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IT Infrastructure stories - Page 50

The vast numbers of servers, routers, storage devices, and services comprising the foundations or framework of information technology systems all fall under the definition of IT Infrastructure.

Essentially, IT infrastructure is relied upon and underpins every interaction with the internet, a cellular network, and every transmission between one person and another over a computer or telephone.
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Vertiv's 5 most noteworthy data centre trends for 2019

Wed, 5th Dec 2018
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Vertiv has placed particular emphasis on edge computing being the 'epicentre' of innovation in the data centre space.
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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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Data centre operations must become more standardised

Tue, 4th Dec 2018
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Schneider Electric's Anthony DeSpirito says with data centres being crucial to business profit and loss, CIOs must now be a partner in all strategic decisions.
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New digital business means “The cloud is no longer enough”

Tue, 27th Nov 2018
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Gartner research shows that as the need for beyond-edge customer engagement rises, infrastructure service providers need to follow suit.
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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.
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Vertiv launches IT testing lab in Poland data centre

Tue, 27th Nov 2018
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This facility is the first of its kind in the Central and Eastern Europe region (CEE) and will enable clients to test environments to improve energy efficiency.
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Keppel DC developing its first greenfield data centre in Malaysia

Tue, 27th Nov 2018
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The growth of Malaysia's IT industry continues, with news today emerging of another new data centre on the horizon from Keppel DC and the Alpha DC Fund.
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Edge data centres expanding to shared working spaces

Thu, 22nd Nov 2018
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Likely beginning a trend, Christie Spaces is now the first workspace in Australia to offer customers data centre rack space on-site for rent.
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University of Birmingham deploys UK's largest IBM POWER9 AI cluster

Wed, 21st Nov 2018
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After originally deploying just two servers, the University realised it needed more horsepower and added another nine.
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Datacentres Ireland gets the ball rolling in Dublin

Wed, 21st Nov 2018
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Ireland's largest dedicated gathering of suppliers for data centres today opened in Dublin and is set to span two days.
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Frankfurt overtakes London as largest data centre cluster

Sat, 17th Nov 2018
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After many forecasts predicting it, a new report of Europe's top 20 data centre clusters has confirmed London has lost its crown to Frankfurt.
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Enterprises to begin closing their data centres

Fri, 16th Nov 2018
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Dan Hushon predicts next year companies will begin bidding farewell (if they haven't already) to their onsite data centres.
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HPE extends cloud-based AI tool InfoSight to servers

Fri, 16th Nov 2018
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HPE asserts it is a big deal as the system can drive down operating costs, plug disruptive performance gaps, and free up time to allow IT staff to innovate.
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Data centre management can learn from the Navy

Wed, 14th Nov 2018
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While a nuclear submarine may seem like a completely different beast from a data centre, the similarities in how they should be managed are striking and many.
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HPE launches new Datacenter Care capabilities

Wed, 14th Nov 2018
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The company asserts the new capabilities will be delivered by HPE PointNext and will help businesses simplify complex IT environments.
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Digital transformation an almost $2 trillion industry by 2022

Wed, 14th Nov 2018
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Digital transformation investment is set to surge to USD $1.97 trillion by 2022, driven by sectors like manufacturing and retail, says IDC.
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Eccellente! AWS building new data centres in Italy

Wed, 14th Nov 2018
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The new infrastructure region is expected to be complete in early 2020 to enable customers to run workloads and store data in Italy with even lower latency.
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NEXTDC adds 9MW customer contracts at new Sydney data centre

Tue, 13th Nov 2018
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NEXTDC's Sydney S2 data center has increased its contracted commitment by 9MW, taking up 47% of total planned capacity.
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Interview: VR's imminent impact on the data centre

Mon, 12th Nov 2018
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As VR's data demands surge, Bryan Hill of Interxion discusses how data centres must evolve with 5G to offer seamless user experiences and minimise latency.
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Digital Realty claims sustainability award at REITworld 2018

Mon, 12th Nov 2018
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Digital Realty wins the Nareit 'Leader in the Light' award for the second year in a row at REITworld 2018, highlighting its commitment to sustainability.