Converged infrastructure
The converged infrastructure concept is finding favour with enterprises that want to move away from the traditional, horizontal datacentre hardware silos, and cut the time it takes to kit out their facilities. In a converged infrastructure stack, the required servers, storage and networking equipment are all packaged together in a single, software-defined package, which is usually optimised to run a specific workload or application.
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News
28 Mar 2023
BNP Paribas moves to Swedish datacentre in high-performance computing strategy
BNP Paribas is moving data-intensive workloads to a Swedish datacentre to increase capacity while reducing its carbon footprint Continue Reading
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News
27 Sep 2021
Private equity cash fuels Nordic datacentre growth
Private equity companies are betting on the Nordic datacentre sector as demand for services in the region accelerates Continue Reading
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23 Apr 2024
DPU 101
We look at data processing units – what they are, what they do, and who supplies them. Continue Reading
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News
17 Apr 2024
VMware’s APAC customers weigh in on licensing changes
VMware customers in the region are concerned about higher costs even as they see the benefits of subscription-based pricing and product bundling in the longer term Continue Reading
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News
25 Mar 2024
IBM enhances network IT automation capabilities with Pliant acquisition
Tech giant makes strategic purchase to further boost software networking capabilities, offering customers the tools to enable network infrastructure observability, connectivity, control and automation across hybrid cloud environments Continue Reading
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19 Mar 2024
How to improve IT sustainability
With every business function being asked to reduce their carbon footprint, we look at ways to achieve greener IT operations. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Mar 2024
Tips to improve IT sustainability
With every business function being asked to look closely at their carbon footprint, we look at ways to achieve greener IT operations Continue Reading
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News
13 Mar 2024
VMware/Broadcom: Should you consider the Nutanix hypervisor?
Nutanix’s latesting quarterly filing shows the company is benefiting from the fallout following Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Mar 2024
A better way to manage hybrid or multicloud deployments
Cloud-native strategies notwithstanding, workloads running on-premise or in private clouds will continue to present management challenges Continue Reading
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News
05 Mar 2024
Dutch organisations start building a federated European cloud
The ‘European cloud services in an open federated ecosystem’ (ECOFED) project is co-funded by the Dutch government and will run from 2024 to 2027 Continue Reading
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27 Feb 2024
Tracking the change in enterprise attitudes to hybrid cloud
Hybrid cloud deployments are poised to become even more prevalent in the enterprise as public cloud fails to live up to the hype on cost savings Continue Reading
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News
26 Feb 2024
Storage and backup spend in 2024 targets risk and resilience
The TechTarget and ESG spending intentions survey finds big bias towards averting risk and building organisational resilience, but on-premise storage a significant planned outlay Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Feb 2024
Tracking the change in enterprise attitudes to hybrid cloud
Hybrid cloud deployments are poised to become even more prevalent in the enterprise as public cloud fails to live up to the hype on cost savings Continue Reading
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News
21 Feb 2024
IT leaders are finding the right balance between on-premise and cloud
Survey shows that fewer IT leaders are prioritising workload migration, which suggests they are happy with their deployment plans Continue Reading
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Opinion
28 Nov 2023
Uncertainty lingers with Broadcom’s VMware acquisition
Large enterprises with complex VMware environments are looking to de-risk their businesses from potential changes resulting from the Broadcom-VMware deal Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Nov 2023
DPU 101: What are DPUs, what do they do, and who supplies them?
