data centres in photos
Photos: The Cern computers cracking the Big Bang
Photo Even this is insufficient to store the vast amounts of the raw data produced by the LHC so its four detectors - which each look for different particles and energy signatures - have built-in electronics and smaller... [06 Oct 2008]
Photos: Broadband in London's Victorian sewers
Photo And Icelandic Telco provider Siminn uses the network to provide a dedicated fibre connection between its two London data centres. Geo recently announced further extension of its fibre network, connecting... [22 Jul 2008]
Photos: Waging war on the web's bad guys
Photo The centres protect and monitor more than 7,000 devices for 650 customers against everything from viruses to data theft. Symantec has four security operations centres worldwide in India,... [21 Jul 2008]
Photos: It's virtual everything in Cisco's future
Photo She said the equipment could be installed in shopping centres to make access to healthcare facilities more convenient for people, or in remote locations where doctors are scarce. Corinne Marsolier (right), from Cisco... [16 Jul 2008]
Photos: The building of a data centre
Photo As the beating heart of business, data centres store and process the information that keeps UK Plc afloat. The water is pumped into units at the edge of the data halls. The former... [11 Jun 2008]
Photos: US military puts 'bat' spies in the sky…
Photo It is one of four centres charged with building a different subsystem of the bat plane. The US Army wants a six-inch spy plane to gather data on sights, sounds and smells in urban combat areas. It has... [17 Mar 2008]
Photos: Scottish NHS trials video checkups
Photo It is thought the fully deployed system will be in booths situated in public areas at remote locations, such as police stations in small towns or villages, walk-in centres or supermarkets. Dr Webster said: "The plan at... [08 Feb 2008]
Photos: Floating computers keep an eye on the oceans
Photo The floats normally usually drift at depths of 2,000 metres or 1,000 metres but every ten days, the bladder in the float fills with water making it rise to the surface to send its data to their various research... [21 Nov 2007]
Photos: Six unusual power sources
Photo Data centres are infamous for gobbling up plenty of power, so IT consultancy Comtec Enterprises is using hydrogen fuel cells - developed by APC - as a back-up power supply for its data... [19 Nov 2007]
Photos of the month - July 2007
Photo These days data centres come in all shapes and sizes - shipping containers, ex-MoD bunkers, you name it. Learn more about the Blackbox and four other unusual data... [27 Jul 2007]
Photos: Five unusual data centres
Photo Data centres are big business, and as well as the usual anonymous buildings on the edge of town silicon.com has visited some more unusual locations as the industry develops new ways of coping with demand. [25 Jul 2007]
Photos of the month - May 2007
Photo To continue the theme of unusual but more eco-friendly data centres, IBM unveiled its 'flat pack' data centre which it claims uses up to 15 per cent less power than a traditional... [30 May 2007]
Photos: IBM's flat-pack data centre
Photo IBM recently pledged to invest $1bn per year in developing technology it hopes can double the capacity of its data centres without increasing energy use or the amount of space required. IBM has unveiled... [25 May 2007]
Photos: The super-brain behind the particle smasher
Photo After initial processing the data is then churned out to 11 tier-one data centres around the world. The LHC is currently testing its grid infrastructure using simulated... [21 May 2007]
Photos of the month - March 2007
Photo Jobs in call centres and BPO operations are well paid and sought after, and the employee attrition rates can be high with companies scrambling to hire the top people. The interface lets clinicians see... [02 Apr 2007]
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