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Nutanix ‘Democratises’ Hyperconverged Computing, Announces Community Beta
Release enables "anyone to experience the transformative benefits of our software", says Nutanix as limited-scale version is targeted at the casual user
Microsoft Invests In Cables Connecting Irish And US Data Centres
Two new deals will see latency and capacity improvements for global customers
European Data Centre Consolidation Will Cause Seismic Shifts
"Telecity is only the beginning,” warns 451 Research as data centre battle intensifies for colo market share
Fujitsu Plots Australian Data Centre Overhaul
All seven Fujitsu Australian data centres to be upgraded to meet changing data landscape, with Malaga DC becoming Tier IV certified
Equinix Makes £2.3bn Data Centre Bid For Telecity
US data centre provider claims a deal with London's Telecity would be a "more compelling combination" than the proposed Telecity-Interxion merger
IT Life: The Art Of Networking
Coreix technical director Paul Davies talks us through his passion for networking, art and wireless audio
NetSuite Opening European Data Centre
NetSuite scales out for European customers, claims Euro data centre will help performance and meet data regulations
Intel Aims Latest Xeon E7 Chips At Analytics, Real-Time Processing
Intel officials say performance gains and features in the Xeon E7 v3 chips will challenge IBM Power and Oracle SPARC in the high-end server market
Pure Storage Gets SAP HANA Certification
Pure Storage’s flash products can now take part in SAP’s HANA data centre integration program
Equinix Spends £63M On Fifth Australian Data Centre
Equinix also reports Q1 results, with a 1 percent increase in revenues over previous quarter
Memset Switches On PSN-Protected Data Centre
Memset has "bitten the bullet", says managing director, as end of 'PSN-Protected' looks nigh
PayPal Deploys Applied Micro’s ARM Servers In Data Centres
Applied Micro Circuits' X-Gene SoC passes PayPal performance benchmarks
CenturyLink Stomps Data Centre Footprint Into Australia
Hybrid IT services can be dished out to regional and multinational corporations across five Australia locations with new data centre deal
IBM Connects Second SoftLayer Data Centre In The Netherlands
IBM's cloud data centre near Amsterdam will expand its SoftLayer hybrid cloud operations in the European region
Rackspace Opens UK’s Latest Data Centre In Crawley
Rackspace's West Sussex build goes live, claiming to be one of the most environmentally friendly in Europe
Apple Prepares Planning Permission For Irish Data Centre
Athenry, Ireland data centre to cover 263,000ft² as part of £1.25bn European investment
UK Falls To 5th In Huawei Connectivity Index Due To Poor Rural Mobile Coverage
Huawei publishes latest ranking, announces new network products and Eircom FTTP partnership
SAP Profit Down 23 Percent But S4/HANA Bookings “More Than Expected”
SAP total revenues were up 24 percent to €4.5 billion, with a 131 percent jump in cloud subscriptions as German company shifts into cloud overdrive
Fife To Get £100m Data Centre Campus
Queensway Park development gets the go ahead for one of Scotland’s “greenest” data centre builds
IBM Suffers Twelfth Consecutive Revenue Decline
IBM gets £13.2bn revenues in first quarter of 2015, down 12 percent - but System z sales up 118 percent
Equinix Opens Sixth London Data Centre
LD6 IBX data centre goes live for London, latest move in Equinix's enterprise rampage
Technology Takes Backseat In UKIP General Election Manifesto
UKIP reveals few tech policies but immigration and energy pledges would impact IT industry
Intel Lusts After The Data Centre As PC Revenue Dips
Revenue is flat and its PC business down but Intel CEO says losses offset by gains in the data centre and Internet of Things
Microsoft To End SQL Server 2005 Support
Microsoft is urging users to shift away from the software as the technical support deadline nears
Gartner: Rise In Data Centre Spending Set To Slow
But data centre spending still set to reach £96 billion this year, despite some sales impacted by depreciation of currency against the dollar
Juniper Networks Announces Compact Compute-Integrated Network Switch
Targeted at financial institutions, Juniper Networks' switch looks to boost performance of real-time, latency-sensitive applications
Data Centre Failure Knocks Out 1.5 Million Three Ireland Customers
Many of Three's Irish customers suffered network loss on Easter Monday following an electrical failure at a Three data centre
Nebula OpenStack Cloud Provider Shuts Down
Ex-NASA open source cloud vendor goes out of business, claiming OpenStack market immaturity
Equinix’s Flagship Asia Pacific Data Centre Goes Green
Singapore Equinix IBX data centre gets green award for its solar power and cooling technology