InterSystems, a creative data technology provider dedicated to helping customers solve the most critical scalability, interoperability and speed problems, has been named a visionary in the first Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems (DBMS). Of the 16 vendors included, InterSystems is one of four companies positioned as a Visionary. InterSystems IRIS Data Platform […]

Teraco Data Environments, one of Africa’s largest interconnection hub and vendor-neutral data centre providers, has announced that construction has commenced on a new hyperscale data centre with 38 megawatts (MW) of critical power load in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, South Africa. The facility, known as JB4, is scheduled for completion in Q1 2022 and as a […]

CyrusOne, a premier global data centre real estate investment trust (REIT), has announced new options for direct connectivity to Google Cloud, with the addition of five new direct on-ramps in Aurora, Austin, Houston, San Antonio and the newly operational Council Bluffs facility. As part of Google Cloud Interconnect, the new direct connect locations provide CyrusOne […]

Huawei Technologies has announced that the company has received six Uptime Institute TIER-Ready design review awards. The TIER-Ready awards are intended to enable manufacturers of pre-fabricated and modular (PFM) data centre solutions to confirm the resilient design of their pre-built solutions and assure customers that these modular solutions will perform at the highest levels possible […]

Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, has announced that it has joined the MPC Alliance, a global association of organisations with the mission of improving data security and privacy through the implementation of the secure cryptographic technology of multi-party computation (MPC).  MPC is a mathematical approach to digital security that reduces the dependency on […]

Kao Data, a specialist developer and operator of advanced, carrier neutral data centres for high performance colocation, has announced a new partnership with Vorboss to expand its low-latency, resilient connectivity capabilities at its Harlow campus. Vorboss, a leading London-based connectivity provider is continuing to engineer its wholly owned fibre network, which offers resilient high-capacity connectivity […]

Seidor, a multinational consultancy firm specialising in technological services and solutions, has acquired a majority stake in the consultancy, Clariba, which is headquartered in Barcelona and Dubai and specialises in analytics services. The transaction enables Seidor to strengthen its strategic commitment in this area and thus continue to optimise and improve business decision making through […]

Award-winning technology services and IT consulting provider, Tecala, has announced that it has been awarded NetApp Gold Partner status based on its success in meeting NetApp’s rigorous standards for cloud and data management competency, managed services and support and customer satisfaction.   Tecala was originally appointed a NetApp partner earlier this year and has subsequently […]

Huawei has incorporated advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities into its range of data centre facility offerings to further enhance the capabilities of its solutions. Bob He, President of Data Centre Facility, Huawei, explains how the telecommunications company has achieved this. There are many use cases for AI in the data centre, including improved safety and […]

Cohesity has announced that it has formed a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to address the growing customer need for data management that is flexible, available, scalable and reliable. Together, both companies are bringing to market a modern Data Management-as-a-Service (DMaaS) offering unlike any other on the market today. The DMaaS solution is […]