We look at data processing units, the latest in a line of hardware offload devices that emerged in the era of composable infrastructure. They come as hardware and even in the cloud Continue Reading
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News
07 Nov 2023
VMware consolidates AI push at Explore in Barcelona
VMware’s vision is of ‘cloud smart’ enterprises that run on-premise, in multiclouds and in the ‘edge cloud’, with secure and compliant generative AI fuelling efficient business processes Continue Reading
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News
24 Oct 2023
NetApp ‘unified storage’ adds new ASA block storage at Insight
Las Vegas event sees NetApp continue its evolution to hybrid cloud and data management player announce ASA C-series and Keystone and Kubernetes storage enhancements Continue Reading
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News
23 Oct 2023
Dell updates PowerStore, PowerMax and PowerFlex storage
Dell storage upgrades include improved AIOps, lower energy usage, real-time HA failover, seamless hardware replacement, and enhancements to take advantage of DPU acceleration Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Oct 2023
NetApp: NAS pioneer well set for the cloud revolution
In this storage profile, we look at NetApp, which built a reputation in file access storage but seems to be set fair to navigate a future of hybrid cloud, cloud-native and containerisation Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Oct 2023
Will computational storage meet data processing demands?
Computational storage promises performance for workloads that can benefit from dedicated oomph, but it’s not a cure-all. It may come at a cost, and with added application complexity Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Sep 2023
IBM reorients to offset historic storage hardware decline
Storage profile: We look at IBM and the strategic shifts it has made towards the cloud, cloud-native and as-a-service offerings that aim to reverse a long-term decline in revenues Continue Reading
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News
26 Sep 2023
Kubernetes storage: It’s object or nothing for MinIO
SAN and NAS are finished in the age of the cloud when it comes to cloud-native Kubernetes storage, according to container-focused object storage maker MinIO Continue Reading
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E-Zine
14 Sep 2023
CW APAC – Trend Watch: Datacentre sustainability
Sustainability targets are becoming more pertinent than ever. In this handbook, focused on datacentres in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at how firms are approaching the topic, why STT GDC is building its largest datacentre in the Philippines, OVHCloud’s India project and the impact of generative AI. Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2023
Simplyblock targets ‘complex’ Ceph with software-defined NVMe
German startup Simplyblock aims to deliver low-cost high-performance flash and NVMe-over-TCP storage for service provider customers, and has Ceph deployments in its sights Continue Reading
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News
15 Aug 2023
Nutanix GPT-in-a-Box aims hyper-converged at AI/ML use cases
Nutanix targets a pre-configured bundle of AI/ML and GPT software with hyper-converged infrastructure and GPT to help organisations safely take advantage of learning networks Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Aug 2023
Huawei a big storage hitter despite international troubles
Huawei is a leading storage player with an enterprise product offer across file, block and object storage, and the cloud, despite controversy and trading difficulties Continue Reading
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News
13 Jul 2023
Nutanix eyes PaaS services with Project Beacon
Nutanix is extending its reach higher up the software stack with Project Beacon, a multi-year effort to deliver PaaS services across distributed environments Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Jun 2023
Hitachi Vantara: Small part of a big corp and analytics focus
We look at Hitachi Vantara, its storage, its cloud offer, the workloads it targets, and its efforts in containerisation and consumption models of storage purchasing Continue Reading
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News
31 May 2023
Generative AI boosts HPE Q2 earnings
The hype around generative AI appears to be working – at least for HPE, according to the company’s second-quarter earnings Continue Reading
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News
23 May 2023
Aston Martin gets F1 pole position with NetApp storage
AMF1 race team tracks hundreds of car sensor metrics for raceday and post-event analysis that has seen it surge forward in recent Formula One rankings with NetApp NVMe storage Continue Reading
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News
21 Apr 2023
Prepare for hybrid cloud headaches
IT will often need to run different workloads on-premise or in multiple cloud environments Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Apr 2023
Are tech vendors pulling their weight on fixing fragmented IT?
