Running multiple applications in a virtualised environment with Flash/SSD
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The disparity between the performance of CPU-based and disk-based storage continues to grow. Applications that are Web 2.0, mission-critical, I/O intensive, virtualised and clustered continue to put an additional burden on processors and slower storage, which lowers overall application...

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Five considerations for implementing SDN: Promise versus practicality
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Data centres are high-value assets where investment normally exceeds $1m in most medium-to-large sized businesses. Depreciation of such an asset is normally upwards of 25 years. In enterprise data centre terms, that means designing today for the data centre of 2040. It’s the same challenge...

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VirtualWisdom: A flash of clarity
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If you were to ask a data centre manager for his or her top goal, it would very likely be to attain peak performance across the IT infrastructure and set a service level agreement (SLA) with their customer, the buiness. Why? Because today’s IT managers work in much more business savvy...

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Facility operations maturity model for data centres
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A structured facility operations maturity model offers a framework for assessing the completeness and thoroughness of operations and maintenance program. By Jennifer Schafer and Patrick Donovan, Schneider Electric Data Center Science Center.

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The biggest line up of user speakers set to attract a record audience of data centre professionals

Data Centre World has run for the last eight years in London – growing its attendance each...

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Is it time for cold storage?

Data is now at the heart of all organisations and an essential component to every aspect of our...

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Fuel for thought

A Fuel Maintenance Programme is an appropriate response to the low-level but genuine threat of fuel...

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Is IT ready to fully embrace cloud apps and services?

Cloud apps and services continue to gain traction in North American enterprises with both business...

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Disability Rights Texas relies on a DataCore Virtual SAN and Hyper-V

Disability Rights Texas (DRTx), a non-profit legal and protection advocacy agency based out of...

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Data centre managers must help shape future legislation, or stay a “soft target” for activists and law makers

UK data centre managers need to be aware of ongoing work to standardise their sector and get...

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Helping tech experts shape the digital future

Anglia Ruskin University and CNet Training link up to help data centre leaders thrive.

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Cloud computing ensures firms of all sizes can remain commercially competitive

Investment in IT and adoption of innovative cloud services is critical to staying competitive with...

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Videos

Irvin Shillingford - Regional Manager Northern Europe at Hornetsecurity, discusses the results from the company's annual Ransomware Impact Report, with a rise in ransomware attacks the headline finding. Irvin...
Jim Lippie, Chief Product Officer, Kaseya, discusses the recent Kaseya DattoCon 2025 conference, where the company unveiled its latest innovations and previewed its next generation cyber resilience and digital...
Francesco Marasco, VP Energy Operations and Sustainability, nLighten, explains why the European data centre provider has published the first ICFEn (Integrated Carbon-Free Energy) scores for its facilities,...
Nicolas Leszczynski, Principal Solutions Engineer at Riverbed Technology, discusses the findings of the company’s 2025 Future of IT Operations in the AI Era report. Despite record investments, only 12% of AI...

Expert Opinions

By Rob Demain, CEO, e2e-Assure.
TES Power’s Managing Director, Michael Beagan explores the top five power challenges the data centre industry may face in 2026, in light of the surge in AI. With a huge increase in demand, power is becoming...
By Lizzy McDowell, Director of Marketing, Kao Data.
By David Trossell, CEO and CTO of Bridgeworks.