Rackspace launches Big Data Solution and Managed Support for ApacheTM Hadoop®

Rackspace® Hosting is announcing the availability of the Hortonworks Data Platform powered by Apache Hadoop in both the managed hosting environment and the Rackspace public cloud. Customers can choose the right environment to host their Big Data solutions, and take advantage of a hybrid cloud...

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MapR Technologies integrates security into Hadoop

Latest release brings native authentication to the majority of Hadoop users via easy-to-use, strong authentication.

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Carrenza offers DRaaS to Oracle users in partnership with Explorer UK

Carrenza Limited has announced the introduction of a new disaster recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) offering, aimed specifically at businesses running Oracle-based platforms.  

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Mirrored-system approach to provide high availability and scalable storage for company expansion

Dataoppdrag AS continues its preferred option of using open source-based technology while...

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HP helps Barnwell School improve the learning experience

Barnwell makes the classrooms of the future a reality with HP infrastructure.

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Wind River enhances carrier grade virtualization software for NFV

Latest version of the open source, real-time virtualization software from Wind River offers...

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Cloud Computing provides competitive advantage

IBM has announced that organizations gaining competitive advantage through high cloud adoption are...

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Heavy Clouds need optimising for ISV growth

The shift away from on premise towards cloud computing continues unabated. Yet while the business...

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Toshiba America Nuclear Energy moves to the Cloud

To maintain highly safe and reliable operations, organizations in the nuclear energy sector face a...

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Videos

Data Centre World 2026
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...
Phylip Morgan, Senior Vice President, Marketplace & Channel Expansion at Pax8, explores the shift from Managed Service Providers to Managed Intelligence Providers and what it means for the future of the...
Drew Gravitt is Senior Director of Distributed Generation & Microgrid Sales at Mission Critical Group (MCG) explains how the demand for data centres is surging due to AI and digital services and how this is...

Expert Opinions

As UK data centre capacity continues to expand, ensuring electrical resilience under fire conditions is an important design priority. Fire protection enclosures play a vital role in maintaining circuit...
By Michael Poto - Product Manager - Global Chilled Water Systems at Vertiv.
Researchers developed a system that intelligently balances workloads to improve the efficiency of flash storage hardware in a data center.
By Marcel Reifschneider-Hicker, Associate Director, BCS Consultancy.