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CW Nordics - November 2021-January 2022: Could Iceland be the best place in the world for HPC?
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
Most of Iceland’s cheap, sustainable energy is used by aluminium smelters, but the country's Landsvirkjun power company is now promoting other uses for it, including high-performance computing. Also read in this issue how IoT collaboration in Norway is reaching beyond industries such as mining and shipping to include fish farming.
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8 green computing best practices for a more sustainable data center
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
Making a data center more environmentally friendly starts with studying your facility's use of power and other resources and identifying potential changes that can make a difference in the usage levels. That can include various steps, such as replacing inefficient technology assets with newer ones or partnering with green IT vendors to help you create a more sustainable data center.
The overall amount of energy used in data centers is massive: the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimated that data centers used up to 1.3% of the electricity consumed worldwide in 2021.
Here are eight green computing practices you can implement to make your data center more energy-efficient and sustainable, with both environmental and business benefits.
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APAC enterprises are reducing their datacentre footprint
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
Enterprises across the Asia-Pacific region are planning to reduce their datacentre footprint, relying instead on colocation facilities to improve IT efficiency and connectivity to the growing number of cloud-based services that they have come to rely on.
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What will a quantum datacentre look like?
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Infographic
IBM has updated its quantum computing roadmap to reflect how quantum processors, central processing units (CPUs) and graphics processing units (GPUs) will be woven into a compute fabric capable of solving computationally complex problems. Understand why this impacts both hardware installation and software.
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Infographic: 2019 Europe IT Priorities - Datacentre
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
In this infographic, we take a look at what technological elements of the datacentre are expected to be the most important in 2019, the most popular datacentre projects and which technologies and services are being deployed. Survey results taken from the 2019 IT Priorities survey carried out by ComputerWeekly.com, ComputerWeekly.de and LeMagIT.fr.
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Prefabricated and Micro Datacentres: The Essential Guide
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
As debate continues to rage about what role private, enterprise-owned datacentres will play in firms' IT strategies in the years to come, what is becoming clear is that they type of facilities companies rely on are sure to change in line with their evolving business needs.
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5 benefits and challenges of DCI
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
Data center interconnect, or DCI, is technology that links two or more data centers together so they can share resources. DCI technology offers many options and reacts differently with other areas of networking. This e-guide explores the benefits and challenges of DCI, as well as how it interacts with other technologies.
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Converged infrastructure: Essential guide
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
In this guide, we take a deep-dive into the benefits of converged infrastructure and find out why this is an area of hardware spend CIOs are increasingly turning their attention to, with a view to investing more of their IT budgets in.
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11 key considerations prior to a data center upgrade
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
The key to smooth, successful and meaningful data center upgrades is preparation. Know the goals and the path to each goal, and meet the roadblocks along the way to bring huge benefits to the upgrade process. In this e-guide, learn the 11 key steps you must take to ensure neat migrations, good availability, continued security and limited downtime.
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Hybrid IT: ASEAN firms shift to agile infrastructure
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
In this e-guide, read about hybrid IT's growing mindshare in ASEAN, Red Hat's hybrid cloud container push and what you need to consider when buying hyper-converged infrastructure systems.
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Colocation vs Cloud: Weighing up the enterprise options
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
In this e-guide, we'll share case studies from companies who have gone down the colocation route, and take a look at some of the latest developments to affect this part of the wider datacentre market.
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Datacentre Management
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
In this e-guide, we've pulled together some of the latest thinking on good datacentre management practice, while shining a light on the tools and technologies that are on the market (or in the pipeline) that can help enterprises run their facilities with greater ease and agility.
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CW ASEAN: Preparing for 5G
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
As telcos gear up to roll out the first 5G networks, enterprises are keen to see how they can take advantage of faster 5G networks to support a broad range of applications. In this edition of CW ASEAN, we look at how enterprises in ASEAN are readying themselves for 5G to take advantage of the new technology. Read the issue now.
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A Computer Weekly buyer's guide to datacentre cooling
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
Effective cooling methods are essential for the running of the datacentre. In this 16-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at how to power them efficiently, the potential of a shift to liquid cooling systems and the most cost-effective methods of datacentre cooling.
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Demystifying storage performance metrics
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
We walk you through the key storage metrics you need to know about, look at how storage array makers present them in their product literature, and how to decode IOPS, latency and read/write performance figures.
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Nordics are leading the datacentre revolution
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
The Nordic region has space, access to renewable energy, a cool climate and a well-educated workforce. All these things make it a great place to build a datacentre. Read in this e-guide how the Nordic region is leading the datacentre revolution.
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Amsterdam datacentre industry at a moment of reckoning
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
The Netherlands is a fast growing datacentre location, as you can also read in this e-guide, and these constructions are taking up a lot of space and putting pressure on the local electricity grid. Read more about this and more in this e-guide.
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Server Virtualisation: Why it rules the roost
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
In this e-guide, we take a closer look at server virtualization in the enterprise, and find out why it remains such an important process for datacentre operators to go through.
