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

Amber Walsh, Senior Analyst at Bluefield Research, discusses the findings of the company’s new report, U.S. Water for Data Centers: Market Trends, Opportunities, and Forecasts, 2025–2030, which reveals...
Meredith Kendrick, Product Line Manager at AFL, explains the company’s DENALI platform – with a particular focus on how it supports increasing fibre density demands in rapidly evolving, GPU-intensive fibre...
Dame Dawn Childs, Chief Executive of Pure Data Centres, explains how the company’s belief that data centres can be the catalyst for urban regeneration, employment and positive environmental change is borne...
In this video, DCS talks to Octaipipe at the DCA's 10x10 2025

Expert Opinions

By Rob O’Connor, EMEA President at Insight.
By Mohammad Ismail, VP of EMEA, Cequence Security.
By Roland Mestric, Head of Strategic Marketing, Network Infrastructure, Nokia.
Eran Shiff, VP of Product from AlgoSec provides practical guidance to help organisations approach network convergence and consolidate security and cloud functionalities.