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News Ticketmaster turns to nlyte Software for data centre reliability and energy efficiency

16 May 2012

nlyte DCIM suite gives Ticketmaster the visibility and control to deliver business continuity, sustainability and competitive pricing to its clients

nlyte Software, the data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) solution provider, founded by data centre professionals for data centre professionals, today announced that Ticketmaster, the worldwide leader in online ticket purchasing, has selected the nlyte DCIM suite to help it actively manage the utilisation of power, space and cooling across its entire European data centre estate. Ticketmaster now has complete insight and control over its data centre environments. Its clients – including elements of the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG), GET ME IN! – now have access to tailored reports, giving them visibility into their data centre capacity utilisation so they can support Ticketmaster’s drive to a ‘greener’, more efficient ticketing process.

News Schneider Electric Launches First-Ever Physical IT Infrastructure Offering for Small-to-Medium Sized Businesses

09 May 2012

New InfraStruxure for Small IT Solution Enables SMBs to Deploy and Manage Critical IT Infrastructures in Small Environments, Built on Capabilities Previously Available Only to Large Enterprises

Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has announced InfraStruxure™ for Small IT, the first-ever industry offer enabling small-to-medium sized businesses to design and build their physical IT infrastructures around the power of a comprehensive offering, including both software and hardware. The InfraStruxure offer, which now provides comprehensive solutions ranging from small IT environments up to two megawatt data centres had previously only been available to large enterprises. This new offer will speed the deployment, configuration and installation of IT infrastructures in small environments, such as a server room, network closet or non-dedicated space.

News GreenField Software partners with GFS Group Holdings in move to enter European market

02 May 2012

Agreement brings GreenField Software offerings into the European Union via GFS Group Holdings

GreenField Software Private Ltd, a pioneer in energy and environment management software, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with GFS Group Holdings Limited, to provide Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) and Energy and Sustainability Management (ESM) software solutions for enterprises in the European market. GFS Group Holdings will be the master distributor of GreenField Software’s products across the European Union and in Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

News Aimes Grid Services and Keysource provide next generation cloud computing data centre infrastructure

30 Apr 2012

In partnership with Liverpool Innovation Park, AIMES Grid Services, a provider of Cloud services, has appointed Keysource to design and build a new data centre to support its next generation cloud computing infrastructure. The facility at Liverpool Innovation Park is the first phase of a new Cloud Computing Campus. The initial development will provide up to 10,000sq ft of net technical space and the capacity to develop a total of 35,000sq ft.

News Colt to build major new energy efficient data centre in the Netherlands

27 Apr 2012

Colt announces site for its 20th data centre to meet increasing demand for modular data centres

Colt, Europe’s leading information delivery platform, today announced its first Modular Data Centre deployment in the Netherlands on a 39,000m² site. Colt will initially deploy 2,000m² of data centre space at the site, before increasing its capacity to 20 halls over 10,000m². With a significant anchor tenant already secured, Colt expects to commence operations at the new carrier neutral data centre in early 2013.

News Emerson Network Power is Recognised as a Dominant Supplier in Data Centre Infrastructure Management

26 Apr 2012

Independent research firm lists Emerson’s Trellis™ platform as a primary product offering in data centre infrastructure management solutions report

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and a global leader in maximising availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, has been recognised as a dominant supplier in data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) by Forrester Research Inc., an independent research firm that provides pragmatic and forward-thinking advice to global leaders in business and technology.

News Keysource recognised by Uptime Institute's 2012 GEIT Awards

24 Apr 2012

Keysource and the University of Leicester have been recognised by the Uptime Institute’s Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Awards. They were joint finalists in the Facility Retrofit category for the design and build of a high-efficiency data centre capable of supporting the high densities associated with High Performance Computing (HPC) to host specialist IT services for researchers.

Videos eBay Drives Down Transaction Costs with Dell Data Center Solutions

23 Apr 2012

eBay's Dean Nelson talks about their focus on ultra-efficiency, to get max compute power for lowest wattage for best TCO with Project Mercury.

News City Lifeline scraps brown electricity in favour of 100 per cent green IT

20 Apr 2012

Central London colocation data centre City Lifeline is overhauling its electricity policy in order to run on 100 per cent green electricity by July 2012. The move marks the company’s latest milestone in the quest to become one of London’s most environmentally friendly data centres.

News Five Green IT Award Nominations for Siemon

18 Apr 2012

Infrastructure expert Siemon is celebrating a flush of nominations in the Green IT Awards, due to be announced at a ceremony on 19 April 2012 at the world famous London Zoo.  The five categories that Siemon is shortlisted to win include Manufacturer of the Year, Sustainable Design Project of the Year, Team of the Year, Product of the Year and the Minister for Energy Award.

News Racktivity announces first “full feature” DC power sensor

18 Apr 2012

The DC²Sensor completes Racktivity’s power monitoring and management solution targeted at telecommunication, broadband, wireless and broadcast service providers

Racktivity, an innovator in next-generation energy and environment management solutions for data centers, has launched theDC²Sensor, a DC power monitoring solution designed to address the needs of telecommunication, broadband, wireless and broadcast service providers.

Videos Chico's Customer Testimonial

17 Apr 2012

Learn how Schneider Electric's modular data center solution is helping Chico's data center be more business-wise and future-driven.

News Flexiant to Join Oracle, HP Technical Consulting and Colt Technology Services to Discuss Data Centre Expansion Options

16 Apr 2012

Tony Lucas panellist for “Expansion Options: Comparing Modular/Cloud/Convert/New/Expand Old” at IMN European Data Centres Forum on April 24-25, 2012

Tony Lucas, Founder of Flexiant, a leading European provider of cloud orchestration software for on-demand, fully automated provisioning of cloud services, will join Colt Technology Services, Oracle and HP Technical Consulting to discuss data centre expansion options at IMN's upcomingEuropean Data Centres Forum on Financing, Investing & Real Estate Development on April 24-25, 2012 in London, UK.

News Emerson Network Power hosts energy theatre at Datacentres2012

04 Apr 2012

The organisers of Datacentres 2012 (www.datacentres2012.com) Europe’s premier content led event for datacentre and cloud users and operators, have announced that Emerson Network Power is acting as Diamond sponsor and host of the Energy Theatre. The event takes place 23-24 May 2012 at the Acropolis Convention centre in Nice, France.

News New online tool measures progress of “green” data centres

03 Apr 2012

The Green Grid launches free self-assessment tool for benchmarking against best practices and industry peers

Data centre operators can now measure their progress towards best practice in efficiency, sustainability and reducing resource consumption, thanks to a new online tool from The Green Grid - the open industry consortium dedicated to improving the resource efficiency of datacentres and business IT.