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Essential Guide: Securing hybrid IT infrastructure
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Essential Guide
In this essential guide, we examine the key security considerations for infrastructure, networks, data and hybrid cloud.
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Case study: Using pre-fab datacentres to meet Norway's growing demand for colocation space
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
Datacentre operator Green Mountain embraces Schneider Electric's pre-fabricated datacentre designs to ensure it is positioned to respond to the growing demand from the hyperscale and HPC communities for colocation capacity in Norway
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Computer Weekly 5 February 2019: Technologies to support deep learning
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
In this week's Computer Weekly, we look at the technologies needed to support deep learning and AI applications in your organisation. We hear about Southern Water's data management overhaul and the benefits achieved from centralising its data team. And we examine best practice in managing large-scale Docker implementations. Read the issue now.
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It's hyper converged-with-everything in today's datacentre
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
In this e-guide we look at the key hyper-converged vendors and their products, as well as hyper-converged tailored to disaster recovery, backup, cloud functionality, and the software-defined hyper-converged products available.
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A Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide to Converged Infrastructure
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eBook
In this 13-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at how the technology cuts the numbers of discrete skills and associated costs while demanding that those who remain retrain to ensure they know how to manage all parts of the stack – and the organisation implements it with care and an understanding of the risks.
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CW Europe September 2019: Netherlands authorities halt datacentre construction and call for a policy rethink
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
The Netherlands has for years attracted datacentre investment and has seen major construction projects. Amsterdam alone has 33 datacentres within a radius of 20km. So when the local authority in Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer called an immediate halt to datacentre construction, it was a shock.
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Computer Weekly – 26 September 2023: Preparing for post-quantum cryptography
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
In this week's Computer Weekly, our latest buyer's guide assesses the challenges for cryptography in the emerging era of quantum computing. Google Cloud experts explain how the internet giant is preparing its datacentres for a world of AI. And we examine the privacy, compliance and backup issues from generative AI. Read the issue now.
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33-page E-guide: Datacentres of tomorrow
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
In this e-guide, we take a look at some of the technologies that are being widely-tipped to become a mainstay of datacentres in the future. At the same time, it also touches upon some of the new and emerging technologies that look set to shake-up the way datacentres are managed, monitored, powered and cooled as well.
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Computer Weekly - 18 May 2021: The real-life consequences of ransomware attacks
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
In this week's Computer Weekly, after a ransomware attack shut a major US oil pipeline, we examine the real-life consequences for organisations facing similar threats. We ask the experts for their top tips in reducing datacentre running costs. And we hear how data science skills are helping government make better decisions. Read the issue now.
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A Computer Weekly buyer's guide to edge datacentres
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eBook
Edge datacentres seem set for a post-pandemic resurgence. In this 17-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at what makes them such an appealing option, the role infrastructure as code has to play and what's driving company adoption.
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CW APAC: Expert advice on hybrid cloud
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
In this handbook on the adoption of hybrid cloud in Asia-Pacific, Computer Weekly looks at what's holding businesses back from making effective use of hybrid cloud.
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CW APAC – Trend Watch: Datacentres
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
Sustainability targets are becoming more pertinent than ever. In this handbook, focused on datacentres in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at how firms are approaching the topic, why STT GDC is building its largest datacentre in the Philippines, OVHCloud's India project and the impact of generative AI.
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A Computer Weekly buyer's guide to sustainable datacentres
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Essential Guide
There is a growing need for datacentres to adapt to modern demands. In this 19-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at the new ideas coming from IT leaders looking to revamp datacentres, the importance of water usage in sustainability plans and the role uninterruptible power supplies have to play in decarbonisation
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A Computer Weekly buyer's guide to sustainable datacentres
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
There is a growing need for datacentres to adapt to modern demands. In this 19-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at the new ideas coming from IT leaders looking to revamp datacentres, the importance of water usage in sustainability plans and the role uninterruptible power supplies have to play in decarbonisation.
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Your guide to boosting your datacentre's environmental friendliness
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
In this e-guide, we take a closer look at how the datacentre sector is taking steps to boost its environmental friendliness, and why.
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Computer Weekly – 28 November 2023: Datacentres or green belt? Why the UK has to choose
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
In this week's Computer Weekly, we examine the minefield around datacentre planning permission across the UK, after government blocked a major development next to the M25. The metaverse is making inroads into the industrial world – is this the real future for the technology? And we analyse the trends changing the app market. Read the issue now.
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Converged infrastructure in 2021: Next-generation datacentre designs
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
In this e-guide: Simplifying the deployment and management of datacentre hardware systems is one of the main draws of converged and hyper-converged infrastructure setups for enterprises.
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CW Europe - June-August 2022: Russia escalates cyber war on Ukraine
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
Microsoft has given details of cyber attacks on Ukrainian civilian communications, nuclear safety authorities, and the exploitation of the destruction of Mariupol in a phishing campaign.
