Source is ComputerWeekly.com
The notoriously secretive datacentre industry has found itself villainised by the national press as being an insatiable, power-hungry entity that is sucking the West London electricity grid dry and exacerbating the capital’s housing crisis.
This is on the back of a briefing note, distributed to property...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
Gartner’s latest research assessing the market for smaller cloud providers has highlighted shortcomings in hyperscalers’ support for small and medium-sized entrprises (SMEs) and businesses on a tight budget.
In June, Gartner reported that in 2021, the top five infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) providers accounted for more than 80%...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
After successfully rolling out and bedding in its cloud-based human resource (HR) and finance system, the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is now digging into its functionality.
In November 2021, alongside service partner IBM, the FOS completed the roll-out of the system from Workday and moved into...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
Sustainable practice has become a focus for many businesses following the international Paris Agreement in 2015. Almost all of the world’s largest companies now publish sustainability reports, and one-third of Europe’s public companies have pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Waste presents one of...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
What is specific gravity?
Specific gravity, more formally known as relative density, is a measure of the density of a substance in comparison to the density of water. For solids and liquids, specific gravity is generally measured in relation to water at its densest state...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
The latest quarterly filing from the world’s largest tech firms has revealed that all have been impacted by the worsening economic climate.
“As the cloud market continues to surge, the biggest story in Q2 was all about macroeconomics rather than actual cloud usage,” said John Dinsdale,...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
Demand for cloud infrastructure services continues to go from strength to strength, with global market data from Canalys revealing a 33% year-on-year rise in spending in this area to $62.3bn during the second quarter of 2022.
The analyst house said cloud infrastructure spending was being sustained...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
Microsoft has lifted the lid on how its efforts to find a cleaner alternative to diesel-powered backup generators for its datacentres is progressing, as it continues to work towards becoming a climate-negative entity by 2030.
The software giant has published a blog post detailing a successful...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
Collaboration and partnerships are increasingly seen as essential for advancing the systemic issues at the forefront of the sustainability agenda and achieving a company’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals.
IT can play a vital role in this endeavour. Particularly when it comes to information-sharing, IT...