News Emerson Network Power Launches Innovation Partnership Program in Europe

02 Apr 2012

Emerson combines EMEA Avocent and Liebert programs to expand opportunities for partners

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and a global leader maximising availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, today introduced the expanded Emerson Network Power Innovation Partnership Program for EMEA. It combines solutions from Emerson’s Avocent, Liebert and Knürr brands into an integrated program that enables Information Technology (IT) distributors and resellers to address the key customer challenges in the data centre while maximising their revenue and opportunity potential. The EMEA program builds on the success of the North American version of the Innovation Partnership Program which was launched in March 2011.

News Energy companies need to be smart with forthcoming meter data explosion, cautions OpenText

15 Mar 2012

Energy companies are facing phenomenal data volumes in the next eight years brought on by the rapid and widespread deployment of smart meters across Europe. In light of this huge increase in data, they must already be taking steps to prepare, information management experts OpenText said today.

News Large firms can shine the light on “hidden” computer room running costs with new CFD modelling gadget

15 Mar 2012

New modelling software shows data centre operations down to individual computer servers and averts costly diagnostics reports

Large UK companies can start to gain a proper understanding of one of the key cost factors affecting their main computing rooms or data centres, with the arrival of a new computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software tool that models these facilities’ infrastructure and internal operating environments down to an individual computer server or the last square metre of a building.

News nlyte research reveals businesses could grind to a halt thanks to capacity & power needs in the data centre

12 Mar 2012

nlyte Software today announced the results of its annual data centre trends research, which surveyed 100 IT professionals at the recent Data Centre World Conference and Expo (Olympia, London: 29th February – 1st March) about the state of their organisation’s data centre estate.  The findings revealed that, for the second year running, capacity concerns and the onus on cutting IT operational costs such as power and cooling, continue to dominate IT professionals’ agendas, as overarching corporate IT strategies fail to support the data centre’s needs. 

Deleted The Green Grid announces new material to advance data centre sustainability and productivity

08 Mar 2012

Research, Tools and Case Studies Provide Roadmap for Sustainability at 5^th Annual Members Meeting and Forum

As the global IT industry’s leading voice for advancing resource efficiency in the data centre and business computing ecosystems, The Green Grid introduced new materials today at its annual Member Meeting and Forum. Data centre, business and sustainability leaders from across the globe convened at the annual event to collaborate, network with peers and receive these new research papers, survey results and measurement tools. These tools will provide a roadmap towards increased resource efficiency and productivity in business computing.

News The Green Grid announces new material to advance data centre sustainability and productivity

08 Mar 2012

Research, Tools and Case Studies Provide Roadmap for Sustainability at 5^th Annual Members Meeting and Forum

As the global IT industry’s leading voice for advancing resource efficiency in the data centre and business computing ecosystems, The Green Grid introduced new materials today at its annual Member Meeting and Forum. Data centre, business and sustainability leaders from across the globe convened at the annual event to collaborate, network with peers and receive these new research papers, survey results and measurement tools. These tools will provide a roadmap towards increased resource efficiency and productivity in business computing.

News European Data Centre Association (EUDCA) to launch at DataCentres 2012

06 Mar 2012

The newly formed EUDCA to exhibit at the leading conference for content relating to the data centre industry, where they will also be welcoming new members.

Data Centres 2012 (www.datacentres2012.com) to be held in Nice on the 23rd and 24th of May has been selected as the event to formally launch the new European Data Centre Associationbecause of its regional audience and because of its reputation as the leading conference for content relating to the data centre industry. The European Data Centre Association will exhibit at the event, and welcomes new members to meet there.

News Iceotope's launch marks new generation in liquid cooling for servers

06 Mar 2012

Iceotope’s innovative solution tackles the energy costs and environmental footprint associated with data centre cooling

Iceotope, the producer of the first truly scalable data centre ready integrated cooling and compute solution, is today launching at CeBIT.  This innovative approach to tackling energy costs and environmental footprints, combines industry standard ICT with next generation liquid cooling to deliver 24/7 free cooling for ICT, anywhere on the planet.  This results in saving 97% of the energy cost of cooling and more than 75% of the mechanical costs.

News Infinity Adds ‘Stockley Park’ Site to UK Data Centre Portfolio

28 Feb 2012

On the eve of Data Centre World at London’s Olympia, Infinity today announced the addition of a new premium West London facility to its growing portfolio of data centre locations. The new ‘Stockley Park’ data centre will be operational in Autumn 2012.

News CBI calls to abolish CRC - nlyte Software co-founder comments

27 Feb 2012

Last week, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) called on the chancellor George Osborne to scrap the much-hyped Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), due to its inability to ‘deliver an effective and proportionate mix of financial, reputational and reporting drivers’. 

News The Cannon Technologies T4 Events Series Helps To Build Better Data Centres

27 Feb 2012

Because the data centre is at the heart of business operations, the roll call of stakeholders has grown, and now regularly includes C-level executives and Business Managers. To help organisations seeking to create, replace or improve their data centre infrastructure, Cannon Technologies is launching the Cannon T4 Event series at Data Centre World 2012. The series is firmly targeted at the growing diversity of disciplines involved in making critical data centre decisions, concerning amongst other things, cooling, power and security.

Videos Monitor Data Center Infrastructure with StruxureWare Central

23 Feb 2012

A look at the latest features of the industry's leading data center infrastructure device monitoring software, StruxureWare Central.

News Racktivity launches new version of its innovative Data Center Performance Management system at Data Centre World London

22 Feb 2012

Stand demonstration shows how Racktivity’s software solution can manage hundreds or thousands of PDUs as a single system.

Racktivity is demonstrating how its Datacenter Performance Management system manages hundreds or thousands of PDUs as a single system to help IT professionals and facility managers reduce energy costs while maximizing uptime.  The live showcase of the full range of innovative energy management products will take place during the Data Centre World conference from 29^th February to 1^st March at Olympia in London.

News Daxten brings together the physical power distribution of the Data Centre with wireless power management, metering and monitoring

21 Feb 2012

Daxten, a leading supplier of Data Centre power solutions has announced the introduction of a wireless power management, metering and monitoring system as part of its extensive product portfolio.

News Raritan enhances its leadership position in DCIM with dcTrack 2.6

07 Feb 2012

Intelligent capacity, change and asset management solution helps reduce data center capital and operational expenditures; dcTrack helps premier healthcare provider manage data centers and gain 50 percent in asset tracking efficiency.

Raritan today introduced dcTrack^® 2.6 DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management) software with new intelligent connectivity management capabilities to help data center professionals manage both network and power connections more efficiently.  With better visibility of end-to-end connections of data center infrastructure resources, untapped capacity can be discovered and used -- reducing capital and operational expenditures. 

