Data centre

Deciding where and how to build and operate a datacentre is one of the most important decisions your organisation will make. This section covers how to build a solid datacentre infrastructure, including selecting the right location to build your new facility, best practices for designing a new datacentre, and cooling and air flow techniques. Learn about green IT, data management systems, servers and operating systems.

News 01 Feb 2023
Reaping green dividends with data management

Getting data management right has been pivotal for Singapore IoT startup SensorFlow to optimise energy consumption and reduce carbon emissions for its hotelier clients Continue Reading
News 27 Jan 2023
Deci claims breakthrough inference performance on Intel Sapphire Rapids

Israeli startup Deci claims GPU-like performance in running computer vision and natural language processing models on Intel’s fourth-generation Xeon processors Continue Reading

News 14 Mar 2019

NHS Shared Business Services seeks suppliers for £500m cloud procurement framework

NHS Shared Business Services is seeking suppliers for a four-year procurement framework designed to streamline how public sector organisations source cloud services Continue Reading
News 13 Mar 2019

IT Priorities 2019: ASEAN organisations lay digital foundations

Organisations in Southeast Asia are planning to shore up their IT infrastructure to speed up application development and become more customer focused Continue Reading
News 13 Mar 2019

Datacentre industry needs to raise its profile to address skills gaps, says panel

The veil of secrecy the datacentre industry operates under is doing it no favours when it comes to attracting talent, according to Data Centre World panel Continue Reading
13 Mar 2019

AWS cloud security: Amazon CISO shares secrets to building secure cloud products

Ahead of Re:Invent 2017, AWS CISO Stephen Schmidt discusses how the cloud giant addresses user demand for new products and services, without compromising on cloud security Continue Reading
News 12 Mar 2019

IBM’s APAC CEO talks up next chapter of cloud adoption

In the next phase of cloud adoption, enterprises will need to manage multiple cloud environments, as well as data to scale up their use of artificial intelligence technology Continue Reading
News 12 Mar 2019

King's College London IT chief says resisting digital disruption a ‘waste of time’

Speaking at the Cloud Expo Europe 2019 conference in London, King's College London chief architect, Ian Johns, opened up about how his past experiences of digital disruption informed his view that it's best to embrace it than fight back Continue Reading
12 Mar 2019

IT Priorities 2019: What projects are IT professionals spending their budgets on?

The Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities 2019 survey finds that cloud maturity, security and automation are among the hot areas for spending Continue Reading
News 12 Mar 2019

Assisted living system moves from Microsoft Azure to IBM Cloud

IBM Cloud provides Watson artificial intelligence and internet of things technologies to support carers looking after elderly and disabled people Continue Reading
News 12 Mar 2019

Singapore invests S$200m to upgrade supercomputing capabilities

The investment will shore up Singapore’s supercomputing prowess to facilitate research collaboration, as well as address national and business challenges Continue Reading
News 11 Mar 2019

Department for Transport kicks off cloud transformation

A major system has been moved to Google Cloud Platform as part of a wider modernisation exercise Continue Reading
News 09 Mar 2019

Malaysia takes broad base approach to 5G security

The country’s telco regulator is taking a industry-wide look at security implications of 5G, preferring not to target any particular supplier Continue Reading
News 08 Mar 2019

Legal row over Apple's abandoned bid to build an Irish datacentre rumbles on

The Supreme Court has opted to reserve its judgement until a later date about whether or not Irish planning chiefs were right to award Apple planning permission for its now defunct plan to build a datacentre in Athenry Continue Reading
Feature 08 Mar 2019

Room to spare: Could space constraints slow London's record-breaking datacentre growth spree?

The London colocation market enjoyed another record year of growth in 2018, thanks to the hyperscale cloud community's insatiable demand for datacentre capacity. But is the capital running out of space? Continue Reading
Feature 07 Mar 2019

How Europe’s largest datacentre is helping to expand broadband access

NGD, the operator of the largest datacentre in Europe, is playing an unlikely role in helping expand access to full-fibre broadband in south Wales. We find out how, and why Continue Reading
E-Zine 05 Mar 2019

Modernising IT at the Bank of England

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the Bank of England as it starts the modernisation programme for its core system – one that the UK economy relies on. We look at the rise of DevSecOps and how it can help deal with increasingly complex security threats. And we examine the different approaches to storage for structured and unstructured data. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
News 05 Mar 2019

IT Priorities 2019: What projects are IT professionals spending their budgets on?

The Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities 2019 survey finds that cloud maturity, security and automation are among the hot areas for spending Continue Reading
Feature 04 Mar 2019

Choosing the right kind of hybrid cloud management

We look at the various factors businesses should consider when looking to solve their cloud management problems Continue Reading
News 04 Mar 2019

IT Priorities 2019: APAC keeping pace with digital transformation

Digital transformation is well underway among APAC enterprises which are looking to spend more on refreshing their IT infrastructure and technologies that improve employee productivity Continue Reading
Blog Post 01 Mar 2019

Kubernetes management made easier for enterprises

In this guest post, Rob Greenwood, CTO at Manchester-based cloud and DevOps consultancy, Steamhaus, sets out why the emergence of Amazon's managed Kubernetes service is such good news for the ... Continue Reading
News 01 Mar 2019

Microsoft Azure gains ground on AWS in public cloud

RightScale report suggests Microsoft Azure is closing the gap between it and public cloud market leader AWS in the enterprise, while Google is attracting increasing attention from the C-suite Continue Reading
News 01 Mar 2019

Red Hat eyes Unix-to-Linux migrations in emerging ASEAN markets

Open source bigwig is starting its new fiscal year looking at Unix-to-Linux migrations in markets such as Thailand and Indonesia Continue Reading
Feature 28 Feb 2019

Interview: OVH CEO on offering a European alternative to the US public cloud giants

Six months into his tenure as OVH’s CEO, Michel Paulin sets out the work the firm is doing to stand out from the public cloud crowd through its local knowledge of the European data protection landscape and its open source credentials Continue Reading
Blog Post 28 Feb 2019

MWC 2019: Our planet is dying - is it time to ditch Mobile World Congress?

This year, my flight from London's Stansted Airport to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress, plus two days of hour-and-a-half commutes through horrendous traffic between my hotel and the conference ... Continue Reading
News 28 Feb 2019

Volkswagen’s cloud-focused connected car collaboration with Microsoft gathers pace

Car maker has confirmed its Microsoft-based Automotive Cloud setup will be extended beyond Europe into other key markets to support its push to digitise more of the driving experience for its customers Continue Reading
News 27 Feb 2019

Spotify and Just Eat join forces with tech firms to help enterprises manage cloud costs better

A new non-profit, cloud-focused trade association has emerged that wants to help prevent financial management issues get in the way of enterprises embracing cloud Continue Reading
News 27 Feb 2019

MWC 2019: Vodafone powers 5G with VMware

Vodafone is using VMware’s telco cloud platform to prepare its mobile networks for 5G in 15 geographies Continue Reading
News 27 Feb 2019

Lyft commits to going 'all-in' with AWS to support autonomous vehicles push

Ride-sharing app Lyft is on a quest to reposition itself as a multi-modal transport company, and is deepening its use of Amazon's cloud technologies to support its work Continue Reading
News 26 Feb 2019

MWC 2019: 5G driving telcos into the cloud, says VMware CEO

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger explained how the requirements of 5G mobile networks are helping to push more telcos into the organisation’s arms Continue Reading
Podcast 26 Feb 2019

Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 5

In this week’s episode of The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, the team discuss Greenpeace’s latest datacentre sustainability research, the work the government is doing to support the growth of the UK’s AI talent pool, and covers how Kellogg's is embracing virtual reality tech Continue Reading
E-Zine 25 Feb 2019

Delving into viewer data at the BBC

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the BBC about how the UK broadcaster is using data analytics to better understand its viewers and grow its audience in the face of competition from the likes of Netflix. We look at how CERN is using IT automation in its quest to unravel the mysteries of the universe. And we examine the impact of GDPR on cloud storage. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
Feature 25 Feb 2019

