On-prem data centers aren't dead
But they are standing very still
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But they are standing very still
Like Boris Johnson, OVHcloud has used a defense which makes it look incompetent
This is an industry which does not intend to change
There comes a point where hype hits reality
FedEx will get short term applause but could suffer a long term headache
Broadcom is the latest player to seek strength from association
Data centers have become invisible. We're celebrating the people who have done most to increase public understanding of our vital infrastructure
If we want to make data centers more inclusive, it will take more than fine words
The new Outposts offering puts AWS hardware in your data center. That's weird enough. Why is it also re-importing VMware to the enterprise?
In retrospect, cryptocurrencies will be seen for the parasites they are - but everyone might benefit from the wider use of GPUs
Northern Virginia is not like any other place on earth. Data centers can’t be built fast enough to keep up with demand
Sure, get excited about edge networks, but don’t expect them to be delivered quickly
Apple has canceled a $1 billion data center in Ireland. Will the country pay a price?
Endorsement by the NHS is significant, but challenges to cross-border data transfers remain
The heat generated by servers is a problem. Unless you can put the servers where heat is required….
It may have lost the public cloud fight, but OpenStack’s strength in private cloud will stand it in good stead
Edge facilities are important. But are they as big a revolution as we are told?
And the winner is….
The big truck proposed by AWS effectively brings remote locations onto the same LAN (albeit with huge latency)
With VMware on the Amazon cloud, it’s only a matter of time…
Energy demand is high, and indoor cannabis farms also need cooling. Do we have the expertise to help?
Cloud and colocation providers may need a little encouragement to become greener. That’s where enterprise customers come in
Google is expanding its public cloud but, is it putting on regions fast enough?
A new product stretches the terminology a bit more
Google and Amazon have been told off for using an old model of the US power grid
Slicing a data center up into domestic heating systems may be an extreme idea, but it just got backed by a conventional data center firm
Data centers will become migrants this year, and we will start to define them differently
Rackspace is planning “managed cloud” support for Amazon Web Services. But why would it help its rival?