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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is expanding its efforts to reuse and recycle its datacentre hardware by opening a reverse logistics facility in Dublin, Ireland, operated by its Re:Cycle Reverse Logistics subsidiary.
The facility is designed to give a second life to the component parts of AWS datacentre...
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In today’s digital landscape, the traditional security perimeter has dissolved, making identity the new frontline of defence. As organisations increasingly adopt cloud services and remote work models, managing and securing identities has become paramount. Effective identity and access management (IAM) practices are essential for IT departments...
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Data is critical to businesses of all sizes, and the idea of being able to store it anywhere and access it everywhere is immensely appealing.
This is the promise of global file systems (GFS), which aim to break the link between physical storage and the application and...
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Microsoft’s Azure platform is a significant player in the cloud storage market.
According to Microsoft figures, by the start of 2024, Azure storage clocked up more than 100 exabytes of data reads and writes a month, which translated to more than a quadrillion monthly transactions. This reflects...
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The Starmer government lost little time in announcing a consultation on datacentre planning reforms, with more comprehensive, joined-up thinking favoured by industry players speaking to Computer Weekly.
Cathal Griffin, chief revenue officer at colocation provider Asanti, affirms a need to “join the dots”, stating that planning reform...
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Internet search giant Google has hit back at the US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) suggestion that its operations should be broken up on anti-competition grounds, claiming doing so would have “significant unintended consequences” for consumers and businesses alike.
The proposal follows a landmark US court ruling from...
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Renewables-based electricity generation in the UK shot to 39TWh (terawatt-hours) in the first quarter of 2024, or 50.9% of the mix. This is the second highest ever, after the fourth quarter of 2023. In fact, government reporting says wind generated more electricity than gas for the...
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The UK’s new government has teased further details of its proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, confirming that it will contain a clause that mandates centralised incident reporting, including in the event cyber attacks that involve ransomware.
Keir Starmer’s incoming administration first brought forward the possibility of...
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Net-zero by 2050 seems further away than ever. Google and Microsoft admitted their emissions are rising from artificial intelligence (AI)-related datacentre activity; while in July, Irish datacentres were reported as accounting for 21% of the country’s metered electricity consumption. What can datacentres do to conclusively turn the...
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The ease with which IT leaders can make use of powerful public cloud services for digitally enabled business initiatives and to propel their organisations in the artificial intelligence (AI) era means IT sustainability is rarely a top priority.
The latest data on cloud spending shows that a...
