Ahead in the Clouds

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• How data centres are preparing for AI and greater tech responsibility

  - Community Member 21 Feb 2024

In this guest post, Wesley Anastase-Brookes, commercial sales director at colocation company Ark Data Centres, talks about the importance of responding to the surging demand for artificial ...

• Microsoft bans SME resellers from government cloud framework: conspiracy or cock-up?

  - Community Member 24 Nov 2023

Microsoft partners who applied for a place on the government's soon-to-be launched "SME-friendly" Cloud Compute 2 framework are fuming at the news the software giant has banned them from reselling ...

• Ofcom cloud report: Where the CMA should focus its probe into AWS and Microsoft

  - Community Member 12 Oct 2023

In this guest post, Owen Sayers, an enterprise security architect with Secon Solutions, who has 25 years’ experience working within the UK's internet security framework, sets out the areas where he ...

• Six essential skills for system administrators and Infrastructure as Code pros

  06 Oct 2023

In this guest post, Thomas Chisholm, principal training solutions engineer at Puppet by Perforce, details the six essential skills that Infrastructure-as-Code professionals need in 2023  In the ...

• Infrastructure-as-Code in 2023: What enterprises need to know

  31 Jul 2023

In this guest post, Tom Chisholm, principal training solutions engineer at IT automation software provider Puppet by Perforce, sets out what enterprise IT leaders need to know about ...

• Do batteries pose a fire risk to datacentres?

  12 Jul 2023

In this guest post, Jack Pearce, CEO of green critical power systems manufacturer Active Power, outlines the risks involved with using battery-based power in datacentres A datacentre ...

• Keeping cloud costs in check

  31 May 2023

In this guest post, Doug Ko, director of product marketing at container monitoring software company Sysdig, provides some guidance on what enterprises can do to keep their cloud costs in check ...

• Cloud costs: You cannot manage what you cannot see

  31 May 2023

In this guest post, Doug Ko, director of product marketing at container monitoring software company Sysdig, provides some guidance on what enterprises can do to keep their cloud costs in check ...

• Where did it all go wrong for the UK’s home-grown tech suppliers?

  09 Mar 2023

In this guest post, Karsten Smet, CEO at distribution company ACI Group, examines the parallels between the demise of the UK's home-grown cloud providers and the challenges facing the country's ...

• The capabilities of cloud computing in 2023

  22 Feb 2023

In this guest post, Helen Kelisky, managing director for Google Cloud in the UK and Ireland, sets out several key trends in the world of cloud that she predicts will play out in 2023 Throughout ...

• West London datacentres: What can be done to ease the pressure on the grid?

  11 Aug 2022

In this guest post, Ian Shearer, managing director for Asia-Pacific and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Park Place Technologies, weighs in on what can be done to reduce the impact that ...

• Grid stability and the risk it poses to the retail sector and its datacentres

  09 Jun 2022

In this guest post, Simon Brady, services channel business development manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa at datacentre equipment manufacturer Vertiv, outlines the challenges retailers face ...

• The challenges of trying to win business through G-Cloud

  26 May 2022

In this guest post, Ross McCaw, CEO and founder of internal communications-enabling platform OurPeople airs his personal take on the challenges his firm has experienced when trying to lockdown ...

• Why combining datacentre monitoring with computational fluid dynamics tech makes good sense

  05 Apr 2022

In this guest post, Mark Fenton, product manager at datacentre software visualisation provider Future Facilities, sets out why mixing monitoring and computational fluid dynamics technologies could ...

• Digital Cleanup Day: It's time to take out the digital trash

  18 Mar 2022

In this guest post, Yann Lechelle, CEO of French cloud provider Scaleway, sets out the steps consumers and businesses can take to reduce the environmental impact of their digital activities, ahead ...