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Smartoptics’ 16Gb Optical Transceivers approved by Brocade

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Infrastructure + Hardware Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers Storage Technology

Smartoptics, a global supplier of optical networking solutions, has announced that its 16Gb optical transceivers have been approved by Brocade in all of their latest Fibre Channel switches. This allows the lowest cost and highest capacity connectivity options for SAN extensions in business...

Private cloud builds a strong foundation for hybrid cloud future

According to Current Analysis, companies have been slow to adopt public cloud based on security concerns, but private cloud solutions offer self-service flexibility, combined with data security.

In 2015 businesses will start to understand the importance of data classification

2015 predictions come from Bob Plumridge, EMEA CTO at HDS, and also chairman of SNIA Europe.

Going beyond digital

Richard Potter, Group Innovation Director at Steria, offers his technology predictions for 2015 and beyond.

Datacenter colocation market now at $25bn globally

Top 60 Multi-tenant Datacenter firms account for 52% of revenue with 1,000+ generating the...

2015 to mark the year of disruptive technology, says Advanced 365 report

Internet of Things, Intercloud, Avatars and Software Defined Networks to dominate business agendas.

NEC identifies 2015’s Top 10 strategic technology trends for the smart enterprise

IT & Communications core components for businesses enhancing productivity, services and...

ABB Datacentre Executive Sets up Cloud Automation Business to “mobilise the industry”

Jim Shanahan, previously Global Head of ABB’s Data Centre Software business, has set up...

Fast growing Onyx Group active on acquisition trail

Innovative IT infrastructure and support services provider, Onyx Group, has announced the...

Keysource approved as DCA auditor

Keysource, the leading data centre design and build specialist, has been approved as an official...

Latest release of Autotask Remote Monitoring & Endpoint Management now available

Autotask brings remote monitoring and endpoint management together with its IT Business Management...

NG Bailey appoints critical environments service director

NG Bailey has appointed a new subject matter expert to develop its growing critical environments...

Media companies are investing in disruptive ICT technologies

Media companies are investing heavily in advanced information and communications technology (ICT)...

Code of Conduct endorsement

8 Solutions, a specialist at increasing efficiency and mitigating against the risk of down-time in...

Red Hat extends Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP HANA® to the Open Hybrid Cloud

New hardware, cloud partners offer solutions for Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP HANA with the...

Creating good chemistry to cater for AI data centre power demands

Brandon Smith, VP of Global Sales and Product at ZincFive, how AI workloads are fundamentally changing data centre power profiles - shifting from steady, predictable loads to highly dynamic, burst-driven...

Waste heat from data centres could heat over 3.5 million UK homes

Simon Kerr, head of heat networks at EnergiRaven, discusses the recent analysis from EnergiRaven and Viegand Maagøe finds that projected growth in data centres will produce enough waste heat to warm millions...

Sustainable decommissioning and circular economy outcomes

Rob Bolton, CEO at n2s Bioscope, explains how n2s has formed a new three-year partnership with NTT DATA to support Virgin Media O2 across all UK data centre sites, focusing on responsible decommissioning,...

Data centre investment moves into the mainstream

Lottie Tollman, Head of Data Centres Advisory, EMEA and Gonzalo Martín, Head of Data Centres Capital Markets, EMEA, both at Colliers, the international property adviser, explain why data centres are no longer...

Expert Opinions

Power quality: The unseen phenomenon behind some of the biggest data centre challenges

By Christopher Butler, President, Embedded and Critical Power.

Expert Insight: Why Local Internet Traffic Matters More Than You Think

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...

AI in the SOC: why complete autonomy is the wrong goal

By Dan Petrillo, VP of Product at BlueVoyant.

Why location data is critical to smarter data centre planning

Data centres are some of the country’s most important infrastructure. This is because they power the economy – from online streaming and mobile banking to the development and increasing use of AI. Which is...

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