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Queen’s University and Rakuten Mobile to set up edge computing hub in Belfast

Rakuten Mobile, Japan’s newest mobile network operator, is collaborating with Queen’s University Belfast to set up an edge computing hub, which will be based...

The Winter Report 2020 from BCS highlights the growing skills gap threatening the data centre industry

The current unprecedented growth in the data centre industry may be unsustainable in the long term due to increasing concerns surrounding scarce resources and...

IBM announces new quantum computing partnerships with Delta Air Lines, Los Alamos National Laboratory and more

IBM truly believes that quantum computing can be a real game changer, but it’s still looking for a killer application to demonstrate that to...

Cloud Distribution to distribute Extreme Networks’ networking solutions in UK and Ireland

Cloud Distribution, specialists in networking and cyber security solutions, has partnered with Extreme Networks to offer its complete portfolio of advanced cloud-driven, end-to-end networking...

Schneider Electric promotes Pankaj Sharma to executive vice president of Secure Power division

Schneider Electric has announced the promotion of Pankaj Sharma to executive vice president of its Secure Power division, following Dave Johnson’s decision to step...

Nordic enterprises are embracing the cloud, according to research

Enterprises in the Nordic region are moving away from legacy IT operating models and toward the public cloud, with cloud adoption growing across all...

National Grid looks to colocation, cloud migration for IT modernisation

Thanks to the crushing defeat of the Labour party at the recent general election, the National Grid can continue to live under private ownership....

China’s Xiaomi commits £5.3bn to AI, IoT and 5G investment over the next five years

Xiaomi is commonly known as the Apple of China, and the company is set to invest more than £5.3 billion over the next five...

Alibaba Cloud upgrades its uptime promise to 99.995%, beating out competitors

Nearly all players in the cloud computing space promise that their services will be available 99.99% of the time, meaning the chances you’ll be...

Longcross Garden Village in Surrey could see a 385,000 sqft data centre, after Ark Data Centres acquisition

The UK government has tried to speed up the development of houses and commercial properties by developing new garden towns, cities and villages across...

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