Data centre power systems, air conditioning plant: testing and commissioning
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The inexorable rise of the data centre in the late 20th Century led to significant uptake in the design and installation of uninterruptable power supply systems (UPS) diesel generating sets (gensets) and complex air-conditioning systems to support these critical operations. In many cases the levels...

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Software defined storage and Ceph
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DCS talks to Bryan Bogensberger, CEO of Inktank, about the development of a ‘next-generation’ storage platform, Ceph, and how it is making unified storage a reality.

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Optimising the resilience, efficiency and total cost of ownership equation
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DCS talks to Leo Craig, General Manager, Riello UPS Limited, about the critical need to balance the many, potentially conflicting, demands placed on the data centre manager, and how best to meet them through a combination of technology refresh and well-thought out day-to-day policies....

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Maestro promises a dynamic performance
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DCS talks to Steve Charnock, VP Sales & Operations EMEA at CloudFabriQ, about the company’s progress to date and how it plans to shake up the Cloud infrastructure management space.

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Why horizontal scaling is the best way to grow your business

Walk through a full data center and you may be surprised. You may think you’ll find racks...

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When Big Data hits the centre!

Steve Jenkins, VP for EMEA at MapR Technologies and subject matter expert on Hadoop and Big Data...

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Predict, then measure: Simple rules for data centre success

The increasing demand for IT services has resulted in more and more data centres being built...

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The four pillars of cloud security

Market research firm Gartner described cloud computing as “an incredible force for...

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Getting it right: the best network platforms for the cloud

Steve Roberts, service development manager at Vtesse Networks, looks at how cloud deployments are...

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Managing privileged users in the cloud

While the global community remains polarised around the activities of Edward Snowden, there is an...

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London Data Centre gets go-ahead

The new Gateway Data Centre (www.gatewaydatacentre.co.uk) has been announced in London’s West...

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Portugal Telecom celebrates convergence with data centre launch

One of the largest and greenest data centres in the world has been launchedn by Portugal...

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Videos

Mike Frank, Senior Scientist and Rodolfo Rosini, CEO, both at Vaire Computing, explain how reversible computing, as an alternative to classic computing, performs calculations without destroying information in...
At Data Centre World Frankfurt 2025, we caught up with Senol Meral from Legrand to hear their thoughts on the evolving data centre landscape. Watch the full interview to find out what they had to say.
At Data Centre World Frankfurt 2025, we spoke with Fernando Calle from Himoinsa about their presence at the event and their role in the data centre industry. Watch the full interview to hear what he had to...
Peter Strahan, Member Director at Network Group, the peer-to-peer community group for IT resellers and managed service providers, provides an update on the organisation’s activities, covering the recent...

Expert Opinions

In the face of growing concern surrounding the energy demands of Artificial intelligence (AI), Ben Croxford, Managing Director at Eclipse Power Networks, explains how the technology can be used to address the...
By James Vaughan, Manager at BCS, the digital built asset consultancy.
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