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Data centre hardware

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Google datacentres awarded ISO 50001 certification

  Google has obtained ISO 50001 certification for its energy management systems in six datacentre facilities across the US

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Cisco reseller arrested for fraud

  Head of Network Genesis is accused of buying fake Cisco equipment and selling it on as the real thing to make a profit

• July 25, 2013 25 Jul'13

  Services boost drives VMware double-digit revenue growth

  Virtualisation and IaaS provider VMware reported revenues for the second quarter of $1.24bn, an 11% increase compared to 2012

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Dell updates OpenStack cloud and Hadoop service as buyout vote delayed

  Michael Dell submits revised a buyout proposal – delaying a vote until next week – but it was business as usual in the cloud division

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  IBM updates zEnterprise mainframe products for cloud, mobile and analytics

  IBM updates System z mainframe products, launches cheaper, entry-level mainframe and OpenStack cloud integration features

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Monarch builds datacentre for Boeing 787 Dreamliner training

  Monarch Aircraft Engineering has picked a datacentre facility at its Luton engineering base for Boeing 787 Dreamliner training

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  Government awards £1m fund to help UK datacentres cut carbon footprint

  The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has awarded £1m to help datacentres reduce their carbon footprints

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  IBM misses revenue expectations again

  IBM has reported second quarter revenues of $24.9bn, missing market estimates of $25.39bn

• July 16, 2013 16 Jul'13

  Emulex shakes up leadership with Q4 still unclear

  Current Emulex CEO James McCluney becomes chairman of the board as COO Jeffrey Benck takes his place

• July 09, 2013 09 Jul'13

  Today’s datacentres are not fit for the cloud, shows study

  Some 91% of IT pros admit their current IT requires substantial upgrades to meet the requirements of virtualisation and cloud

• July 09, 2013 09 Jul'13

  Colt adds 1.65MW of additional datacentre capacity to its Dutch facility

  Colt is adding an additional 1,000 m2 and 1.65MW of datacentre capacity to its network-neutral facility in the Netherlands

• July 01, 2013 01 Jul'13

  East Surrey College refreshes ageing XP desktop estate with VDI

  East Surrey College has refreshed its ageing desktop estate with a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)

• June 28, 2013 28 Jun'13

  Power supply is top consideration when choosing datacentres, shows study

  Power supply is most important to managers choosing a new datacentre, says UK and European Data Centre Barometer study

• June 18, 2013 18 Jun'13

  Worldwide government IT spending to remain flat in 2013, says Gartner

  Government organisations worldwide will spend 0.1% less on IT this year, but cloud computing, mobile technologies and IT modernisation remain top IT priorities

• June 14, 2013 14 Jun'13

  NHS awards multi-million pound private cloud contract to Manchester-based ANS

  Greater Manchester Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) has signed a three-year multi-million pound cloud contract with ANS