data centre
Data centre in a box
Comment Sun's new 'data centre in a container' is certainly innovative. Rapidly growing companies that cannot build data centre space fast enough to keep up with demand could... [18 Jun 2007]
Data centre chiefs under more pressure
News Data centre chiefs are struggling with staff shortages, more work to do and minimal increases in budgets. According to research from Symantec, the biggest challenges for data... [30 Oct 2007]
Data centre employs James Bond-style security
News The Internet Data Centre (IDC) opens today in Slough, and has employed a range of technology from humble CCTV systems and infra-red motion detectors right through to high-tech retina scanners. IDC claims... [19 Jan 2001]
Data centre costs top reason for virtualisation
News Nine out of 10 organisations that have adopted virtualisation technologies have done so to reduce data centre costs, according to research from IDC. The survey claims "virtualisation is mainstream and is... [08 Jul 2008]
Photos: Unearthing the zero-carbon data centre
Photo Managed services provider Centrinet has launched what it claims is the UK's first data centre that has zero carbon emissions. The data centre has been built 100 metres... [03 Jul 2007]
Sun touts energy-efficient data centre drive
News Sun has become the latest company to play the energy-efficiency card for its data-centre technology. Barrington added that for every degree less of heat that data-centre... [22 Aug 2007]
Photos: The building of a data centre
Photo Here are the under-floor pipes that carry chilled water around the data centre. Electronically controlled fans only provide the chilled air to the parts of the data... [11 Jun 2008]
In brief: Dell aims at data centre market
News And as Intel launches bigger and faster chips, we will use our partnerships with Wang Global and Unisys to follow it into the data centre environment. Dell is expected to position itself as a server... [29 Jun 1998]
NHS data centre repairs "almost complete"
News This follows an interruption to the computer services provided by CSC Alliance due to an interruption to the power supply at the data centre where data is stored.silicon.com Public... [02 Aug 2006]
In brief: Cap Gemini opens Bristol data centre
News UK companies trusting their mission critical computing needs to Cap Gemini could soon find their information housed at a state-of-the-art data centre in Aztec West, Bristol. The French outsourcing group... [30 Jul 1998]
Bank admits rising leccy bills on 'green' data centre
News Banking group Citi is on the verge of completing a major sustainable data centre project but has admitted the power requirements of its IT equipment are continuing to rise by 12.5 per cent per year. In a... [14 Apr 2008]
IBM pledges $1bn to slash data-centre energy use
News He added there is demand for more data centre capacity but there is a power issue: "Large companies are facing a real crisis around energy. IBM is to invest $1bn per year in developing technology it... [10 May 2007]
Intel: Fresh air route to data centre cost slashing
News Fresh air could save millions in data centre cooling costs, Intel has claimed, after a successful experiment in the New Mexico desert. Intel estimated an annual cost reduction of approximately $143,000... [19 Sep 2008]
Symantec probes call centre data theft allegations
News It was unclear how the data of the three UK customers got from the call centre and into the hands of the man who the BBC News said sold the credit card numbers. Nor was it clear whether any... [01 Apr 2009]
Criminals posing as police burgle Verizon data centre
News Criminals posing as policemen conned their way into a data centre near London's King's Cross station, tying up staff and stealing computing equipment, the Metropolitan Police said. The theft was... [10 Dec 2007]