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Vodafone confirms spying piplelines linked with mobile networks

Vodafone, one of the world’s largest telecom providers, has confirmed that secret cables exist which connect to mobile networks which allow them to listen and record any conversation across 29 countries. According to the Guardian, the company has reacted to

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Intel to launch 800Gbps cables by the end of this year

Intel has made major moves in the data transfer sector, particularly with regard to cloud computing, and now the chip giant is to release cables capable of transferring data at up to 800Gbps. The new MXC cables will eventually replace

Posted in Cloud Computing, Data Centres, Energy, Managed Services, Server Rooms

Google gets green light for second Dublin data centre

Tech giant Google is set to expand its presence in Ireland, following the approval of its proposed €150 million new data centre in west Dublin by Dublin City Council. As reported in February, the internet search engine provider will construct

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Blu-Ray in the Data Center?

Facebookhas developed a storage system that packs 1 petabyte of data into a single cabinet filled with 10,000 Blu-Ray optical discs. Facebook hopes to put the Blu-Ray storage unit into production by the end of this year, providing “ultra-cold” storage

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TelecityGroup wins “Best Data Centre” award

TelecityGroup, Europe’s leading provider of premium carrier-neutral data centres, won the “Best Data Centre” award at Capacity Media’s 2013 Global Carrier Awards held in Amsterdam. The award recognises TelecityGroup’s innovation, vision and excellence in delivering the premium data centre environments

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Citadel100 inks deal with Mercury CLOUDCOVER for its Mission Critical Data Centre needs

DUBLIN, IRELAND, Dec 10, 2013 (Menafn – Marketwired via COMTEX) –Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release. Mercury CLOUDCOVER (MCC), a leading Total Facilities Management (TFM) whole lifecycle service provider, today announced a major contract with

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Microsoft’s Cloud Services Growth Drives Second Expansion of its Dublin Datacentre

Dublin, 3rd December 2013 – Microsoft today announced plans to further expand its Europe Middle East and Africa mega datacentre in Dublin, Ireland. The expansion, due for completion in Spring 2014, represents a new investment of €170m million.   Construction of

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Dataplex opens €23m data centre in Dublin

Dataplex is to open a new data centre in Dublin today as part of a €23 million investment by the firm. The company expects to create 25 jobs at the facility in Dublin 15. Dataplex is already building the second

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A Visual Guide to the Top 10 Supercomputers

The twice-a-year list of the Top 500 supercomputers documents the most powerful systems on the planet. Many of these supercomputers are striking not just for their processing power, but for their design and appearance as well. For a look at

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Cray Unveils New Hadoop Solution For Big Data Analytics

Cray announced a new Hadoop solution, which will allow customers to apply the combination of supercomputing technologies and an enterprise-strength approach to Big Data analytics to high-value Hadoop applications. Available later this month, Cray cluster supercomputers for Hadoop will pair Cray

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