Uptime Institute has announced the release of its 13th Annual Global Data Center survey. The findings show data center operators facing stricter regulations and more pressure to reduce energy, along with persistent staffing and supply chain issues. The Report shows new technologies potentially presenting a promising way forward, but theseRead More…
Summer in the northern hemisphere just started, but already devastating heatwaves have washed over much of the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Europe and Asia. Widespread wildfires in Canada have triggered air quality alerts across that country and much of the eastern half of the U.S. Similar extreme heat events across AsiaRead More…
The Gulf Data Centre Association (GDCA), a trade organisation propelling the growth of the data centre industry across the GCC, has today announced the launch of Touchdown Middle East, the region’s first annual conference for the data centre industry, which will take place on the 21st and 22nd November 2023.Read More…
Siemon has announced the release of an innovative upgrade to its EagleEye infrastructure management software in the Middle East. Siemon’s EagleEye Red Automated Infrastructure Management (AIM) software helps users better document and manage their IT network and devices. Compliant to ISO/IEC 18598:2016 and TIA ANSI/TIA-5048 AIM standards, EagleEye Red isRead More…
By: Adrian Taylor, VP EMEA at A10 Networks For commercial data centre operators, business is good. Although the future of the industry is looking bright, there are some threats on the horizon. The cost of downtime continues to grow. The Uptime Institute found one in four data centre incidents of downtime exceed $1Read More…
Housing Bank has achieved a significant milestone in its infrastructure upgrade and modernization journey, as well as adopting cutting-edge technology solutions. The bank announced the unprecedented launch of the first-ever Prefabricated Modular Data Center in the banking sector in Jordan. This state-of-the-art data center has met the requirements of TierRead More…
Global technology company SAP SE, in partnership with Oman’s Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology (MTCIT), has announced the launch of the Sultanate’s first private cloud data center, a major milestone for Oman in its digital transformation. At the same time, Oman-based global integrated energy company OQ signed anRead More…
Cisco has announced plans to establish a data center for cloud-delivered security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to help customers protect their users, infrastructure, and investments against threat actors. The announcement is part of Cisco’s continued effort to empower organizations locally and in the region with flexible securityRead More…
At the “Data Center and AI Technology Premiere,” AMD announced the products, strategy and ecosystem partners that will shape the future of computing, highlighting the next phase of data center innovation. AMD was joined on stage with executives from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Citadel, Hugging Face, Meta, Microsoft Azure and PyTorchRead More…
Paul Delory, VP Analyst at Gartner highlights the four major trends that are likely to pave the way for future of cloud, data center and edge infrastructureRead More…
Beyon, a Bahrain-based international telecommunications and technology group, has announced the completion of Phase 2 of the Company’s solar park. During an event held to mark the completion at the Royal Golf Club in Riffa, Beyon chairman Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalifa Al Khalifa said, “Beyon’s efforts towards sustainability and cleanRead More…
As Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries have grown and their built environments continued to expand and develop with a particular focus on smart cities, CBRE has seen strong expansion in the region’s data centre market.Read More…
