Data Centers Reports

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.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 28 Jan 2020

WHITE PAPER: Third-party maintenance can give back control of your equipment life cycle, reduce long-term maintenance costs, and help maximize data center investments. Inside, learn how to accurately weigh the pros and cons of switching away from traditional OEM support.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 23 Jan 2020

EZINE: Software robots are being used by more than 20 local authorities in Sweden to carry out repetitive tasks previously done manually, such as document and data checks, freeing up social workers to make life-changing decisions for the needy.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 14 Nov 2019

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.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 22 Oct 2019

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.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 22 Oct 2019

PODCAST: In this episode, we look at NHS transformation, IR35 tax reforms, and using digital tech for staff training.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Premiered: Feb 19, 2019

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, we'll take a close look at how the European colocation market is performing as a whole, as well as looking ahead to some of the challenges the sector's biggest players face when it comes to ensuring the growth they have enjoyed in recent years continues despite the instability caused by political, environmental and economic events.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 14 Oct 2019

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we announce our annual list of the 50 most influential women in UK technology. Meet the winner, Debbie Forster, CEO of Tech Talent Charter, and find out who are this year's five rising stars. Also, our latest buyer's guide looks at the latest developments in robotic process automation. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 01 Oct 2019

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we examine the impact of climate change on datacentres as potential victims and contributors to the problem. We look at the rise of voice channels and how IT leaders can use the technology for better customer experience. And we ask what lessons must be learned from Ecuador's citizens' data breach. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 24 Sep 2019

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.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 12 Sep 2019

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, discover how the Nordic tech startup scene could rival the US's Silicon Valley. We also take a close look at some of the hubs on offer, with features on Google's investment in Finland, Sweden's hubs in Stockholm and Malmo, as well as Denmark's capital Copenhagen. And don't forget Norway, who's on a mission to rival its neighbours.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 22 Aug 2019

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

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 19 Aug 2019

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, we take a look at some of the outside influences that could potentially impact on datacentre power and management costs in the years to come, while also taking a closer look at some of the latest thinking and best practices around datacentre energy efficiency and cooling today.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 29 May 2019

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we find out how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is managing digital innovation. We look at Anthos, Google's new multicloud platform. And we report from the NCSC cyber security conference where experts discussed the lessons learned from recent high-profile attacks. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 03 May 2019

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we visit the new campus of Chinese networking supplier Huawei, to find out what the firm thinks of the controversy raging about the security of its products. Our latest buyer's guide examines storage optimisation technologies. And we look at the latest developments for technology in schools. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 30 Apr 2019

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.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 23 Apr 2019

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we examine how the Crown Prosecution Service is helping to digitally transform the UK justice system. We report from Google's cloud conference on the firm's plans to expand its presence in enterprise IT. And we look at the opportunities and challenges of using AI in the education sector. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 16 Apr 2019

EGUIDE: T-Systems, the IT services arm of Deutsche Telekom, claims to have completed the world's largest datacentre rationalisation project, which has seen the number of facilities it operates drop from 89 to 13.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 21 Mar 2019

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, we take a look at some of the latest thinking and trends around datacentre design, while shining a light on the differing approaches organisations take to ensure their server farms remain up and running, and can withstand all the compute demands expected of them.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 01 Mar 2019

EGUIDE: There is nothing like a datacentre outage to highlight just how reliant the digital economy is on these facilities, with the 2018 news cycle dominated by tales of server rooms going awry and causing mass disruption to end users across the globe. Here's a look back over Computer Weekly's top 10 datacentre stories of 2018.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 09 Jan 2019

EZINE: Dutch military intelligence have released a lot of details about the attempted to hack into the networks of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 13 Dec 2018

EZINE: Given the controversy surrounding some recent elections and fears of interference by foreign actors, it is hardly surprising that the Swedish government is seeking support from the IT sector as it attempts to guarantee elections remain trustworthy.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 16 Nov 2018

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, we take a closer look at how the major cloud providers are making it possible for their users to shift their datacentre-based applications and workloads to the cloud, as enterprise demand for hybrid deployments continues to soar.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 12 Nov 2018

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.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 28 Aug 2018

EZINE: The potential benefits of 5G are certainly promising in Australia, which is seen as a test bed for 5G services with the country's dense cities and wide open spaces. In this edition of CW ANZ, we look at how Australia is ushering in 5G services and the industries that will get the most out of the technology. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 09 Aug 2018