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 28 Mar 2023
BNP Paribas moves to Swedish datacentre in high-performance computing strategy

BNP Paribas is moving data-intensive workloads to a Swedish datacentre to increase capacity while reducing its carbon footprint Continue Reading
E-Zine 24 Nov 2022
CW Nordics: Icelandic datacentres point way to greener IT

Iceland may soon become even more attractive to firms wanting to minimise their carbon footprint while using high-performance computing services. Read more about it in this issue. Also find out how a robo investment company, Nord Investments, is harnessing open banking to make thing easier for its clients. Continue Reading

News 29 Jun 2023

NHS England signs five-year Microsoft 365 contract

Hot on the heels of its earlier deployment of Microsoft Teams, NHS England is now going all-in on the rest of the software giant’s online productivity tools Continue Reading
Feature 29 Jun 2023

Software-defined storage: What’s available from key players

What’s available in software-defined storage from the big storage players, software-defined storage specialists, and SDS options focused on cloud, virtualisation and containers Continue Reading
News 28 Jun 2023

Supercomputing research collaboration to bring fusion energy to UK grid in 2040s

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the University of Cambridge have joined forces with Dell Technologies and Intel to accelerate pace of fusion energy power plant development Continue Reading
News 27 Jun 2023

WithSecure forges ahead with green coding initiative

WithSecure’s W/Sustainability programme kickstarts a number of initiatives, including a commitment to green coding the security supplier hopes will set an example for others to follow Continue Reading
News 27 Jun 2023

Johnson Controls opts for container-based app delivery with Portworx

Buildings management giant built a suite of customer-facing products using containers and opted for Pure Storage Portworx for hybrid cloud container management and data protection Continue Reading
Opinion 27 Jun 2023

IT Sustainability Think Tank: Carbon accounting and the changing regulatory landscape

There is an ever-growing list of rules and regulations for enterprises to get their heads around when it comes to sustainability, but what can they do to keep on top of things? Continue Reading
E-Zine 27 Jun 2023

The politics of AI

In this week’s Computer Weekly, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer both spoke at London Tech Week to present their visions of an AI future for the UK – we compare their plans. We talk to the CTO of chip giant AMD about making tech more energy efficient. And we look at optimising networks for hybrid working. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
News 23 Jun 2023

Microsoft slammed for hitting European cloud users with ‘unfair, additional’ charges

Research from non-profit Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe organisation suggests cost of digital transformation is going up for ‘unfair’ reasons Continue Reading
News 22 Jun 2023

Cabinet Office updates decade-old public cloud-first mandate for central government

A decade after it was first introduced, the government has updated its cloud-first guidance by including nine principles to guide public sector IT buyers through their off-premise purchasing decisions Continue Reading
Podcast 21 Jun 2023

Podcast: Cloud security, compliance and data classification

The rise of cloud has led to a proliferation of enterprise data and a rise in risk. We talk to Vigitrust CEO Mathieu Gorge about how to ensure compliance in a multicloud world Continue Reading
News 20 Jun 2023

Data sovereignty and security driving hybrid IT adoption in Australia

Over half of Australian organisations plan to repatriate some applications from public cloud to on-premise datacentres due to data sovereignty concerns, Nutanix study finds Continue Reading
Feature 20 Jun 2023

Is the UK datacentre industry set for further consolidation?

Turbulent times make it tricky to predict which way markets will jump, yet UK datacentres continue to grow and hold investor attention Continue Reading
Blog Post 20 Jun 2023

An inconvenient truth: Changing the state of sustainability in IT

In this guest post, Kumaravel Ramakrishnan, technology director at application management software maker ManageEngine, shares an extract from a recent company report from and ten independent IT ... Continue Reading
News 20 Jun 2023

University of York shifts HPC workloads to Swedish EcoDataCenter colocation site in green IT push

With the University of York using its HPC capabilities for climate research, it decided it was time to shift its IT infrastructure to a greener colo site in support of its net-zero goals Continue Reading
News 20 Jun 2023

EDF deploys Dynatrace to fuel site reliability engineering drive

The energy company has adopted the observability platform to support in-house software development Continue Reading
20 Jun 2023

PLC flash: The next generation or a mirage?

