Source is ComputerWeekly.com
As we approach the dawn of 2024, the intersection of sustainability and innovation within the IT sector demands a proactive approach from decision makers. The milestones of 2023, marked by progress and challenges, set the stage for a pivotal year ahead.
Here, are some key priorities...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
The next year is going to be the year that sustainability becomes commonplace in IT projects. Cop28 has had many media headlines in the last few weeks and although the coverage has been accompanied by cynicism there is an upside: it has pushed sustainability further into...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has outlined plans to better protect the UK’s key data storage facilities, or datacentres, from a range of threats including cyber attacks, physical threats and the impact of climate breakdown.
The government says its plans will help protect...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
Broadcom’s completion of its $61bn acquisition of VMware has led to major changes to the existing VMware product portfolio, which will see an end to perpetual software licensing contracts.
“The portfolio simplification across all VMware by Broadcom divisions stems from customer and partner feedback over the...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
Panasas will allow customers to use multi-actuator HDDs from January when it launches the capability in the new version of its PanFS file system software.
Multi-actuator HDDs support in PanFS version 10 will make the company the first enterprise storage vendor to deploy them in its...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is the central nervous system of many modern businesses. But, like a nervous system, ERP operates beneath the surface. It runs a myriad of processes to connect the organisation’s operations, processes and departments.
If it works well, users might not even know...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has quietly renewed the preferential pricing agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows public sector IT buyers to buy its public cloud services at discounted prices, despite anti-competitive concerns being raised about such schemes.
Known as the One Government Value...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
The Home Office’s mega £450m public cloud hosting contract with Amazon Web Services (AWS) is concerning public sector market watchers as more details emerge about the contract’s content and how it was arranged.
The three-year contract commenced on Friday 1 December 2023, and a redacted copy...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) and, in particular, the hype surrounding generative AI (GenAI) and foundational models, server company execs are talking about a turning point in servers, and are reporting growth in the need to run AI and machine learning workloads.
There appears to be...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
Mental health charity Together For Mental Wellbeing has migrated its old server room to a virtual datacentre (VDC) hosted by Node4.
Funded by the NHS and local authorities, the charity’s services include community support, supported housing and 24-hour residential accommodation, advocacy, and assistance for those experiencing...
