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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.
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Signs of erosion in Cisco's IT infrastructure dominance

Thu, 10th Jan 2019
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While still maintaining a significant lead, Cisco finished 2018 with a slightly smaller piece of the pie in the enterprise IT infrastructure market.
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Bulk of US$250b cloud market claimed by just nine companies

Wed, 9th Jan 2019
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The top nine vendors in the wide cloud market ecosystem are responsible for well over half of all the revenues.
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Positive results for semiconductor market, but decline looms

Wed, 9th Jan 2019
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The market's revenue growth reached double-digit figures in 2018, but Gartner has identified a number of imminent roadblocks.
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US-China trade war sees Huawei launch unique data centre chipset

Tue, 8th Jan 2019
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Huawei launches Kunpeng 920 chipset for data centres, boasting 25% better performance and 30% less power usage, amid US-China trade tensions.
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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.
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STT GDC makes first foray into Thailand with new data centre

Thu, 20th Dec 2018
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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).
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CSPs 'not capable enough' to meet 5G demands of end-users

Wed, 19th Dec 2018
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A new study from Gartner produced some startling findings, including the lack of readiness of communications service providers (CSPs).
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EU cloud adoption rising, but still far from mainstream

Tue, 18th Dec 2018
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Cloud adoption is surging among some European Union (EU) nations but it still has a way to go to becoming commonplace across the board.
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Industry cloud market forecast for 'unusual' growth

Mon, 17th Dec 2018
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IDC predicts industry cloud solutions will reach USD $45.4 billion in 2019, with rapid growth driven by sectors like healthcare and manufacturing.
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The Implications of a data disaster and why effective DR is critical

Thu, 13th Dec 2018
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93 percent of companies without disaster recovery who suffer a major data disaster are out of business within one year.
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China to usurp Europe in becoming AI research world leader

Wed, 12th Dec 2018
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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.
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Digital transformation in Europe a €333b business

Thu, 6th Dec 2018
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IDC has shared its forecast for digital transformation spending in Europe, which looks to be a very profitable industry.
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Is the on-premises data centre really going to 'die'?

Thu, 6th Dec 2018
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Gartner certainly thinks so, as it expects the sheer majority of enterprises to have binned their on-premises facility by 2025.
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A new data centre for Frankfurt as Skillsoft puts down roots

Wed, 5th Dec 2018
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Skillsoft has launched a new data centre in Frankfurt to meet European GDPR demands and support growing regional use of its Percipio learning platform.
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Gartner: Infrastructure services moving beyond the edge

Tue, 4th Dec 2018
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Gartner reports infrastructure service providers must expand beyond edge computing, embracing digital touchpoints to meet evolving customer demands.
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Lenovo DCG takes ANZ partners on Europe experience

Tue, 4th Dec 2018
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The fully-funded tour included the Nutanix conference in London, the Lenovo EMEA data centre, and driving on the Autobahn in fire-breathing Mercs.
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DataCentres Ireland 2018 heralded as a great success

Tue, 4th Dec 2018
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Data Centers Ireland achieves record-breaking attendance with over 1,600 attendees at this year's event in Dublin.
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AWS provides a shot in the Arm with new servers

Thu, 29th Nov 2018
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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.
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Park Place opening EMEA ops centre in Cork, jobs up for grabs

Tue, 27th Nov 2018
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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.