On-demand architecture provisions Microsoft’s Technology Center

Microsoft’s Thames Valley MTC helps companies make decisions about IT strategy – from the applications they need for successful operations to how they roll them out enterprise-wide, as private cloud or hosted services. A high density data centre, architected using Schneider Electric...

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Dispelling the flash storage myths

According to Gartner, the market for all flash storage is going to approach £2.6bn by 2015. Given these high stakes and ongoing competition between hardware-centric flash appliances and new software-centric flash storage arrays, it’s no surprise that there’s substantial...

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Go hybrid: why you need a balanced diet of SSDs and HDDs

Cost, speed and reliability - the three crucial factors when it comes to choosing your next data storage system, writes Warren Reid, Director of Marketing at Dot Hill Systems.

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Why we can’t junk hard disk drives

The storage industry is awash with reports on the disappearing disk drive industry and many are hailing the end of the spinning disk drive. However before we get carried away in the euphoria of an all flash based industry it is worth standing back and taking a pragmatic look at the industry at...

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Look for something new, you might find something better

In an industry that is constantly evolving it is important that data centre managers don’t...

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Evolving data centres: the transition to 40GBASE-T

Cabling standards have been forced to adapt quickly to support greater bandwidth and lower...

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Digital Infrastructure: what it is and why you need a DI strategy

Nearly 400 delegates attended 451 Research’s annual Hosting & Cloud Transformation Europe...

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10 Gigabit Ethernet: 2H12 Results and 2013 Outlook

By Seamus Crehan, President, Crehan Research Inc.

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And the winners are..

The Datacentre Solutions (DCS) Awards took place on Thursday 23rd May at the Millennium Gloucester...

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Datacentre Transformation Conference

Full agenda has now been announced 9th July 2013, Leeds, UK

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Savvis expands presence in nine global markets

Savvis has announced 10 expansions to its worldwide data center footprint.

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Videos

DCS talks to KPMG at the DCA's 2025 10x10 Event
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...
DCS talks to Sudlows at the DCA's 2025 10x10 Event
Liz Blackman, Chief Marketing Officer at Avantra, discusses the continuing importance of DEI, despite some recent ‘push back’, explaining the importance of women's perspectives in creating balanced...

Expert Opinions

As we mark five years since the world entered COVID-19 lockdowns, one thing is clear: the way we work has been irreversibly transformed. What began as a reactive shift to remote work has evolved into a more...
By Francesco Fontana, Enterprise Marketing and Alliances Director at Aruba S.p.A.
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