PLC could be productised within two years, but chip makers might not think it worth the effort. Will managing multiple voltages be more hassle than adding layers to existing flash? Continue Reading
News 19 Jun 2023

Salvation Army’s trading arm sets sights on helping enterprises reuse their IT devices

Trading arm of Christian church charity The Salvation Army is expanding beyond textile recycling to help businesses reuse and recycle their e-waste Continue Reading
News 19 Jun 2023

Nakivo adds ransomware scanning and new restore options

Backup maker adds malware scanning with big names in security to immutable backup copy functionality. “Tape’s not dead” either, with restore from the venerable medium now possible Continue Reading
Feature 16 Jun 2023

Pure Storage: HDDs dead by 2028 and our flash will replace it

Pure Storage says spinning disk is doomed, and only it can provide a replacement. We look at the rationale behind its bold message, and the possible impacts of such a scenario Continue Reading
News 16 Jun 2023

CGI to develop virtual, cloud-hosted ‘black box’ recorder technology for aircraft

IT consultancy CGI is developing an alternative to the traditional ‘black box’ recorders found in aircraft that will allow teams on the ground to intervene quicker in the event of an emergency onboard Continue Reading
Blog Post 16 Jun 2023

It’s going to take AI to power AI

This is a guest post by Robert Linsdell, managing director for Australia and New Zealand at critical infrastructure company Vertiv We’re living in an ever-evolving digital world, one which is ... Continue Reading
News 16 Jun 2023

Lenovo ups ante on AI infrastructure investments

Lenovo is investing $1bn over three years to expand its artificial intelligence infrastructure offerings, including services to help organisations deploy and tap AI capabilities in a responsible manner Continue Reading
News 15 Jun 2023

BBFC taps into AWS AI portfolio to speed up content classification

The British Board of Film Classification has embarked on an exploratory piece of work to see how artificial intelligence could assist with classifying content Continue Reading
News 15 Jun 2023

Green tech startups urged to join Climate Tech Supercluster to boost their growth

The Climate Tech Supercluster has been launched to aid the growth and development of the green tech startup scene in university towns across the UK and Europe Continue Reading
News 15 Jun 2023

Cloud remains IT investment priority for UK enterprises despite testing economic times

Study by Tata Consultancy Services confirms enterprises from across the UK and Ireland are continuing to invest in cloud, and see doing so as the gateway to future innovation Continue Reading
News 15 Jun 2023

NBN Co sets out to achieve net-zero by 2050

Australia’s national broadband network operator plans to tap renewable energy and roll out energy-efficient fibre as part of its longer-term target to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 Continue Reading
Podcast 14 Jun 2023

Podcast: Containers, Kubernetes, data protection and compliance

Containers offer benefits to application deployment, but they proliferate, so tracking them for compliance purposes can be a challenge. We talk to Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust Continue Reading
News 14 Jun 2023

Pure adds FlashArray//E for QLC capacity option in performance arrays

Flash storage specialist allows customers lower entry point to less costly quad-level cell flash in file and block access FlashArray//E as part of move towards all-flash in the datacentre Continue Reading
News 14 Jun 2023

Google Cloud signs MoU to accelerate take-up of AI by UK defence sector

Google Cloud is continuing to make in-roads into the UK public sector after signing MoU with The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Continue Reading
News 13 Jun 2023

Scotland in renewed push to attract more hyperscale and colocation datacentre development

Against a backdrop of the Scottish government continuing to court datacentre developers, Host In Scotland publishes report flagging 20 sites that are ripe for development Continue Reading
News 13 Jun 2023

Skills shortages hold back enterprises from reaching multicloud goals

Research highlights the impact skills shortages are having on the ability of enterprises to hit their multicloud goals Continue Reading
News 12 Jun 2023

