Decoupled Storage: Server-Side Performance without the Hyperconvergence Headaches

As the number of Virtual Machines (VMs) in a data centre place an increasing load on back-end shared storage, performance bottlenecks arise. This is driving a surge in demand for solid state storage (i.e. flash), which can improve storage access times by 1000x or more. By Nick Suh, Head of Product...

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Worried about data in the cloud?
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 Encryption is the answer, but without crypto management, don’t even bother! By Ed Kidson, product manager, Wick Hill.

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Colocation competition in Europe’s data centres steps up in Q1 2015

The new Colocation Markets Quarterly (CMQ) study researched by BroadGroup covering Q1 of 2015 reveals that London has in contrast to the other three Tier 1 cities, bucked the trend in terms of supply of colocation by power and space.

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National Ice Centre plays a winning game with ServiceDesk Plus

The Capital FM Arena Nottingham is one of the East Midlands’ top entertainment venues. Based...

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The global routing table: a new battleground for businesses

By Mike Palladino, vice president, network and support, Internap.

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Load DynamiX advances Performance Testing Platform

Enhanced support for CEPH, S3, OpenStack Swift/Cinder, and FCoE-based storage infrastructures.

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Increased spend on Incident Response

Firms are shifting their cyber security spend away from traditional Prevent & Protect...

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Delivering data centre professional services

Following a competitive tender, The National Archives has appointed Keysource, the expert in...

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Zayo names Matthew Erickson and Chris Morley Chief Operating Officers

Zayo Group Holdings says that President of Physical Infrastructure Matthew Erickson and President...

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Equinix to acquire TelecityGroup

Equinix and TelecityGroup have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash and share offer...

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Proact acquires the business unit “Microsoft Datacenter Innovation Services” from VX Company

Proact has, via own shares, acquired 51 % of the Business Unit “Microsoft Datacenter...

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Videos

In this interview, Josh Ewing, VP of eNlighten Managed Services at Namos Solutions, discusses how managed services are evolving beyond traditional break-fix models towards value-led, outcome-focused delivery....
Oliver Simonnet, Lead Cybersecurity Researcher at CultureAI, discusses the findings of the company’s The State of Enterprise AI Usage: The Illusion of Control report, which reveals a growing gap between how...
Matt Wilkins, Global Director of Design and Engineering at Colt DCS, explains that data centre operators need ‘controlled flexibility’ now more than ever, as tightened regulatory environments, skills gaps,...
Pete Hughes, Founder and Managing Director of Zalara Tech, shares how building a business in the age of AI shapes growth and delivery, and why success depends on understanding that AI is never a...

Expert Opinions

Cooling is one of the most expensive operational outlays in data centre operations: reducing its cost and improving Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is therefore one of the primary challenges for data centre...
By Rohit Gupta, UK&I Managing Director at Cognizant.
By Sean Tilley, Senior Director of Sales EMEA at 11:11 Systems.