Many organisations have silo’d data and fragmented IT systems, but how much of this is due to the actions of IT vendors? Do vendors too often chase a quick buck, selling point solutions that don’t ... Continue Reading
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News
28 Mar 2023
IBM Storage launched with backup appliance plan
Prosaically named brand will replace Spectrum products, while IBM rationalises offer for AI/ML, hybrid cloud and malware, which it sees as the backdrop to contemporary IT Continue Reading
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News
28 Mar 2023
BNP Paribas moves to Swedish datacentre in high-performance computing strategy
BNP Paribas is moving data-intensive workloads to a Swedish datacentre to increase capacity while reducing its carbon footprint Continue Reading
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News
14 Mar 2023
BT helps Channel 4 and ITV take Freeview content to the cloud
Multiplex broadcast consortium Digital 3&4 has ditched its legacy hardware for a software-defined networking setup that will revamp how it delivers Freeview content to viewers Continue Reading
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News
20 Dec 2022
Top 10 emerging storage trends stories of 2022
There’s a seismic shift to the cloud. In its wake, object storage, unstructured data, analytics, unified file and object, and consumption models of procurement have all been boosted Continue Reading
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News
22 Nov 2022
Pure aims at near bare metal I/O with Portworx PX-Fast
PX-Fast is driven by customer need for scale and high performance in containerised environments and sees reworking of Portworx data architecture to slash storage access time Continue Reading
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News
03 Oct 2022
StorPool takes its software-defined storage to the AWS cloud
Software-defined storage and block access specialist to offer its product on high-performance AWS bare metal and memory-intensive compute, while claiming improved latency Continue Reading
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News
07 Sep 2022
VMware’s vSAN 8 gets a rebuild for the solid-state storage era
At VMware Explore 2022, we interview VMware’s John Gilmartin about the new, faster vSAN, plans to use DPUs, the vSAN+ cloud offering, and VMware Ransomware Recovery Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Aug 2022
Icelandic datacentres may lead the way to green IT
Iceland may soon become even more attractive to companies wanting to minimise their carbon footprint while using high-performance computing services Continue Reading
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News
08 Aug 2022
Internet giants in favour as Ireland tightens rules on datacentres
Irish premier Michael Martin has insisted its temporary squeeze on datacentre construction is not a moratorium on the industry Continue Reading
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News
02 Aug 2022
VMware CEO defends Broadcom deal
Raghu Raghuram is confident that Broadcom will invest in growing VMware through a broad portfolio of assets that will serve its entire customer base, not just its biggest customers Continue Reading
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News
29 Jul 2022
‘We must do better’ says Gelsinger on Intel’s latest results
Chipmaker has reported a massive decline across its major business divisions Continue Reading
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News
28 Jun 2022
HPE Discover: GreenLake grows new features and customer base
Tech giant HPE has used its annual user and partner conference to announce the roll-out of a series of enhancements to its flagship GreenLake as-a-service offering Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Jun 2022
Unified file and object storage: Three suppliers and their approaches
We look at unified file and object storage products from NetApp, Pure Storage and Scality, the differences, the workloads aimed at, and how unified they actually are Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Apr 2022
The role of infrastructure as code in edge datacentre computing
As datacentre computing is pushed to the edge of the organisation’s network, IT has to address the overheads associated with remote server management Continue Reading
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News
04 Apr 2022
Environmental campaigners halt Meta datacentre construction in the Netherlands
Datacentre being built to serve ‘metaverse’ worlds would consume nearly half as much energy as all other datacentres in the country Continue Reading
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News
30 Mar 2022