How Dell is easing edge deployments

Dell’s NativeEdge platform could make it easier to deploy and manage edge computing applications and infrastructure through validated designs for industry-specific applications use cases Continue Reading
Feature 09 Jun 2023

The impact of generative AI on the datacentre

While artificial intelligence will not live up to its name any time soon, mass adoption of large language models, whether by customers or in-house, requires thinking about by enterprise IT leaders Continue Reading
Podcast 08 Jun 2023

Podcast: Storage, backup, AI and data classification at RSA 2023

Much discussion at RSA 2023 about artificial intelligence, the risks to data protection, storage and compliance, plus risk and data classification, especially its impacts on access and data management Continue Reading
Feature 06 Jun 2023

Software-defined storage: What it is and variants available

SDS is available in numerous variants. It is usually cheaper, flexible to deploy and brings storage efficiencies, but there are pitfalls in complexity, management and performance Continue Reading
Opinion 01 Jun 2023

Generative AI – the next biggest cyber security threat?

Following the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, several reports have emerged that seek to determine the impact of generative AI in cyber security. Undeniably, generative AI in cyber security is a double-edged sword, but will the paradigm shift in favour of opportunity or risk? Continue Reading
News 31 May 2023

Generative AI boosts HPE Q2 earnings

The hype around generative AI appears to be working – at least for HPE, according to the company’s second-quarter earnings Continue Reading
Blog Post 31 May 2023

Keeping cloud costs in check

In this guest post, Doug Ko, director of product marketing at container monitoring software company Sysdig, provides some guidance on what enterprises can do to keep their cloud costs in check ... Continue Reading
News 31 May 2023

Panasas to add S3 support to edge storage and cloud moves

Scale-out NAS maker – which specialises in large capacity for AI/ML and HPC – has come out of its on-prem shell and now plans further moves towards cloud-friendly object storage Continue Reading
Blog Post 31 May 2023

Cloud costs: You cannot manage what you cannot see

In this guest post, Doug Ko, director of product marketing at container monitoring software company Sysdig, provides some guidance on what enterprises can do to keep their cloud costs in check ... Continue Reading
Opinion 31 May 2023

Security Think Tank: A brief history of (secure) coding

From controlling who was allowed to work with IBM mainframes to present-day DevSecOps techniques, the concept of secure coding has a longer history than you might think Continue Reading
News 30 May 2023

Nvidia CEO sees ChatGPT as iPhone moment for AI

It took the iPhone to kickstart a revolution in mobile phone usage, and Jensen Huang believes datacentres will radically change to support AI workloads Continue Reading
News 29 May 2023

Qlik CEO: We will remain agnostic

Mike Capone assures customers that Qlik will remain agnostic following its acquisition of Talend and that its data analytics and integration tools will continue to work with rival platforms Continue Reading
Opinion 26 May 2023

Security Think Tank: Why “secure coding” is neither

Ensuring the security of code is just one element of a complex software lifecycle and risk management process that people need to think about more holistically, says Ed Moyle Continue Reading
News 25 May 2023

BASF ramps up petaflops with new Quriosity HPE-build hardware

The AMD-powered 3 petaflops supercomputer will offer BASF the ability to run more complex simulations of chemical processes Continue Reading
News 23 May 2023

Dell outlines growth strategy in APAC

Dell Technologies is building on its momentum with Apex while eyeing growth areas such as edge computing and AI in a bid to expand its business in the region Continue Reading
News 23 May 2023

Cohesity Turing aims AI tools at backup and ransomware

Backup supplier continues to enrich its ecosystem with more artificial intelligence for backup and ransomware, with chat-like reporting functions and new security partners in its alliance Continue Reading
News 23 May 2023

Aston Martin gets F1 pole position with NetApp storage

AMF1 race team tracks hundreds of car sensor metrics for raceday and post-event analysis that has seen it surge forward in recent Formula One rankings with NetApp NVMe storage Continue Reading
News 22 May 2023

