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ABN Amro, Barclays: Data centres on savings hit-list
News The merger between banks ABN Amro and Barclays will see the consolidation of both companies' data centres and IT networks to realise cost savings of €1.65bn by 2010. The goal is a universal banking... [23 Apr 2007]
Data centres struggle to keep their cool
News New research from ARI found 38 per cent of data centres are already running at dangerous levels of power consumption, meaning they are at risk of failing due to a power shortfall. According to analyst... [12 Apr 2007]
Data centres fuelling climate change?
News The intensive power requirements needed to run and cool data centres now account for almost a quarter of global CO2 emissions from information and communications technology, according to analyst Gartner. [12 Oct 2007]
Cisco says Scotland is the place for data centres
News Cisco has been seeking the support of a number of politicians in its effort to promote Scotland as a suitable place for data centres, such as the SNP's John Swinney, who is also the cabinet secretary for... [26 Sep 2007]
IBM turning green over data centres
News IBM is launching an initiative to give its corporate customers a way to measure and potentially monetise energy-efficiency measures in their data centres using an emerging form of currency. The computing... [02 Nov 2007]
Why you should be outsourcing your data centres
Comment Multinationals have led the way in outsourcing their data centres to specialised third parties. Building impregnable data centres places severe strain on limited... [04 Feb 2008]
10 Gigabit Ethernet Technology Overview and Applications for Enterprise Data Centres
White Paper The second part examines BLADE's RackSwitch product line, including 10 GbE applications within enterprise networks and data centres. This Technology Brief is divided into two parts. The first part... [22 Jan 2009]
Abbey data centres transferred to EDS
News The contract will see 1,500 Abbey National staff from data centres across the UK move under the control of the EDS managed project. The venture will service Abbey National's existing two million mortgage... [04 May 2001]
Power shortages squeeze London's data centres
News Power supply issues and soaring lease costs in London are being blamed for forcing companies to look outside the M25 when building new data centres. Accenture claims the lack of growth in new... [27 Feb 2008]
Power-hungry data centres prey on CIOs' minds
News David Douglas, Sun's vice president of eco-responsibility, said: "There are people out there running out of power in their data centres and thinking about energy but [who] have not yet moved to the next... [11 Oct 2006]
Barclays data centres get green with HP
News Heyworth said all Barclays' data centres will use the cooling technology in the future. Barclays is using cutting-edge cooling technology in its new Gloucester data centre to help reduce... [13 Mar 2008]
BT data centres "50 per cent full"
News Andy Green, Ignite's chief executive, admitted the data centres are only half full and hinted that some of the locations will be closed down. Speaking to the Independent on Sunday, Green said: "Vacancy... [24 Jun 2002]
Colt to axe 500, put data centres on ice
News It will now also make savings by mothballing seven data centres. Colt Telecom has continued the bad news coming from the UK telecoms sector with an announcement that despite seeing revenue grow 32 per... [22 Feb 2002]
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]
Energy crisis looming for UK data centres
News A crisis is looming in the UK's data centres around the most fundamental of requirements: the need for power, according to a study published by BroadGroup consultants. A big part of the problem is the... [26 Oct 2006]
