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Datacentre capacity planning
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December 12, 2012
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Dec'12
Free tool that tracks costs of AWS, Azure and Rackspace public clouds launched
Apptio has launched Cloud Express, a free tool that allows enterprises to track the utilisation rate and costs of AWS, Azure and Rackspace public clouds
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November 21, 2012
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Nov'12
Firms must measure overall environmental impact of datacentres
IT must move beyond just measuring a datacentre’s power consumption to assessing its overall environmental impact to make it truly sustainable
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October 12, 2012
12
Oct'12
VMworld Europe 2012: Key highlights and technology takeaways
VMworld Europe 2012 focused on software defined datacentres, cloud automation, mobile virtualisation, heterogeneity and building new IT skills
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October 03, 2012
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Oct'12
Case study: How WorldPay built its IT from scratch after RBS split
Former RBS payment processing division WorldPay will reach a major IT milestone this month on its journey to stand on its own since it was sold in 2010
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September 28, 2012
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Sep'12
Google opens €75m energy-efficient datacentre facility in Dublin
Google’s new €75m Dublin datacentre facility that that uses air-cooling for energy efficency is now operational
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September 26, 2012
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Sep'12
Need for increased network bandwidth is IT's biggest datacentre pain-point
A majority of IT executives have said that a growing demand for increased network bandwidth is one of the most critical issues facing their datacentres
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March 14, 2012
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Mar'12
VKernel vOPS customers gain Quest integration sooner than anticipated
VKernel vOPS now includes Quest vFoglight and vOptimizer, just months after the merger. Is the knee-jerk integration right for tomorrow’s cloud infrastructures?
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January 05, 2012
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Jan'12
Surrey County Council's data centre efficiency project: Case study
The council will replace its existing primary IT facility this spring with a new energy efficient data centre facility which will help it save around £160,000 every year.
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December 19, 2011
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Dec'11
Virtualisation technologies: hits and misses of 2011
Amid a slew of virtualisation products and management suites that emerged in 2011, some products such as Spring platform impressed users, while others such as VMware MVP didn’t.
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October 11, 2011
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Oct'11
Moving from in-house IT to third-party hosting services: Case study
A supplier of civil engineering and building materials moved its IT infrastructure to a third-party data centre to resolve its in-house IT problems, including cooling and flooding issues.
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August 18, 2011
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Aug'11
Citrix buys RingCube for desktop personalisation: News in brief
Citrix has acquired RingCube, a desktop personalisation software provider, for an undisclosed sum. Citrix will add RingCube’s capabilities to its XenDesktop platform.
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February 03, 2011
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Feb'11
Interxion hits colocation sweet spot and sees market shares soar
Colocation provider Interxion recently made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange and saw its shares soar 18%; plus more news in brief.
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January 14, 2011
14
Jan'11
NetApp bags Akorri to bolster capacity planning lineup
NetApp has entered into an agreement to buy data centre management software provider Akorri Networks; plus more news in brief.