Massimo Bandinelli, Marketing Manager at Aruba Cloud, explores Italy’s rise as a key player in the European data centre and cloud scene. Italy’s cloud market has seen notable growth in recent years. With a 19% market increase since 2022, it is now worth over 5.5 billion euros, according to data from the Cloud Transformation Observatory. It will come as no surprise, therefore, that the region is attracting the attention of European cloud providers looking to expand their reach. Growth has been driven not only by software services (SaaS), but also by infrastructure services (IaaS) reaching ..read more

Jeff Safovich, Chief Technology Officer at RiT Tech, sits down with DCR to discuss how AI can help improve efficiency and reduce risk for data centre operators, the company’s XpedITe’s AI provisioning module, and the challenges facing the sector. DCR: XpedITe’s AI provisioning module is the reason that RiT Tech has been shortlisted for the ER & DCR Excellence Awards DCIM Solution of the Year. How would you describe its value to data centre operators and owners and how different is it from other DCIM platforms? JS: RiT Tech’s XpedITe software platform is quite different from traditional DC ..read more

Vantage Data Centers has announced the development of a multi-phase data centre campus, DUB1. The company has said it intends to invest more than €1 billion in the development and delivery of the campus. The first two phases will comprise a combined 52 MW of IT capacity, with the first phase expected to be operational in late 2024. Located in Profile Park, Grange Castle in Dublin the 38,000 sqm campus will consist of one 32 MW facility and one 20 MW facility – with potential to expand with a third. The DUB1 campus will utilise an on-site 100 MVA multi-fuel generation plant capable of running a ..read more

Ben Schein, Senior Vice President of Product at Domo, explores how to navigate AI-assisted cyber attacks in the evolving internet landscape. An integral and omnipresent part of daily life, the internet continues to serve us with seamless communication, and connectivity across a plethora of platforms and devices. By keeping a keen eye on the world’s data use over the last decade, we’ve learnt that data is ever-changing and certainly not showing any signs of losing momentum. However, the advent of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted cyber attacks introduces fresh challenges, impacting how busi ..read more

Ahmed Aburahal, Technical Product Manager at Integrity360, explores how the cloud landscape has changed over the past year, and what this means for the digital transformation strategies of the future. Organisations are increasingly adopting cloud-native application architectures to stay agile and competitive. In fact, by 2025, an estimated 95% of new digital workloads will be deployed on cloud-native platforms. However, this shift brings a new set of challenges that can jeopardise security, efficiency, and visibility – and we’re also beginning to see the potential impact of doing so without a ..read more

Telehouse International Corporation of Europe has appointed Kenkichi Honda as the new Managing Director of Telehouse Europe. The appointment came into force on 1 April 2024, with Honda transitioning from his role as Director for the Toyota business at Telehouse’s parent company KDDI. Honda has a wealth of experience across the telecommunications and data centre sectors, previously holding positions as Senior Director at KDDI America and Senior Director at the Belgium branch of KDDI Europe. Looking to the futurte of Telehouse Europe, Honda will focus on operational excellence and customer exp ..read more

Cloud data ecosystems are the way forward for both industrial enterprises and the technology providers that support them, says Rónán de Hooge, Executive Vice President, Cloud Platform Business at AVEVA. An industrial environment where machines anticipate their own maintenance needs, supply chains innovate in response to real-time demand and resource shifts, and industries operate with unparalleled efficiency and minimal waste – all orchestrated by human experts?   That vision is fast becoming a reality as industries organise in response to the evolving business landscape. Disrupted supply ..read more

Network infrastructure provider Zayo Group has appointed Colman Deegan as its new CEO of Zayo Europe. Deegan’s career previously saw him spend two decades with Vodafone, where he held a variety of senior leadership positions – his most recent as Vodafone Spain’s CEO. Deegan will drive the business’ growth across Europe as cloud and AI adoption continues to expand. Steve Smith, CEO Zayo Group, said, “Colman’s experience and proven track record as a CEO leading large teams and businesses makes him perfectly equipped to take our European business to new heights, together with our outstanding loc ..read more

Jon Fielding, Managing Director, EMEA at Apricorn, explains the benefits of AI-assisted data management, and how it could improve data security. As data volumes continue to grow, organisations are grappling with managing, retaining, and safeguarding it in a manner that is both efficient and effective. However, the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) is heralding a transformation in data management practices. Traditionally, the process of deciding which data to retain, delete, or compress has been arduous and time-consuming, with organisations finding themselves inundated with vast troves ..read more

Vertiv has introduced the SmartAisle 3, a micro modular data centre system that utilises AI to boost operational efficiency. The SmartAisle 3 is available in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and can be configured up to 120 kW of total IT capacity. The SmartAisle 3 is a fully-integrated data centre ecosystem comprising racks, UPS, thermal management and monitoring, and physical security. It features AI functionality to help optimise the operational and energy efficiency of the micro data centre, with a self-learning function that can intelligently monitor and adjust temperature depend ..read more