Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have teamed with Silicon Valley giants including Sun Microsystems, Intel, Cisco, and others to demonstrate technologies that could save billions of dollars a year in the energy costs of operating data centers, as well as improve reliability and lengthen equipment life. Read more
CIOs need to become aware of the energy crisis that will affect large data centres over the next few years. Read more
Interxion has established itself at the forefront of carrier independent data centre operators offering equipment housing facilities and a range of managed services to enterprises looking to drive down capital expenditure while enhancing operational efficiency and network/infrastructure resilience. DCS talked to Interxion, Group MD, Anthony Foy. Read more
The argument for keeping applications and files in the branch office has just got rather ropey. Read more
Is it time to replace manual change activities with streamlined, automated processes based on proven best practice? Read more
Network security is at a crossroads where today's tactical and perimeter-centric defences can no longer be relied upon to guarantee the level of network availability and granular policy enforcement required. Read more
The computing industry goes in cycles. The latest trend, growing in buzz over the past year, is server consolidation aided by virtualization software. Virtualization software for a computer allows a single machine to behave as though it were many different, separate computing systems; each virtualized instance behaves almost identically to an independent physical machine. Using virtualization software, a room full of servers can be consolidated onto a single physical box (provided it is powerful enough). Pundits claim this trend to be cyclical because it is returning us to the old days of a single large, powerful computer (ala mainframe) running all of the tasks in an organization. Although the modern consolidated, virtualized server is unlikely to look anything like the mainframes of old, it is instructive to examine the virtualization trend in the light of this mainframe comparison to see if there are any lessons to be learned. Read more
Rob Potts, UK Country Manager, American Power Conversion (APC) argues that legacy datacentres built on rigid non adaptable network infrastructures can put businesses at a severe competitive disadvantage. Designing for Adaptability and Scalability however, can produce up to 35% savings in data centre build costs, as well as a further 35% savings in operating expenses. Read more
Merging IT is not a straightforward process, and while the accountants and lawyers scrutinise every other aspect of the deal, the reconciliation of IT often doesn't attract the same level of due diligence. Read more
Examining current server consolidation practices, the new wave of file server consolidation and what this will mean for business and how it can be achieved. Read more
Rising power costs, security, blade servers, virtualisation and managed services are making co-location operators an attractive alternative to in-house IT deployments. Read more
The network has become a critical tool to gain competitive advantages and businesses should always be diligent in finding ways to enhance and improve the enterprise network. Read more
The demands on data centers have never been greater. Data volumes are doubling every year, information and applications must be protected and available at all times, and there is no window for downtime. Read more
The five hospitals in the Bavarian capital of Munich are currently centralising their information technology in order to save costs and provide a more efficient data management system. Read more
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