United Utilities gets connected with Fujitsu

United Utilities has tasked Fujitsu with transforming its IT estate. This new partnership highlights a move by United Utilities to invest in a modern IT environment and will see Fujitsu implement a high capacity, scalable and secure data centre environment. This supports its vision of becoming a...

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Movir chooses FlexPod from Proact

Disability insurer Movir recently signed a 3-year contract with Proact for the supply, implementation and management of a converged data center infrastructure solution based on the FlexPod reference architecture. FlexPod is a validated solution from Cisco and NetApp that combines networking,...

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ETSI delivers report on Cloud Computing Standards

The final report from ETSI’s Cloud Standards Coordination initiative was made public on December 11 in Brussels. The report was delivered at an event jointly organized between ETSI and the European Commission attended by over 100 experts from the cloud community.

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BackOffice Associates acquires ENTOTA

Strengthening its position globally, BackOffice Associates has acquired ENTOTA Limited, the largest SAP Data Services consultancy in EMEA. ENTOTA’s industry proven solutions in data migration, information governance, data integration and data warehousing will further enhance BackOffice...

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Minkels launches its UPS system internationally

The R&D department of data centre manufacturer Minkels has extensively tested the thermal usage...

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Why are insurance companies not offering a reduction in premiums to data centres that adhere to best practice

The data centre market has grown significantly over the past ten years but unchecked contamination,...

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Swinton insures itself with Sudlows data centre upgrade

Sudlows has been awarded a new £700,000 contract to deliver a key data centre upgrade to...

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Distil Networks consolidates IT infrastructure

Leader in bot protection reduces costs, simplifies IT management and scales globally to help...

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2014 – the ‘tipping point’ year for Cloud?

Anaplan CEO Fred Laluyaux foresees increased cloud acceptance, collaboration and crowd-sourcing as...

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Siemon launches RouteIT® cable managers for high density cabling systems

Siemon has launched RouteIT®, a new vertical and horizontal cable management system,...

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Capita joins Microsoft’s global Cloud OS Network

Capita IT Services has been named as a UK based company joining Microsoft Corp.’s global...

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Outsourcery joins Microsoft’s Cloud OS Network

Outsourcery plc has joined Microsoft Corporation’s (‘Microsoft’) Cloud OS Network.

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Dell and Red Hat to co-engineer enterprise-grade, OpenStack Private Cloud solutions

Dell and Red Hat collaboration to enable customers worldwide to build and use highly-scalable,...

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Emerson launches Trellis™ Platform Express Edition

New delivery model enables customers to realise the value of DCIM faster.

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Videos

In this video, DCS talks to Octaipipe at the DCA's 10x10 2025
Chris Carreiro, CTO, Park Place Technologies, explains why so many AI ambitions are faltering and how organisations can navigate this complex landscape. Core issues to address include the underestimation of...
Javier Cavada, President & CEO EMEA, Mitsubishi Power, discusses the many energy-related challenges facing the data centre industry as it tries to address the apparently contradictory demands of AI and the...
Daniel Thorpe, JLL's Head of Data Center Research, EMEA, outlines the findings of the company’s new "The Future of Quantum Real Estate" report, which details how quantum computing is emerging as the next...

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