Cloud OS Network could break lock-in fear

Microsoft has brought together a global network of CSPs all offering the same basic services, which means getting lock-in to a CSP and possibly taken down with it if it dies could be a thing of the past

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Rackspace offers DevOps as a service

Already looking like one of 2014’s hot topics, the DevOps approach to developing cloud services is becoming a primary service development approach, though a dearth of suitably skilled developers has opened the way for Rackspace to offer it to customers as part of its Fanatical Support service

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Dell delivers ‘next-generation’ storage and networking

New Dell Storage solutions include flash-enabled arrays for performance-hungry applications with up to three times performance improvement; Dell Networking solutions modernise campus networks with the most efficient way to connect users and lower capital expenses by more than 50 percent.

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BUHLMANN GRUPPE achieves faster application performance

Company benefits from highest levels of availability and cost-effectively doubles performance.

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Increasing reliance on IT

Cost of downtime up, frequency down since 2011.

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Timico answers bandwidth boom with fixed-price Ethernet

Timico has responded to a 170% increase in demand for Ethernet services by launching a...

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Supporting rapid online expansion

Mozzart Bet, a leading online sports betting and gaming company servicing eastern Europe, has...

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Oracle sponsors OpenStack Foundation

Oracle plans to integrate OpenStack capabilities into Oracle Solaris, Oracle Linux, Oracle VM,...

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Splunk acquires Cloudmeter

Splunk Inc. has acquired Cloudmeter, Inc., a provider of network data capture technologies. The...

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Stonesoft and Tufin deliver integrated security management

The cyber security expert Stonesoft, a McAfee Group Company, and Tufin Technologies, the market...

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Graduates lack big data skills, say UK boardrooms

Almost three-quarters (72%) of UK firms believe that graduates lack the necessary skills to analyse...

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Akamai EMEA announces strategic appointments

Akamai Technologies has made a number of high level strategic appointments to its EMEA management...

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Videos

Matt Wilkins, Global Director of Design and Engineering at Colt DCS, explains that data centre operators need ‘controlled flexibility’ now more than ever, as tightened regulatory environments, skills gaps,...
Andy, Data & AI Director at Pax8, explores what the agentic inflection point means in practice and how AI is moving beyond experimentation into real-world application. He breaks down the 'empty box' approach...
Cullen discusses the findings of the company’s recent 2026 SolarWinds State of Monitoring & Observability Report, examining how IT teams are navigating increasingly fragmented hybrid environments, and in...
Luca Simonelli, Senior Vice President Channel & Global Alliances at GCX, explains the move toward converging underlay and overlay models, and how this is shaping unified networking and security delivery. He...

Expert Opinions

By Marcel Reifschneider-Hicker, Associate Director, BCS Consultancy.
Cooling is one of the most expensive operational outlays in data centre operations: reducing its cost and improving Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is therefore one of the primary challenges for data centre...
By Roy Azoulay, Co-founder, Chief Information & AI Officer at Cynomi.