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LuxConnect And Volta Data Centre Alliance Links London And Luxembourg
Data centre partnership aims to simplify client expansion across two European markets
Microsoft Hopes France Data Centres Will Boost Azure Spread In Europe
Expanding Azure will help Microsoft chase down digital transformation customers
Facebook ‘Plans’ Denmark Data Centre
The social media giant is planning to build its third European data centre in Odense, Denmark, reports say
Rebranded Google Cloud Takes On AWS, Azure With New Features And UK Data Centres
Google brings all its cloud services under the Google Cloud brand as it targets businesses - and AWS and Azure
IBM Opens Its 48th Data Centre And Norway’s First
Global data centre rollout continues with new facility in the Nordics to cater for local access to IBM cloud
Dropbox Lets Customers Use European AWS Data Centres
Dropbox Business is seeking to build out its European presence
Intel And GE Turn Trains Into Core i7 Powered ‘Superbrain’ Mobile Data Centres
The two companies are creating what they call mobile data centres in trains
Avnet Sells Its IT Business to Tech Data For £2bn
Tech Data will gain access to the Asia-Pacific region one the deal is completed in 2017
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison: ‘Amazon’s Cloud Lead Is Over’
ORACLE OPENWORLD: Larry Ellison makes huge claims as Oracle takes aim at AWS with a cloud drive including faster, cheaper infrastructure
Mirantis Acquires TCP Cloud For Continuous Delivery
The Prague company's technology solves the problem of OpenStack infrastructure upgrades, Mirantis claims
ING Bank Data Centre Taken Offline By Noisy Fire System
Loud noise emitted during a fire drill destroyed dozens of hard disk drives at an ING Bank data centre
Dell Completes $60bn EMC Buy
Nearly 11 months after it was announced, the merger has created Dell Technologies, the world's largest private tech firm
Intel 3D NAND SSDs Target Consumer, Business And Data Centre
New more affordable SSDs launched that promise more performance in a smaller footprint
Why WD Is Moving from Hard Driver To DC Equipment Maker
ANALYSIS: The AI/machine learning era is the next arms race for companies looking to compete in the global market and exist in the next 25 years
Parisian Nuclear Shelter Converted Into Data Centre
Nuclear fallout shelter 26 metres underground is now an archiving and long-term storage hub for Online.net
Security Teams Not Keeping Up With Exponential Cloud Server Growth
Black Hat survey finds enterprises are increasing their attackable surface area by 100 times with a move to cloud infrastructure environments
Medium Businesses Leading In Flash Adoption
NetApp survey finds strong growth of UK flash storage adoption, especially in SMBs
Former Steel Town Redcar Gets £100m Data Centre
Hundreds recently lost their jobs in Redcar, and the new data centre will be built on the former ICI Wilton site
Nvidia Prospers As Games, Data Centre Drives Growth
Strong demand for GPUs in gaming PCs and the data centre has driven hugely impressive growth
Rackspace Hits One Billion OpenStack Server Hours
Also extends Managed Security support to Microsoft Azure
AWS Pushes ‘Serverless’ App Development At Its New York Summit
ANALYSIS: Amazon Web Services wants enterprises to get ready to migrate to a world of micro services running in a "serverless" cloud universe
At Six Years Old, OpenStack Questions Its Long-Term Viability
ANALYSIS: The future needs ideas like OpenStack, claims founder Jonathan Bryce
Seagate Launches World’s Highest Capacity SSD
60 terabyte flash monster will ship to data centres in 2017
Box Targets International Expansion With AWS Data Centres In Australia And Canada
Box continues international expansion by adding new Box Zone regions and speeding up data transfers between different countries
EkkoSense Launches IoT Data Centre Cooling Manager
EkkoAir is attached to a cooling unit allows operators to monitor thermal instabilities in the data centre environment
Google Buys Cloud Services Startup Orbitera
Google said it plans to continue supporting Orbitera's existing customers across multiple clouds
What Is Azure Stack And What Does It Mean For Your Business?
Azure Stack has been delayed until mid-2017, but will you want to use it and how can you prepare for it?
Facebook Converges Hardware Labs, Opens Area 404
Facebook pools hardware teams into one lab to boost efficiency
Google Works With Facebook To Release First OCP Designs
Google shares plans for its data centre space-saving 48V rack Open Rack 2.0 Standard