28 Mar 2011 | Design & Facilities Management
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The continuing need for cost containment combined with new government legislation is placing greater pressure on Data Centre managers to drive down power consumption and improve efficiency. Indeed, new state of the art data centres are achieving phenomenal efficiency ratings through the use of innovative technologies such as direct and indirect free cooling, with a strong emphasis on recycling and sustainability.
But just how applicable is this best practice to existing data centres? Can such significant investments really be applied to legacy set ups? And, if so, how can organisations demonstrate that investment in areas such as new air conditioning and high efficiency UPS systems, is delivering the improvement in efficiency required by both the board and to meet Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme targets?
Jason Preston, Director of data centre innovator, 2bm, provides ten tips for improving – and proving - data centre efficiency.
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14 Feb 2011 | The Cloud
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The technology sector has played a leading role in the recovery of the U.S. economy from the global economic recession. Many technology vendors – large and small – are experiencing strong growth in both revenues and margins. The allure of cloud computing has created an aggressive environment with vendors making major investments in IT infrastructure that can be offered to enterprises as on-demand, variably-priced services.
By Mark Settle, CIO of BMC Software.
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14 Feb 2011 | Virtualization
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Though the concept of "cloud computing" is not new, it is undisputable that it has captured the imagination of the IT industry and will play a large part in the ICT domain over the next 10 years or more, as future systems further exploit the capabilities of managed services and on-demand resource provisioning.
By Steve Hughes, cloud and virtualisation specialist, Colt Managed Services.
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7 Feb 2011 | The Cloud
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The technology sector has played a leading role in the recovery of the U.S. economy from the global economic recession. Many technology vendors – large and small – are experiencing strong growth in both revenues and margins. The allure of cloud computing has created an aggressive environment with vendors making major investments in IT infrastructure that can be offered to enterprises as on-demand, variably-priced services. By Mark Settle, CIO of BMC Software.
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22 Nov 2010 | Virtualization
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The National Unified Procurement Company (NUPCO) is a healthcare supply chain company based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was exclusively set up by the government of Saudi Arabia in August of 2007 to serve the public hospitals and primary care units. NUPCO will centralise procurement, storage and distribution for pharmaceutical, medical supplies, and medical devices.
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22 Nov 2010 | Virtualization
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Councils face constant pressure to better serve their citizens within tight budget constraints. In difficult times, when demands for services are up but budgets are down, this can be a tough-balancing act.
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19 Aug 2010 | Virtualization
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Transforming an organization through server virtualization requires a strategic and coordinated approach. Data protection – which includes not only backup, but also secondary storage and disaster recovery considerations – is an area that can easily complicate virtualized data centers if implemented hastily. It is essential that data protection efforts reduce hardware purchases, rather than require additional hardware to make it work. The following are five critical data protection imperatives that organizations must consider during virtual server planning. By Peter Eicher, Senior Product Manager, Syncsort Inc.
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29 Jul 2010 | Virtualization
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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, VDI, is no longer perceived as just a niche tactic and is poised to become a mainstream enterprise strategy. Gartner predicts that the worldwide hosted virtual desktop (HVD) market will accelerate through 2013 to reach 49 million units, up from more than 500,000 units in 2009. VDI has the potential to help businesses manage their desktop environments more efficiently and securely, but is not without its challenges.
Tom Brand, service manager – cloud solutions for GlassHouse Technologies (UK), writes.
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