Busineeses ‘ill-prepared’ to protect against DDoS menace
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New research from Corero Network Security reveals that many businesses are failing to take adequate measures to protect themselves against the threat of a DDoS attack. A survey of 100 companies revealed that in spite of the reports about the cost of downtime and the potential for DDoS attacks to...

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Why are insurance companies not offering a reduction in premiums to data centres that adhere to best practice

The data centre market has grown significantly over the past ten years but unchecked contamination, both particulate and gaseous, continues to be a major issue in the data centre sector. Despite companies investing millions of pounds in critical IT systems, many only appreciate the risks and...

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Western Europe leads EMEA External Disk Storage Systems market to slight recovery

The external disk storage systems market value in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) recorded a slight recovery from the previous quarter, growing 1.7% annually in 3Q13 to $1.68 billion, according to the latest EMEA Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker from International Data Corporation...

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Minkels launches its UPS system internationally

The R&D department of data centre manufacturer Minkels has extensively tested the thermal usage conditions of the Minkels UPS system in a cold corridor environment over the last few months. This system, which is a fully integrated total concept, was included in the portfolio earlier this year....

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Five Smart Best Practices for achieving optimal cooling performance and up to 60 percent energy savings in the data centre

Purely mechanical measures lead to dramatically improved cooling efficiency, relieved CRAC units...

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Measure, monitor, & save

  Power monitoring should be a key requirement for all new data centre builds and...

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Indirect evaporative data centre cooling testing - an expert insight

To increase market competitiveness a growing number of data centre operators are opting for...

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Improving energy efficiency in the data centre

Energy efficiency in the data centre used to be an afterthought, if it was on the radar at all....

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Is NASA’s data lost in space?

NASA’s own auditor has recently rated its cloud computing deployments very poorly in a report...

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