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Smart connected devices market continues to grow in Western Europe

The smart connected device (SCD) market posted another quarter of growth in Western Europe, driven mainly by increased demand for personal computers. According to figures published by International Data Corporation (IDC), PC, tablet, and smartphone shipments totaled 60.1 million units, with volume 8.6% higher compared with the same quarter a year ago. The trends seen during the previous quarter were confirmed in the third quarter of 2014: shipments of PCs continued to post an increase, with...

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Khosla Ventures leads over-subscribed Series B funding round.

Germany and the UK - Europe’s tech pioneers

Stephen Georgiadis, Managing Director at international investment bank Altium, comments on the thriving technology sectors in the UK and Germany.

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LeaseWeb, a global Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) hosting brand, has opened a new data center in Hong Kong as part of a drive to accelerate its global footprint. Operated by LeaseWeb Asia Pacific, the new Hong Kong data center follows the opening of a Singapore data center in July this year.

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By Neil Cresswell, CEO, Virtus Data Centres.

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Transaction marks the Permira funds’ first investment in Africa and P5’s ninth investment.

Pressing data centre challenges necessitate immediate actions

Ensuring viable green energy technologies and alleviating risks from fluctuating power and...

Planning and power - data centre development barriers

The UK planning system remains an area of major concern and is seen as a significant barrier to the...

JLL appoints Data Centres Project & Development Services Lead in the UK

Sam Hill joins to expand and strengthen specialist data centre sector expertise.

Business leaders in the dark when it comes to IT outages

Data shows that organisational leaders need to improve their understanding of IT downtime.

Electrical versus optical - history repeats itself

The latest blog from Willy Rietveld, TE Connectivity. W.Rietveld@TE.com

Lord Baker to open VIP Student Zone at Data Centre World

House of Lords dignitary, The Rt Hon. Lord Kenneth Baker, will be making a special guest appearance...

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Australian fish farm undergoes IT upgrade by investing in edge infrastructure

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