Articles Datacentres set for growth in Central and Eastern Europe

06 Feb 2012

Datacentres have experienced tremendous growth rates over the past five years, and now represent the most critical component of the Internet economy. Without datacentres, the emerging Cloud opportunities for agility and IT efficiency and increased competitiveness would not be possible to realise.

News Record Number of Exhibitors and Visitors for Data Centre World 2012

31 Jan 2012

Over 140 data centre vendors, resellers and equipment suppliers to showcase solutions between 29th February and 1st March 2012

A record number of exhibitors will attend the fifth annual Data Centre World exhibition and conference, taking place at London Olympia between 29th February and 1st March 2012. 

News nlyte Software Reports Record Q4 and Growth for 2011

30 Jan 2012

DCIM provider continues to show strong market momentum

nlyte Software the data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solution provider founded by data center professionals for data center professionals, has achieved record growth for calendar year 2011 including: record revenue growth, significant customer acquisitions and on time delivery of new product releases.

Articles Data centre SOS: save our servers!

27 Jan 2012

A 2011 report into data centre energy use highlighted that worldwide consumption grew by 56% between 2005 and 2010.¹ In fact, in 2010, data centres accounted for between 1.1% and 1.5% of the world's total energy consumption. Combine this increasing usage with rising energy costs, and you can see why a growing number of organisations are choosing to make economies of scale by cutting overheads or consolidating their data centres.

Articles The Benefits of a Preventive Maintenance Service Plan for your UPS

23 Jan 2012

Eaton® Corporation, a global leader in power quality, distribution and control, strongly endorses a preventive maintenance service plan to maximize the reliability of an Uninterruptible Power System (UPS). Because companies rely on a UPS to deliver continuous power without any disruption to their business, a maintenance plan is a critical component to ensuring that a UPS minimizes the risks of downtime and performs as expected.

News Amazon to save at least 10% on Data Center Electricity Costs

20 Jan 2012

Energy costs of cloud data centers like those of Amazon can easily be reduced by up to 10% through a simple but powerful synergetic data center and cloud management method, saving up to over US$ 1 million per year for any 10 MegaWatt consuming facility. Following recent research findings from the US based institute IDC (“data storage on a global scale is projected to multiply by a factor 50 in the coming decade”), potential savings will add up to 10’s of millions per year for the largest global data providers.

Articles If Only Your Infrastructure Had a Brain

16 Jan 2012

The critical challenge faced in managing a cloud infrastructure is a lack of control.  The inability to properly understand and control all the moving parts prevents organizations from operating efficiently and achieving desired cost savings and density levels.  The complexity associated with shared infrastructure and mobile workloads, combined with varying technical, business and operational requirements across applications, has left organizations with no choice but to wildly over-provision shared environments in order to keep systems operating safely. 

News Interxion Passes 50% Milestone for Provision of Data Centre Power from Renewable Energy Sources

12 Jan 2012

Interxion today announced that, as of this month, over half of the power it provides for customers in its data centres is from solar, wind, geothermic, tidal or hydro energy sources. Power from renewable energy sources is available to customers across the company’s 11-country European footprint, and Interxion’s operations in Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK are 100% powered by renewable energy sources.

Videos Tour of Zonatherm's Data Center with Emerson Network Power's Smart Solutions

10 Jan 2012

This is a showcase example of a small-to-midsize data center infrastructure, optimized for efficiency, capacity and availability. It is used both to run the Zonatherm business, and for Zonatherm's Data Center Infrastructure Specialists to host customer meetings and demonstrations, promoting their sales and service capabilities; and educating IT and data center managers, consulting engineers, and resellers of Emerson Network Power solutions.

News Unite Launches Professional ‘out of the box’ Rack Management Solution

06 Jan 2012

Easy to install, per rack solution for real-time monitoring and management of data centre power consumption

Data centre power and energy management specialist, Unite Technologies, has launched a new ‘out of the box’ professional rack management solution for legacy and new build data centres. The RackMS is easy to install and deployed on a per rack basis to enable highly cost-effective real-time monitoring, alerting and management of data centre power usage.

Videos DataCenter.BZ Deploys an Energy-Efficient Cloud Infrastructure

13 Dec 2011

In an effort to keep up with rapid growth in demand for its premium data center services, DataCenter.BZ expanded its ultra-high-density data center in 2011. When turning up more than 22,000 square feet of raised floor space to support its high-density IT and telecom operations, DataCenter.BZ relied upon Emerson Network Power to optimize power and cooling efficiency and flexibility without compromising its 2(N+1) high-availability operational commitment.

News Eaton Delivers Secure Power for Sentrum

09 Dec 2011

Energy-efficient Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs) from Eaton’s Power Quality division have been selected by Sentrum, a leading specialist in data centre solutions, as the secure power source for critical applications in its principal UK data centres. A total of 137 Eaton UPS systems are currently installed within Sentrum’s portfolio of data centres and some idea of the scale of these installations can be gained by noting that, between them, they use 25,000 batteries with a total weight in excess of 830 tonnes.

News Brand-Rex wins Scotland's VIBES Environmental Management Award

05 Dec 2011

‘The greenest large company in Scotland” might be a fitting description for Brand-Rex the international data network infrastructure and cabling company following its winning of the VIBES (vision in business for the environment of Scotland) Management Awards on 29^th November 2011.

News Telehouse enhances green commitment with 100 per cent renewable energy

29 Nov 2011

Telehouse, a leading provider of global data centres and managed ICT solutions, today announced that it’s London Docklands data centre site, which houses the IT infrastructure of almost 500 major international organisations, now purchases 100 per cent renewable energy from UK provider SmartestEnergy.

Videos The data centre fitness test

29 Nov 2011

Jeremy Wallis, Systems Engineering Director for the UK and Ireland at NetApp, explains the data centre fitness test

News nlyte Software makes it easy to manage large scale data center projects with nlyte 6.2

28 Nov 2011

Award-winning DCIM suite now incorporates the industry’s first enterprise-class project lifecycle management capabilities

nlyte Software, the data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solution provider founded by data center professionals for data center professionals, today launched nlyte 6.2, the first DCIM solution to provide large scale data center project lifecycle management.

News Raritan Announces Power IQ Software with Smart Rack Views and Quick Charts for Getting and Sharing Key Data Center Energy Information Easily

22 Nov 2011

Power IQ also streamlines energy information sharing with Raritan's DCIM software

As part of Raritan's Smart Rack initiative to help data centers improve operations and energy efficiency by adding intelligence throughout data center racks, the company today introduced Power IQ® 3.1 Energy Management Software with Smart Rack Views and Quick Charts.  These new features provide one-click access to key energy and operations information in a rack  -- including power, cooling, humidity, airflow, and events -- and, the ability to further drill down to detailed information on rack assets, such as PDUs, IT devices, and breakers.

