data centres
RSS data centresLarge Hadron Collider's grid gets stressed
News The tests, called Scale Testing for the Experiment Programme '09, threw huge amounts of data around the distributed computing project, which uses dedicated optical-fibre networks to distribute data from... [03 Jul 2009]
Why Google's security arm doesn't have a war room
News In traditional network operation centres someone sitting in front of a screen notices a rise in error rates or some other problem, then conducts triage and follows a set workflow procedure for dealing with events,... [02 Jul 2009]
O2 gets into bed with BT wi-fi
News Many of the new Openzone hotspots are in locations such as railway stations, airport lounges, conference centres and motorway service stations, as well as in Caffè Nero and Starbucks coffee shops, and Hilton hotels. [29 Jun 2009]
Cisco Systems & Hitachi Data Systems Selected by Euronext.liffe for Multiprotocol, Multiservice Storage Network for Business Continuity
White Paper Market Solutions, the IT division of Euronext.liffe, used networking and storage technologies from Cisco and Hitachi Data Systems, together with project procurement services from BT, to interconnect data... [25 Jun 2009]
Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) Chooses the Cisco Business Ready Data Centre Solution
White Paper MPS consolidated and interconnected storage resources at its two regional data centres in Italy using Cisco Systems integrated data center networking which enabled MPS to improve... [25 Jun 2009]
Hungarian Insurer Builds Business Continuance Solution With Cisco Optical and Storage Area Network Technologies
White Paper Allianz, Hungary's largest insurance company with three million customers, estimates it will save more than $100,000 a year by deploying the Cisco technology instead of employing multiple links to connect two data... [25 Jun 2009]
Prominent German Bank to Deploy Business Continuity Solution as Part of Evolution to Cisco Data Centre Architecture
White Paper The Frankfurt-am-Main based German private bank deployed the Cisco MDS 9509 director to underpin its business continuity infrastructure between data centres in Frankfurt. BHF-BANK is one of Germany's... [25 Jun 2009]
Sophos Case Study: Equinix
White Paper Equinix is a leading global provider of network-neutral data centres and internet exchange services. To maintain its competitive edge, Equinix is continuously seeking solutions that will add value to its... [25 Jun 2009]
Slovak Telecom Deploys Long Distance Disaster Recovery Solution
White Paper The long distance solution, which is based on technologies from EMC, will permit real time back-up at two geographically distant computer centres, thereby ensuring that all data is constantly available... [25 Jun 2009]
"Fit for purpose" : is office space fit for a data centre?
White Paper Despite the increasing demands of new technologies and the resulting need to house data centres in purpose-designed facilitiies; the majority of businesses continue to locate their staff and... [25 Jun 2009]
Novell Case Study: CLA and Rautaruukki
White Paper Rautaruukki's data network has about 40 operational centres in Scandinavia and Germany. As in all networks consisting of several servers and many users, it is difficult to estimate the number of users... [25 Jun 2009]
DB2 on HP-UX - The Best Combination for KONE
White Paper They outsourced global IT operations to HP Managed Services, replaced existing Informix database with IBM DB2, ran the new database on HP UNIX servers located at data centres in Europe, the US and... [25 Jun 2009]
HP Stands Guard Over Lenze's Business
White Paper Lenze decided to implement clustered server and storage systems distributed across two redundant data centres 17 km apart. It engaged HP to supply a complete HP Continental Cluster solution based around... [25 Jun 2009]
Server Streamlining
White Paper It can range from client desktop applications to corporate data centres, bringing together applications, databases and services. Server consolidation is the centralisation of resources into a unified... [25 Jun 2009]
Why Business Continuity?
White Paper Just under half of the companies that experience disaster never recover and one out of 500 data centres annually experiences a severe disaster. However, according to the London Chamber of Commerce, 90%... [25 Jun 2009]
