Oracle opens data centres in Stockholm and Milan, boosting its European cloud coverage
On Wednesday, Oracle announced the opening of its first Nordics cloud region in Stockholm. The company has one in Milan, Italy, as the pandemic saw an increase in demand for cloud computing tools by organizations in the private and public sectors.
Cloud regions refer to the geographical location... Read more
Cisco’s latest updates merge SD-WAN and security domains more easily
To make it easy for enterprises to secure their WAN-connected resources and data centers, Cisco has released two updates to its core software programs.
The company has introduced what it calls Integrated Domain, combining the domain controllers of Cisco DNA Center and Cisco SD-WAN vManage to bri... Read more
Google invests $1.2 billion on cloud infrastructure in Germany
Google is investing $1.2 billion to expand its cloud infrastructure in Germany and is committed to using more renewable energy sources. Google is currently number three among the premier cloud providers in the world.
The CEO of Google Cloud, Thomas Kurian, is making it his mission to take the nu... Read more
Marvell acquires networking chip manufacturer in $1.1 billion deal
Chipmaking specialists Marvell Technologies announced their acquisition deal with Innovium Inc, a processor line that assists cloud providers in powering data center networking infrastructure.
What does this acquisition mean for the cloud industry
Marvell financed this deal through their shar... Read more
Google Cloud now helps customers pick the greenest data centers
The move is part of the tech giant's overall sustainability program.
Google this week announced an important - and interesting - update to its region picker service. The update aims to make it easier for customers to choose Google Cloud Regions with the lowest CO2 output.
Steren Giannini, pro... Read more
Intel releases IPU chips designed specifically for cloud data centres
Intel has just released information on the new chip they have created, called the infrastructure processing unit (IPU). It aims to boost the efficiency of cloud providers' data centres as it offloads computing tasks from their main server CPU's.
Intel has announced that their IPU chips are now o... Read more
Power cuts in Ireland due to energy intake by data centres?
Ireland’s Commission for Regulations of Utilities (CRU) has warned the country that it may face power cuts because of data centers’ majorly impacting the electricity system.
Why will Ireland by facing power cuts?
The Commission for Regulation of Utilities has warned Ireland about power cu... Read more
Blackstone to buy data center operator QTS Realty Trust for $6.7 bln
The buyout firm will pay $78 per share for the QTS stock.
Investment firm Blackstone Group will buy data center operator QTS Realty Trust for about $6.7 billion, according to a report in Reuters. Citing the Wall Street Journal as a source, the Reuters article said that Blackstone's infrastructur... Read more
Google details what its exabyte-scale Colossus file system can do
Google published a blog post giving technical details of Colossus. It is an internal file system that powers Google Cloud and many consumer services, including the search engine. The software platform manages the storage hardware running in Alphabet’s subsidiaries’ data centres.
It is used t... Read more
OVH working hard on recovering damaged servers
OVH founder Octave Klaba has posted some new updates on the status of the burnt down data centres. The company is busy cleaning up hardware in the hope of refurbishing as many parts as possible.
On Twitter, Klaba shows several photos of how parts that were not directly affected by the fire, but ... Read more