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Adam Smith: The Man Who Built A Data Centre In 6 Months Flat
In 6 months, Adam Smith and his company went from sharing racks in other people’s data centres, to having built one of their own. I met Adam to speak about the challenges and learning curves involved.
Adapt Launches Europe’s First EMC-Based Software Defined Data Centre
The agreement between the two companies means that the new data centre will help to increase customer demand and meet diverse challenges through a budget and outcome optimisation model.
Amazon Web Services Invests In Huge Solar Farm
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is about to become a lot more environmentally friendly after announcing the construction of an 80 megawatt solar farm.
Apple To Turn Failed Factory Into Green Data Centre
Apple will be investing $2 billion (£1.3bn) to turn a failed factory into its biggest data centre ever. As Bloomberg reports, Apple will convert an Arizona factory into a data centre after the facility failed to produce sapphire screens for iPhones.
Content-Centric Stoarge Is The Future
We spoke to Arun Agarwal, co-founder and CEO of Infinio, about why a content-centric approach to storage is the most intelligent perspective from which to view the future of storage.
Data Centre At St Andrews Cuts Costs And Boosts Morale
St Andrews University has claimed its award-winning data centre has boosted IT staff morale as well as delivering £65,000 of savings to the institution.
Data Centres To Be Transformed By Internet Of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) is placing extra pressure on data centres as they now need to provide additional security, capacity and analytics challenges, according to research that reveal billions of “things” will be online by 2020.
Desktop As A Service Vs. VDI
As businesses shift to cloud services as the norm, virtualisation has dramatically increased in popularity as it becomes a more viable option for those organisations that can’t afford large data centres or servers.
Green Contracts Could Cut Data Centre Energy Use, Says Research
According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, many data centre are still hugely inefficient, operating at just 12 to 18 per cent of capacity in most cases.
IBM Set To Open SoftLayer Data Centre In London
The facility has capacity for some 15,000 physical servers and comes as part of a global investment in cloud infrastructure that will reach $1.2 billion [£710 million].
Information Will Never Be Completely Secure In Data Centres, So Encrypt it
Amlin CTO Steve O'Donnell knows enterprise storage inside-out, and he spilled the beans when he recently popped into ITProPortal Towers.
Mapping your IT infrastructure: From organic sprawl to optimal scale
Whether IT professionals like to admit it or not, networks don’t always grow by intent or design. New technologies are reaching new audiences, leaving the infrastructure to grow and expand organically with the use of either internal users or outside partners. Essentially, it could be said that steady and consistent innovation impedes the progression of...
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall: Who's Got The Greenest Datacentre Of 'Em All?
You might think Apple or Google have the greenest datacentres, but i's actually a German start-up called Cloud&Heat that takes the crown.
NetSuite Expands Its European Footprint
NetSuite, the ERP and CRM giant, has announced that it has opened two new data centres in Amsterdam and Dublin as part of its growth plans for the region.
NHS Blood And Transplant Seeks Migration Partner
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has started the search for a supplier that will help with data centre migration, according to a pre-tender.
Public Transport Company Metro Seeks Data Centre Partner
Metro, the firm responsible for the co-ordination of public transport across West Yorkshire, has announced it is searching for a partner to provide a staffed and supported data centre solution.
Salesforce Increases Commitment To Europe With New UK Data Centre
Cloud computing services provider Salesforce.com has announced plans to open three European data centres in a move that will create 500 new jobs.
SanDisk Announces New CloudSpeed SSDs For Enterprise
The four new 19nm-based models are the CloudSpeed Extreme, CloudSpeed Ultra, CloudSpeed Ascend and entry-level CloudSpeed Eco.
The Challenge Of The Internet Of Things In The Workplace And Data Centre
The challenge around the Internet of Things (IoT) is less around smart devices in the home, but more about devices in the workplace and in the data centre.
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