Dell bolsters Apex to ease multicloud deployments

In the biggest expansion of its Apex portfolio, Dell Technologies adds storage offerings and a trio of cloud platforms that integrate OpenShift, Azure and vSphere with Dell infrastructure Continue Reading
News 19 May 2023

CBRE predicts strong growth for European colocation firms in 2023, but suggests tough times ahead

CBRE's latest European colocation market tracker suggests 2023 will be a year of big growth for the sector, but suggests the slowdown in enterprise cloud spend might have a dampening impact on its prosperity in the years to come Continue Reading
News 18 May 2023

HPE and CCS sign memorandum of understanding to accelerate pace of public sector cloud migrations

Tech giant signs memorandum of understanding with UK government’s procurement chiefs to help public sector organisations sustainably move to cloud Continue Reading
News 18 May 2023

Inside MLC Life Insurance’s cloud journey

The Australian insurer spent a fair amount of time addressing people-related challenges in its move to cloud, which has improved its security posture and reduced infrastructure spending, among other outcomes Continue Reading
News 16 May 2023

NetApp to promise ransomware warranty payout

NetApp will recover data hit by ransomware or pay a warranty, and has added entry-level SAN arrays and full access to all NetApp software across its hardware families Continue Reading
News 16 May 2023

Imperial College London teams up with Intel and Lenovo for HPC push

Imperial College London has joined forces with Lenovo and Intel to bolster its HPC capabilities for the benefit of its research teams Continue Reading
News 16 May 2023

CW Innovation Awards: How Singapore's DBS Bank is driving IT automation

DBS Bank’s Technology Marketplace portal has enabled the bank to speed up provisioning of infrastructure and applications through automation and improve developer productivity Continue Reading
Opinion 15 May 2023

Security Think Tank: To secure code effectively, verify at every step

Verification at every step is an important part of ensuring your code is secure, writes Petra Wenham Continue Reading
Feature 15 May 2023

Automation: The key to FinOps success

Workload management and automation offers a way for FinOps teams to match supply to demand for cloud-based IT in an efficient way Continue Reading
Opinion 12 May 2023

What secure coding practices mean to modern cyber security

Joseph Foote of PA Consulting explores how we know the services we use most are protected, what we mean when we say 'secure coding practices', and what happens when secure coding practices are not followed? Continue Reading
News 12 May 2023

IT Priorities 2023: Budgeting for IT innovation

In spite of the economic slowdown, IT leaders are driving forward investments in IT Continue Reading
Feature 12 May 2023

PLC flash: The next generation or a mirage?

PLC could be productised within two years, but chip makers might not think it worth the effort. Will managing multiple voltages be more hassle than adding layers to existing flash? Continue Reading
Opinion 12 May 2023

How to build an environmental cloud sustainability strategy

Environmental sustainability continues to be a top 10 business priority for organisations. Here are the factors to consider when evaluating the environmental sustainability efforts of cloud providers Continue Reading
News 12 May 2023

Microsoft, Singtel debut Azure public MEC in Singapore

Azure public multi-access edge compute service will let enterprises deploy low-latency workloads and leverage public cloud services in edge locations Continue Reading
News 11 May 2023

Google AI targets programmer productivity

Google is opening up more capabilities in its generative AI model, with tools for peer programming and automatic code generation Continue Reading
News 11 May 2023

Google Cloud and SAP in enterprise open data push

Long-time technology collaborators Google Cloud and SAP are embarking on a push to make it easier for enterprises to derive value from their data and put it to use in artificial intelligence and machine learning settings Continue Reading
News 11 May 2023

Kao Data unveils Tier II datacentre strategy by pledging to open Manchester facility in late 2025

HPC-focused colocation provider Kao Data is expanding its datacentre footprint into the north of England by pledging to open a 40MW facility by late-2025 Continue Reading
News 10 May 2023

Defra’s legacy IT unsupported and ill-equipped for digital services

A Public Accounts Committee report has found many applications are based on legacy IT and paper-basd systems, holding back digitisation Continue Reading
Blog Post 10 May 2023

