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Datacentre systems management

October 09, 2012 09 Oct'12
Winners of Best of VMworld Europe 2012 user awards announced

Six European IT projects have won the Best of VMworld Europe 2012 user awards at the VMworld Europe 2012 event in Barcelona.
October 08, 2012 08 Oct'12
Global census shows datacentre power demand grew 63% in 2012

Datacentre power requirements have grown by 63% globally to 38GW in the past year, datacentre census shows
October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12
Server market to grow despite maturity as datacentres, tablet use rises: Gartner

Although the server market is mature, it will experience strong growth through 2015, according to Gartner
September 28, 2012 28 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

September 26, 2012 26 Sep'12
Google to use wind energy to power Oklahoma datacentre

Google has entered into an agreement with the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) to use 48MW of wind energy to power its Oklahoma datacentre
September 26, 2012 26 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
September 26, 2012 26 Sep'12
Microsoft's datacentre energy waste highlights datacentre bad practices

Microsoft has wasted millions of watts of energy in its Quincy datacentre to avoid a $210,000 fine for underuse, according to the New York Times
September 24, 2012 24 Sep'12
Equinix expands Slough datacentre with capacity for 1,400 more cabinets

The network-neutral datacentre provider Equinix is expanding its Slough datacentre by 4,000sq m with capacity for 1,400 cabinets
September 21, 2012 21 Sep'12
Facebook engineer builds heatmap tool for datacentre troubleshooting

A Facebook engineer has built a server-monitoring tool using heatmaps to assess the status of cache systems and fix datacentre problems
September 21, 2012 21 Sep'12
Goldman Sachs adopts modular datacentres to save costs, improve efficiency

In its bid to reduce carbon footprint and save energy costs, investment bank Goldman Sachs has adopted modular datacentres in US, UK and Singapore

July 10, 2012 10 Jul'12
Cisco's Connect Cloud goof-up underscores IT cloud security concerns

IT raises fresh concerns around data privacy and security in cloud services after Cisco’s auto updates for Linksys routers forced users to sign up to the service and its terms.
July 03, 2012 03 Jul'12
Law firm's infrastructure overhaul lowers costs, improves productivity

A law firm upgrades its legacy systems and deployed a new data back up and disaster recovery strategy. Here’s how it lowered costs and improved IT efficiency.
July 02, 2012 02 Jul'12
Dell buys Quest Software for $2.4bn: News roundup

Dell’s Quest Software acquisition, VMware’s collaboration with Nimble Software for mobile VDI and Red Hat -SAP’s virtualisation deal are this week’s highlights.
June 22, 2012 22 Jun'12
Security updates for Cisco VPN client AnyConnect, security appliances

Cisco Systems has patched vulnerabilities in its VPN endpoint client Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and other hardware security appliances.
April 19, 2012 19 Apr'12
London data centres face network overload, disruptions during Olympics

Network overload, IT security, data centre power and remote access problems plague London businesses during 2012 Olympics Games. How are IT pros preparing themselves?
April 10, 2012 10 Apr'12
IT pros pushed to upgrade to XenApp 6.5 by July 2013

IT pros must upgrade to XenApp 6.5 after Citrix announced EoL status prior to pre-v6.5 versions, coinciding with Windows Server 2003 EoL.
March 30, 2012 30 Mar'12
Gatwick Airport uses data centre decontamination service: news roundup

Gatwick airport’s initiative to improve performance and life of its IT; public sector’s progress in virtualisation and IT pros’ server management woes are this week’s highlights.
March 28, 2012 28 Mar'12
Desktop virtualisation helps data centres prepare for consumerisation

UK businesses and data centres aren’t prepared for IT consumerisation, but building a virtual desktop infrastructure can help.
March 19, 2012 19 Mar'12
Data centre fix for firms in Olympics ‘contagion zone’: News roundup

Short-term colocation services for firms operating in the Olympics network zone to reduce disruption; Citrix adds personalisation features to XenDesktop 5.6 and more news briefs.
March 07, 2012 07 Mar'12
CILF to resolve cloud computing legal issues: News roundup

A European cloud industry body focusing on the legal issues of cloud computing; Dell’s new data centre in Germany; and Gartner’s hybrid IT report are in this week’s highlights.
October 13, 2011 13 Oct'11
Best of VMworld Europe 2010 winner adopts Cisco UCS

An Italian bank expands its virtual infrastructure to meet growing needs after winning the “Best virtualisation and server consolidation project” award at VMworld Europe 2010.
September 21, 2011 21 Sep'11
Data center consolidation helps Godrej save 25% on cost

Through data center consolidation, Godrej Group achieves standardization successfully. Read on for Godrej’s data center consolidation success story.
August 25, 2011 25 Aug'11
Case study: Server hardware strategies at Fedbank

Efficient server hardware now helps Fedbank achieve quick turnarounds when servicing customers. Here’s how the company went about its server hardware setup.
July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11
Dell expands its networking portfolio with Force10 Networks

