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Data center certifications target newcomers, experts, and sustainability pros

Network World

DECEMBER 9, 2024

As data centers evolve from traditional compute and storage facilities into AI powerhouses, the demand for qualified professionals continues to grow exponentially and salaries are high. The rise of AI, in particular, is dramatically reshaping the technology industry, and data centers are at the epicenter of the changes.

Data Center

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5 alternatives to VMware vSphere virtualization platform

Network World

MARCH 17, 2025

(Read our related feature: Enterprises reevaluate virtualization strategies amid Broadcom uncertainty ) However, if youre looking strictly for a replacement on-prem virtualization platform, the analyst firm Data Center Intelligence Group ( DCIG ) has identified five top alternatives to VMwares vSphere platform.

Vmware

Vmware Virtualization Disaster Recovery Storage

Enterprises reevaluate virtualization strategies amid Broadcom uncertainty

Network World

MARCH 17, 2025

In estimating the cost of a large-scale VMware migration , Gartner cautions: VMwares server virtualization platform has become the point of integration for its customers across server, storage and network infrastructure in the data center. However, switching to HCI is a capital expense decision.

Virtualization

Virtualization Strategy Enterprise Enterprise

Webinars

How to Start Virtual Care the Right Way: A Proven Roadmap for 2025 and Beyond

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Nutanix partnerships target storage, AI workloads as it aims to take on VMware

Network World

MAY 9, 2025

The goal of this release is to simplify the process of building, deploying, running, and managing models and inferencing services, from the data center to the edge to the cloud on a certified Kubernetes environment.

Vmware

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11:11 Systems: Empowering enterprises to modernize, protect, and manage their IT assets and data

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Notably, the company’s extensive cloud solutions portfolio, including the 11:11 Public Cloud and 11:11 Private Cloud , draws on those offerings and includes numerous services, such as Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Backup-as-a-Service, Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service, and full multi- and hybrid cloud capabilities.

System

System Enterprise Enterprise Vmware

Is VMware really becoming the new mainframe?

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

VMwares virtualization suite before the Broadcom acquisition included not only the vSphere cloud-based server virtualization platform, but also administration tools and several other options, including software-defined storage, disaster recovery, and network security.

Vmware

Vmware Comparison Virtualization Disaster Recovery

Data center services

Dataconomy

JUNE 11, 2025

Data center services play a pivotal role in the digital landscape, ensuring organizations can operate efficiently and securely while managing their data. This article will explore the various components of data center services, the key providers, and their importance in today’s business environment.

Data Center

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Backup

Cracking AI’s storage bottleneck and supercharging inference at the edge

Venture Beat

JULY 7, 2025

As enterprise AI infrastructure evolves rapidly, storage hardware increasingly needs to be tailored to specific use cases, depending on where they are in the AI data pipeline,” Matson said. The proximity of data to compute dramatically increases the time to insight. I think you’re going to see the economies match that as well.”

Storage

Storage Disaster Recovery Hardware Enterprise

Gartner’s view on AI security: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

ComputerWeekly

JULY 7, 2025

Latest TechTarget resources CIO Security Networking Data Center Data Management Search CIO Help desk vs. service desk: Whats the difference? ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de

Security

Security Disaster Recovery Storage Network

AI and technical debt: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

ComputerWeekly

JUNE 16, 2025

Latest TechTarget resources CIO Security Networking Data Center Data Management Search CIO What is a compliance audit? ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk

Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery Storage Data Center Network

Google fixes type confusion flaw in Chrome browser

ComputerWeekly

JULY 2, 2025

– Search Security Latest TechTarget resources CIO Security Networking Data Center Data Management Search CIO Help desk vs. service desk: Whats the difference? ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk

Google

Google Disaster Recovery Storage Network

AI Summit London: Managing legacy IT and the pace of AI development

ComputerWeekly

JUNE 12, 2025

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Development

Development Storage Disaster Recovery Data Center

Failover

Dataconomy

MAY 30, 2025

Imagine a scenario where a business’s primary server suddenly failswhether due to hardware malfunction or a power outagewithout a failover system in place, the organization would face significant downtime. Local failover solutions operate within a single data center, while cloud-based solutions offer scalability and flexibility.

Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery Data Center Backup Architecture

Fusion and AI: How private sector tech is powering progress at ITER

ComputerWeekly

JUNE 12, 2025

While Microsoft tackles the atomic scale, Arena is focused on a different challenge: speeding up hardware development. In hardware, that loop can take months – or years.” ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk

Storage

Storage Disaster Recovery Data Center Network

Scaling smarter: How enterprise IT teams can right-size their compute for AI

Venture Beat

JUNE 27, 2025

AI pilots rarely start with a deep discussion of infrastructure and hardware. According to IDC , organizations in 2025 have boosted spending on compute and storage hardware infrastructure for AI deployments by 97% compared to the same period a year before. Read more from this special issue.

Enterprise

Enterprise Enterprise Hardware Cloud

Rethinking AI: DeepSeek’s playbook shakes up the high-spend, high-compute paradigm

Venture Beat

JUNE 14, 2025

companies pursued performance gains through more powerful hardware, bigger models and better data, DeepSeek focused on optimizing what was available. Pragmatism over process Beyond hardware optimization , DeepSeek’s approach to training data represents another departure from conventional Western practices. Faced with U.S.

Training

Training Architecture Data Development

Storage class memory (SCM)

Dataconomy

JULY 2, 2025

This innovative approach enables faster data access and persistent storage capabilities, catering to the dynamic needs of modern data centers and enterprise applications. Durability and reliability: SCM ensures enhanced data integrity compared to conventional memory types. What is storage class memory (SCM)?

Storage

Storage Data Center Disaster Recovery Applications

IBM discloses plans to build first large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer

Venture Beat

JUNE 10, 2025

Delivered by 2029, IBM Quantum Starling will be built in a new IBM Quantum Data Center in Poughkeepsie, New York and is expected to perform 20,000 times more operations than today’s quantum computers.

IBM

IBM Architecture Disaster Recovery Virtualization

Cloud hosting vs local servers: Pros, cons and costs

Dataconomy

APRIL 8, 2025

You do not have to buy and configure new hardware. You do not have to buy and configure new hardware. No upfront hardware investment You only pay for actual use. Reliability & redundancy The servers are located in several data centers. Predictable costs It is a one-time investment in hardware.

Cloud

Cloud Hardware Disaster Recovery Small Business

Zopa to embed into Manchester’s tech ecosystem

ComputerWeekly

JULY 7, 2025

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Banking

Banking Disaster Recovery Storage Network

Businesses say they are getting four Oracle Java audits a year

ComputerWeekly

JULY 15, 2025

– ComputerWeekly.com Latest TechTarget resources CIO Security Networking Data Center Data Management Search CIO U.S. ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es

Oracle

Oracle Licensing Fractional CTO Open Source

Soaring cloud costs force firms to curtail IT staff hiring and AI efforts, research shows

ComputerWeekly

JULY 15, 2025

New AI projects (26%) and cyber security (also 26%) were the areas that suffered the most, followed by IT staff hiring (24%) and hardware upgrades (18%),” the Akamai Technologies report started. ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es

CTO Hire

CTO Hire Research Cloud Fractional CTO

Forrester urges IT leaders to dump technical debt

ComputerWeekly

JULY 16, 2025

– ComputerWeekly.com Analysts make 4 technology predictions for 2025 – Search CIO Latest TechTarget resources CIO Security Networking Data Center Data Management Search CIO U.S. ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es

Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery Storage Budget Data Center

ING Bank transforming operations through agentic AI

ComputerWeekly

JULY 1, 2025

– ComputerWeekly.com Latest TechTarget resources CIO Security Networking Data Center Data Management Search CIO In an FTC antitrust win, Meta could face divestitures The FTC argues that Meta acquired Instagram and WhatsApp to eliminate competition in social media networks. ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es

