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BT signs contract with Ark Data Centres

BT has selected Ark Data Centres Limited as a new UK data centre supplier and is adding Ark’s sites in the south of England to its BT Compute portfolio to meet the growing demand for sustainable and compliant cloud-based services. Under the multi-year contract, BT will use Ark’s state-of-the-art data centres to develop new managed cloud services for organisations where enhanced security is paramount; such as central and local government, defence and security, police and health.

Ten steps towards an optimal IT infrastructure

What makes up the physical infrastructure of a data centre? How do you go about selecting the optimal system components? And what service aspects and services are available? The answers to these fundamental questions can be found in the new White Paper by Rittal, solution provider for IT infrastructures, and Reichle & De-Massari AG (R&M), manufacturer and provider of cabling solutions for high-performance data centre networks.

Ark Data Centres appointsJonathan Evans Lord Evans of Weardale as Non-Executive Director

Ark Data Centres has appointed Jonathan Evans, Lord Evans of Weardale as a new Non-Executive Director for the company. The ex-Director-General of the Security Service (MI5), Lord Evans will be replacing Baroness Manningham-Buller who has begun her new role with The Wellcome Trust after three years' of serving on Ark Data Centres' Board of Directors.

Bidvest Foodservice chooses Fujitsu to overhaul and manage its IT infrastructure

Contract extension sees Fujitsu partner with the food wholesaler to modernise and streamline its IT to help deliver a better experience for its users and customers.

Windows 10 available in 190 countries as a free upgrade

HP launches Enterprise Services for Windows 10  

HP has announced the availability of a full suite of Windows 10 services designed to help enterprises control costs while expediting the move to the new Microsoft operating system.