The importance of data and operational insights in delivering ESG goals

In this guest post, Victoria Thomas, UK and Ireland principal for IBM Sustainability Software, talks about how data quality can affect an enterprise’s ability to make its ESG goals a reality For ... Continue Reading
News 10 May 2023

How datacentre operators can fend off cyber attacks

Applying zero-trust principles in the form of strong authentication controls and network segmentation can help datacentre operators to mitigate cyber threats Continue Reading
News 09 May 2023

OVHcloud aims to bring Glacier-like cloud archive to Europe

OVHcloud makes Cold Archive GA with deep archive storage cheaper than AWS’s offer and all based on IBM 3592 tape hardware spread across four sites with Atempo backup Continue Reading
News 08 May 2023

How lab grown neurons could power the future of AI

Melbourne-based Cortical Labs’ lab grown neurons could speed up AI training in a more energy efficient way and its work has caught the eye of hyperscalers and Amazon’s CTO Continue Reading
Opinion 04 May 2023

The changing role of infrastructure and operations

I&O leaders will need to automate for efficiency, manage customer requirements, optimise cloud operations and explore new technologies to improve services and enable innovation Continue Reading
News 04 May 2023

IT Priorities 2023: Significance of cloud investments rises as economic woes bite

Technology decision-makers across the UK and EMEA are increasingly looking to do more with cloud over the coming year, TechTarget/Computer Weekly research shows Continue Reading
Feature 03 May 2023

Quantum computing: What are the data storage challenges?

Quantum computing will be able to process massive amounts of data at extraordinary speeds, but challenges exist in data storage. How will today’s storage systems keep pace? Continue Reading
News 03 May 2023

AWS confirms Scope 3 GHG emissions data will be made freely available to customers in ‘early 2024’

With regulators increasingly calling on companies to transparently report their greenhouse gas emissions data, Amazon Web Services has confirmed users will get access to Scope 3 data from early next year Continue Reading
Opinion 02 May 2023

Want to get cloud IAM right? Master the fundamentals

By getting the basics right, you’re setting yourself up for success to then can build more advanced and complex functionalities on top Continue Reading
02 May 2023

AWS under fire for delays in delivering Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions data

With regulator scrutiny of their environmental footprint on the rise, customers are growing increasingly concerned about the public cloud giant’s slow progress in making its emissions data freely available. Continue Reading
News 02 May 2023

IT Priorities 2023: Software development

Organisations are investing in technology-led business initiatives to tackle the economic slowdown Continue Reading
News 02 May 2023

SAP eyes SMEs in Southeast Asia

SAP debuts the Grow with SAP programme in Southeast Asia to drive adoption of S/4 Hana Cloud among small and medium-sized enterprises Continue Reading
Podcast 02 May 2023

Podcast: No more hard disks in five years, says Pure

We talk to Shawn Rosemarin of Pure Storage, who argues there will be no more hard drive sales in five years because energy costs and capacity needs can only be fulfilled by flash Continue Reading
News 28 Apr 2023

AWS suffers year-on-year drop in profit and revenue growth as enterprises curb cloud spend

The first quarter results for AWS show the firm is continuing to feel the effects of enterprise customers “optimising” their cloud spend Continue Reading
News 28 Apr 2023

Intel results reveal a push to address AI shortcomings

The chipmaker has been impacted by poor PC sales, but aims to drive adoption of its AI inferencing technology Continue Reading
News 27 Apr 2023

Google Cloud seals bug that could have led to data breaches

The Asset Key Thief vulnerability gave rise to multiple potential attack scenarios that could have impacted thousands of Google Cloud users, but has now been safely fixed Continue Reading
News 26 Apr 2023

Google researchers identify hole in Intel TDX

Intel has worked with Google to figure out how to harden the TDX module in Xeon chips to boost the security of virtual machines Continue Reading
News 25 Apr 2023