Counting the costs of IaaS and SaaS

Cost management is a priority for organisations seeking to use infrastructure and software as a service Continue Reading
News 21 Feb 2019

Cloud backup helps ASL Airlines evade ransomware and keep its business flying, says CIO

ASL Airlines took home the Best of Show prize at the Best of VMworld 2018 Awards after detailing how adopting a robust and resilient disaster recovery strategy is helping it evade ransomware threats Continue Reading
E-Zine 21 Feb 2019

CW Nordics: Sweden to test e-krona and plans cashless society

Sweden’s vision of a cashless society has gained traction after the Riksbank (central bank) rolled out plans to test a digital currency, the e-krona. Also read how the Nordic region’s longer-established companies are playing a forceful role to advance digital transformation, and how Finland’s IT sector has rebounded strongly after Microsoft’s takeover of Nokia’s mobile phones and smart devices business units in 2014. Continue Reading
News 20 Feb 2019

AWS and Greenpeace at war over claims cloud giant has ‘turned its back’ on renewable energy pledge

Amazon Web Services hits back at Greenpeace for suggesting it has 'turned its back' on powering its cloud with renewable energy, as a new report claims its growth could be driving the use of fossil fuels in Virginia Continue Reading
News 20 Feb 2019

Organisations adopt multicloud strategies as shift from private cloud settles

There is little change in the move from private to public clouds, according to Pierre Audoin Consultants – but more IT professionals are using multi-clouds Continue Reading
News 20 Feb 2019

Huawei Cloud opens Singapore region amid growing cloud rivalry

The Chinese tech giant is eyeing local and Chinese firms looking to expand operations in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading
News 19 Feb 2019

MWC 2019: 5G in Europe driven by industrial automation, says Ericsson

As Mobile World Congress 2019 nears, Sweden’s Ericsson has been expanding, and expounding upon, its plans for 5G mobile networks Continue Reading
Podcast 19 Feb 2019

Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 4

In this week’s episode of The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, the team covers Matt Hancock’s bid to get the NHS to embrace email, the government’s push to extend IR35 to the private sector, and how technology can transform staff training Continue Reading
News 19 Feb 2019

Any slowdown in Moore’s Law will increase datacentre costs

Datacentre managers want to run their sites more like the cloud scale companies Continue Reading
News 18 Feb 2019

DCMS Select Committee claims Facebook ‘deliberately frustrated’ fake news inquiry

Facebook’s UK public policy manager defends its participation in MPs' inquiry into the spread of fake news and disinformation online, which concludes by declaring an end to self-regulation by social media firms Continue Reading
Feature 18 Feb 2019

Steering a safe course through hybrid cloud

We look at why hybrid cloud can create a tricky infrastructure to manage Continue Reading
News 18 Feb 2019

IT Priorities 2019: Cloud migrations emerge as top investment area for IT decision-makers

This year’s Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities research shows a growing appetite among UK IT leaders to move more of their IT estate and applications to the cloud Continue Reading
News 18 Feb 2019

Dell Boomi taps APAC cloud market

The supplier of cloud-based integration services has expanded into Southeast Asia following its debut in Australia about two years ago Continue Reading
News 14 Feb 2019

Born to be wired

IBM is helping legendary US motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson to get its motor running with a cloud-based service for a new electric bike Continue Reading
News 14 Feb 2019

Google to spend $13bn in 2019 on additional US datacentres and offices

Search giant Google sets its sights on expanding its presence across the US during 2019 to accommodate the demand for its consumer and enterprise-focused internet and cloud services Continue Reading
News 14 Feb 2019

Cisco CEO brushes off Brexit and other crises

Chuck Robbins has been speaking about the networking business’ resilience in the face of multiple geopolitical trends and crises, and says his customers just can’t stop spending Continue Reading
News 13 Feb 2019

Businesses fail to grasp the true cost of public cloud

Public cloud infrastructure as a service sounds good on paper, but a survey has found that many IT professionals are seriously overspending Continue Reading
News 13 Feb 2019