Executive interview: Rajiv Ramaswami, CEO, Nutanix
We speak to the CEO of Nutanix about growing up in India, the switch from engineering to business leader, and mentoring Continue Reading
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News
28 Mar 2022
Public cloud giants fuel double-digit growth in datacentre hardware and software spend
Research reveals how the datacentre buildout plans of the public cloud giants are affecting hardware and software spend Continue Reading
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News
22 Mar 2022
NetApp Cloud Insights gets AI monitoring and ransomware detection
Cloud Insights adds artificial intelligence-based continuous audit and monitoring of entire IT estate and generates impact assessments from performance events, plus anomaly alerting for ransomware Continue Reading
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News
22 Mar 2022
BMW Group adopts HPE GreenLake to improve data management
HPE GreenLake will enable the vehicle manufacturer to provide a unified cloud for data management Continue Reading
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News
21 Mar 2022
Siloed data holding back coordinated health responses
Digital health experts discuss the role of data in coordinating the NHS’s pandemic response and how managing privacy and governance issues are key to further success Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Mar 2022
Software firm saves storage array costs with Nutanix hyper-converged
Banking SaaS provider Vialink needed more IOPS when its NetApp arrays slowed up, but Nutanix hyper-converged proved a better package than Pure Storage and Dell EMC, too Continue Reading
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Opinion
25 Feb 2022
Server virtualisation is far from dead
Server virtualisation must be looked upon with an expanded and fresh perspective amid the growing adoption of containers and Kubernetes. Here are seven server virtualisation trends to watch Continue Reading
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News
07 Feb 2022
CIO interview: Brian Roche, director of IT, George Best Belfast City Airport
Data analytics, the internet of things and open source software are central to the Northern Irish airport’s aim to create a seamless, tech-enabled journey for passengers Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Jan 2022
Hybrid cloud storage: Options for rearchitecting enterprise IT
Hybrid cloud is seen as a way to have the best of both the on-premise and public cloud worlds. We look at the pros and cons of hybrid cloud storage Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Jan 2022
Dispelling the top five myths of modern infrastructure
Modern infrastructure is agile, flexible and scalable. It is at the forefront of every CIO’s digital strategy – and it's everywhere. But with the multitude of choices comes complexity Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Jan 2022
Avoid complexity in data storage decisions
With more options for on- and off-premise data storage, the need for simplicity is greater than ever Continue Reading
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News
20 Dec 2021
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2021
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 datacentre stories of 2021 Continue Reading
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News
16 Dec 2021
Barclays selects HPE GreenLake to host 100,000 workloads
Bank sees a need to provide more personalised digital experiences, and GreenLake is providing the IT infrastructure to help it get there Continue Reading
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News
15 Dec 2021
Dell CTO’s predictions focus on edge, mobility, data and security
There will be plenty going on in 2022 as debates on some of the big topics evolve to meet changing trends Continue Reading
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E-Zine
14 Dec 2021
The rules for a safer internet
In this week’s Computer Weekly, as the government publishes the Online Safety Bill, we look at what the laws mean for internet services. A ransomware victim shares the insider story of the trauma of losing their corporate IT systems. And we ask, what happens when quantum computers get too powerful to verify their output? Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
15 Nov 2021
Norwegian telco Telenor partners with Google Cloud for digital transformation push
Telenor has signed a deal with Google Cloud that will see the pair collaborate on bringing joint services and products to market for their customers Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Nov 2021
How can enterprises avoid datacentre supply chain issues affecting IT upgrades?