Banking

Banking Storage Disaster Recovery Network

UK government to invest £1m in building out regional tech clusters

ComputerWeekly

JULY 16, 2025

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Government

Government Disaster Recovery Storage Network

UK ransomware costs significantly outpace other countries

ComputerWeekly

JUNE 24, 2025

ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk Home Hackers and cybercrime prevention concept w - stock.adobe.com News UK ransomware costs significantly outpace other countries UK organisations hit by ransomware attacks paid much higher ransoms than in other countries over the past 12 months, according to a new study. ComputerWeekly.de

Storage

Storage Disaster Recovery Network Data Center

Cloud storage service

Dataconomy

JUNE 3, 2025

With businesses and individuals generating more data than ever, cloud storage has become an indispensable tool for maintaining productivity and protecting valuable information. It not only reduces the reliance on local hardware but also enhances collaboration and ensures data availability, regardless of location.

Storage

Storage Cloud Disaster Recovery Backup

The road to quantum datacentres goes beyond logical qubits

ComputerWeekly

JULY 1, 2025

Esoteric hardware Speaking at the forum, Alexander Keesling, chief technology officer at QuEra, discussed the limits of lasers , which are being optimised for completely different application areas. ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es

Storage

Storage Disaster Recovery Network Linux

Second AI Energy Council meeting looks to forecast future demand

ComputerWeekly

JUNE 29, 2025

Read more about AI energy usage How much energy do data centers consume : High energy consumption continues to be an issue for data centers with the rise in AI use, but organizations are moving to energy-efficient systems to manage their power usage. ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de

Energy

Energy Meeting Disaster Recovery Storage

Should we trust Humphrey to boost public sector efficiency?

ComputerWeekly

JUNE 19, 2025

– ComputerWeekly.com Latest TechTarget resources CIO Security Networking Data Center Data Management Search CIO US senators offer perspectives on US energy policy Nuclear energy dominates the discussion among lawmakers and the tech industry as a top potential power source for AI data centers. ComputerWeekly.de

Storage

Storage Government Disaster Recovery Network

Widening Middle Eastern war increases cyber risk

ComputerWeekly

JUNE 23, 2025

– ComputerWeekly.com Latest TechTarget resources CIO Security Networking Data Center Data Management Search CIO U.S. energy policy Nuclear energy dominates the discussion among lawmakers and the tech industry as a top potential power source for AI data centers. ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es

Storage

Storage Disaster Recovery Network Government

Dutch cloud pioneers face the hard limits of digital sovereignty

ComputerWeekly

JUNE 20, 2025

– ComputerWeekly.com Latest TechTarget resources CIO Security Networking Data Center Data Management Search CIO US senators offer perspectives on US energy policy Nuclear energy dominates the discussion among lawmakers and the tech industry as a top potential power source for AI data centers. ComputerWeekly.de

Cloud

Cloud Open Source Storage Disaster Recovery

Shared services in the public sector – is bigger really better?

ComputerWeekly

JULY 2, 2025

– ComputerWeekly.com Latest TechTarget resources CIO Security Networking Data Center Data Management Search CIO In an FTC antitrust win, Meta could face divestitures The FTC argues that Meta acquired Instagram and WhatsApp to eliminate competition in social media networks. ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es

Storage

Storage Government Network Disaster Recovery

Home Office dumps Fujitsu from IT services contract

ComputerWeekly

JULY 14, 2025

September 2024: Under-pressure Post Office botches hardware procurement in project to replace error-prone system. ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de

Fractional CTO

Fractional CTO CTO Hire Government System

Report on integrity of current Post Office Horizon system due in autumn

ComputerWeekly

JUNE 19, 2025

September 2024: Under-pressure Post Office botches hardware procurement in project to replace error-prone system. ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de ComputerWeekly.es MicroScope.co.uk ComputerWeekly.de

System

System Report Government Fractional CTO

No refactoring required: A painless path to cloud adoption

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 9, 2025

Moving workloads to the cloud can enable enterprises to decommission hardware to reduce maintenance, management, and capital expenses. There are many compelling use cases for running VMs in Google Cloud VMware Engine, including: Data center extension. Disaster recovery. Refresh cycle. R elocating workloads.

