Google has boasted of lowering its PUE rating for its data centres, making them even more energy efficient
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Gartner: Regions Take Varied Paths To Cloud Adoption
North American users lead on hosting and cloud IaaS client adoption, while the rest of the world is dominated by data centre outsourcing, according to Gartner
Data Centre Virtualisation Held Back For Want Of Security Skills
The race to cut costs and streamline data centres is leaving security issues behind as the challenges outstrip the native skills of the implementers, says Eric Doyle
EDF Outsources British Data Centres To Atos
French energy company EDF moves British data centres to the email-hating French services company
Cisco Touts Virtualised Video Surveillance On UCS
Cisco Systems is virtualising its Video Surveillance software, integrating it into the UCS converged platform
The ‘New Dell’ Talks Public Sector Problems And HP’s Fall
We talk with Dell's Kevin Jones and Tim Sheppard about attacking the public sector market and its rivals' troubles.
Bloom Energy Eyes Up Data Centre Niche For Fuel Cells
Fuel cell maker Bloom Energy is turning its attention to the data centre sector to help tackle emission reduction issues
Virtela Offers Analytics Option for Virtualised Data Centres
Virtela has extended its automation and predictive analytics platform to cater for virtualised data centres
Google Data Centre Cooled By Bathtub Water
At its Georgia data centre Google is using recycled water from toilets and bathtubs to cut down on cooling costs
Data Centres Hit Capacity Crunch, But Efficiency Is Ignored
Despite a lack of capacity and power, data centre owners are ignoring efficiency measures, says a survey
Green Grid Updates Cooling Maps With New ASHRAE Classes
The Green Grid has updated its free data centre cooling maps to allow managers to take advantage of free air-cooling
Cisco Reveals New UCS Servers Featuring Intel Xeon E5 Chips
Cisco updates networking and management capabilities of its Unified Computing System
CeBIT 2012: Iceotope Claims Huge Data Centre Savings With Liquid Cooling
Using liquid instead of air can cut cooling by 97 percent, Iceotope believes
Micron Introduces First Enterprise 2.5-inch PCIe SSD
The PCIe interface on a hot-swappable 2.5-inch card gives data centre administrators a high-speed option for storage servers
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Infinity To Open Data Centre In Stockley Park
Company says getting more data centres within the M25 is a matter of finding the power
Rising Server Maker SeaMicro Acquired By AMD
AMD has bought rising star SeaMicro for its low-power-consumption, small footprint microservers for private or hybrid cloud systems
Report Praises Green Credentials Of eBay’s Arizona Data Centre
Data centre achieves "new levels of energy efficiency", according to a study by the Green Grid
Dell Plugs Data Centre Recovery Gap With AppAssure Deal
Dell continues to transform itself from its box shifter origins with the acquisition of backup specialist AppAssure
Apple Confirms It Will Build Data Centre In Oregon
The Oregon facility will be neighbours with Facebook and Google, but source of electricity might be a problem
Tata Communications Becomes Official F1 Connectivity Provider
Tata says it wants to showcase its portfolio of services in a sport that uses "technology at its best"
Delegation Aims To Pull Silicon Valley Data Centres To Sweden
Officials from Sweden are on a mission to lure Californian data to the cooler, greener Nordic environment
Nordics Launch A United Cold Front On Data Centres
As data centre energy comes under pressure, putting your data on ice could be a good option, says Peter Judge
EC Announces New Data Centre Efficiency Programme
The Cool Em All project will develop monitoring software and open source server plans to make scientific computerse more efficient
Dell Ends Good Fiscal Year But Cloud’s On The Horizon
Dell Q4 profits dropped 18 percent, mostly due to falling revenue from consumer PC sales as mobile device advances bite
Iceland’s Thor Data Centre: In Pictures
Iceland's bid to be a cloud super-power is based on two data centres. We took a trip round the first one - Thor
EMC Enhances Virtual Data Centre Control Platform
EMC has updated its virtual data centre management package to offer a more complete view of virtual assets
New Centre Bids To Establish Iceland As Data Hub
As Verne Global's Icelandic data centre goes live, Colt upgrades its partnership to include a Point of Presence
CRC Scheme Triggers Rise In Data Centre Energy Management
A survey suggests that the CRC legislation is responsible for an increase in data centre energy management policies
IBM and Tulip Telecom Build Massive, Sustainable Data Centre In India
IBM has helped to create the largest and greenest data centre in India as a modular, stacked design for Tulip Telecom