Globally,almost half(46%)of enterprise information is being stored outside of its own datacentre,with 23%stored on the cloud as mobile computing and cloud services go mainstream,according to the State of Information Report 2012 from ...
Tags: Symantec, enterprise data, datacentre, mobile devices, cloud
Existing enterprise mobile device management [MDM] solutions come with "really serious constraints," Westminster Council CIO Ben Goward has told Computing. Speaking at Aditi Technologies' GoCloud 8 conference in London today, Goward said ...
Tags: Ben Goward, MDM, BYOD, Outlook intregration
Enterprise mission-critical applications and workloads are rising, but IT executives are still not confident about running them on public cloud platforms, according to research firm IDC. Mission-critical systems remain at the core of the ...
Tags: public cloud platforms, Mission-critical systems, datacentre, CIOs
The University of Cumbria is looking for a supplier to provide a new managed IT infrastructure service in a six-year deal. In the Official Journal of the European Union tender, the university notes that the contract will be worth between ...
Tags: The University of Cumbria, Cardiff University, e-marketplace, VAT
European carrier-neutral datacentre facility provider Telecity Group has bought Finland-based datacentre operator Academica for €28m (£22.4m). The Academica acquisition provides Telecity with a capacity of 3 megawatts (MW) in ...
Tags: Telecity Group, bought, Academica, carrier-neutral datacentre facility
Oracle has launched a new Infrastructure-as-a-Service(IaaS)offering,a new private cloud product,an updated database and a new iteration of its Exadata server at Oracle World in San Francisco today. Further reading Case Study:Twitter's ...
Tags: Oracle, Infrastructure-as-a-Service offering, Exadata server
Dutch cloud provider McCloud has chosen Amplidata object storage to support its remote backup services,over clustered NAS products from HP and NetApp. McCloud–which spoke to Computer Weekly at SNW Europe in Frankfurt this ...
Tags: Cloud backup, Amplidata object, remote backup services, NAS
German office supplies manufacturer Sigel GmbH used storage virtualisation to improve the performance of its VMware-based virtual servers and its Oracle database systems. Sigel also cut costs with its storage hypervisor technology. ...
Tags: Sigel GmbH, office supplies, virtual servers, Oracle database systems
UK datacentres are unprepared for the massive changes that big data will bring to the enterprises and their IT facilities, a study of 125 senior IT decision makers by Research Now has revealed. While IT executives are clear about the ...
Tags: datacentres, IT facilities, big data, multi-channel service
Fujitsu has announced a partnership with Violin Memory to incorporate the Silicon Valley firm's solid state drives (SSDs) into its storage arrays. The Violin 6000 system will be stocked solely with flash storage, offering a high ...
Tags: Fujitsu, Violin Memory, solid state drives, storage arrays, flash storage
The growing use of virtualisation has really helped many organisations. Not only have the average utilisation rates of servers and storage improved, but the use of applications and other software packaged ready for installation – ...
Tags: servers, storage, applications, software, virtual machines, virtual images
Express mail and logistics provider Crossflight sees cloud storage as positive for well-defined services like CRM and email,but less so for more complex,bespoke applications. The firm expressed the view following a deal with EMC to drive ...
Tags: Crossflight, public cloud, bespoke applications, cloud storage
The UK government's Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme does not help datacentres become more efficient, according to Adriaan Oosthoek (pictured), vice-president of not-for-profit industry association Data Centre ...
Datacentre managers'perception of IT equipment's tolerance to heat and humidity dates back to the 1950s,resulting in a waste of energy resources,according to the Green Grid–a not-for-profit industry consortium for datacentre ...
Tags: the Green Grid, Datacentre managers, perception of IT equipment
Downturn drives renegotiation Position of strength Haggling Change is good Organisations in many sectors seek to renew the terms in their contractual agreements as they adjust to the economic climate. IT outsourcing is going through a ...
Tags: outsourcing contracts, economic downturn, cloud, economic climate