Data Centre struggling to control petabytes of data achieves unified management

Fera Science Limited (Fera), has now been using DataCore’s SANsymphony-V solution successfully for five years to optimise their once struggling applications held on Virtual Machines (VMs) to allow fast data mining of petabytes (PBs) of research data gleaned from ongoing trials.

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Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital delivers first-class care & faster access to patient data

Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital overhauls its infrastructure to drive ‘paperless service’ and maintain the joint top spot as number one hospital trust in the UK.

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SBS Broadcasting chooses Avere to deliver flexible access to new object storage infrastructure

Avere Systems has been chosen by Dutch commercial broadcasting company SBS Broadcasting BV (SBS) to enhance its storage infrastructure. With viewers demanding high quality broadcasting at lightning speeds, SBS required a reliable, scalable and performant approach to store large quantities...

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Cloud demand soars, but beware the contract!

A surprisingly large number of cloud sales deals break down at contract negotiation stage.

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Mansfield Oil deliversapplications and services up to 50 percent faster

Transition to new fully redundant data and disaster recovery center keeps mission-critical data...

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Westfleisch chooses Actifio

Actifio’s virtualised data management platform helps Westfleisch modernise  its backup...

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Up to 80% of ‘connected’ devices do not have adequate security measures

Gartner predicts the security market will continue to evolve alongside new requirements arising...

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Explosive growth supported securely at The Bunker

Hosted Desktop UK Limited is a major provider of virtual hosted desktop solutions and managed...

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CenturyLink continues to invest in data centre expansion and secure Uptime Institute certifications

CenturyLink adds 14MW of new capacity in eight facilities and several Uptime Institute...

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Infinera introduces next step function in optical networking

Infinera has introduced the Infinite Capacity Engine, a multi-terabit optical subsystem enabling...

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The ultimate in DCI scalability?

ADVA Optical Networking has unveiled its new MicroMux(TM) module - the latest addition to its...

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Hawkeye enables enterprises to maintain a high quality user application experience

Ixia has launched Hawkeye, an automated, proactive service-level agreement (SLA), and user...

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Videos

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,...
Phylip Morgan, Senior Vice President, Marketplace & Channel Expansion at Pax8, explores the shift from Managed Service Providers to Managed Intelligence Providers and what it means for the future of the...
In this discussion, David Primor, CEO of Cynomi, and Dennis Boone, President of SlashBlue, explore why third-party risk management is rapidly becoming essential for MSPs and MSSPs. They share real-world...
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....

Expert Opinions

By Fabrizio Landini, Global Data Centre Segment Leader, Hitachi Group.
As UK data centre capacity continues to expand, ensuring electrical resilience under fire conditions is an important design priority. Fire protection enclosures play a vital role in maintaining circuit...
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 JP Buzzell, chief data centre architect at Eaton.