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Shadow IT lurks uncomfortably, for IT departments

Published in Design + Optimisation Infrastructure + Hardware

The growth in ‘Shadow IT’ is leaving IT departments caught between a rock and a hard place, according to Simon Bain, CTO of search specialists, Simplexo, who suggests that the concerns existing around managing unsupported devices are equally matched by the need to bring IT expenditure in on budget.

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APM Group offers guidance based on feedback from operating CIF Code of Practice to avoid most common problems.

Published in Design + Optimisation Infrastructure + Hardware

Research highlights importance of CIOs building internal relationships with sales and marketing to improve end user customer experience.

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Interoute integrates Microsoft Lync into its Video as a Service Cloud, enabling Lync users to make video and voice calls to any internal or external end devices, regardless of connectivity.

Published in Design + Optimisation Infrastructure + Hardware

A survey commissioned by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has shown many employers appear to have a ‘laissez faire’ attitude to allowing staff to use their personal laptop, tablet computer or smartphone for work business, which may be placing people’s personal information at risk.

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Renowned sustainability assessor presents DC2 with ‘Data Centre’ prize.

A wrongly named course, but a great day’s golf

You turn up to play in the 2nd Annual DCA/DCS Data Centre Industry Golf Day at a course called Helidon Lakes, and you think you know what to expect – plenty of water.

Skillsoft opens European Data Centre

Boosting cloud operations for improved performance and data sovereignty for companies based in and doing business in the European Union.

Aruba starts work two new data centres

One year after opening its leading-edge campus, work has begun on two new buildings that will treble capacity.

CyrusOne achieves 100% renewable energy in Europe

CyrusOne has achieved 100% renewable energy across its full European portfolio, nine years ahead of the 2030 target outlined in the self-regulatory Climate Neutral Data Center Pact, of which CyrusOne is a founding member.

Equinix to expand Singapore footprint

Equinix has unveiled plans to expand Platform Equinix® with the construction of its fourth International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Singapore, called SG4.

Colt Data Centre Services acquires new site in Osaka

The site will host a major new hyperscale data centre in Osaka, further strengthening Colt DCS’ footprint in Japan.

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