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NTT Ltd has completed the shell of its second building within its Munich 2 data center campus. The 14MW building is scheduled to go online later this year and will provide around 6,200 sq m (66,000 sq ft) of colo space in the German town of Unterschleißheim outside Munich, Bavaria. German powerhouse NTT's Global Data Centers division CEO for EMEA, Florian Winkler, said: “We ...

Equinix has closed its data centres to the public in France, Germany, Italy and Spain as a protective measure amid COVID-19 outbreak. In the company’s FAQ section, it was revealed that Equinix’s remaining IBX data centres, except those in Asia-Pacific, will be moving to an appointment-only protocol from March 25, until further notice. For all IBXs in EMEA and the Americas, i...

The UK's Ministry of Defence is on the hunt for an infrastructure and platform service provider to host servers supporting its Primavera project management software. In a tender notice, the ministry's Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) unit said hosting will make continued use of the accredited "UKCloud" provided platform, which offers specialist multi-cloud services to orga...

As countries implement restrictions on travel during the Covid-19 pandemic, data centers are being included in lists of "essential infrastructure," and staff are getting exemptions to enable them to keep facilities online. Rules and regulations vary between countries and are changing rapidly, but the UK, and the US State of California are among those which have explicitly ad...

Computacenter has entered exclusive negotiations to buy up BT France's domestic services business, for an acquisition that is expected to take place in the latter half of 2020. In a London Stock Exchange filing, the UK-headquartered reseller said the acquisition will enable Computacenter to strengthen its position in the French networking market. "The current coronavirus pan...

With governments, schools and businesses of all sizes continuing to look for ways to address the impacts of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, Avaya Holdings Corp. is powering its global COVID-19 response efforts with Avaya Spaces, and providing significant resources to enable more organizations globally to adapt to a world that is mandating new ways to engage. Avaya Space...

In today’s world of social distancing, widespread remote working is becoming the norm. In some cases, offices are mixed – some employees are working remotely, while essential employees remain in the office. This is where a digital meeting system like Microsoft Teams works its magic. Until today, though, there was no Teams-certified collaboration bar to install at the office,...

Cisco's Elisabeth De Dobbeleer is to steer its EMEAR channel as newly appointed Partner Lead for the region. She takes over from David Meads who was appointed Chief Executive for Cisco UK&I in February, and was previously Cisco’s Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for EMEAR, and has held a number of prior global and regional roles at Cisco across its legal, business o...

Slack has redesigned its team messaging app in a bid to make the product simpler for workers who aren't as tech-savvy as its earliest customers. The refresh comes as Slack falls further behind rival Microsoft Teams in the race for users. The Microsoft product now has 44 million daily active users, up from 20 million four months ago, the tech giant announced. Teams have gaine...

Microsoft Teams is seeing massive user growth as remote work becomes the norm amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The chat, collaboration and video conferencing app saw its daily active user count rise more than 37 percent over the past week, from 32 million to 44 million users around the world. During that time, Microsoft also signed up six additional large business customers with ...