News Daxten launches a new Starline Track Busbar at Datacenter Dynamics London - 30th Nov-1st Dec

22 Nov 2011

New 250 and 800Amp power supply via track for mission critical data centre environments

With immediate effect Daxten, a leading supplier of solutions for cooling optimisation and power infrastructure, offers the new track-based 250 and 800 Amp UEC STARLINE power distribution systems for Data Centres, Server Rooms and R&D testing Labs. These environments require a reliable power infrastructure with the ability to make quick reconfigurations to the power supply. 

News TelecityGroup's commitment to environmental best practice recognised in CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme performance league table

21 Nov 2011

TelecityGroup is the highest ranked data centre provider, third place in the ICT sector and in the top 5% overall of over 2000 participant organisations.

TelecityGroup, Europe's industry-leading provider of premium carrier-neutral data centres, is the highest ranked data centre provider and has achieved third place in the ICT sector and 103rd place overall in the 2010/11 CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme performance league table published by the Environment Agency.

Articles Outlook for 2012 - Data centre predictions

21 Nov 2011

Chris Smith, sales and marketing director, on365, a specialist in the planning, installing, management and optimisation of infrastructure and utility services, has identified the following key trends in the data centre industry for 2012, including new data centre monitoring tools, next stage equipment guidelines and some potential game-changing innovations by manufacturers and IT vendors.

Articles Benefits of assembly-line techniques for data centres revealed in new Green Grid report

15 Nov 2011

Modular data centers offer cost savings and increased energy efficiency

Manufacturing techniques that are extensively applied in other industries are now rapidly maturing for the building and deployment of data centres, according to a new report from The Green Grid, the IT industry’s leading voice for advancing resource efficiency in data centres and business computing ecosystems. The Green Grid’s white paper, “Deploying and Using Containerized/Modular Data Centre Facilities,” reveals that pre-engineered and prefabricated data centres demonstrate technical and business value when properly applied.

News CRC league table - nlyte calls for enterprises to consider the data centre

10 Nov 2011

The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme league table, a government initiative to improve the sustainability policies of UK organisations, was met with mixed reviews when published by the Environment Agency yesterday.  Based solely on approved Early Action Metrics, as opposed to real energy savings, it is difficult to discern exactly how green the 2,000 enterprises featured really are.  Under the new carbon tax structure, rankings also do not take into account the fact that some organisations may have already started to improve their energy efficiency through major IT investment that has not yet been measured.

Articles SURVEY RESULTS: Data Center Economizer Use

31 Oct 2011

In early 2011, The Green Grid (TGG)—an international, non-profit consortium working to enhance data center resource efficiency—conducted a survey to learn more about current economizer awareness, perceptions, and use in the data center industry. The survey’s results indicate that economizers are well-known throughout the data center industry and that adoption is becoming fairly widespread.

News Keysource gains Carbon Trust data centres strategic design advice (DCSDA) accreditation

31 Oct 2011

Keysource has been formally recognised by the Carbon Trust and awarded the Data Centres Strategic Design Advice (DCSDA) accreditation. This will enable the company to undertake work through the Carbon Trust to help data centre owners and operators to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions as well as reduce energy costs.

News Red Hat Joins Facebook’s Open Compute Project to Drive Data Centre Efficiency

28 Oct 2011

Open Compute Project to use the open source development model to transform the energy efficiency of global data centres; Red Hat CTO Brian Stevens keynotes at the Open Compute Summit

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that it has joined the Open Compute Project, a project established by Facebook with the goal of building one of the most efficient computing infrastructures at the lowest possible cost.  With this, Red Hat will collaborate with the Open Compute Project and its members on technologies, design and development to redefine the next-generation data centre.

Articles National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) Investing in Greater Data Center Performance and Control

26 Oct 2011

Ranked as one of the top 50 safest banks in the world and the best bank in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) has more than 100 branches and more than 450 ATMs in the UAE. The NBAD overseas network stretches across Hong Kong, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

News Emerson Network Power Improves System Availability in National Bank of Abu Dhabi’s Data Centers by 20 Percent

26 Oct 2011

Collaboration significantly increases the lifespan of the bank’s data center systems

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR) and a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, today announced its market-leading Avocent infrastructure management technologies have delivered 20 percent greater system availability to the National Bank of Abu Dhabi’s (NBAD) data centers. NBAD is the number one bank in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Articles Is the Data Centre facing extinction?

20 Oct 2011

An industry viewpoint from Roger Keenan, managing director at City Lifeline

Enterprise data centres, government data centres, commercial data centres and colocation houses have seen a massive expansion over the last ten years or so. Every organisation in the world uses more computing power today than it did five years ago and five years ago used more than it did ten years ago.  Even small children who can barely walk use more computing power.  Is there any end?  And how can the world cope with the space and electrical power that all this computing needs?

Videos 2011 IT Capabilities & Needs Survey Results

20 Oct 2011

Protiviti's 2011 IT Capabilities and Needs Survey identifies top areas of concern for CIOs and their teams. This video offers a snippet of some of the notable findings of this survey which include virtualization and cloud computing, social media, security and privacy, regulatory change, and data classification and management are among their highest priorities.

Articles 2011 Information Technology Capabilities and Needs Survey

20 Oct 2011

More than 200 respondents, including CIOs, chief technology officers, chief security officers, and IT vice presidents and directors, participated in the study. Respondents answered more than 100 questions in three general categories: Technical Knowledge, Process Capabilities and Organizational Capabilities.

News Agile Power Management for Everyday Offices to Virtualised Tier 4 Data Centres

18 Oct 2011

Eaton has launched a major update to its intuitive and lightweight power management software, Intelligent Power® Software. Version 1.20 supports both redundant power supplies and parallel uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, making it an excellent tool for comprehensive monitoring and management of power device networks in a variety of today’s IT environments – ranging from everyday offices to the most critical, virtualised Tier 4 data centres.

News PEER 1 Hosting opens doors to world-class data centre

17 Oct 2011

Company launches state-of-the-art green data centre in Portsmouth

PEER 1 Hosting, the global IT hosting provider, today opens its new 5,372m² green data centre in Portsmouth. The facility in Langstone Technology Park, Portsmouth offers businesses across London and the South East scalable managed hosting, dedicated hosting and colocation services in one of the greenest data centres in the country.