With analysts predicting that the current datacentre component shortages could last for at least two years, CIOs are being advised to act now to prevent the situation affecting their IT upgrade plans Continue Reading
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News
07 Nov 2021
Belfast City Airport: Most apps in the cloud by 2031
George Best Belfast City Airport has already achieved 50/50 cloud and on-premise working, with 80% of workloads expected to be cloud-based in the next decade. We look at what hybrid cloud means in practice Continue Reading
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News
02 Nov 2021
iXsystems entry-level NAS goes hyper-converged with TrueNAS Scale
iXsystems TrueNAS can be a fraction of the cost of competitors and with a revamped operating system it can be built into clusters that can run virtual machines and containers Continue Reading
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News
01 Nov 2021
No cloud storage for Belfast City Airport in Nutanix hyper-converged switch
George Best Belfast City Airport ditches ageing Dell iSCSI SAN for Nutanix HCI for half the price of nearest contender, and gets DR site into the bargain. Cloud storage was a no-go for cost reasons Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Oct 2021
Five ways the hyper-converged infrastructure market is changing
We look at changes in the hyper-converged infrastructure market as suppliers go cool, go soft, disaggregate HCI nodes, provide as-a-service options and look to containers Continue Reading
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News
27 Oct 2021
Cohesity beefs up ransomware and disaster recovery offer
Disaster Recovery as-a-service, Data Govern and project Fort Knox available or in development as data protection supplier augments its portfolio with ransomware firmly in mind Continue Reading
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News
14 Oct 2021
HPE’s GreenLake strategy pays off in APAC
HPE’s transition to an as-a-service company is paying off in Asia-Pacific where it witnessed one of the strongest quarters, thanks in part to rising demand for services Continue Reading
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News
13 Oct 2021
Microsoft makes carbon emissions-tracking dashboard generally available to cloud users
Microsoft has confirmed the general availability of a dashboard that will allow enterprises to track the greenhouse gas emissions generated by their cloud usage habits in latest sustainability push Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Oct 2021
APAC expert guide to storage management
In this expert guide to storage management in Asia-Pacific, we unpack the developments shaping storage management and key strategies to extract business value from data Continue Reading
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News
05 Oct 2021
Kao Data secures up to £130m in funding to finance colocation datacentre expansions
Harlow-based colocation giant has secure further investment as its expansion plans gather pace Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Sep 2021
Could Iceland be the best place in the world for high-performance computing?
Most of Iceland’s cheap, sustainable energy is currently used by aluminium smelters, but recognising the need to diversify, the Landsvirkjun power company now promotes other uses Continue Reading
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News
27 Sep 2021
Private equity cash fuels Nordic datacentre growth
Private equity companies are betting on the Nordic datacentre sector as demand for services in the region accelerates Continue Reading
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News
30 Jul 2021
Covid-19: TechUK urges government to tweak self-isolation policy for critical datacentre workers
TechUK wants datacentre operators to be allowed to run their own "test and release" protocols for Covid-negative workers that have been told to self-isolate by NHS Track and Trace Continue Reading
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News
07 Jul 2021
Forrester finds companies confounded by data deluge
A Dell-commissioned study by analyst firm Forrester finds organisations overwhelmed by mounds of data Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Jul 2021
Cloud - Infrastructure - Security - SASE - Discuss!
Over the past 12 months, I’ve regularly talked about sassy SASE in this blog. But I’m not the only one. A recent Netevents interactive debate had several vendors debating SASE as part of a general ... Continue Reading
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News
21 Jun 2021
Opera house shuns cloud for Nutanix and Rubrik hyper-converged infrastructure
The Royal Opera House considered moving all its infrastructure to the cloud, but a hybrid setup with Nutanix and Rubrik hyper-converged infrastructure came in 35% cheaper Continue Reading
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News
18 Jun 2021
Brent Council plots £3.8m datacentre revamp to protect IT infrastructure from cyber attacks
Local authority is embarking on a multi-faceted datacentre revamp to protect it from cyber criminals and ensure it can bounce back more quickly from potential outages Continue Reading
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News
02 Jun 2021
SA-based MSP shuns HCI for Nebulon cloud-defined storage
SYSDBA needed to refresh its HPE 3PAR arrays, and so looked at hyper-converged but decided on cloud-defined storage from Nebulon that marries local storage with a cloud control plane Continue Reading
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News
27 May 2021
Veeam bolsters portfolio to cover emerging workloads
The groundswell in containerisation and open-source hypervisors is behind Veeam’s recent move to enable backup and recovery of emerging workloads Continue Reading
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E-Zine
