Next-generation traffic monitoring for the modern data centre

Over the past decade or so, advancements in technology and evolving ways of working have caused a shift in the way that data centres are designed and managed. While IT has enabled businesses to do so much more, and allows workers to accomplish things today that were not possible just a few years...

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The convergence of the twain
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Unlike the Thomas Hardy poem, referenced above, where the iceberg and the Titanic met with disastrous results, the coming together of the IT and facilities functions will have anything but catastrophic consequences for your business. DCS talks to IBM’s Michael Hogan.

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Online backup: the tipping point?
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Building a business case for online backup adoption should, on the face of it, be a fairly straightforward task. With numerous benefits in the form of reduced costs, scalability and reliability, it presents a far superior option to archaic tape and other on-premise data backup solutions. By Paul...

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Pure vision provides optimum TCO
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DCS talks to Huw Owen, Chief Executive Officer at Ark, about the company’s development to date – focusing on creating world class, sustainable data centre offerings at the Wiltshire and Hampshire locations.

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Shouldering the burden of compliance

Cloud computing has become a mainstream affair. If you walk into any business, be it a...

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Back to basics: a round-up of the main types of fire protection

Never before has there been such a wide array of options for fire suppression in the data centre,...

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UNUM bucks the trend with private, eco-friendly, data centre

Building data centres for individual businesses might seem a little 20th century. After all, the...

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Critical data centre cooling

One simple step to reducing maintenance time and increasing energy efficiency. By Daniel Betts,...

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2013: The year the business case for Desktop-as-a-Service is realised

For many years IT departments have talked about the potential benefits of Virtual Desktop...

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Tarkan Maner joins Nexenta as Chairman and CEO

Nexenta has announced the appointment of Tarkan Maner as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. An...

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Powwownow calls TelecityGroup for conferencing growth

Premium TelecityGroup facility in London at the heart of new data centre infrastructure to meet...

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Videos

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...
In Part 2 of our interview with Datwyler at Data Centre World Frankfurt 2025, we spoke with Oliver Wunderlich to continue the conversation about the company’s activities and insights from the event. Watch...
At Data Centre World Frankfurt 2025, we caught up with Claudia Ludenbach from TRILUX to hear about the company’s presence at the event and their role in the data centre space. Watch the full interview to...
Jesse Todd, CEO of EncompaaS, explains that as data volumes explode and AI evolves at a rapid pace, ignoring unstructured data is no longer an option. Intelligent information management platforms help...

Expert Opinions

By Hans Nipshagen, Vice President Channel at nLighten.
By Aurore Knight, Associate Director, Black & White Engineering.
In a hyperconnected world, where information flows in real time and digital operations are mission-critical, data centers have become the backbone of the global economy. In these environments, energy is not...