News University of Westminster to explore smart grid scenarios for flexible energy systems of the future

17 Oct 2011

University of Westminster is leading a new £500k project in collaboration with four other universities. The funding from the UK Energy Research Centre is to research the development of smart grids and explore the future of UK energy provision

University of Westminster has been awarded a grant of £507K from the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) to support research into smart grids. The aim of smart grids is to improve the flexibility of today’s electricity networks to manage increasing demand from consumers and industry, to enable increasing amounts of renewable generation to be connected, and to improve the monitoring and operation of the equipment that makes up the networks. Spin-offs for consumers may include more accurate metering and billing. By making the UK’s energy networks fit for the 21^st century, smart grids can help make UK business and industry more competitive internationally.

Articles Data Centre Business Continuity

17 Oct 2011

How is the choice of data centre, and data centre connections, key to supporting mission-critical applications – and what should you look for when choosing? Bob Griffiths, MD of Next Connex explains.

According to research from the Business Continuity Institute, approximately 20% of companies suffer a major disaster or disruption every five years, including damage caused by natural disasters, fires, IT system failures and power cuts. Of these companies, over three-quarters don’t survive the disaster. Such disruptions cost UK firms almost £4bn each year, and studies show that the average business suffers up to 11 virus attacks on a daily basis.

Videos StruxureWare™ for Data Centers: Overview

13 Oct 2011

The role of the Data Center Manager is more critical than ever. From virtualization, to cloud computing and high density, your data center means business to your company. Learn how the StruxureWare™ can help enable successful management and operations of your data center today

News Datapipe Partners with Verne Global to Deliver Green Cloud from Iceland

06 Oct 2011

Icelandic Data Centre will enhance Datapipe’s ongoing sustainability initiatives

Verne Global, an innovative, UK-based developer of power conscious data centre campuses, today announced that Datapipe, a leading provider of managed services and infrastructure for mission critical IT and cloud computing, plans to deliver carbon neutral managed IT solutions, including a green cloud and disaster recovery, upon completion of Verne Global’s purpose-built Icelandic data centre facility.

News Verne Global Opens World's First Dual-Sourced 100% Renewably Powered Data Centre

06 Oct 2011

Verne Global Opens World’s First Dual-Sourced 100% Renewably Powered Data Centre

Icelandic campus provides a renewable energy-based colocation and build-to-suit data centre option for US and European companies and provides well over 50% cost savings over traditional data centres in Europe or New York.

News Green Grid to chair EMEA lectures on Energy Efficiency and maturity models within the Data Centre sector

06 Oct 2011

On Thursday 13th October The Green Grid will be hosting the last of its 2011 European technical forums between 9:00AM and 2:15PM at the Fujitsu Offices near Hayes in London.

News Raritan Introduces Smart Data Center Rack Controller for Environment, Security, Energy, and Electronic Asset Management

05 Oct 2011

Raritan today announced the Smart Rack Controller (EMX) that provides, in one place, key information on data center operations collected from many types of sensors -- including temperature, humidity, airflow, air pressure, smoke, water, and contact closure -- from cameras, and from Raritan's just-introduced intelligent, electronic asset tracking solution.

News South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust immediately saves 22.7 percent power savings with Verdiem IT energy management software

04 Oct 2011

Verdiem's Surveyor software helps leading Foundation Trust optimise its PC power usage and secure immediate energy savings

Verdiem has successfully deployed its Surveyor IT energy management software at South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT) - one of the UK's largest and highest performing NHS Foundation Trusts. Using Surveyor, SEPT has already secured immediate power savings of over 20 percent per PC since deployment - equivalent to an annual unit energy saving of 55.5 kWh.

Articles Taking a Bird’s Eye View of Energy in the Computer room and Data Centre

04 Oct 2011

Simon Terry, Chief Executive of Unite Technologies, provides food for thought on best practice in reducing and optimising data centre energy consumption

Energy and FM professionals are well aware that both legacy and new build computer room and data centre operations bring with them significant energy management challenges. Rising energy costs and limited supply means data centres are coming under increased pressure to become more energy efficient, especially in light of the introduction of the Government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme. 

News UK Managed IT Services firm, Lumison, continues growth strategy with acquisition of DediPower Managed Hosting Ltd

04 Oct 2011

Acquisition brings Lumison’s combined turnover to £27 million, 320% growth since 2008 and EBITDA of £9m.

Lumison has today strengthened its position in the IT Managed Services sector by acquiring DediPower Managed Hosting Ltd, a Reading-based managed hosting and colocation provider. The acquisition brings Lumison’s combined turnover to £27.5million, and continues its business expansion strategy, which has seen the company’s revenues grow from £6.4m to £27.5m over the last three years.

News Green Unbreakable Cloud Initiative enters expansion phase

04 Oct 2011

Looking for 40 talented individuals to help build Green IT technologies

The Green Unbreakable Cloud Initiative (GUCI), a group of interlinked technologies that offers a complete, end to end Green IT ecosystem, has launched a second phase of intense expansion.

Articles NGD Europe – As green as the Welsh Valleys

04 Oct 2011

A multi-million pound project in South Wales has transformed a former 750,000 sq ft semiconductor plant into Europe’s largest data centre. Opened last year NGD Europe offers multiple tenants scalable, custom built data halls with the power resources to match, all from one supersize environmentally-friendly tier 3+ facility. Drawing power from 100 per cent renewable energy sources, there has been from the outset a strong emphasis on energy efficiency and environmental credentials.

Next generation data centres not only have to tick all the boxes on space, security, power and connectivity but also guarantee far superior environmental performance than their predecessors. With data centres forecast to consume globally almost 2 billion kilowatt hours of electricity by 2020 (Greenpeace) and in the face of an increasingly onerous regulatory landscape, operators are under pressure to deliver optimised energy environments to satisfy compliance as well as more demanding environmental expectations from customers.

Videos Building Europe's Largest Data Centre by Schneider Electric

03 Oct 2011

Global energy management specialist Schneider Electric has developed a dedicated solution for Next Generation Data Limited, the owners of NGD Europe, to specify and install all the infrastructure equipment for the new mega data centre.

Articles Making the case for a greener data centre

28 Sep 2011

Data centres are widely known for consuming a lot of energy. According to some estimates, almost two per cent of the nation’s electricity is used to power computers and telecoms equipment, most of it in specialised data centres. One data centre facility can use up to 50 times as much power as the equivalent in office spaceⁱ.However, operators have started driving up their efficiencies and driving down their costs and showing that they’re making their buildings more efficient and green.

iGovernment Energy Plans Could Prompt Data Centre Exodus – eWeek Europe, 3 August 2010

News Eaton Presents Power For The Cloud Eaton Power Quality

28 Sep 2011

At DatacenterDynamics Eaton Power Quality is putting the emphasis firmly on the provision of efficient, cost-effective and versatile power solutions to meet the rapidly evolving needs of today’s data centres. In support of this, the company is delivering a paper describing how the cloud and virtualization are changing the way data centres are powered, and is also exhibiting a wide range of innovative equipment, including its 9395 UPSs, Wright Line rack-based heat management systems, BladeUPS products and enclosure-based power distribution units (ePDUs).