18 May 2021
The real-life consequences of ransomware attacks
In this week’s Computer Weekly, after a ransomware attack shut a major US oil pipeline, we examine the real-life consequences for organisations facing similar threats. We ask the experts for their top tips in reducing datacentre running costs. And we hear how data science skills are helping government make better decisions. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
13 May 2021
Financial and technical obstacles hit Danish datacentre heat recycling plan
A datacentre project in Denmark is grappling with the challenges of reusing waste heat in local central heating systems Continue Reading
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News
06 May 2021
Dell Technologies World: Amex CEO on how Covid-19 has accelerated consumer adoption of e-commerce
American Express CEO Stephen Squeri was among the commentators called upon during this year's Dell Technologies World keynote to discuss how the world of work and IT has changed during the pandemic Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Apr 2021
Five reasons to look at hyper-converged infrastructure
HCI promises easy setup, purchasing flexibility, low procurement and operation costs, reliability and all in one box – but there are challenges too Continue Reading
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E-Zine
20 Apr 2021
Shop and go – will Amazon’s cashless ‘just walk out’ store work?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, Amazon has opened its first ‘just walk out’ grocery store in the UK, but is it the right time to hit the high street? We examine the human and technical issues around email security. And we analyse Microsoft’s $19bn purchase of voice recognition supplier Nuance. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
13 Apr 2021
The evolution of RPA
In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide looks at the future of robotic process automation (RPA). Google’s legal victory against Oracle over the use of Java APIs has huge significance for software developers. And we find out how expectations of IT have grown as firms prepare for the post-Covid workplace. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
06 Apr 2021
Bank BJB Syariah taps DevOps
Indonesia’s Bank Jabar Banten Syariah is adopting DevOps and microservices to speed up delivery of applications Continue Reading
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News
05 Apr 2021
How Lenovo is tackling HCI workloads
Lenovo has teamed up with AMD to address mission-critical workloads such as in-memory databases as APAC organisations look beyond VDI in their hyperconverged infrastructure deployments Continue Reading
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E-Zine
30 Mar 2021
The ticking timebomb of IR35
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we reveal that IT contractors are seeking a multimillion-pound payout after confusion over the forthcoming IR35 tax reforms. Many firms are building data lakes to improve their analytics – we examine the storage implications. And we talk to the CIO at the London School of Economics. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
22 Mar 2021
Singtel and Optus partner AWS on telco edge
Singtel and Optus are supporting AWS Outposts in their telco edge platforms that will enable enterprises to use AWS services for on-premise 5G applications Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Mar 2021
Ski firm dumps ‘motley’ storage for DataCore software-defined
Eurogroup cuts power usage by 70% and rackspace from 84U to 7U as it consolidates multiple physical servers and storage protocols onto SANsymphony software-defined storage Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Mar 2021
NHS datacentre transformation projects continue apace during pandemic
NHS trusts have continued to invest in their datacentre estates throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, but the nature of their upgrade projects continues to evolve Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Mar 2021
Hyper-converged infrastructure: Why software-defined everything might not work for all datacentres
Choosing the right converged infrastructure in the first instance can pivot on a trade-off between security and agility requirements Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Mar 2021
Prioritising workloads in a hyper-converged infrastructure migration
A cost-effective approach to combining virtualisation and unified management probably means deploying it workload by workload, experts suggest Continue Reading
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News
26 Feb 2021
Amsterdam to open environmental talks with datacentres
City authorities and datacentre operators will open dialogue about sustainable datacentre industry expansion in the Dutch capital Continue Reading
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News
19 Feb 2021
Oracle unveils final cog in cloud strategy
Oracle’s Roving Edge Infrastructure is getting interest from mining companies in Australia and manufacturers in ASEAN that are looking to run cloud-based workloads in edge locations Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2021
Google grows cloud sales as parent’s profits top $40bn
Alphabet announces massive overall profits and increased Google cloud sales Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2021
Tata Communications grows IoT footprint
India’s Tata Communications has been shoring up its IoT capabilities through a handful of acquisitions and partnerships with telcos Continue Reading
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News
02 Feb 2021
Microsoft and Singtel team up on 5G via Azure Stack
Microsoft Azure customers in Singapore will soon be able to use Singtel’s 5G infrastructure to power 5G applications through the telco’s edge computing platform Continue Reading