Stories by Ashton - Page 4
Hyperscale data centres surging globally, 132 more on the way
Thu, 10th Jan 2019
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Global demand for data surge fuels a boom in hyperscale data centres, with 132 new facilities set to bolster the current 430, a rise led by Amazon and Google.
Signs of erosion in Cisco's IT infrastructure dominance
Thu, 10th Jan 2019
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network infrastructure
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
While still maintaining a significant lead, Cisco finished 2018 with a slightly smaller piece of the pie in the enterprise IT infrastructure market.
Bulk of US$250b cloud market claimed by just nine companies
Wed, 9th Jan 2019
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virtualisation
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network infrastructure
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paas
The top nine vendors in the wide cloud market ecosystem are responsible for well over half of all the revenues.
Positive results for semiconductor market, but decline looms
Wed, 9th Jan 2019
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storage
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semiconductors
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industry experts
The market's revenue growth reached double-digit figures in 2018, but Gartner has identified a number of imminent roadblocks.
US-China trade war sees Huawei launch unique data centre chipset
Tue, 8th Jan 2019
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semiconductors
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hyperscale
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dc
Huawei launches Kunpeng 920 chipset for data centres, boasting 25% better performance and 30% less power usage, amid US-China trade tensions.
Report: Bulk of data centre managers don't care about environment
Fri, 21st Dec 2018
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This week Supermicro released its first annual report detailing the environmental impact of today's cloud-scale data centres.
STT GDC makes first foray into Thailand with new data centre
Thu, 20th Dec 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has announced they have finalised a joint venture partnership with TICON Industrial Connection PCL (TICON).
CSPs 'not capable enough' to meet 5G demands of end-users
Wed, 19th Dec 2018
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uc
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hyperscale
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edge computing
A new study from Gartner produced some startling findings, including the lack of readiness of communications service providers (CSPs).
EU cloud adoption rising, but still far from mainstream
Tue, 18th Dec 2018
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cloud services
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cloud adoption
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modernisation
Cloud adoption is surging among some European Union (EU) nations but it still has a way to go to becoming commonplace across the board.
Industry cloud market forecast for 'unusual' growth
Mon, 17th Dec 2018
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
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dc
IDC predicts industry cloud solutions will reach USD $45.4 billion in 2019, with rapid growth driven by sectors like healthcare and manufacturing.
The Implications of a data disaster and why effective DR is critical
Thu, 13th Dec 2018
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dr
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
93 percent of companies without disaster recovery who suffer a major data disaster are out of business within one year.
China to usurp Europe in becoming AI research world leader
Wed, 12th Dec 2018
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edutech
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ai
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r&d
China could soon surpass Europe as the leader in AI research, driven by significant investment, access to vast data, and a talent influx, says Elsevier study.
Digital transformation in Europe a €333b business
Thu, 6th Dec 2018
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digital transformation
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iot
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iaas
IDC has shared its forecast for digital transformation spending in Europe, which looks to be a very profitable industry.
Is the on-premises data centre really going to 'die'?
Thu, 6th Dec 2018
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network infrastructure
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hyperscale
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sdn
Gartner certainly thinks so, as it expects the sheer majority of enterprises to have binned their on-premises facility by 2025.
A new data centre for Frankfurt as Skillsoft puts down roots
Wed, 5th Dec 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
Skillsoft has launched a new data centre in Frankfurt to meet European GDPR demands and support growing regional use of its Percipio learning platform.
Gartner: Infrastructure services moving beyond the edge
Tue, 4th Dec 2018
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uc
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network infrastructure
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hyperscale
Gartner reports infrastructure service providers must expand beyond edge computing, embracing digital touchpoints to meet evolving customer demands.
Lenovo DCG takes ANZ partners on Europe experience
Tue, 4th Dec 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
The fully-funded tour included the Nutanix conference in London, the Lenovo EMEA data centre, and driving on the Autobahn in fire-breathing Mercs.
DataCentres Ireland 2018 heralded as a great success
Tue, 4th Dec 2018
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hyperscale
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colocation
Data Centers Ireland achieves record-breaking attendance with over 1,600 attendees at this year's event in Dublin.
AWS provides a shot in the Arm with new servers
Thu, 29th Nov 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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public cloud
While it can't claim to be the first one to deploy them, it does win the race of the cloud giants in offering the architecture as a cloud service.
Park Place opening EMEA ops centre in Cork, jobs up for grabs
Tue, 27th Nov 2018
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hyperscale
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The world's largest post-warranty data centre maintenance organisation has announced that it will be opening its new EMEA Operations Centre in Cork, Ireland.