All articles by Joao Lima

Joao Lima

Data centre power use is out of control – firms admit failure to measure energy efficiency

News: Failure to monitor energy means over 40% have no efficiency objectives.

Japanese banking giant links two London data centres

News: Optical network cable deployed seeks reinforcement of financial services communication in the capital region.

First 100% open source data centre-scale OS launches with backing from HPE, Cisco, Accenture and Microsoft

News: System is a containerised data centre-scale platform to run the next-generation applications at scale.

Single orchestration platforms are key to smart office setup – here’s why

C-level briefing: BYOD, AI, VR – this tech will only work when a tech-agnostic platform is deployed to orchestrate the different needs of the business, says Essensys CEO.

Collocation, cooling & management: 5 hot UK data centre start-ups to watch

List: Upcoming start-ups to keep your eye on in the UK data centre industry.

Google’s Android N hints at major VR upgrade

News: VR helper services set to allow customers to control VR apps and other functionalities under VR mode.

How the rise of everything-as-a-service will drive IoT pay-as-you-go economy

C-level briefing: Concepts such as coffee or tyres-as-a-service are real and businesses must adapt quickly, says CEO Dr John Bates.

5 UK IoT venture capitalists making investments in drones, software and monitoring

List: Millions are being poured into the IoT space, but who are some of the main backers in the UK?

Cisco boss: enterprises will abandon cloud for data centre

News: To succeed in the cloud game, there needs to be a balance with workload deployment.

ARM vs Mozilla vs Google vs Huawei vs Microsoft: In a world of connectivity, which IoT OS is best for you?

Analysis: Smart cities, homes, cars, wearables and everything else need a software backbone, but what are the differences of the many IoT OSs in today’s market?