Data centre networking
A Computer Weekly buyer's guide to networking for the modern workplace
The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed our networking habits. In this 17-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at how firms are coping with the shift to remote working, the new challenges facing IT leaders and the alternatives to strained virtual private networks.
News : Data centre networking
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October 22, 2020
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Oct'20
Iron Mountain scales global connectivity collaboration with Telia Carrier
Enhanced global network in APAC, EMEA and North America aims to deliver increased high-performance network diversity for datacentre customers
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October 13, 2020
13
Oct'20
DBS to deploy IBM z15 mainframes
Singapore’s DBS Bank has signed a seven-year deal with IBM to run and modernise mission-critical applications on z15 mainframes
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October 01, 2020
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Oct'20
How Ethernet became the world’s networking standard
Ethernet pioneer Bob Metcalfe outlines the technology’s early history, including the rivalry with IBM and what he did to convince people of the value of networks
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September 21, 2020
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Sep'20
NBN Co pumps in A$700m to shore up business connectivity
Australia’s national wholesale broadband provider is creating up to 240 business fibre zones across the country to provide businesses with access to its enterprise ethernet service
In Depth : Data centre networking
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A safe bet: How Covid-19 is fuelling investor interest in the datacentre industry
With demand for cloud and colocation capacity soaring on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic, datacentres are looking like an increasingly attractive bet for the investor community. Computer Weekly finds out why Continue Reading
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Future of networking technology relies on 5G, edge computing
In this roundup of networking blogs, experts discuss the key trends they look forward to in 2020 and how these advancements could benefit networking's future. Continue Reading
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How Europe’s largest datacentre is helping to expand broadband access
NGD, the operator of the largest datacentre in Europe, is playing an unlikely role in helping expand access to full-fibre broadband in south Wales. We find out how, and why Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Data centre networking
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Homeworking - the new norm - is there any other option...
In the last blog, I touched on the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; the obvious fallout here is the massive increase in home/remote working, something I’ve been practicing since 1989 – ... Continue Reading
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What's In A Number? Er, Lots Of Packets Per Second...
I remember when first testing Gigabit Ethernet (Packet Engines and Foundry Networks for the record) and thinking: "how do we harness this much bandwidth - maybe take a TDM approach and slice it? ... Continue Reading
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Silicon photonics to feed growing appetite for bandwidth
Belgium-based research institute IMEC has developed a platform that uses silicon photonics in high-speed optical links to support the growing bandwidth needs of cloud datacentres. According to ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Data centre networking
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Storage: How ‘tail latency’ impacts customer-facing applications
Henry He of Virtual Instruments looks at tail latency, the small percentage of storage I/O that could be causing big and costly problems for business applications Continue Reading
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Max Schrems’s mass surveillance complaint knocked back another year or two by Irish judge
Irish data protection commissioner Helen Dixon has neatly avoided having to deal with the US surveillance of Facebook users in Europe by referring a complaint by Austrian lawyer Max Schrems to the European Court of Justice Continue Reading
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Sale, spin-off or stay put? What should EMC do next?
With reports suggesting some major changes may be afoot at EMC, Clive Longbottom looks at the reasons why Continue Reading
