With the DCA calendar expanding, Executive Director, Simon Campbell-Whyte summarises an already very exciting and productive year…
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AS I WRITE THE DCA is in negotiations with the European Commission for funding an 18month German, Netherlands & UK project to identify the training and research requirements of the data centre industry and to produce an Action Plan for the industry. Subject to these negotiations we are working...

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Data centre people are your greatest asset
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The DatacenterPeople Salary White Paper estimates that there are over half a million people working in data centres around the globe: It highlights that although the data center industry seems recession proof in terms of the salaries earned, a skills crisis could be looming. By Peter Hannaford,...

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Ensuring data centre cooling in a power outage
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Recent data centre trends such as increasing power density, warmer supply temperatures, the “right-sizing” of cooling equipment, and the use of air containment could significantly reduce the amount of time available for continued IT operation following a loss of cooling. Paul Lin, Simon...

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Cyber wars push physical security centre stage
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Nick Razey, CEO of Next Generation Data, owner and operator of the NGD Europe mega data centre in South Wales, mulls over Gartner’s recent report on the growing threat to data centre infrastructure.

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Out of sight, but not out of mind

Don’t rely on datacentres alone to keep your information secure - ultimate responsibility...

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Daisy opens doors to brand new data centre

Daisy Group plc is opening the doors of a brand new data centre based in North London, following a...

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Free cooling for O2

The Weatherite Group has played a major part in providing the perfect climatic conditions at one of...

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Avere breaks VDI benchmark record

Avere Systems has announced the results of its latest virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) which...

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Mobility and Cloud Services identified as top network challenges

Survey shows trend of “bring your own device” is quickly altering the enterprise IT...

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Inspur adopts UNIX® 03 standard in China

Cloud computing platform provider turns to UNIX for assuring customers server stability and...

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Novell advances mobility portfolio with two additions to Novell ZENworks product suite

Additions provide IT access control and security while enhancing efficiency for the mobile...

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Dot Hill AssuredSAN™ 4000 Series certified 'DataCore Ready' for SANsymphony-V

Dot Hill Systems Corp. has announced that its AssuredSAN™ 4000 series storage arrays are...

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Videos

Andy Bevan, Head of Propositions and Strategy Consulting at Daisy Corporate Services, discusses recent research findings which reveal that two-thirds of IT leaders say that legacy infrastructure is creating a...
Alexander Troshin, EMEA Product and Marketing Manager, Enterprise and HPC Server at AMD, outlines the energy efficiency challenges facing the data centre industry, with particular reference to power-efficient...
Alex Hoff, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Auvik, discusses the results of the company’s recent IT Trends 2024 Industry Report, which explains how the ongoing skills shortage is shaping IT...
Stephen Douglas, Head of Market Strategy at Spirent, discusses the company’s 5th annual 5G outlook report, which finds that 5G Standalone (SA) market is picking up significant speed, alongside similar...

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