Data Centre Solutions

Aisle containment must be fire aware

Published in Infrastructure + Hardware

In this article Jeremy Hartley, Managing Director of Dataracks, looks at how data centres can be fire adaptable, the benefits to be gained from the use of containment with built-in fire suppression systems and why building a fire resistant environment is easier than you think.

Published in Design + Optimisation

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has announced the opening of its €150m data centre campus in Digital Profile Park, Dublin. The state of the art 10-acre site supports the phased development plan of 15.36 megawatts of data centre space across four buildings, totaling 85,000 square feet.

Published in Infrastructure + Hardware

By Paul Vian, Business Development Director at Internap.

Published in Infrastructure + Hardware

Enterprise-scale solution for OpenStack allows extended deployment options to best fit customers’ needs; supports latest OpenStack Icehouse release.

Vivocha migrates from AWS to IBM

Vivocha is adopting IBM Bluemix to further develop its platform and integrate new, customer-centric...

IBM opens Cloud Resiliency Centre

IBM has announced the opening of its new cloud resiliency center in Research Triangle Park (RTP),...

Verdafero taps power of IBM Cloud

Moves from traditional provider to IBM Bluemix to speed application development and delivery.

MutualMind migrates From Amazon Web Services and Rackspace to IBM Cloud

MutualMind, a startup that provides social media sentiment analysis, has migrated from Amazon Web...

OutSystems Platform 9 brings speed and simplicity of Visual RAD to native mobile app delivery

OutSystems has released OutSystems Platform 9, which raises the bar for mobile application...

MapR Technologies adds offices in the Netherlands

Extends presence to help Dutch organisations benefit from Hadoop-based technologies.

Hardware.com strengthens management team with Two Key Appointments

Hardware.com (part of the Hardware Group), a global multi-vendor leader in technical solutions,...

Reflex Platform now a Certified Spark Distribution

Guavus, Inc. says that its Reflex 2.0 platform has been designated a Certified Spark Distribution...

Interoute makes a stand against data centre industry’s £70m patch tax

Data centre owners practice of charging monthly recurring fees for static data centre cables is...

Data centre skills shortage threatens growth

Gartner, Inc. has said that capacity planning and performance management skills within IT...

Increase in uptake of practical big data projects in 2014

A new survey has revealed 2014 looks set to be the year when many businesses make the step from Big...

Hacktivism and the growing risk to critical infrastructure

In this interview, Rik Ferguson, VP of Security Intelligence at Forescout Technologies, discusses emerging cyber threats, including OT/IoT risks, hacktivism, state-sponsored activity, and the growing challenge...

Interview with Flakt Group at DCW Frankfurt 2026

Data Centre World - Frankfurt 2026

Data centre market at the beginning of a new infrastructure cycle

Jake Bush, RLB Head of Supply Chain and Procurement, discusses the findings of the company’s latest data centre trends report, which finds the industry at the beginning of a new infrastructure cycle after a...

Getting to grips with gigawatt facilities and constrained grid capacity

Brad Johnson, Director, Industry Executive for Electric Utilities at Bentley Systems, explains how smart data centre developers are already recognising that real engineering value lives beyond the fence line....

Expert Opinions

What MFA gets back to front about authentication

By James Preston, Principal Security Consultant at ANSecurity.

How businesses confront the data sovereignty squeeze

By Peter Pugh Jones, Field CDO, Confluent.

Power system resilience in data centres ~ Supporting uptime and stability through controlled fault current and resistive technologies

Data centres underpin the digital economy, enabling services from cloud computing to artificial intelligence and global communications. As demand continues to grow, the need for uninterrupted operation rises...

How to mitigate the impact of the memory shortages

By Sarah Beechey, Practice Leader Data Center & AI, SHI.

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