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Plan now for software-defined data centres

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware Management Storage + Servers Virtualisation

While software-defined data centres are inevitable in the medium term, organisations still need to avoid cost and disruption by creating roadmaps now.

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techUK’s Data Centres Council – otherwise known as the UK Council of Data Centre Operators - has strengthened its capabilities by electing Rob Coupland, UK MD of Telecity Group, to be its Vice-Chairman. Nicola Hayes of Andrasta Consulting has also been elected to Council to provide strategic direction on communications and industry positioning.

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Sam Kemp, Corporate Director, Barclays’ Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) team looks at how careful management of a range of factors can assist the growth strategies of companies operating in the booming data centre sector.

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Security, risk and legislation at the heart of data centre planning anxiety – 54 per cent over-resourcing on data centre planning.

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AIT Partnership Group Ltd, UK integrator of Data Centre & Infrastructure Management Software (DCIM), has built a data centre on the 28th floor of The Shard for South Hook Gas. The project was completed in May, allowing South Hook Gas to move into their head office as planned.

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Four disruptive factors will force dramatic changes in the data centre (DC) market by year-end 2016, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner said that highly disruptive competition, big cloud provider dominance, economic warfare and nationalism will occur with different intensities over different time frames. However, at least two of these factors will drive significant disruption within the next three years, and elements of all four will drive the opportunities and risks in the DC market during the...

Sustainable data centre lighting for the future

Zumtobel and its sister brand, Thorn, both lighting brands of the Zumtobel Group, have been...

Mobile app offers remote monitoring and maintenance

Park Place Technologies is announcing PPTechMobile, a mobile application that will give customers...

Filo Systems joins NetApp's Excellerator program

Filo Systems joins NetApp Excellerator to refine its AI-driven data compression solutions.

New Green Grid committee aims to bring governments and the data centre industry closer together

Government Engagement Committee working to build mutual understanding of resource efficiency...

Latest Schneider Electric DCIM suite bridges the gap between facilities and IT

Schneider Electric has introduced StruxureWare Data Center Operation v8.0, an enhancement to...

Compact dry coolers from GEA: now better tailored to customer requirements

GEA has expanded its portfolio of offerings for compact dry coolers, in order to better serve in...

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Plan now for software-defined data centres

techUK’s Data Centres Council strengthens its capabilities

Financial management for data centre growth

Complexity of planning data centre strategy a major concern for 70 per cent of IT managers

AIT builds data centre in The Shard

Data centre market to undergo ‘dramatic change’ by end of 2016