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Frankfurt leads in strong start for data centre take-up

Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation

Frankfurt attracted 43% of European data centre take up in the first quarter of 2013, according to new research from global property advisor CBRE.

Wearable tech will drive the rise of the ‘human cloud’ of personal data

Rackspace Hosting has announced findings of an in-depth study into the use of wearable technology and its impact on consumers and businesses. The research finds that, although only 18 per cent of UK and US respondents have actually used wearable technology, 82 per cent of those users in America and 71 per cent in Britain believe that these cloud-powered devices have enhanced their lives.

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The five year contract will ensure the stability of IT operations at the Berlin-based cable network company and allow support times to be extended - end customers will benefit.

DP World selects Dimension Data

Solution includes, design, build and support of port network infrastructure including a secure Data Centre build, IP-Telephony rollout and CCTV deployment.

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Leading game developer chooses Equinix to support free-to-play platform for Massively Multiplayer Online action games.

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DiscountASP.NET enters the Platform-as-a-Service space with Snapp Systems, an elastic cloud hosting solution for .NET applications. Snapp is the first PaaS to include a configurable staging and production environment for each application.