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Daisy Group Takes Over 2e2 Data Centres
Competitor's misfortune leaves Daisy Group with two more server farms
Rackspace Confirms New 10MW UK Data Centre
Ultra-efficient Rackspace data centre on its way to London
Rackspace Profits Despite Hosting Slowdown Fears
Rackspace has posted impressive growth figures but that doesn't impress investors
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
Microsoft To Expand Green Data Centre In Virginia
Microsoft is planning a significant data centre expansion using the latest green tech and modular approaches
Can Facebook’s Open Compute Explode The Server Market?
Facebook's Open Compute could make traditional servers obsolete, says Peter Judge
Rackspace Plans New UK Data Centre And Adopts Open Compute
New Rackspace site to get no-frills servers, it seems
IT Life: Going Nuts For The Network
Real cloud data centres need agile, flexible and fast networks, says David Barker of 4D Data Centres
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
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
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
Fortinet Security Blade Targets Data Centres
Fortinet has released a new security blade aimed at large data centres and managed security service providers
Imation Enters Data Centre With Nexsan Buy
Imation has bolstered its enterprise data centre storage portfolio with the acquisition of Nexsan
SDN Momentum Continues For Data Centres, IDC Reveals
Software-defined networking is gathering steam and will become a key data centre technology, says IDC
Pica8 Touts Customisable SDN Architecture
Pica8 is offering an SDN reference architecture for cloud providers, to be customised for their own solutions
Did Google Just Patent Hot Aisle Data Centre Cooling?
Hot aisle containment is an efficient way to cool your data centre. Peter Judge is intrigued by a Google patent for it
Google Patents Modular Heat Exchangers For Data Centres
Google patent promises more efficient data centres by positioning heat exchangers right behind the servers
IT Life: A Lifeline For City IT
Complexity and unpredictability are what worries Roger Keenan, managing director of London-based co-location company City Lifeline
IT Life: The Joy Of Building Data Centres
Lawrence Buxton likes building Sentrum Colo's data centres, and looks forward to organic computers
Cisco Beats Expectations As Data Centre Move Pays Off
Cisco has posted positive financials, with a fall in switch and router sales offset by its data centre strategy
Big Switch Networks Joins SDN Gold Rush
A startup has joined the SDN data centre trend by offering its own software-defined network products
HP Upgrades HP-UX And Launches New Itanium Servers
New HP Itanium servers and better Unix should keep customers on board
Samsung Touts SSD Potential For Green Data Centers
Samsung continues to argue that solid state drives (SSDs) can make for more energy efficient data centres
Cisco Beefs Up UCS Data Centre Management Tool
Cisco Systems has expanded its UCS management platform to cater for multiple cloudy data centres
Fuel Buckets Keep New York Data Centre Live Through The Hurricane
Peer 1 remained online, thanks to a bucket brigade carrying fuel up 18 floors
AMD Partners With ARM To Sell Efficient Server Chips
New partner to continue the struggle against Intel in the data centre
Let’s Save Data Centres From Stupid Austerity!
Data centres' contribution to our economy will be enormous, and they richly deserve a tax break in the form of a climate change agreement, says Peter Judge
Green Group Tells Data Centres To Run Servers Hotter
IT kit has toughened up, so data centres can turn off the coolers
Apple begins Construction Of ‘Green’ Oregon Data Centre
Yet another server farm located in the Oregon High Desert