Credit Crunch? Data Centres Aren't Feeling It

Property Firm Internet Villages International (IVI) has announced that it will build a green-powered "data farm" in the north of Lockerbie, Scotland.The three-year project will start in 2008 and will receive GBP...

Burglars posing as policemen successfully made their way into a data centre near London's King's Cross station on Thursday 6th December.According to a Metropolitan Police statement, "Three to five male suspects, dressed as...

Chip manufacturer Intel has annonced that it is going to launch a new range of portable data centres in the latest issue of its Premier IT Magazine. Intel will join the likes of Rackable and Sun Microsystems who have already...

In the sobering wake of the Stern report, the rallying cry came from the very top. The Prime Minister himself went public with his fears, labelling the findings both ‘overwhelming’ and ‘disastrous.’ The...

European businesses are overtaking taking the US in the drive for greener data centres. A recent survey by ONStor, the leading provider of scalable clustered NAS solutions for the enterprise, has already shown shocking statistics...

Flexible, Scalable and Cost Effective.The dynamic nature of the distributed data centre and cost constraints demands any remote server management solution to provide flexibility and scalability as part of the solution, without...

In the distributed data centre, there are many elements to consider when developing an overall server IP-based KVM management strategy. Guaranteed Anytime Anywhere Access. A server management solution should support guaranteed...

The fundamental concept of the data centre is changing rapidly and dramatically. Primary data centre elements including applications, servers, infrastructure and storage are being virtualized and redistributed in order to lower...

This article examines the elements associated with implementing an effective solution for remotely accessing and managing a modern data centre.More to Manage with Fewer PersonnelIT managers are under increasing pressure to...

Given these complexities, proactive network and systems management is required to maintain the network and prevent, or at least minimise, the duration and frequency of outages. It is critical, therefore, for IT managers to have...

The reality of today’s global economy requires companies to face the challenges of worldwide operations, 24x7x365 business models and e-commerce transactions. The always-on, always-ready business climate demands continuous,...

DCMI, a data centre consolidation and migration specialist, has announced that its Migrata toolset solution is being implemented by a large, UK-based telco to help it dramatically reduce the workload, risk and cost of its data...

‘Acts of theft, fraud and vandalism in the data centre are three times more likely to be an ‘inside job’ than perpetrated by someone who’s unconnected with the company or Centre,’ according to data centre specialists Migration...

Based on recent research, UK Data Centres – the carrier neutral market - from consultancy BroadGroup, data centre space in London will increase by around 45% through to 2012. That London is approaching full utilisation does not...

So with the clustering of data centres already beginning, where might it eventually lead? One idea is that the entire public sector should have just 30 or 40 major data centres spread across the UK.Each would contain and support...