Datacentre

HP Throws Down SDN Fabric Challenge To Cisco, Juniper

HP will next week demonstrate its new network offerings as it challenges the growing SDN fabric threat from rivals

12 years ago

FM and IT: The Yin And Yang Of The Data Centre

Facilities management looks after the data centre building and IT looks after the equipment - Eddie Desouza asks who manages…

12 years ago

Facebook To Open $300m Iowa Data Centre

Iowa has wind energy, but Greenpeace wants Facebook to do more to clean up the state's electric grid

12 years ago

Microsoft Explains Environmental Efforts For Earth Day

Software giant Microsoft has outlined its own progress on environmental issues as part of Earth Day

12 years ago

Google Gets Green Tariff For Data Centre Energy

Google gets a green deal from North Carolina's Duke Energy

12 years ago

Facebook Data Centres Publish Real-Time Green Data

How green are Facebook's data centres? Check out the dashboards

12 years ago

Dell Enhances Data Centre Fabric With New Switch

Dell launches its Active Fabric solution and offers a new modular network switch and management software

12 years ago

IT Life: A Hoster Who Motors

Mike Duncan of Peer 1 Hosting remembers modems - but strangely, prefers motor bikes

12 years ago

Cisco Joins Microsoft For Data Centre Solutions Push

Cisco and Microsoft have partnered up in an effort to offer new products tailored for the modern data centre

12 years ago

Intel Outlines Server And Data Centre Approach

An Intel executive has outlined the chip giant's intentions in the server and data centre space at IDF Beijing

12 years ago

HP Ships ‘Moonshot’ Servers For Big Data, Cloud

HP's ultra-low-power, hyperscale servers are designed to introduce a new and more sustainable architecture for the data centre

12 years ago

Microsoft Blames Firmware Update For Cloud Failure

A firmware update caused a data centre temperature spike, that in turn nixed access to Hotmail and Outlook.com

12 years ago

eBay DSE Aims To Soothe Tech MPG Headache

A new performance dashboard provides a way for organisations to improve their infrastructure consumption and costs

12 years ago

Savvis Doubles Data Centre Capacity In Slough

Slough continues to live up to its reputation as a data centre hotspot as Savvis doubles its capacity there

12 years ago

Data Centres To Get ‘MOT’ Certificates

Proposed certificate would take the guesswork out of buying data centre services

12 years ago

Verne Global Expands Iceland Data Centre With More Colt Modules

More Colt modules will expand Verne's renewable-powered data centre in Keflavik

12 years ago

Cisco’s UCS Muscles Into Top 5 Server Ranking

Cisco has become a player in the server sector after muscling its way into contention against established vendors, say analysts

12 years ago

Microsoft Joins ODCA For Open Data Centre Push

Microsoft has joined an industry group looking to promote an open ecosystem within data centres

12 years ago

Leeds University Tests Iceotope’s Liquid-Cooled Servers

Leeds University is testing a cooling system that could have wider uses

12 years ago

Daisy Group Takes Over 2e2 Data Centres

Competitor's misfortune leaves Daisy Group with two more server farms

12 years ago

Rackspace Confirms New 10MW UK Data Centre

Ultra-efficient Rackspace data centre on its way to London

12 years ago

Rackspace Profits Despite Hosting Slowdown Fears

Rackspace has posted impressive growth figures but that doesn't impress investors

12 years ago

Cisco Unveils Cloud Fabric Devices For Data Centres

Cisco has unveiled new high-speed network fabric devices for heavy duty traffic in cloudy data centres

12 years ago

Microsoft To Expand Green Data Centre In Virginia

Microsoft is planning a significant data centre expansion using the latest green tech and modular approaches

12 years ago

Can Facebook’s Open Compute Explode The Server Market?

Facebook's Open Compute could make traditional servers obsolete, says Peter Judge

12 years ago

IT Life: Going Nuts For The Network

Real cloud data centres need agile, flexible and fast networks, says David Barker of 4D Data Centres

12 years ago

AMD Open 3.0 Board Targets Energy-Hungry Data Centres

AMD has unveiled a new server motherboard, Open 3.0, designed for energy-efficient data centres

12 years ago

Ten Tips For A Green Data Centre

Is your data centre using more energy than it should do? Chris Preimseberger has some advice for you

12 years ago

IBM Cools Data Centres With Unchilled Tapwater

IBM researchers cut the cost of water cooling for data centres, by allowing sites to use unchilled tapwater

12 years ago