News Colt manufactures and ships 500m2 data centre to Iceland

27 Sep 2011

Verne Global opens for business enabled by Colt’s Modular Data Centre

Colt, Europe’s leading information delivery platform, today announced that Verne Global, a data centre developer and operator, has selected Colt’s Modular Data Centre for its dual-sourced renewable energy facility in Iceland. This is the world's first mission critical data centre with zero-emissions to be manufactured and constructed in less than four months.

News Server Technology's Firmware 6.1 Boasts Data Center Power Monitoring, User-Friendly Interface

26 Sep 2011

Data center power monitoring company Server Technology is adding another accomplishment to its resume as the company has unveiled new firmware 6.1, a release that is unlike anything currently out there, according to company officials.

Videos Open Data Center Alliance and Open Compute Project Announce Collaboration @ IDF2011

23 Sep 2011

The Open Data Center Alliance and Open Compute project announce collaborative efforts to accelerate the development and adoption of cloud computing standards at the Intel Developer Forum 2011.

News 1E, efficient IT leader, launches in France

22 Sep 2011

Launch could bring nationwide savings of approximately €725 million per year in energy costs alone and reduce carbon emissions by around one million metric tonnes of CO₂

1E, the global leader in Efficient IT solutions, today announced its expansion into France. The company’s presence in the region will help it address the needs of local customers more effectively and efficiently.

News nlyte Software extends partner programme with host of new EMEA partners

20 Sep 2011

Growing demand for DCIM solutions across EMEA drives partner recruitment at nlyte Software

nlyte Software, the data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) solution provider founded by data centre professionals for data centre professionals, today announced the rapid expansion of its partner programme in the EMEA region.  Data centre storage, consultancy, services and applications performance management specialists Aplicaziones, EPI, Evanssion, Kedington, MCG Systems, and Shoden Data Systems have all joined nlyte Software’s growing portfolio of EMEA channel partners, to capitalise on the growing demand for DCIM software in the European market.

Videos RF Code - Better in the Data Center

19 Sep 2011

We're often asked why 433MHz is the ideal frequency to use for tracking assets in the data center—down to the rack level. Listen as Chris Gaskins, RF Code VP of Product Development, explains how the combination of 433MHz, our transmission protocol and inventive tag design all combine to provide the most effective approach to tracking and managing data center assets.

News Interxion Achieves Pan-European ISO 27001 Recertification

15 Sep 2011

Recertification recognising Interxion’s continued commitment to delivering highly secure, reliable best-in-class data centres

INTERXION HOLDING NV (NYSE: INXN), a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced that it has achieved recertification of the internationally recognised ISO 27001 (Information Security and Business Continuity) standard for all 11 of its European country operations.

News Daxten becomes value added reseller for mobile micro-data centres from Elliptical Mobile Solutions

13 Sep 2011

Daxten extends its portfolio with mobile micro-modular data centres from Elliptical Mobile Solutions

Elliptical Mobile Solutions (EMS), the innovative vendor and market leader for micro-modular data centres, today announced it has signed a Sales Representation and Reseller agreement with UK-based Daxten for the European, Middle Eastern, and African (EMEA) markets. 

Videos Geist Mfg - Impressive Lead Times

12 Sep 2011

From in-house chassis production to an on-site UL testing lab, Geists cohesive abilities result in the lowest lead times in the PDU industry. Depending on the specs of your configuration, your PDU can be available for shipment in as little as 3 days. This applies not only to basic power distribution units, but also to our top end IP based power and environmental monitoring products. Geist makes what you want, when you want it, without the wait.

Articles nlyte Express Edition Solution Brief

08 Sep 2011

The nlyte data center infrastructure management (DCIM) suite provides data center professionals with the predictive intelligence and management controls they need to reduce operational risks and achieve smarter, more efficient and highly available data centers. The nlyte Express Edition is our entry level solution designed to get companies quickly started with DCIM. The nlyte Express Edition takes the risk out of converting from manual processes and spreadsheets by providing a cost-effective approach to implementing DCIM.

News nlyte Software Launches nlyte Express

08 Sep 2011

Leading independent DCIM provider set to democratise DCIM with new subscription-based solution

nlyte Software, the data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) solution provider founded by data centre professionals for data centre professionals,today announced the availability of nlyte Express Edition, an entry-level, DCIM solution designed to quickly and easily migrate any size of company away from using disaggregated desktop technologies such as Microsoft Excel and Visio towards an integrated DCIM software product that fully manages their physical data centre infrastructure.

News Data and Power Solutions becomes Geist Europe

07 Sep 2011

Leading UK 19” rack power manufacturer Data and Power Solutions has announced a change of trading name to Geist Europe.

Geist Manufacturing, which has its headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska, purchased a 50% stake in UK-based Data and Power Solutions in July 2010 and the decision has now been taken to develop the Geist Europe brand in line with global marketing objectives.

News Raritan Introduces First-of-its-Kind Intelligent Asset Tags and Sensors to Keep Track of Data Center Servers and Supporting IT Infrastructure

06 Sep 2011

Accurate, automated, real-time inventory; helps data centers better understand exactly what they have and where it’s located

Raritan (Raritan.co.uk) today announced the general availability of the first intelligent Asset Management Tag and Sensor solution for improving data center asset management by providing accurate, real-time information on all IT assets and their locations.

Videos SGI Think Ecological®

01 Sep 2011

In this video, SGI speaks with Tom Dadmum, Vice President and David Slifka, IT Manager at Adtran, a leading global provider of networking and communications equipment, about their efforts to green their IT operations, workforce and the workplace

News Interxion’s City of London Data Centre is Powered by 100% Renewable Energy

01 Sep 2011

Interxion today announced that its London data centre has taken another step forward in reducing its carbon footprint by signing up to 100% renewable energy from UK provider SmartestEnergy.

News Data center solution vendor Raritan joins Green IT Amsterdam

01 Sep 2011

Brings unique energy management skills and insights to consortium

Raritan (Raritan.nl) today joined the consortium Green IT Amsterdam Region, which is  focused at creating a "Green Collar Economy". An industry pioneer since 1985, Raritan offers ICT and facility departments innovative solutions to improve energy management efficiency, improve data center productivity and enhance IT infrastructure operations.

Videos Three Steps for CIOs to Take Today to Drive the Data Center Forward Into the Future

26 Aug 2011

How do you ensure that your decisions will address your challenges?

