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Container movement

Data center startup emerges from stealth with $12.5m and new appliance

Thu, 21st Apr 2016
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Diamanti, which aims to solve production container deployment and performance challenges, has secured $12.5m funding and debuted a new appliance.
Skyscraper

Is this the data center of the future?

Tue, 19th Apr 2016
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Two Italian architects have taken third place in eVolo magazine's annual Skyscraper Competition with a sustainable data center skyscraper.
Digital ocean money

DigitalOcean secures US$130m for next-gen cloud, global expansion

Fri, 15th Apr 2016
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Cloud infrastructure provider DigitalOcean has netted itself a further US$130 million in its quest for global expansion and a next-gen cloud.
Linkedin

LinkedIn opens SG$80 million Singapore data center

Wed, 6th Apr 2016
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LinkedIn has opened its SG$80 million Singapore data center - its first outside of the United States, aiming to bolster speeds for APAC members.
Graph up down

Data center hardware revenue down as focus moves to software

Tue, 5th Apr 2016
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Demand for data center hardware is down globally with storage and proprietary server revenues falling as customer demand moves to software.
Dc graph

APAC providing 40.1% of space for colocation; consolidation ahead

Mon, 4th Apr 2016
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Colocation revenues, and square footage, are climbing with APAC now accounting for 40.1% of global colocation space - but there's consolidation ahead.
Globe dc

Google ups the ante with 12 new cloud platform data centers

Wed, 23rd Mar 2016
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Google has announced a dramatic expansion of its global data center network, with 12 new cloud platform regions coming online in the next 18 months.
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US companies launch Transpacific broadband data and fiber hub

Mon, 14th Mar 2016
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A new Transpacific broadband data and fiber hub, designed to connect businesses in Asia with Centeris' Seattle data center, has opened.
Cloud server

Rackspace puts pedal to the metal with next-gen OnMetal

Mon, 14th Mar 2016
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Rackspace has debuted its next-generation of OnMetal Cloud Servers, for running demanding workloads with the ability to quickly scale and deploy.
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NTT Coms overhauls Enterprise Cloud for hybrid world

Mon, 7th Mar 2016
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NTT Communications has revamped its Enterprise Cloud offering, adding OpenStack and Cloud Foundry to 'accelerate digital transformation'.
Certified

CenturyLink receives Uptime stamp of approval for Singapore facilities

Thu, 3rd Mar 2016
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CenturyLink has received the management and operations stamp of approval from the Uptime Institute for its SG2 and SG8 Singapore data centers.
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US cloud provider DigitalOcean launches Bangalore data center

Fri, 26th Feb 2016
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New York-based cloud infrastructure provider DigitalOcean is opening a data center in Bangalore as it seeks to capitalise on India's booming economy.
Global growth

Atomy harnesses Brocade vTM for global growth

Fri, 26th Feb 2016
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South Korean beauty and wellness company Atomy has revved up its application performance using Brocade's vADC as it seeks international expansion.
Rome

Robotics rule the data center with new optical switches

Thu, 11th Feb 2016
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Wave2Wave aims to remove human interventions, increasing accuracy and consistency for data center fiber connectivity with new robotic switches.
Dc room

Hyperconvergence demand drives SimpliVity to new highs

Wed, 10th Feb 2016
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SimpliVity says its bookings and customer numbers are booming as demand for hyperconverged infrastructure soars and hyperconvergence goes mainstream.
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Juniper boosts SDN and cloud play with BTI acquisition

Fri, 29th Jan 2016
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Juniper Networks is acquiring cloud and metro networking SDN vendor BTI Systems in a move expected to bolster its DCI and metro market play.
Invest

Telstra Ventures invests in Chinese cloud storage tech

Thu, 28th Jan 2016
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Telstra Ventures has invested in cloud-storage company Qiniu, whose technology enables customers to collect, store and analyse 'huge' amounts of data.
Oil rig

Oil oversupply spells good news for data center investment

Wed, 27th Jan 2016
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An oversupply of oil in the global economy is good news for the data center market, with investment expected to increase as energy prices decrease.
Ddos

DDos dramatically increasing cause of data center outages

Tue, 26th Jan 2016
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Cybercrime is making its presence felt in data centers as the fastest growing cause of unplanned outages, while outage costs themselves are escalating.
Supernap

Asia nets first Tier IV Gold data center with US$300m Thai facility

Fri, 15th Jan 2016
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Asia will have its first Tier IV Gold data center in 2017, with SuperNap International building the US$300 million facility in Thailand.