Modern data centre management: pain points and challenges
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As data centres increase in complexity and scale, a number of new challenges are introduced for IT administrators and business managers trying to cost-effectively keep operations efficient, secure and reliable. The task of managing high-speed networks with multiple access points and having the...

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Storage redefined?
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An introduction to Software Based Storage (SDS), courtesy of Jason Phippen, Head of Product and Solutions Marketing for SUSE and the product marketing lead for SUSE Enterprise Storage, the new Software Defined Storage offering from SUSE.

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Innovation is key to unlocking efficiency and cost conundrum
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Anyone who works in this industry knows that data centre ‘greening’ is a hot topic. Exponential data growth has driven massive data centre scaling to cope with demand – a scenario that’s set to worsen as the Internet of Things and Big Data ramp up information processing...

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Modular data centres the Lego of IT?

IT has always liked things that were modular. It plays to the engineering geek inside most IT...

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2015 in datacentre technology: tailwinds for most, crosswinds for some

These are interesting times for suppliers of equipment, software and services to the datacentre...

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The end and the beginning of PEDCA

By Simon Campbell-Whyte, DCA Executive Director.

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Nominations are open for the 2015 Datacentre Solutions Awards

Angel Business Communications have announced the categories and entry criteria for the 2015...

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Time to strengthen your defence against audit attacks

There are some measures that organisations can take to ensure that they are not only prepared, but...

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Software defined storage in the context of software defined data centers

By Doug Voigt, SNIA Technical Council member, HP & Alex McDonald, SNIA Europe Board of...

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Videos

Matt Wilkins, Global Director of Design and Engineering at Colt DCS, explains that data centre operators need ‘controlled flexibility’ now more than ever, as tightened regulatory environments, skills gaps,...
Mostyn Thomas, Senior Director of Security EMEA at Pax8, breaks down how ransomware is evolving, what the new Cyber Essentials standards mean in practice, why attackers are increasingly targeting supply...
Thiri Shwesin Aung, founder and CEO of Nyxium, discusses how she and co-founder, Paul Seurin, have built an agentic AI platform that helps energy and infrastructure developers decide where projects are most...

Expert Opinions

Tom Salmon, group business development manager for data centres at SPP Pumps, explores the scale of the pumping requirements at data centres, arguing that turnkey suppliers and pre-integrated systems can help...
By Danny Kirby (Senior Account Director at Cameo Services) and Iain Burton (Strategic Account Director at RTK Group).
By Glyn Hodgkiss, Associate, Air Quality.
Researchers developed a system that intelligently balances workloads to improve the efficiency of flash storage hardware in a data center.