Videos DCIM Changes the Way You Look at the Data Center

22 Aug 2011

Gartner Research VP David Cappuccio talks about how DCIM is changing the way we look at the data center. It is not just storage, not just servers. It is the IT and the facility it is in. DCIM allows us to look at that data center as one holistic "thing." You need to know what the cascade effects of a change might be before you make it. This can have a huge impact in a number of areas, including how the facilities team looks at design and how IT looks at capacity planning and space management, and it could potentially affect operating costs because of more efficient use of energy.

News 34 New Products Join the Server Technology CDU Line; 220 so far in 2011

15 Aug 2011

Customer Driven Innovation is key to innovation in data center power distribution unit marketplace

Server Technology announced today the release of over 200 new data center products this year, reflecting the need for custom and unique data center power innovation and technology.   For over 25 years, Server Technology has been recognized as the global leader of innovative, intelligent power distribution products and solutions for data centers, telecommunications operations and branch offices.

Articles Growth in data centre electricity use - comment from Interxion

01 Aug 2011

“I wasn’t surprised by the estimate in today’s report that in 2010, data centres accounted for between 1.1% and 1.5% of the world's total energy consumption, as ICT becomes pervasive in delivering products and services to increasing number of people across the globe.  We know that in order to reduce the environmental impact of IT, the green data centre needs to be at the heart of the whole movement towards sustainable computing. Date centre operators need to work with local and international government bodies, industry associations like the European Commission, the UKs Carbon Reduction Commitment and The Green Grid to better  understand the role they can play in reducing the carbon footprint associated with their ICT infrastructure.

Articles Growth in Data Center electricity use 2005 to 2010

01 Aug 2011

This study assesses growth in data center electricity use from 2005 to 2010 for the US and the world. It uses data and methods similar to earlier analyses to create a consistent time series of data center electricity use.

News Computacenter supports cloud initiative with nlyte Software's DCIM suite

27 Jul 2011

Leading European IT infrastructure services provider extends use of nlyte Software for C3 cloud offering, data centre integration and improved energy efficiency

nlyte Software, the most technologically advanced provider of Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software, today announced that IT infrastructure services provider Computacenter has extended the use of nlyte Software’s DCIM suite to support its new C3 cloud initiative, which offers organisations the ability to adopt the cloud using an optimal blend of onsite and offsite IT delivery models.

News Office for National Statistics’ switch to Tiger 2020’s Managed Service gives managers the tools to help reduce telecommunications costs and reduce IT burden

21 Jul 2011

Hosted Call Management solution offers accurate instant reporting through self service web portal and tools to quickly identify any calling anomalies

Tiger Communications, a leading provider of Call Management Solutions, has announced that the Office for National Statistics is using Tiger 2020 as a Managed Service to increase visibility and accountability of its call charging across all its three sites.

News Raritan Introduces Mobile KVM Access for SmartPhones and Tablets to Manage Data Centers from Anywhere

21 Jul 2011

New release of Dominion^® KX II delivers a number of industry firsts; First SmartPhone/Tablet KVM-over-IP solution, in-browser KVM client, and end-to-end digital audio over IP

Raritan today introduced the first KVM-over-IP switch that enables the use of SmartPhones and tablets to manage remote servers.  Using Apple iPhones^® and iPads^®, IT administrators on the go can obtain secure BIOS-level access to servers being managed by Raritan's Dominion^® KX II release 2.4 and CommandCenter^® Secure Gateway release 5.2.

Videos 1E Video Case Study: Candace LaBelle, Program Director, CSC

15 Jul 2011

NightWatchman Server Edition at CSC. Candace Labelle talks about how CSC are using NightWatchman Server Edition to provide reports on server energy usage and identify which servers are good candidates for decommissioning or virtualization.

Articles Computacenter - Case Study

14 Jul 2011

Computacenter, with more than 10,000 employees and revenues of over £2.5 billion, is Europe’s leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services. The company advises customers on their IT strategy, implements solutions and manages their technology infrastructures, helping them to remove IT cost, complexity and barriers to change.

News Raritan Introduces New Family of Intelligent Rack PDUs for Managing Data Center Energy Costs and Server Uptime

14 Jul 2011

Smart Racks, True kWh Energy Metering and Secure Outlet-level Switching with New PX-2000 Series

With the introduction of the PX-2000, Raritan (Raritan.co.uk) today expanded the industry's largest portfolio of intelligent rack power distribution units (iPDUs) that make server racks a lot smarter.  Its built-in intelligence provides real-time monitoring of data center energy and loads, as well as environmental conditions when using optional plug-in sensors.

News Interxion Reduces CO2 Emissions by 94%

05 Jul 2011

Use of 100% renewable energy reduces Interxion's CO2 emissions from 3,000 tonnes a year to 170

INTERXION HOLDING NV, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced that its Swiss data centre has taken another step forward in reducing its carbon footprint by signing up to 100% green energy.

Videos Knurr SamrtAisle

05 Jul 2011

Rupert Reiter introduces the Knurr SmartAisle.

Articles Scottish and Southern Energy - Case study

01 Jul 2011

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), headquartered in Perth Scotland is one of the largest energy companies in the UK. With over 19,000 employees, it is involved in: the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity; the storage, distribution and supply of gas; electrical and utility contracting and other energy services; and telecoms. SSE supplies electricity and gas to over nine million customers within the UK’s competitive energy market making it the second largest supplier of energy in the UK.

News Server Technology Introduces New Product Family, Smart POPS (TM) (Per Outlet Power Sensing) CDUs(TM) , for Data Center Power Management

30 Jun 2011

Customer demand leads to new product family with individual device power monitoring with secure 'always-on' outlet status

Server Technology, Inc. has announced the release of the Smart POPS (Per Outlet Power Sensing) CDU product family.

News Server Technology Launches Next Generation Sentry Power Manager 5.0 Rack-Level Data Center Power Management Solution

29 Jun 2011

New user interface combines with feature-rich functionality to help manage mission critical operations more efficiently and more cost effectively

Server Technology Inc., the global leader for Cabinet Power Distribution Unit and Power Measurement and Monitoring Solutions, today launched a significant update to the Sentry Power Manager (SPM) solution, version 5.0. 

Videos Command Centre Secure Gateway

29 Jun 2011

A short promotional video of Raritan's Command Centre Secure Gateway.

Articles eBay - Case Study

23 Jun 2011

Real-Time Energy Optimization and Best Practices In a Mission-Critical Data Center

As one of the world’s largest Internet commerce platforms, eBay demands extreme data center reliability; any downtime would impact transactions worth more than $2,000 a second. Thus its global data center team must excel simultaneously in delivering uptime and flexibility, while keeping costs down – a truly complex challenge, requiring constant innovation to be successful.

