Big UK businesses are ahead of the rest of Europe when it comes to introducing environmentally friendly strategies, but are trailing behind their German...
Brian McKenna, Editor of Computer Weekly magazine, introduces the first article in a “Next-generation enterprise IT” series, sponsored by IBM. In the article “Optimising data centre operations”, Danny Bradbury looks at how data centre managers can optimise operations for maximum efficiency in the context of the downturn.
After years of uncontrolled growth, many datacentres face a crisis as they run into space and power constraints. Even though remedies to the problems exist, current typical business practices concerning datacentres do not encourage the prioritisation of power reduction within one of the most power hungry areas of a business.