Dell is set to acquire Force10, a company that makes networking equipment for data centres; and more news in brief.
June 14, 2011 14 Jun'11
VDI technology rollout at Sterlite Technologies reaps rich dividends

Sterlite Technologies deployed virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) technology, and was rewarded with cost and energy gains. Here’s how they went about it
February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11
VMware unveils virtualisation technology for smartphones

VMware has released a virtualisation technology to make it easier for businesses to incorporate their employees’ smartphones; plus more news in brief.
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 24, 2010 24 Nov'10
Novell snapped up by Attachmate for £1.4 billion: News in brief

Attachmate will purchase Novell, the maker of the SUSE Enterprise Linux OS, for £1.4 billion, but the future of SUSE is unclear; and other news in brief.
November 11, 2010 11 Nov'10
Peer 1 takes a tumble in Q1 results

Online hosting provider Peer 1 Hosting has seen a dip in its first quarter results; plus more daily news.
November 09, 2010 09 Nov'10
Trustmarque increases Kirklees Council mobility

Value added reseller Trustmarque has implemented a Unified Communications platform at Kirklees Council; plus more daily news.
October 29, 2010 29 Oct'10
Convergence and collaboration -- good or bad?

In discussing his experiences at the last HP Gold Partner conference, a VAR questions whether the recent boom in convergence really benefits the end user.
October 21, 2010 21 Oct'10
Survey says network speed hindering British business

British workers claim their network speed and reliability is critical in their productivity and competitiveness, according to research from Brocade; plus more daily news.
October 13, 2010 13 Oct'10
VMware pushes patchwork quilt approach to data centre automation

VMware has encouraged IT shops to 'stitch together' components to achieve data centre automation and centralised management, but IT pros have to embrace the cultural shift that comes with such benefits.
October 05, 2010 05 Oct'10
Energy budgets continue to inflate, says Gartner

Energy costs contribute one-eighth of the total expenditure needed to run a data centre, according to analyst Gartner; plus more daily news.
October 04, 2010 04 Oct'10
Students gain internships with HP through new degree course

University students that take a new degree course dedicated to HP's enterprise technology will be able to earn internships at the company and its partners; plus more daily news.
September 22, 2010 22 Sep'10
UK government to slash data centre facilities from 220 to a dozen

The government hopes to reduce its data centre space from 220 facilities to around a dozen, as more ICT spending cuts are revealed; plus more daily news.
September 16, 2010 16 Sep'10
Cisco offers Unified Network Services

Cisco has launched Unified Network Services, designed to deliver network services in different environments; plus more daily news.
September 14, 2010 14 Sep'10
IPC locates Electronic Connectivity Services at Interxion's data centres

Colocation service provider Interxion has announced that IPC will locate its core Electronic Connectivity Services infrastructure at Interxion's Financial Hub in London and Vienna; plus more daily news.
September 07, 2010 07 Sep'10
Survey says software audits on the rise

More than half of UK businesses have been audited by a software publisher or other body in the last 12 months, according to a survey from FAST Ltd; plus more daily news.
August 26, 2010 26 Aug'10
XenDesktop to include XenClient bare-metal hypervisor and XenVault

Enterprise and platinum versions of XenDesktop 4 Feature Pack 2, due for release the last week of September, will include the XenClient bare-metal hypervisor and XenVault; plus more daily news.
August 25, 2010 25 Aug'10
IBM unveils BigFix Unified Management Software after acquisition

IBM has introduced new enterprise software products based on the acquisition of BigFix it made last month; plus more daily news.
August 24, 2010 24 Aug'10
IBM to put power processors into deep sleep

Big Blue is developing an additional deep-sleep mode for its power processors so they can draw a normal amount of current when idling in 'Winkle' mode; plus more daily news.
August 16, 2010 16 Aug'10
Dell bolsters storage portfolio with 3PAR acquisition

Dell, adding to its storage virtualisation portfolio, is set to acquire virtualised storage vendor 3PAR for $1.15 billion; 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 29, 2010 29 Jul'10
VMware, Cisco and NetApp collaborate on FCoE offering for VMware environments

VMware has validated Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches and the NetApp FAS series unified storage FCoE to support VMware-based virtualised environments; plus more daily news.
July 21, 2010 21 Jul'10
Uptime Institute unveils Accredited Tier Specialist course for IT managers

Uptime's new offer follows on from the Institute's Accredited Tier Designer (ATD) course; plus more daily news.
July 19, 2010 19 Jul'10
Rackspace unveils open source cloud platform

Rackspace has announced an open source cloud platform called OpenStack which uses code that powers its public cloud offerings; plus more daily news.
July 15, 2010 15 Jul'10
Oracle releases latest Sun Ray software

Oracle has announced that Sun Ray Software 5 is now available, with several enhancements from the previous edition; 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.
June 25, 2010 25 Jun'10
How to manage the automation process for a virtualisation project

The chief roadblock to automation is poor communication between clients and vendors. Assumptions especially make for a rough transition. Our expert offers advice on how to get it right.