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IT Life: Winning Moves
Poojan Kumar was a professional chess player while still at school. Now he runs a storage startup
Interoute Snaps Up Vtesse To Extend UK Cloud Footprint
Vtesse network currently connects 55 data centres across 48 towns and cities
Is London’s Newest Data Centre One Of The World’s Most Efficient?
LONDON2 is marketed as one of the most efficient data centres in the world. Can it live up to the hype?
Google To Build Giant Dutch Data Center
The 120-megawatt facility is set for construction in Eemshaven, the landing point of a transatlantic cable linking Europe with the US
28th Floor Of The Shard Now Houses A Data Centre
A new data centre has been built on the 28th floor of the Shard to serve the needs of South Hook Gas
Gartner: Nationalism Will Change Data Centre Market Dramatically By 2016
The research firm highlights four disruptive factors that will force data centre market evolution, including the public's distrust of multinational corporations.
Pulsant Announces Expansion Of ‘Largest Commercial Data Centre’ In Scotland
Cloud and managed hosting firm, Pulsant, wants to deliver maximum uptime, redundancy and support.
Cisco Expands UCS Server Lineup
Cisco hopes to kickstart growth as it reveals two additions to its Unified Computing System portfolio
National Data Centre Launched For Researchers
The UK launches a data centre tailored especially for academic and medical research communities
Alibaba Grows Data Centre Portfolio With New Facility
Alibaba is to open another data centre just outside Hong Kong, as it grows its AliCloud service offering
Liquid Cooling: A Trickle, Not A Tsunami
If you've got a data centre, it's time to dip your toes in liquid, says Peter Judge
Windy Politics Won’t Keep Tech Out Of Wind Power
Politicians may get votes by binning wind power, says Peter Judge, but tech firms still see the benefit
Facebook Tightens Security With PrivateCore Purchase
The social network is beefing up the securtity of its servers with the purchase of a US software start-up
Microsoft Ordered To Hand Over Irish Emails
An American judge sets a legal precedent by ordering Microsoft to surrender emails stored in an Irish data centre
Applied Micro Issues Data Centre Challenge As Sales Slide
Intel's server unit can expect more competition as Applied Micro signals a data centre challenge
Cisco Adds Entry-Level UCS Server To Portfolio
Cisco releases a new UCS server for smaller businesses that don't need to scale to hundreds of blades
IBM To Add InfiniBand Option To SoftLayer Cloud
Big Blue adds some go-faster communications tech to its SoftLayer Cloud platform for speedy data transfers
Will Microsoft’s Wind Of Change Hit Amazon?
Microsoft's purchase of a wind farm will increase pressure on Amazon to respond to environmentalists, says Peter Judge
VMware Opens Second UK vCloud Data Centre
New capacity in Chessington supports VMware's vCloud Hybrid Services for the UK
Should The UK Climate Change Agreement Favour Colos?
Thanks to a green tax break, co-location providers and cloud services get cheaper electricity than in-house IT, says Peter Judge
IBM, Microsoft And Red Hat Back Google Kubernetes Container Project
Big players commit to Google's Kubernetes scheme for open source container management, taking virtualisation up a level
Faster Ethernet Pledged By 25GbE Consortium
Tech giants including Google and Microsoft back new consortium to develop 25GbE and 50GbE specifications for data centres
IBM Announces London SoftLayer Data Centre
IBM's SoftLayer business plonks a server barn down in Chessington to satisfy London customers' need to keep their data local
Bare Metal: The Cloud Is Not Always Virtual
A new approach can dish out bare-metal hardware on demand - and the standards are emerging to support it, says Peter Judge
Facebook To Build Its Own ‘Wedge’ Datacentre SDN Switch
One in the eye for Cisco! Facebook will make its own SDN switches using its own Open Compute server hardware
Unisys Finally Retires CMOS Mainframe Processors
Older mainframes can be replaced with compatible models based on x86 chips
Liquid Cooling Is Not Rocket Science, Says HP
The most efficient liquid cooling systems use advanced engineering. Peter Judge finds that basic tech can be just as effective
IBM Builds Two Data Centres For US Federal Government
IBM readies two new data centres for the US government as part of its program to deliver 15 new facilities globally
European Data Centre Rules Are On Their way
You might not want the EU meddling, but Peter Judge says the data centre industry must get involved or suffer bad regulations