Veritas shows off software SAN for Kubernetes at KubeCON 2023

Veritas InfoScale aims to provide high-performance block access storage despite limitations such as a maximum node count of 16 per cluster Continue Reading
News 25 Apr 2023

AWS under fire for delays in delivering Scope 3 GHG emissions data to enterprises and governments

With regulator scrutiny of their environmental footprint on the rise, AWS customers are growing increasingly concerned about the public cloud giant’s slow progress in making its Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions data freely available to users Continue Reading
Podcast 25 Apr 2023

Podcast: Ransomware, data protection and compliance

Ransomware is a huge and ever-present threat, but there are ways to avoid it and to mitigate its effects. We get key practical steps from Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust Continue Reading
News 21 Apr 2023

Prepare for hybrid cloud headaches

IT will often need to run different workloads on-premise or in multiple cloud environments Continue Reading
News 20 Apr 2023

SDIA applauds EU-led push to make datacentres reuse waste heat and report environmental data

The European Parliament and European Council have finalised the text of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), which will see datacentre operators in member states forced to publicly disclose more environmental data and pressured to reuse their site's waste heat Continue Reading
News 20 Apr 2023

‘Inadequate data’ holding enterprises back from making progress on ESG goals, IBM study finds

IBM survey shines light on barriers stopping enterprises from realising their ESG goals, as well as how consumer attitudes are affected Continue Reading
Blog Post 20 Apr 2023

Are tech vendors pulling their weight on fixing fragmented IT?

Many organisations have silo’d data and fragmented IT systems, but how much of this is due to the actions of IT vendors? Do vendors too often chase a quick buck, selling point solutions that don’t ... Continue Reading
News 18 Apr 2023

IT Priorities 2023: Cloud and disaster recovery top storage and backup plans

Cloud storage still the biggest project planned in data storage in 2023, with disaster recovery the most important area in data protection cited by TechTarget/Computer Weekly survey respondents Continue Reading
News 18 Apr 2023

Focus on these three risky behaviours to boost cloud security

Some 80% of cloud security alerts are triggered by just 5% of security rules. Security teams can substantially improve their resilience by zeroing in on a small set of risky behaviours, according to a report Continue Reading
Feature 18 Apr 2023

Why IAM systems are crucial for securing multicloud architecture

As business tools evolve into cloud-based services, organisations are finding themselves becoming ever more reliant on the cloud, but how can data be secured across so many different platforms? Continue Reading
News 17 Apr 2023

Public cloud adoption set to surge in Australia

New and existing workloads are increasingly being migrated to public cloud, with two-thirds of Australian organisations already running cloud workloads in production in 2022 Continue Reading
News 14 Apr 2023

Alibaba Cloud unveils cheaper cloud options, new language model

Alibaba has introduced cheaper instances of its compute and storage services in China and is jumping on the generative AI bandwagon with its Tongyi Qianwen language model Continue Reading
News 14 Apr 2023

BAE Systems partners with Microsoft Azure to revamp data use across defence sector

Defence contractor BAE Systems and Microsoft are taking a cloud-centric approach to changing how data is used in various parts of the defence sector Continue Reading
News 13 Apr 2023

How Agoda is shaping up to be a technology powerhouse

Agoda’s CTO Idan Zalzberg explains why the online travel agency with a massive technology footprint prefers to run things in-house and not rely too much on public cloud services Continue Reading
News 12 Apr 2023

Enterprises downgrade ESG investments amid economic uncertainty, Google Cloud study finds

The second annual Google Cloud sustainability study reveals that economic uncertainty is forcing some enterprises to cut corners on their sustainability strategy to save money Continue Reading
News 11 Apr 2023

Experian names AWS as preferred cloud partner for multi-year off-premise migration project

Credit reporting agency Experian is embarking on a multi-year cloud migration project with AWS Continue Reading
News 06 Apr 2023

Gartner forecasts massive growth in software and IT services

IT leaders are set to deploy more workloads on infrastructure-as-a-service public clouds as they attempt to keep costs under control Continue Reading