IT Brief Ireland - Technology news for CIOs & IT decision-makers

Stories by Ashton

Gettyimages 925101084

Park Place acquires MCSA Group to extend UK footprint

Wed, 3rd Apr 2019
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
dc
Park Place Technologies extends its UK footprint by acquiring MCSA Group, enhancing data centre services and expanding its operations throughout the country.
Screen shot 2019 03 13 at 11

CyrusOne signs up to Host In Ireland initiative

Thu, 14th Mar 2019
#
hyperscale
#
edge computing
#
dc
CyrusOne has joined the Host In Ireland initiative following approval for two data centres in Dublin, continuing their significant European expansion.
Gettyimages 958709520

Iron Mountain extends commitment to greenhouse gas reduction

Wed, 27th Feb 2019
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
data analytics
#
martech
The company recently announced the formal approval from the Science Based Targets initiative of its 2025 greenhouse gas emissions goals.
Screen shot 2019 02 20 at 10

CyrusOne invests in further Silicon Valley expansion

Wed, 20th Feb 2019
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
dc
The company has announced it has purchased an additional 8 acres of land in Santa Clara, with plans to expand its presence.
Gettyimages 866571968

Interview: CyrusOne's new Europe president on aggressive expansion

Wed, 20th Feb 2019
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
dc
In this exclusive interview Tesh Durvasula shares how the company plans to have a Europe data centre portfolio providing nearly 250 MW by the year's end.
Screen shot 2018 06 12 at 11

Kao Data secures financial injection to expand operations

Tue, 12th Feb 2019
#
hyperscale
#
dc
#
colocation
London wholesale colocation data centre services provider Kao Data has sealed a deal with a significant investment partner.
Screen shot 2019 01 16 at 11

London's pricy data centres allow Frankfurt to overtake

Thu, 17th Jan 2019
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
dc
According to a new report, data centre pricing in the UK is among the highest in Europe, which is seeing other countries prosper.
Screen shot 2019 01 16 at 10

Rubrik welcomes $261m funding for new market expansion

Wed, 16th Jan 2019
#
data management
#
technology funding
#
data center management
The company intends to use the funds from new investor Bain Capital Ventures will go toward future innovation and expansion.
Screen shot 2018 12 18 at 11

EU cloud adoption rising, but still far from mainstream

Tue, 18th Dec 2018
#
cloud services
#
cloud adoption
#
modernisation
Cloud adoption is surging among some European Union (EU) nations but it still has a way to go to becoming commonplace across the board.
Screen shot 2018 12 03 at 11

DataCentres Ireland 2018 heralded as a great success

Tue, 4th Dec 2018
#
hyperscale
#
dc
#
colocation
Data Centers Ireland achieves record-breaking attendance with over 1,600 attendees at this year's event in Dublin.
Screen shot 2018 11 28 at 1

AWS provides a shot in the Arm with new servers

Thu, 29th Nov 2018
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
While it can't claim to be the first one to deploy them, it does win the race of the cloud giants in offering the architecture as a cloud service.
Thinkstockphotos 175127885

Park Place opening EMEA ops centre in Cork, jobs up for grabs

Tue, 27th Nov 2018
#
uc
#
hyperscale
#
dc
The world's largest post-warranty data centre maintenance organisation has announced that it will be opening its new EMEA Operations Centre in Cork, Ireland.
Screen shot 2018 11 20 at 3

Google's new €600m Denmark data centre: The facts

Wed, 21st Nov 2018
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
dc
The relentless march of the hyperscalers continues with today's announcement that Google is committing a whopping €600 million to a new data centre in Denmark.
Screen shot 2018 11 20 at 2

University of Birmingham deploys UK's largest IBM POWER9 AI cluster

Wed, 21st Nov 2018
#
hyperscale
#
dc
#
ibm
After originally deploying just two servers, the University realised it needed more horsepower and added another nine.
20181120 104711

Datacentres Ireland gets the ball rolling in Dublin

Wed, 21st Nov 2018
#
hyperscale
#
dc
#
colocation
Ireland's largest dedicated gathering of suppliers for data centres today opened in Dublin and is set to span two days.
Thinkstockphotos 905325578

Frankfurt overtakes London as largest data centre cluster

Sat, 17th Nov 2018
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
dc
After many forecasts predicting it, a new report of Europe's top 20 data centre clusters has confirmed London has lost its crown to Frankfurt.
Screen shot 2018 11 13 at 11

Eccellente! AWS building new data centres in Italy

Wed, 14th Nov 2018
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
The new infrastructure region is expected to be complete in early 2020 to enable customers to run workloads and store data in Italy with even lower latency.
Busy expo 2

DataCentres Ireland 2018 just around the corner

Fri, 9th Nov 2018
#
hyperscale
#
dc
#
colocation
DataCentres Ireland 2018, the nation's largest event for the industry, kicks off 20-21 November. Expect expert insights, networking, and keynotes from leaders.
Screen shot 2018 11 06 at 2

VMware Cloud on AWS steps on the gas for global expansion

Wed, 7th Nov 2018
#
virtualisation
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
VMware Cloud on AWS has accelerated its global expansion - instead of one new AWS site per quarter, they're launching three new regions this month.
Screen shot 2018 11 01 at 11

Exclusive: CyrusOne's Europe data centre strategy laid bare

Fri, 2nd Nov 2018
#
hyperscale
#
dc
#
cloud services
The US-based company has recently initiated an aggressive expansion into Europe, and in this exclusive interview Europe MD Matt Pullen reveals the plans.