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IT Infrastructure stories - Page 57

The vast numbers of servers, routers, storage devices, and services comprising the foundations or framework of information technology systems all fall under the definition of IT Infrastructure.

Essentially, IT infrastructure is relied upon and underpins every interaction with the internet, a cellular network, and every transmission between one person and another over a computer or telephone.
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Lenovo DCG takes ANZ partners on Europe experience

Tue, 4th Dec 2018
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The fully-funded tour included the Nutanix conference in London, the Lenovo EMEA data centre, and driving on the Autobahn in fire-breathing Mercs.
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Data centre operations must become more standardised

Tue, 4th Dec 2018
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Schneider Electric's Anthony DeSpirito says with data centres being crucial to business profit and loss, CIOs must now be a partner in all strategic decisions.
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New digital business means “The cloud is no longer enough”

Tue, 27th Nov 2018
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Gartner research shows that as the need for beyond-edge customer engagement rises, infrastructure service providers need to follow suit.
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Edge data centres expanding to shared working spaces

Thu, 22nd Nov 2018
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Likely beginning a trend, Christie Spaces is now the first workspace in Australia to offer customers data centre rack space on-site for rent.
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Enterprises to begin closing their data centres

Fri, 16th Nov 2018
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Dan Hushon predicts next year companies will begin bidding farewell (if they haven't already) to their onsite data centres.
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HPE extends cloud-based AI tool InfoSight to servers

Fri, 16th Nov 2018
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HPE asserts it is a big deal as the system can drive down operating costs, plug disruptive performance gaps, and free up time to allow IT staff to innovate.
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HPE launches new Datacenter Care capabilities

Wed, 14th Nov 2018
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The company asserts the new capabilities will be delivered by HPE PointNext and will help businesses simplify complex IT environments.
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Digital transformation an almost $2 trillion industry by 2022

Wed, 14th Nov 2018
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Digital transformation investment is set to surge to USD $1.97 trillion by 2022, driven by sectors like manufacturing and retail, says IDC.
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NEXTDC adds 9MW customer contracts at new Sydney data centre

Tue, 13th Nov 2018
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NEXTDC's Sydney S2 data center has increased its contracted commitment by 9MW, taking up 47% of total planned capacity.
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Informatica releases its next-generation iPaaS in APAC

Fri, 9th Nov 2018
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Enterprises in APAC can now leverage Informatica's iPaaS, which delivers a secure microservices-based solution.
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Intel who? AWS opts with AMD chips for cost-savings

Thu, 8th Nov 2018
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AMD shares surged about four percent after the announcement that Amazon Web Services (AWS) would be employing its services.
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ABB drives the standard for automation and IIoT architectures

Wed, 7th Nov 2018
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Adoption of the OPC UA over TSN standard will allow companies to leverage the benefits of multi-vendor, peer-to-peer communications.
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IBM VP: How are CIOs mastering a multi-cloud world?

Mon, 5th Nov 2018
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IBM's Jim Freeman discusses how CIOs are making the most of multi-cloud as a new generation of cloud tools emerge.
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Nadella confident future data centres will be underwater

Sat, 3rd Nov 2018
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In June this year Microsoft stretched the boundaries of data centres by dumping one in the sea and Nadella says there will be many more.
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Using analysis to save on IT maintenance costs

Mon, 29th Oct 2018
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Ill-fitting maintenance plans, whether over- or under-prescribed does cost you money - but, with a little analysis you can save a lot.
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Intent-based networking will 'revolutionise the data centre'

Wed, 24th Oct 2018
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Intent-based networking is set to revolutionize data centers, offering reliability, cost-effectiveness, agility, and control.
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Looking beyond traditional security for HCI

Tue, 23rd Oct 2018
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Adopting HCI means ditching traditional security in favour of application-based policies, automation, and machine learning to ensure agility and performance.
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Exclusive: Lenovo's Shayne Harris on the future data centre

Mon, 22nd Oct 2018
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Harris says data centres that fail to keep up with the pulse of change will not be able to survive in the future.
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Growing spend on data centre systems could be short-lived

Thu, 18th Oct 2018
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Gartner's data reveals total global IT spending will continue to grow in 2019, with some sectors doing better than others.
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How to capture “Lessons Learned” with cloud-based DCIM

Tue, 9th Oct 2018
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Schneider's Kim Povlsen says it's vital to always be learning about and from problems in IT, and DCIM tools are vital to that.