Lenovo offers enterprises access to on-premise datacentre kit on cloud-like pay-as-you-go terms

Chinese PC maker Lenovo wants to make it easier for enterprises to access on-premise datacentre resources without needing to invest huge sums of money in purchasing it Continue Reading
Feature 13 Feb 2019

Career choices for storage admins as technologies converge

There is collateral damage in datacentre convergence, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for storage administrators to stick with storage-centric skillsets. Two solutions exist Continue Reading
News 12 Feb 2019

Chesterfield NHS trust consolidates 30 data management systems into one with Civica

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust aims to become a paperless organisation by 2020 Continue Reading
12 Feb 2019

AWS vs Google vs Microsoft: Competition concerns fuel retail war between the big cloud three

The retail market is no slouch when it comes to adopting cloud technologies, but competitive concerns appear to be influencing the cloud-buying decisions of some Continue Reading
News 11 Feb 2019

Legal & General Capital ploughs investment into Kao Data’s Essex-based datacentre campus

Financial services giant’s investment arm embarks on sizeable investment to support the continued expansion of Kao Data's colocation campus in Harlow Continue Reading
News 11 Feb 2019

British Airways settles legal claim with CBRE over May 2017 Bank Holiday datacentre outage

British Airways confirms its legal proceedings against CBRE have now concluded, on a non-admission of liability basis Continue Reading
News 08 Feb 2019

Mumsnet denies 'thousands' affected by software glitch-induced data breach

Parenting advice site Mumsnet moves to clear up reports that thousands of users have been affected by its recent data breach Continue Reading
News 07 Feb 2019

Interview: Moving to DataOps

During a London data science popup meeting, Computer Weekly caught up with MoneySuperMarket.com’s analytics head, Harvinder Atwal Continue Reading
News 07 Feb 2019

T-Systems cuts size of datacentre estate by 85% through technology refresh

The IT services arm of Deutsche Telekom has culled the number of datacentres it operates from 89 to 13, but claims to have seen its compute capacity increase by 25% Continue Reading
Feature 06 Feb 2019

What are the SD-WAN requirements for a multicloud environment?

SD-WAN is becoming an important option for businesses migrating branch and other edge communications to the cloud. But what makes a successful deployment? Continue Reading
News 06 Feb 2019

US Department of Defense backs multi-cloud model to support $10bn JEDI mega-cloud deployment

The US Department of Defense has fleshed out its cloud strategy, as the industry awaits news of who has secured the decade-long contract for its $10bn mega-cloud environment Continue Reading
News 06 Feb 2019

Synergy Research Group hails 2018 as standout year for cloud infrastructure market growth

The financial performance of the big cloud giants during the last quarter of 2018 prompts market watcher Synergy Research Group to declare it a "banner year" for the market Continue Reading
News 06 Feb 2019

Telegraph Media Group switches out AWS to go all-in on Google Cloud

Telegraph Media Group CIO Chris Taylor on why the newspaper publisher is switching out AWS to go all-in on the Google Cloud Platform Continue Reading
Podcast 05 Feb 2019

Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload - Episode 2

In this week’s episode of Computer Weekly’s Downtime Upload podcast, the team discuss what went on at Cisco Live Europe, consider the benefits of office robots, and deep dive into the financial results of AWS, SAP and Microsoft Continue Reading
News 05 Feb 2019

Cambridge launches urban data IoT project

The city of Cambridge will use Telensa IoT sensors and a Microsoft Azure platform to better manage its urban data assets Continue Reading
News 05 Feb 2019

Alphabet 2018 results: 23% growth, profit squeeze from investment

Alphabet – the conglomerate that includes Google and the search giant’s cloud business – grew revenue 23% in 2018, and stoked up R&D investment Continue Reading
05 Feb 2019

Docker management at scale: What enterprises need to know

Docker adoption within enterprises often starts at grass roots level, with developers leading the way, but as deployments scale and become larger in size, problems can occur Continue Reading
E-Zine 05 Feb 2019

