Building a capacity planning capability in line with business objectives  
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DCS Europe talks to Peter Duffy, CTO of Sumerian, focusing on the importance of capacity planning – both in terms of the benefits it can bring but, just as importantly, the approach required to a successful implementation.

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How can organisations ensure their branch and remote office storage doesn’t leave them out on a limb?  
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It can be easy to forget just how significant branch and remote offices are to many organisations. All too often, an IT team’s storage priorities are focused on the data centre and the head office. But if businesses want to succeed and thrive, the centre cannot hold all their attention....

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Using the Internet of Things to manage your data centre
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In the last year, much has been made of the potential of the Internet of Things (IoT). What few data centre owners and operators realise is that they have a working example of the IoT just waiting to be exploited. In this article Dave Wolfenden of Mafi Mushkila talks about how data centre sensor...

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Big Data: separating the hype from the major opportunities
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‘Big Data’ is not a new concept. First coined in a 1998 paper, its roots can be traced back to the concept of the ‘information explosion’ in the 1940s. Its potential is seemingly limitless; the ability to make the most of huge amounts of data can provide a boost to...

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Transform your WAN for cloud deployments

Cloud service adoption is accelerating at a vast pace. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) alone will...

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spotlightmay15 (Magazine article)

Dave Woflenden MD, Mafi Mushkila

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Your next data centre will be a product

By Daniel Bizo, Senior Analyst, Datacentre Technologies, 451 Research.

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SNIA and flash

By members of SNIA’s Solid State Storage Initiative.

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Mice and Men  

By Simon Campbell-Whyte, DCA Executive Director.

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Why the need for recognised Cloud certification?

By Richard Pharro, CEO of APM Group Limited and member of the Cloud Industry Forum.

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Name change reflects dynamic growth

The Cloud Ethernet Forum marked a coming of age last month with a change of name to OpenCloud...

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Providing IT on demand: working at Cloud speed

DCS Europe talks to David Shacochis, Vice President of Cloud Platform at CenturyLink, about how the...

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Videos

Mike Nagus, CEO of LiNova, a battery tech company, talks backup power infrastructure, UPS and battery technologies – comparing and contrasting traditional approaches and solutions with some of the emerging...
Christina Mertens, vice president of business development, EMEA, at VIRTUS Data Centres, explains that, for data centre operators, the question is no longer only where capacity can be deployed quickly, but...
Claire Keelan, UK MD at Onnec, is warning that the UK will fall short of its AI ambitions and data centre expansion targets, unless it tackles the growing workforce shortage by tapping into underused talent...
Unveiling the science of nickel-zinc (NiZn) batteries. In this video we break down the advantages behind our remarkable chemistry. Discover the key factors that contribute to NiZn's exceptional power, safety,...

Expert Opinions

By Fiona Reid, Director of International Business at Pattern
Mike Hoy, CTO, Pulsant, and Mike Hellers, Product Development Manager, LINX, on how hosting data locally in Scotland supports optimal speeds and reliability, complementing wider UK connectivity for consistent...
New research shows water use by data centers worldwide will more than triple by 2050, impacting water-stressed regions the most. Water scarcity poses a material risk to data center operations and expansion....