The future impact of the hyperscale data centre
There will be more than 600 hyperscale data centres worldwide by 2020, which could have a beneficial impact on the cloud market, according to...
The future of data centres: out with ‘aggression’, in with ‘collaboration’?
Speaking at Data Centres Ireland, John Laban from the Open Compute Project pointed out that many data centre professionals are failing to keep up...
The impact of efficiency and sustainability on cloud & service provider market
Schneider Electric announced findings from a newly commissioned study by 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, that captures the impact efficiency and...
The Network Edge: Vertiv CEO outlines 2019 data centre trends
The Network Edge is on the tip of our tongue as we discuss 2019 data centre trends, writes Rob Johnson, chief executive officer at...
Tier Certifications more than triple in the past five years
Uptime Institute has announced it has completed its 1000thcertification and is experiencing substantial growth in all geographies worldwide. Over the past five years, Tier certifications have...
Tiers of joy: how risk reduction can save data centres money
A survey of data centre operators showed that one quarter experienced a data centre outage in the past 12 months. However, Tier certification can...
Top tips for optimising cooling
FläktGroup’s Mike Hayes highlights the areas which should not be overlooked to ensure cooling systems run smoothly... Â
Non-IT infrastructure plays a crucial role in keeping...
Understanding causes of data centre failures
Nils Gerstle from Collaboretix Enterprise Consulting warns that too many data centres operate in a ‘reactive mode’
Data centre failure can be described as a critical...
Undeterred by Brexit uncertainty, UK businesses continue to invest in IT infrastructure at the...
The latest Global Interconnection Index (GXI), an annual market study published by Equinix, predicts private connectivity at the edge will grow by 51% compound...
Uptime Institute announces outage severity rating
The number of outages has steadily climbed in recent years, prompting the Uptime Institute to develop a standardised method of articulating the severity of...
Uptime Institute launches research organisation
The Uptime Institute has announced the launch of Uptime Institute Research, a new research organisation aimed at bringing practical and forward-looking information and insights...
Uptime Institute predicts growth for ‘smart energy’ for the data centre
Data centres could be more energy efficient and make better use of their infrastructures if existing and emerging smart energy technologies were in greater...
Uptime Institute warns that ‘painful lessons will be learned’ in 2019
The Uptime Institute has warned that disruptive and often high-profile outages will continue as operators grapple with the complexities of deploying distributed, hybrid systems...
US bank takes large custom data hall at NGD
Next Generation Data (NGD) has announced the completion of a further large custom data hall for a major international bank. The US-owned bank’s continued...
Vertiv partners with NBM Technology Solutions
Vertiv has announced that it has partnered with NBM Technology Solutions, to deliver data centre products to businesses in the UK. Specifically, Vertiv will provide...
Vertiv predicts emergence of next generation data centre in 2018
Data centre trends for 2018 have been identified by a global panel of experts from Vertiv, formerly Emerson Network Power, including the emergence of...
Vertiv survey highlights future growth of the ‘edge’
Five years ago, Vertiv led a global, industry-wide examination of the data centre of the future. Data Centre 2025: Exploring the Possibilities, stretched the...
Virtual Power Systems and Natron Energy announce strategic partnership
Virtual Power Systems (VPS), a creator of 'Software Defined Power' (SDP), has announced a strategic technology partnership with Natron Energy, a developer of disruptive battery...
Virtual Power Systems and Schneider collaborate on data centre power systems
Virtual Power Systems has announced that its Software Defined Power solution, ICE, has been implemented in the latest firmware update of Schneider Electric’s Galaxy...
Virtualisation continues to eat datacentre hardware firms’ lunch
Datacentre hardware vendors continue to feel the bite of virtualisation on profits.
According to the latest benchmark report from Technology Business Research, revenue for datacentre...