MapR Technologies closes $30 million in new funding

MapR Technologies, Inc has closed a new round of funding, securing $30 million in series C financing. New investor Mayfield Fund led the funding round, which also includes participation from existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, NEA and Redpoint Ventures bringing total funds raised to $59...

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Still too much siloed thinking from CIOs when calculating ROI benefits of cloud adoption

Research highlights need to calculate wider business benefits of cloud adoption.

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Norwegian plans announced

Speaking at a major Norwegian business conference, Byrne Murphy, chairman of DigiPlex Group Companies has announced plans to open a third data centre in Norway. Part of its ambitious expansion plans across the UK and Scandinavia, the new x capacity data centre in Oslo will build on the success of...

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ProfitBricks and MapR complete extensive benchmark testing for Hadoop within a virtualised data centre

Provides Organisations with cost effective performance without complexity for scalable Big Data projects.

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UK schools save time and money with Dell KACE Systems Management Solutions

Woodbridge High School saves £22,000 and 200 hours of IT management time with KACE Systems...

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UK businesses yet to develop compelling case for big data

IT/business divide prevents organisations exploring big data solutions.

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ISACA issues governance and assurance guidance for Big Data

Big data can save big money. A recent McKinsey report found that value gained from data in the US...

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IT services market endured a dismal end to 2012

Last year was the worst for IT services contract activity since 2002, according to research from...

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84% of IT managers are yet to make the most of cloud computing

Abiquo survey reveals alarming statistics on lack of cloud strategy and integration.

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Will energy prices power U.S. data centre growth at Europe’s expense?

Low and stable electricity prices are likely to make the U.S. a target for datacentre investment at...

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Ostara enhances business with redundancy systems and greater bandwidth

A Milton-Keynes based company that provides Computer-Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) software...

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Biffa signs five-year managed services contract

Agreement provides waste management leader with scalability and efficiency to support growth.

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Donna Bridgman, Founder of HerWorX, discusses the hidden costs of tomorrow’s data centres – mastering resilience, not reacting to risk, ahead of her speaking engagement at DCW Madrid. Donna discusses the...
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Expert Opinions

By Martin Hodgson, Director of Sales EMEA at Paessler GmbH.
The data centre market is booming thanks to AI. According to Goldman Sachs, the explosion in generative AI means demand for data could increase 50 per cent by 2027 and by as much as 165 per cent by the end of...
By David Higgins, Senior Director - Field Technology Office, CyberArk.
By Giuseppe Leto, senior director IT systems business at Vertiv.