Cloud

Cloud Vmware Disaster Recovery Data Center

QTS Realty Expands Disaster Recovery Portfolio with DRaaS

Data Center Knowledge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Software-based disaster recovery product is application- and hardware-independent and can be used in hybrid physical-virtual setups Read More. Disaster Recovery QTS (Quality Technology Services) Services'

Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery Hardware Virtualization Applications

In Disaster Recovery Planning, Don't Neglect Home Site Restoration.

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

In Disaster Recovery Planning, Don’t Neglect Home Site Restoration. In Disaster Recovery Planning, Don’t Neglect Home Site Restoration. Michelle Ziperstein is the Marketing Communications Specialist at Cervalis LLC , which provides data backup and disaster recovery solutions for mission-critical data.

Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery Data Center Backup Business Continuity

5 Tips to Boost Your Data Center IQ » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 28, 2013

5 Tips to Boost Your Data Center IQ. 5 Tips to Boost Your Data Center IQ. It’s not easy to stay current on the many facets of data center technology and operations. This week’s Industry Perspectives explore five hot topics for data center professionals and executives. White Papers.

Data Center

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage

The Software Defined Data Center Meets Disaster Recovery » Data.

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

The Software Defined Data Center Meets Disaster Recovery. The Software Defined Data Center Meets Disaster Recovery. It also means the person managing the data center can more efficiently utilize resources while providing better service to the company. Industry Perspectives.

Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery Data Center Meeting Software

Ballmer: Microsoft has 1 Million Servers » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

The interior of a container packed with servers at a Microsoft data center in Chicago. “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure. . “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure. 12 Million SF of New Microsoft Data Centers?

Data Center

Data Center Microsoft Data Disaster Recovery

Google Spends $1.6 Billion in 3 Months on its Data Centers

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Google’s Data Center Building Boom Continues: $1.6 Google’s Data Center Building Boom Continues: $1.6 Google’s extraordinary data center building boom continues to drive its spending, as the company invested a record $1.6 billion in its data centers in the second quarter of 2013.

Data Center

Data Center Google Data Disaster Recovery

Data center certifications target newcomers, experts, and sustainability pros

5 alternatives to VMware vSphere virtualization platform

Webinars

Trending Sources

Enterprises reevaluate virtualization strategies amid Broadcom uncertainty

Webinars

Nutanix partnerships target storage, AI workloads as it aims to take on VMware

11:11 Systems: Empowering enterprises to modernize, protect, and manage their IT assets and data

Is VMware really becoming the new mainframe?

Data center services

Cracking AI’s storage bottleneck and supercharging inference at the edge

Gartner’s view on AI security: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

AI and technical debt: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

Google fixes type confusion flaw in Chrome browser

AI Summit London: Managing legacy IT and the pace of AI development

Failover

Fusion and AI: How private sector tech is powering progress at ITER

Scaling smarter: How enterprise IT teams can right-size their compute for AI

Rethinking AI: DeepSeek’s playbook shakes up the high-spend, high-compute paradigm

Storage class memory (SCM)

IBM discloses plans to build first large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer

Cloud hosting vs local servers: Pros, cons and costs

Zopa to embed into Manchester’s tech ecosystem

Businesses say they are getting four Oracle Java audits a year

Soaring cloud costs force firms to curtail IT staff hiring and AI efforts, research shows

Forrester urges IT leaders to dump technical debt

ING Bank transforming operations through agentic AI

UK government to invest £1m in building out regional tech clusters

UK ransomware costs significantly outpace other countries

Cloud storage service

The road to quantum datacentres goes beyond logical qubits

Second AI Energy Council meeting looks to forecast future demand

Should we trust Humphrey to boost public sector efficiency?

Widening Middle Eastern war increases cyber risk

Dutch cloud pioneers face the hard limits of digital sovereignty

Shared services in the public sector – is bigger really better?

Home Office dumps Fujitsu from IT services contract

Report on integrity of current Post Office Horizon system due in autumn

No refactoring required: A painless path to cloud adoption

QTS Realty Expands Disaster Recovery Portfolio with DRaaS

In Disaster Recovery Planning, Don't Neglect Home Site Restoration.

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The Software Defined Data Center Meets Disaster Recovery » Data.

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