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Computer Weekly – 27 April 2021: Justice at last in Post Office IT scandal
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
In this week's Computer Weekly, 12 years after we broke the story, victims of the Post Office IT scandal finally have their criminal convictions overturned. We take a virtual tour of a Microsoft datacentre and meet a server called 'Mega-Godzilla Beast'. And we find out how technology is transforming Nationwide Building Society. Read the issue now.
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Defining the datacentre needs of 21st century enterprises
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
This guide is designed to provide IT leaders with some insight into how their peers are addressing current problems through the use of cloud and colocation, and shine a light on how the analyst community sees the role of the datacentre changing over time.
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Computer Weekly 18 August 2020: How Covid-19 elevated the datacentre
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
In this week's Computer Weekly, we examine how datacentres and their workers became part of our critical national infrastructure due to the pandemic. Firms considering upgrading to SAP S/4 Hana face hefty bills – we look at how to keep costs down. And we analyse the increasing rate of applications being migrated to the cloud. Read the issue now.
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Computer Weekly 18 August 2020: How Covid-19 elevated the datacentre
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
In this week's Computer Weekly, we examine how datacentres and their workers became part of our critical national infrastructure due to the pandemic. Firms considering upgrading to SAP S/4 Hana face hefty bills – we look at how to keep costs down. And we analyse the increasing rate of applications being migrated to the cloud. Read the issue now.
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CW Europe - June-August 2021: Amsterdam reins back datacentre developments over environmental concerns
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
The construction of datacentres in the Netherlands' Amsterdam region has accelerated at such a pace that their demands for electricity are causing concern, prompting city authorities and datacentre operator to open a dialogue about sustainable datacentre industry expansion.
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Top 10 datacentre stories of 2019
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
The demand from the hyperscale cloud and internet companies for colocation capacity continued to cast a long shadow over the datacentre sector in 2019, and served to ensure a number of the trends that have influenced the news cycle in previous years continued to play out. Here's a look back over Computer Weekly's top 10 datacentre stories of 2019.
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All-Flash: The Essential Guide
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
This guide offers a comprehensive survey of the all-flash array market. We look at all-flash products from the big six storage vendors and the startups and specialists. Plus, we give the lowdown on all-flash vs hybrid flash arrays and all-flash vs server-side PCIe SSD.
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Computer Weekly – 7 March 2017: Industrial control systems pose big risk to security
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
In this week's Computer Weekly, we examine the risks to national infrastructure from vulnerabilities in industrial control systems. DevOps is growing in popularity – we find out about the organisational, process and cultural approaches to make it succeed. And we ask CIOs how they are becoming hybrid IT and digital leaders. Read the issue now.
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Computer Weekly – 1 August 2017: The fields of Athenry – how Apple's datacentre plans are causing turmoil in a small Irish town
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
In this week's Computer Weekly, we look into Apple's controversial plans to build a huge datacentre in a small town in the west of Ireland, and the local arguments it has caused. We find out how the Met Office is managing its vast quantities of weather data. And we examine Google plans to bring AI to the recruitment market. Read the issue now.
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Calculating ROI of DCIM Monitoring for Distributed IT Sites
By: Schneider Electric
Type: White Paper
In this white paper, discover a framework and a tool for quantifying DCIM value to help justify investment in DCIM monitoring and alarming functions.
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Top 10 datacentre stories of 2021
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eBook
The 2021 datacentre news cycle has been dominated by stories about how demand for hyperscale datacentre capacity is continuing to boom, while market watchers grow increasingly concerned about how all this growth is affecting the environment. With this in mind, here's a look back over Computer Weekly's top 10 datacentre stories of 2021.
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How Covid-19 is affecting the colocation market
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
This e-guide shares details of some of the latest trends and thinking in colocation, while also shining a light on how datacentre operators are rushing to meet the soaring demand for compute capacity they are seeing both from enterprises and hyperscale cloud firms.
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How Modern DCIM Helps Multi-Tenant Colocation Data Centers
By: Schneider Electric
Type: White Paper
In this white paper, explore practical examples of how modern commercial DCIM software makes colocation data center operations more competitive by improving resiliency, security, environmental sustainability, transparency, and operational efficiency.
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Computer Weekly – 16 August 2022: Broadband reaches for the stars – the new space race
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
In this week's Computer Weekly, we look at the latest space race, as satellite firms compete to provide high-speed connectivity. Is the datacentre sector hindering house building in the UK? We find out what's really going on. And we talk to the IT director of the Mercedes Formula One team about how data helps to win races. Read the issue now.
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Computer Weekly - 5 April 2022: Police use of AI needs overhaul to prevent abuse
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
In this week's Computer Weekly, a House of Lords inquiry calls for a rethink on how police forces use AI technologies – we examine the issues. Our new buyer's guide looks into edge datacentres. And the EU and US agree a new data protection deal to replace Privacy Shield, but will it stand up to scrutiny? Read the issue now.