Technologies to support deep learning

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the key technologies needed to support deep learning and artificial intelligence applications in your organisation. We hear about Southern Water’s data management overhaul and the benefits achieved from centralising its data specialists. And we examine best practice in managing large-scale Docker implementations. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
News 04 Feb 2019

Interview: The power of open source

Stefanie Chiras, who heads up RHEL at Red Hat, discusses how open source enables enterprises to benefit from tech innovations Continue Reading
News 04 Feb 2019

Government restates SME spend commitment as large suppliers win more cloud hosting deals

An analysis of the G-Cloud and Digital Outcomes and Specialists (DOS) framework sales figures suggests proportion of cloud hosting deals going to big suppliers is continuing to rise Continue Reading
News 03 Feb 2019

Alibaba Cloud teams up with SMU on training programme

Alibaba Cloud will equip small and medium-sized enterprises with cloud computing and other technology skills through a partnership with Singapore Management University Continue Reading
News 01 Feb 2019

How TensorFlow makes Candy Crush virtual players

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to beat humans in popular games such as Chess and Go, but King, developer of Candy Crush, has found a novel use for it Continue Reading
News 01 Feb 2019

AWS reports fourth quarter revenue growth of 45% as public cloud demand continues apace

Amazon's cloud arm appears to be pulling away, in performance terms, from its parent's company's e-tail business, having generated more operating income during 2018 than its North American retail operations Continue Reading
News 01 Feb 2019

Clydesdale, Yorkshire and Virgin Money opt for OpenShift digital push

Banking group CYBG uses OpenShift to roll out a common set of services and improve developer productivity Continue Reading
News 31 Jan 2019

Microsoft cloud powers earnings boost

CEO Satya Nadella claims Azure compute services are the starting point for digitisation, as businesses add higher value services like AI Continue Reading
Photo Story 31 Jan 2019

A datacentre in a church: Welcome to the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre

A chapel wouldn't be top of the list of locations for a supercomputer, but it’s the location for the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre Continue Reading
Podcast 31 Jan 2019

Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload - Episode 1

In this inaugural episode of Computer Weekly’s Downtime Upload podcast, the team discusses retail, Brexit, Amazon Web Services and visiting the world’s “most beautiful” datacentre Continue Reading
News 31 Jan 2019

Hyper-converged infrastructure gains acceptance in APAC

A top Nutanix executive claims that migrations to hyper-converged infrastructure in the region are under way, fuelled by growing interest in hybrid cloud Continue Reading
News 30 Jan 2019

Department for Transport revamps police road traffic accident reporting system

Working with Civica Digital, the Department for Transport has ramped up the mobile capabilities of its road traffic accident reporting service for police forces across England and Wales Continue Reading
News 29 Jan 2019

Nordic green energy IT strategy gains momentum

The Nordic countries are building strong IT sectors around their green-powered datacentre infrastructures Continue Reading
Blog Post 29 Jan 2019

How To Save IT From Drowning In Its Own Self-Containerised World (and other stories)

Anyone out there right now could be more than excused for thinking we're drowning in security start-ups; too many "me too" vendors trying to resolve the same perceived problems - niche or broad. ... Continue Reading
News 29 Jan 2019

Cisco breaks out of physical datacentres to support app-based future

At Cisco Live Europe, extending datacentre capabilities beyond the confines of the physical site to enable app innovation formed the core of a swathe of announcements made by the networking kingpin Continue Reading
29 Jan 2019

M&A in action: How Majestic Wine paired with Naked Wines to fuel cloud-led digital transformation

Find out how the acquisition of online-only wine retailer Naked Wines in 2015 has shaped the digital transformation plans of its parent company Majestic Wine. Continue Reading
News 24 Jan 2019

IBM reports growing interest in multicloud

As it gets ready to onboard Red Hat, IBM claims its multicloud business has a lot of potential Continue Reading
News 24 Jan 2019

CIO interview: Charles Ewen, Met Office

The Met Office’s CIO is working on a new, digital approach, using supercomputers, establishing pioneering partnerships and creating change Continue Reading
News 24 Jan 2019

