Facility operations maturity model for data centres
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A structured facility operations maturity model offers a framework for assessing the completeness and thoroughness of operations and maintenance program. By Jennifer Schafer and Patrick Donovan, Schneider Electric Data Center Science Center.

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The biggest line up of user speakers set to attract a record audience of data centre professionals
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Data Centre World has run for the last eight years in London – growing its attendance each year. A debut event in Singapore last year attracted the largest attendance of any event of its kind in Asia and now a new event in Frankfurt is set to attract the biggest attendance of any event of...

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Is it time for cold storage?
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Data is now at the heart of all organisations and an essential component to every aspect of our life. We produce an astonishing amount of data, consume it faster than ever before and expect a speedy and reliable data stream on-demand. By Mark Steel, CEO at IP EXPO Europe.

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Fuel for thought
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A Fuel Maintenance Programme is an appropriate response to the low-level but genuine threat of fuel contamination. It provides your data centre with the protection it needs in a way that occupies as little of your time and attention as possible. By .Steve Baxter, Head of Marketing, IPU Group.

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Is IT ready to fully embrace cloud apps and services?

Cloud apps and services continue to gain traction in North American enterprises with both business...

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Disability Rights Texas relies on a DataCore Virtual SAN and Hyper-V

Disability Rights Texas (DRTx), a non-profit legal and protection advocacy agency based out of...

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Data centre managers must help shape future legislation, or stay a “soft target” for activists and law makers

UK data centre managers need to be aware of ongoing work to standardise their sector and get...

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Helping tech experts shape the digital future

Anglia Ruskin University and CNet Training link up to help data centre leaders thrive.

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Cloud computing ensures firms of all sizes can remain commercially competitive

Investment in IT and adoption of innovative cloud services is critical to staying competitive with...

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CenturyLink launches new, globally available Private Cloud service in 57 data centres

Federation with CenturyLink public cloud dramatically simplifies hybrid deployments.

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Eagle Eye selects Rackspace DevOps Automation to help deploy applications faster

Rackspace win comes as 1 in 4 IT decision makers admit they don’t have the right DevOps...

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Annual IT spending by Western European utilities to reach $13.5 billion by 2018

According to a new IT spending forecast report published by IDC Energy Insights, total year-end IT...

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Videos

In this interview, Emma Acton, EMEA VP Marketing at Zendesk, discusses how marketing is evolving across a highly diverse regional landscape. She explores the tension between brand building and demand...
Tim Collier, director and UK data centre lead at Turner & Townsend, explains what’s needed to build confidence in the industry and to deliver data centres on schedule, how to navigate heightened competition...
In this interview, Lee Clark, Cyber Intelligence Production Manager at RH-ISAC, discusses the evolving role of threat intelligence. He explores how organisations are shifting from reactive security approaches...
Rory Flashman-Wells, Co-Founder, National Data Centre Day, and Managing Director at Spa Communications, and Duncan White, Senior Director of Communications & Marketing at AtlasEdge, National Data Centre Day...

Expert Opinions

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Westcon-Comstor reports sales growth and profitability by focusing on software and services, driving margin expansion and adapting to market trends.
Pure DC has secured new financing to support the expansion of its data centre developments across Europe and the Middle East.