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How to build a green data centre

Today, the digitalisation of almost everything we see and touch is transforming many industries including banking, retail, manufacturing as well as enabling the rise of social media and more. What many people don’t know is that data centres, the infrastructure behind connected technology, sit at the heart the digital revolution. And as more of our lives become digitally led, the data centre industry continues to grow rapidly. By David Watkins, special projects director for VIRTUS Data...

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Solving the data centre staffing crisis

The rapid growth of the data centre sector has caused a worsening crisis in staffing levels. The situation means it is also becoming more difficult to find skilled employees for open infrastructure positions, according to the Uptime Institute global data centre survey 2020. By Ryan Hogg, Senior Hardware Product Manager, Opengear.

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The enduring importance of data centre design

Alberto Zucchinali of Siemon highlights key data centre design points that managed service providers should follow so IT infrastructure meets clients’ shifting demands of the modern 24/7, 365 business.

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Data centre dilemmas – overcoming growing pains

John Banks, Head of Product Management and Marketing at HellermannTyton examines the requirements of data centres in the ‘new normal’, illustrates the key role of cable management and addresses the issues that impact operational effectiveness.

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What next for data centres?

Over the course of the past year, the number of tech giants that have taken a more aggressive stance on climate change and their own environmental impact has seen a significant increase. Among others, Microsoft has pledged to become carbon negative, Amazon is aiming for carbon neutrality by 2040, and Intel has plotted a path to carbon neutral computing by 2030. By Ian Whitfield, CEO of RED, an ENGIE Impact company.

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Growing data, value and security layers

Data centres need to make an integrated and multi-layered approach to security standards. By Martin Koffijberg - Director, Business Development Banking and Finance at Axis Communications.

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Equinix Insider - White Ops President & COO, Eddie Schwartz

Eddie has over 25 years experience in information security, including recent work as the CISO of RSA, the Security Division of EMC, and Co-Founder/CSO of NetWitness.

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