Emergency services organisations ranked slowest public sector cloud adopters in Eduserv poll

Latest research from EduServ and Socitm into public sector cloud adoption trends reveals slow response to cloud calls from the emergency services sector Continue Reading
News 24 Jan 2019

AWS now accredited to run protected workloads in Australia

Accreditation from the Australian Cyber Security Centre will enable organisations to store and process sensitive data in the Amazon Web Services Sydney region Continue Reading
News 23 Jan 2019

AWS vs Google vs Microsoft: Competition concerns fuel retail war between the big cloud three

The retail market is no slouch when it comes to adopting cloud technologies, but competitive concerns appear to be influencing the cloud-buying decisions of some Continue Reading
News 22 Jan 2019

BigCommerce migrates 60,000 merchants from IBM and AWS to Google Cloud Platform

E-commerce platform provider BigCommerce has swapped out IBM and AWS for the Google Cloud Platform to help its users give their customers a faster, more responsive online shopping experience Continue Reading
News 22 Jan 2019

Virtus plots £500m colocation expansion with five datacentres planned for Slough and Hayes

Virtus Data Centres is continuing to build out its colocation footprint within the M25, with five facilities set to open during the next two years Continue Reading
22 Jan 2019

Break free from traditional network security

Highly connected businesses put pressure on traditional network security. We look at how corporate networks are breaking out of their boundaries Continue Reading
Feature 21 Jan 2019

The pitfalls of multicloud network management

Migrating to and managing a multicloud network introduces new complexities into the network. We look at how to avoid the potential pitfalls Continue Reading
News 21 Jan 2019

Amazon shareholders demand halt in sales of image recognition tech to US government

Amazon shareholders want its board of directors to halt sales of its image recognition service to US law enforcers unless it can independently verify it's not being misused Continue Reading
News 21 Jan 2019

Bahrain plans to create a world-leading tech ecosystem

Bahrain is building a technology ecosystem that will help the country further reduce its economic reliance on the oil and gas industry Continue Reading
Feature 21 Jan 2019

Break free from traditional network security

Highly connected businesses put pressure on traditional network security. We look at how corporate networks are breaking out of their boundaries Continue Reading
News 18 Jan 2019

Siemens connects to world’s largest UCC deployment

German technology powerhouse Siemens AG reveals how it unified communications and collaboration for hundreds of thousands of employees worldwide Continue Reading
17 Jan 2019

Inside PropertyGuru’s DevOps journey

The online property search firm is at ease with microservices, containers and serverless computing, even as it grapples with legacy applications that were developed earlier on in its history Continue Reading
News 17 Jan 2019

Vodafone and IBM prep user clouds for future network tech

Companies expand existing collaboration to enable enterprise customers to prepare for the impact of advanced networking technologies Continue Reading
News 16 Jan 2019

Dutch pharma firm Centrient switches out MPLS for Cato SD-WAN

Centrient Pharmaceuticals, a Netherlands-based drug company, has switched out its global MPLS service in favour of a high-performance software-defined WAN from Cato Networks Continue Reading
News 16 Jan 2019

Veritas launches Docker container backup in NetBackup

Docker is becoming an industry standard form of application virtualisation, and with that comes the need to back up Docker environments and data. Veritas joins CommVault and Asigra in doing so Continue Reading
News 15 Jan 2019

Digital Realty and Equinix drive bulk of colocation market M&A activity in 2018, research shows

Latest review of datacentre market mergers and acquisitions reveals uptick in deal volumes, with colocation giants Digital Realty and Equinix leading the way Continue Reading
15 Jan 2019

High-flying clouds: AWS bucks traditional business growth trends with help from the enterprise

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud juggernaut continues to go from strength to strength from quarter to quarter, but what is fuelling its non-traditional revenue growth trends? Continue Reading
15 Jan 2019

Intel Cascade Lake vs AMD Rome: Who will rule the datacentre roost in 2019?

Intel and AMD are both making a renewed push into the enterprise datacentre market in 2019, with both set to release new processors. We take a look at what they have to offer. Continue Reading