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• August 04, 2011 04 Aug'11

  VMware bows to customers, changes vSphere 5 licensing: News in brief

  After facing customer backlash, VMware has raised the virtual RAM limit in its new vSphere 5 licensing model.

• December 10, 2010 10 Dec'10

  A quarter of servers shipped in 2014 to support VM technology, says IDC

  Almost a quarter of all servers shipped in 2014 will support virtual machine technology, according to report from analyst IDC; and other news in brief.

• November 05, 2010 05 Nov'10

  Welsh council goes green with data centre redesign

  A council in Wales has a newly tailored green data centre to reduce its energy costs and carbon footprint; plus more daily news.

• September 20, 2010 20 Sep'10

  IBM set to buy Netezza for $1.7 billion

  IBM will buy data analytics company Netezza for $1.7 billion; Yahoo opens new energy-efficient data centre with 'chicken coop' design; plus more daily news.

• September 17, 2010 17 Sep'10

  Tech companies storm top 10 best global brands list

  Six of the top 10 best global brands are tech-based companies, according to Interbrand; plus more daily news.

• September 09, 2010 09 Sep'10

  Cisco and Citrix buddy up on desktop virtualisation

  Cisco and Citrix have joined forces on a desktop virtualisation offering that combines Citrix's XenDesktop platform with Cisco's Unified Computing System; plus more daily news.

• September 07, 2010 07 Sep'10

  Managing data centres: People and hardware don't mix

  Turning a data centre into a lights-out, hands-off environment saves money and removes the possibility of human error. Find out how to properly separate humans and hardware.

• September 06, 2010 06 Sep'10

  Reach Internet moves in with UKSolutions

  UKSolutions has announced that online training provider Reach Internet has moved its in-house data provision to the company's Studley data centre; plus more daily news.

• September 03, 2010 03 Sep'10

  Does InfiniBand interconnect score over options such as FC, 10 GbE?

  Storage options abound today – whether it’s fiber channel, 10 GbE or InfiniBand interconnect. Let us take a look at how InfiniBand fares among the lot.

• August 19, 2010 19 Aug'10

  UK businesses failing on EU data centre energy rules

  Consultancy on365 warns that UK businesses are vulnerable to financial penalties and rising energy costs based on an EU directive; plus more daily news.

• August 12, 2010 12 Aug'10

  Cable structuring: Avoiding the warm rat's nest

  How to design an efficient and effective cabling approach and why Quocirca firmly advises against using raised floors.

• July 20, 2010 20 Jul'10

  Green Grid debuts four categories for measuring PUE

  The Green Grid, a group of companies striving for energy efficiency, has unveiled four categories of PUE ratings, from category 0 to category 3; plus more daily news.

• July 15, 2010 15 Jul'10

  The Daily Data Centre repository for July

  July's editions include Microsoft's in-house Azure offering, EMC's interest in Greenplum and Oracle's debut of Sun Ray 5.

• July 08, 2010 08 Jul'10

  Gain data centre energy efficiency by cutting cooling

  Our expert explains that, as technology can withstand temperatures of 80 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, it's time to stop examining data centres in human terms.

• July 01, 2010 01 Jul'10

  New Uptime Institute standard for data centre managers

  The Uptime Institute has announced a new standard to address facilities' management behaviours and highlight risks that may affect data centre uptime; plus more daily news.