Worldwide Converged Systems revenue increases 8.5%

According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Converged Systems Tracker, the worldwide converged systems market increased revenue 8.5% year over year to $3.1 billion during the fourth quarter of 2015 (4Q15). The market generated 1,547 petabytes of new storage capacity shipments during the...

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Gartner says worldwide IT spending is forecast to decline 0.5 percent in 2016

Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total $3.49 trillion in 2016, a decline of 0.5 percent over 2015 spending of $3.5 trillion, according to Gartner, Inc (see Table 1). This is down from last quarter's forecast of 0.5 percent growth. The change in the forecast is mainly due to currency...

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Bimodal is the future for technology service providers

As digital business transforms buying behaviors, organizations are quickly adopting bimodal strategies and questioning whether service providers can rapidly adapt to their evolving needs, according to Gartner, Inc. Service provider executives and strategists must implement a bimodal...

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Hortonworks and Pivotal expand relationship

Hortonworks and Pivotal have expanded their strategic relationship centered on the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDPTM) and Pivotal HDB®.

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Unsecured vendor access creates the perfect storm for cyber attacks

Vendor Vulnerability study finds an increasing trust and dependence on third-party vendors with...

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The storage industry’s first “fast when full” all-flash performance guarantee?

Also announces new ISE models with 50 per cent more storage capacity.

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Newest OpenStack release reflects project maturity

The 13th release of OpenStack‹Mitaka‹answers the needs of enterprises and service...

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SevOne enhances critical infrastructure insights

Industry’s first platform to correlate end-user experience data with infrastructure performance...

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QA warns we’re operating in the cyber security stone age when it comes to the Internet of Things

As the technology industry prepares to celebrate technical achievements in connecting objects...

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Rackspace delivers Managed Private Cloud Everywhere

Rackspace says that companies can run a fully-managed private cloud in any data centre around...

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C.A. Mobile increases infrastructure flexibility

C.A. Mobile collaborates with Red Hat and Dell to build a scalable infrastructure to help meet...

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Gigamon launches Professional Services Partner Program

Award-winning channel programme adds new revenue streams for VARs and distributors.

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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,...
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Expert Opinions

By Jamie Woodhall, UK Technical and Innovations Manager at Rentokil Specialist Hygiene.
By Rohit Gupta, UK&I Managing Director at Cognizant.
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...