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Gartner says Cloud will become a business necessity by 2028

By 2028, cloud computing will shift from being a technology disruptor to becoming a necessary component for maintaining business competitiveness, according to Gartner, Inc.

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Vertiv trends forecast sees intense focus on AI enablement and energy management

Intense, urgent demand for artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities – and the dueling pressure to reduce energy consumption, costs and greenhouse gas emissions – loom large over the data centre industry heading into 2024.

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Gartner highlights nine principles to improve cloud resilience

Infrastructure & operations (I&O) leaders must deploy nine principles to maximize the resilience of cloud environments, according to Gartner, Inc.

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Study finds breakeven point for businesses when a private network solution ‘pays for itself’

A new case study on egress charges has suggested companies that exchange roughly 25Mbps (megabit-per-second) or more cloud traffic per month could significantly reduce their fees by switching to a private network solution which ‘pays for itself’.

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Cloud skills gap causes 33% of businesses to miss financial objectives

A report published by SoftwareOne Holding shows that 98% of organisations globally are facing a cloud skills gap. This is causing digital transformation projects to fall behind by an average of five months, with one-third of businesses claiming their financial objectives will take a significant hit as a result.

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Deep Green and Civo form partnership to make cloud sustainable

Agreement will see Civo become the exclusive cloud partner of Deep Green, the innovative company using compute waste heat to heat swimming pools and local communities.

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Rackspace Technology launches Rackspace Managed Cloud

Comprehensive service powered by Rackspace Cloud Management Platform designed to empower customers by fully outsourcing the management and operations of their cloud environments.

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etisalat by e& standardises on Red Hat

Service provider consolidates platform strategy on Red Hat technologies including Red Hat OpenShift for cloud-native workloads.

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Gymshark plans accelerated global growth with Google Cloud AI

Partnership will involve Gymshark using Google Cloud's data analytics and AI tools to improve customer experiences during November's Black Friday sales event and beyond.

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Top VC’s back a more sustainable way for businesses to use the cloud

Groundbreaking green distributed compute network that uses the waste heat from cloud compute to heat the water in people’s homes raises £1 million in funding.

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Node4's virtual data centre delivers for Together for Mental Wellbeing

Node4 has provided Together for Mental Wellbeing with a Virtual Data Centre (VDC) solution, which includes automated backup, recovery and business continuity components.

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OVHcloud selects Console Connect as global cloud connect partner

OVHcloud has selected Console Connect, a leading Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) platform, as a new global OVHcloud Connect partner, extending private network reach to OVHcloud from hundreds of locations worldwide.

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Making money in the cloud

Nearly two-thirds (62%) of financial services decision-makers think moving market data to the cloud will reduce total cost of ownership.

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CourtCorrect moves UK Financial Services Complaints AI to OVHcloud

AI system empowers complaints teams and increases access to justice for consumers, ensuring decisions are made consistently, fairly and quickly.

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OpenUK and the UN announce collaborative open source Data Centre Challenge

Furthering commitments made at COP26, with Data Centre Blueprint The Challenge will see open source software developers contribute to building a carbon neutral data centre model.

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Videos

Mark Pestridge, Executive Vice President & General Manager at Telehouse Europe, discusses the digital infrastructure connectivity challenges and requirements of UK IT decision makers, with particular reference to cyber threats, IoT and the edge, the skills shortage – all in a world where the data deluge shows no signs of stopping. Apologies that the high quality of the content is not always matched by high quality audio, but this video provides some great data centre insights, so do not be deterred!
Eric Herzog, CMO at Infinidat, explains why cyber resilience is so important for both enterprise cybersecurity and storage, recommends an action plan for CTOs to both secure their data infrastructure and boost their cyber resilience, and outlines the Infinidat technology solutions developed to support these strategies.
Kunal Kaul, Cisco Managing Director, Partner Managed Services & SP RTM, EMEA, discusses a recent Cisco/Canalys report, which reveals that IT Channel partners anticipate significant growth in 2023, with the main driver being managed services. Technology-wise, the cybersecurity focus remains a major driver, alongside managing IT complexity, the AI opportunity and sustainability.
Ed Bissell, Sales Director, Stellium Data Centres, discusses the company’s recent OCP Ready Certification, bringing it many new opportunities to work with the Open Compute Project Foundation community. He explains what this means in terms of the data centre design itself, building on Stellium’s major focus on providing a highly connected, sustainable environment for customers.

Expert Opinions

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