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Will Public Cloud kill the data centre?

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By Roger Keenan, managing director of London data centre, City Lifeline.

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware

Keysource is warning data centre operators and tenants that they have less than six months to ensure they meet the requirements of ESOS, the new EU legislation which monitors energy management. Companies that fail to comply risk large penalties.

Published in Carriers + Service Providers DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Networks + Telecoms

Custom Connect Microwave (CCMW) has optimised its industry-leading private bandwidth service on the routes Slough - Frankfurt and Basildon - Frankfurt. CCMW’s latency between Slough-LD4 and Frankfurt-FR2 will be 4.56 milliseconds (ms) RTD (Roundtrip Delay Time). The RTD between NYSE Basildon and Frankfurt-FR2 will be 4.14ms. These latencies are the lowest known. They will be available per mid August 2015.

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DCNet helps enterprises and service providers expand into new markets and optimise business continuity.

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SAP SE's global data center in St. Leon-Rot, Germany, has won the 2015 Datacentre Sustainability Award. It was recognized for its excellent energy efficiency during the Datacloud Europe global congress and exhibition hosted in Monaco from June 3-4 by information media technology and professional services company BroadGroup. An international jury of experts from industry, science, and the specialist press had undertaken a study to discover just how sustainable European data centers’...

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Huawei partners with Global Switch

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‘Typical’ facilities may be squandering c£24,000 per year in lost energy.

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Will Public Cloud kill the data centre?

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