pivotal's Cloud Foundry product
IBM’s z13s Is A Security-Focused Hybrid Cloud Mainframe Monster
IBM wheels out mainframe targeted at mid-sized orgs who want speed and security
Interxion Spending £22m On Third Irish Data Centre
Dutch colocation firm also expands data centre operations in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and Copehagen
Netflix Completes Eight-Year Cloud Migration And Shuts Down Last Data Centre
Netflix started the move to AWS in 2008 after a database corruption trashed its DVD-as-a-Service platform
Cisco Has Strong Quarter Despite Drops in Switch, Data Center Spending
Growth in Cisco collaboration, security and routing businesses offset declines in switching and data centrre products caused by macroeconomic issues
Violin Memory Prepares All-Flash Starter Kits
Violin Memory markets starter kits as 'easy and affordable' route into an flashy data centre
BT, IBM, Accenture Win European Commission Cloud Contracts
ATOS, Cloud Team Alliance also get a look in as EC splashes £27m on four year cloud deals
Apple, Amazon And Google Data Centres Use Far More Coal Than Everyone Thinks
Web giants are underestimating their data centre coal usage by 30 percent because of “obsolete” data tools
New VMware CIO Offers Insight Into Company’s 2016 Plans
PART 2: VMware Senior Vice President and CIO Bask Iyer describes market strategy for the world's largest virtualization software maker.
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