Data centre
Deciding where and how to build and operate a datacentre is one of the most important decisions your organisation will make. This section covers how to build a solid datacentre infrastructure, including selecting the right location to build your new facility, best practices for designing a new datacentre, and cooling and air flow techniques. Learn about green IT, data management systems, servers and operating systems.
Read more about related Data centre topics:
- Clustering for high availability and HPC
- Datacentre backup power and power distribution
- Datacentre capacity planning
- Datacentre cooling infrastructure
- Disaster recovery/security
- Green IT
- Performance, monitoring and optimisation
- Systems management
- IaaS
- Server and Operating Systems
- PaaS
- Virtualisation
- SaaS
- Desktop virtualisation platforms
News : Data centre
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September 29, 2016
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Amazon Web Services expands European datacentre footprint with Paris region opening
Amazon Web Services outlines plans to build Paris datacentre region in 2017, as demand for locally hosted cloud services grows
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September 29, 2016
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How software is reshaping the car industry
Car firms are becoming more tech savvy, but connected cars open up a whole new set of challenges
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September 29, 2016
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Microsoft’s grand plan aims to make big data intelligence accessible to all
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants to democratise access to big data intelligence across the enterprise through the use of cloud, machine learning and new datacentre chip technologies
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September 28, 2016
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UK Oracle MD: companies repeating tangled architectures in cloud
Oracle’s UK, Ireland and Israel managing director, Dermot O’Kelly takes stock of Open World 2016 and urges CIOs not to reinvent on-premise “accidental architectures” in the cloud
In Depth : Data centre
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Docker storage: how to get persistent storage in Docker
Docker, by default, doesn’t come with persistent storage, which presents an issue to some workloads customers that want to run in containers – however, there are ways to achieve persistent storage Continue Reading
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On-premise IT still the only way to run certain tasks
How to augment a public cloud strategy with on-premise IT by running workloads in a private cloud and bursting to the public cloud Continue Reading
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Interview: British Medical Journal’s CDO talks datacentres, DevOps and desktops
BMJ’s chief digital officer explains how the 170-year-old healthcare publication has negotiated several major digital transformation projects since she joined in 2012 Continue Reading
CW Europe – September 2015 edition
Find out the winners of the Computer Weekly European User Awards 2015. The awards aim to shine a light on businesses across Europe that have excelled in their approach to using technology. You can find a full list of winners in this issue and we have highlighted a few through in-depth case studies.
Blog Posts : Data centre
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Google Reviews blows datacentre industry's best kept secrets
Given the sensitive nature of the information server farms house, the datacentre community is never all that keen on revealing the precise location of where their facilities are out of fear of ... Continue Reading
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How VMware is tackling the challenges of doing business in the hybrid, multi-cloud era
VMworld US 2016 suggests VMware is under no illusions about the challenges it faces, as its traditional customers cede control for IT buying to line of business units and start exploring their ... Continue Reading
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The only certainty of Brexit is uncertainty
The reality of what Brexit means is starting to sink in: no one knows for certain what will happen. Six weeks after the UK voted to leave the EU, the weak pound is already causing IT costs to rise ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Data centre
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Infrastructure as code: What does it mean and why does it matter?
The emergence of software-defined hardware has given rise to the phrase “infrastructure as code” to describe the way these environments are managed Continue Reading
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Digital government isn’t about user needs – it’s more fundamental than that
The government digital movement needs to come out of startup phase and deliver on the real opportunities for public engagement Continue Reading
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Choosing the right colocation provider
Quocirca's Clive Longbottom runs through the list of items enterprise IT managers should look for in prospective colocation providers Continue Reading
Videos : Data centre
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Adrian Davis discusses the evolution of security in the age of IoT
Cloud computing and the internet of things will have a major impact on how security is implemented going forward.
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Why Fitness First consolidated onto Nutanix
Fitness First has migrated its traditional datacentre installation to a Nutanix converged infrastructure
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CW500: Amarpal Singh Attwal on dealing with disaster
Problems like data breaches or even website glitches can spread quickly on social media and cause huge reputational damage