Comparing the costs of prefabricated versus traditional data centres

Prefabricated modular data centres offer many benefits including flexibility, predictability and speed of deployment. Cost can be seen as a barrier, but a systematic comparison provides detailed insights into the variance in capital expenditure between a prefab and a traditional purpose-built...

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Safeguarding crime data

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has awarded the management of two of its critical data centres to Keysource, the critical environment specialists, as part of the wider strategic implementation of the force’s technology transformation programme.

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Cisco unveils Digital Network Architecture

Digitization is transforming businesses in every industry, opening up a $2.1 trillion global market opportunity by 2019, according to IDC.

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Equinix launches four new data centres

Company to invest more than $4.5B in Platform Equinix in 2016 to address changing IT needs of global business.

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181 Teraflop HPC resource for University College London

UCL’s new ‘GRACE’ machine to benefit researchers from across the University.

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Ferrellgas saves $1 million annually thanks to flash

 “Lifeblood” delivery vehicle routing application runs four times faster.

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Focusing on IaaS security

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has announced the formation of a new SDP for Infrastructure as...

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David Purvis to power operations at RMD

One of the UK’s leading data centre infrastructure specialists has appointed a new head of...

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Enabling secure access for hybrid IT environments

Pulse Secure has introduced new solutions to allow enterprises to embrace cloud delivered apps...

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Enabling IoT applications and deployments

Barracuda has expanded its NextGen Firewall product family with the new Barracuda NextGen...

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Avnet UK receives Juniper Networks Distributor of the Year 2015 in the UK and EMEA

Avnet has been named by Juniper Networks as UK Distributor of the Year for the second year...

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Bright Computing partners with Alineos

Bright Computing,provider of hardware-agnostic cluster and cloud management software, has formed...

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Videos

DCS talks to Piller at the DCA's 2025 10x10 Event
Peter Strahan, Member Director at Network Group, the peer-to-peer community group for IT resellers and managed service providers, provides an update on the organisation’s activities, covering the recent...
In this video, DCS talks to Accelsius at the DCA's 2025 10x10 Event
Renu Upadhyay, SVP & CMO, Omnissa, talks through the newly launched Omnissa Partner Program, a reimagined program designed to accelerate partner growth, provide a clear path to success and make it easier to do...

Expert Opinions

Steve Clifford, director of data centres, EMCOR UK, explores the challenges of data centre demand and explains why with the right planning, engineering expertise, and risk management, retrofitting existing...
By Dror Hevlin, Chief Information Security Officer, Cynomi.
As we mark five years since the world entered COVID-19 lockdowns, one thing is clear: the way we work has been irreversibly transformed. What began as a reactive shift to remote work has evolved into a more...
By David Brown, SVP International Business, FireMon.