News Raritan's Energy and Data Center Infrastructure Management Solutions Receive Multiple Industry Awards

23 Jun 2011

Raritan today announced that its data center management solutions have received multiple awards recently from industry organizations around the globe.  Raritan's solutions that help data centers better manage and utilize resources were selected for the innovative ways they solve data center energy issues -- such as reducing energy waste, finding capacity, and more-efficient ways to add servers and make changes.

News Fenwick & West Selects nlyte Software’s Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Solution

20 Jun 2011

Law Firm Uses nlyte to Support Green IT and Business Initiatives

nlyte Software, the most technologically advanced provider of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software, has announced that Fenwick & West, a leading technology and life sciences law firm, has chosen nlyte Software’s DCIM solution to support its green IT initiatives and improve overall data center business processes.

News Opengear Expands Product Line with 32-Port Next Generation Console Server

17 Jun 2011

Opengear, provider of next generation console server and remote management solutions, announced a new line of 32 port units. The ten new 32 port units give Opengear more than 100 different products available, more than any other console server manufacturer. 

Articles Thermal Optimisation in the Data Centre

16 Jun 2011

Best Practices for achieving optimal cooling performance and significant energy savings in your data centre

Data centres contribute significantly to world-wide energy consumption. Analysts from IDC and Gartner state that two percent of total energy consumed worldwide is caused by data centres. This share is expected to double within the next five years. The increase in CO₂ emissions will have a profound impact on the costs for companies, their data centres, and the ecological and environmental communities at large. 

News Interxion Belgium Chooses 100% Green Energy

14 Jun 2011

Interxion today announced that its Belgian data centre has taken the strategic decision to be supplied 100% by green energy.

Working in partnership with its energy supplier, Interxion’s Belgium site now sources all of its energy from renewable sources such a solar, wind and hydroelectric power.

News GP Bullhound advises 4energy, the leading provider of low energy cooling solutions for base stations, equipment rooms and data centres

14 Jun 2011

GP Bullhound, the technology investment bank, has acted as the exclusive financial advisor to 4energy Ltd on the funding round by Environmental Technologies Fund (‘ETF’). 4energy's existing investors include Carbon Trust Investments Limited and Catapult Growth Fund. The investment is to be used to support the Company in its rapid international expansion.

News NextiraOne joins The Green Grid

13 Jun 2011

Membership adds value to Data Centre design and build solutions and services

NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, today announced its membership in The Green Grid Association. The Green Grid is a global consortium dedicated to advancing resource efficiency in Data Centres. NextiraOne will become a General Member of The Green Grid giving the company access to the organisation’s extensive technical resources and best practice information and sharing.

News nlyte Software extends reach with French language version of its DCIM solution

07 Jun 2011

Leading DCIM provider to launch new French version of its flagship nlyte DCIM suite at Datacenter Dynamics Paris

nlyte Software today announced the availability of its French language DCIM suite – the first comprehensive DCIM solution to be offered in French.

News Raritan's Data Center Energy Management Software Gets a New Dashboard with Forecasting Tools and Gauges to Track and Visualize Key Energy Metrics

31 May 2011

New real-time power gauge finds stranded capacity

Raritan today unveiled a new configurable dashboard with new tools and gauges for Power IQ® energy management software, so that data center managers can easily see information most important to them -- whether it’s energy usage information of a specific server rack, temperature readings from the cold aisle, or a forecast on how much energy is required to support operations in data centers across the world. 

News Can increasing the environmental temperature in data centres up to 27°C to save energy risk network switch failures and lost packets?

30 May 2011

Daxten presents a passive cooling solution for network equipment with side air intakes.

Since 2008 The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air‐Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) expanded their recommended environmental envelope temperature range for IT equipment intake between 18 and 27 degrees Celsius to save energy and add additional cooling options in data centres. Any additional degree Celsius above the starting temperature reduces cooling unit loads by approximately three percent. This translates directly to the possible energy savings. Improving cooling efficiency of the servers is a source of dramatic energy consumption reduction with relatively little effort. There is a catch – due to increasing supply air temperatures the number of failures and packet losses from network switches and routers is significantly raised. The increased packet loss is caused when best practices like cold aisle containment, blanking panels and rack side baffles are implemented. Servers and other network equipment that pulls air from the front of the rack do not have problems as they pull air from the cold aisle. Network switches and routers that pull air from the side are pulling heated exhaust air from the servers, which is often in excess of 35 to 40 degrees Celsius. These devices have no way to access the cool air from the cold aisle and tend to overhead causing packet loss and communication failures. To solve this problem, Daxten, a leading provider of data centre cooling optimisation solutions, extends its portfolio with the SwitchAirBox.

Videos New Trends in Data Center Cooling Technology

25 May 2011

Scott Good, world renowned data center construction expert from GkkWorks:http://www.gkkworks.com/ explains the benefits of using Elliptical Mobile Solutions' Micro-Modular Data Center (MMDC) offerings to dramatically reduce startup costs, operating expenses, space and electrical waste.

News on365 wins Environmental Project of the Year award for innovative data centre energy efficiency project with Telstra International

25 May 2011

on365 awarded for energy efficient data centre monitoring and optimisation

on365, a specialist in the planning, installing, management and optimisation of physical IT infrastructure and utility services, today announced that its monitoring and energy efficient optimisation of Telstra International’s managed service hosting centre has been awarded Environmental Project of the Year at the Data Centre Solutions Awards ceremony. The ceremony took place on 19 May 2011 at the QEII Conference Centre in London.

Articles Efficiency Gains with 480V/277V Power at the Cabinet Level

25 May 2011

In February 2009, the Data Center Pulse Group, along with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, began calling for new data center implementations in North America to incorporate support for a 480V/277V power distribution topology.1 They implored the makers of power supplies and servers to begin extending the operating range of their gear from a high end of 240V to a 277V nominal input. The driving impetus for recommending 277V power to the rack was two-fold – improved efficiencies and lower costs.

News Danish IT consultancy selects nlyte Software for seamless data centre migration & enhanced performance

23 May 2011

NNIT swaps ‘old school’ spreadsheets & Visio for the nlyte DCIM suite

nlyte Software, a leading provider of performance-based solutions for Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM), today announced that NNIT, one of Denmark’s leading IT consultancies, has selected the nlyte DCIM solution to help it migrate its existing equipment to a brand new data centre facility, and replace the organisation’s current spreadsheet and Visio management tools to ensure increased performance and compliance with green legislation within its data centre environment.

News New UK carbon emissions targets must enable cost reduction, says on365

23 May 2011

Chris Smith calls for recognition of wider business case for energy efficiency

The announcement to parliament last week by energy and climate secretary Chris Huhne in which he committed the UK to a 50 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2025 compared with 1990 levels, has been met with broad criticism from businesses in the UK.

Videos Emerson Network Power's Strategic Partnership with Panduit Drives Efficiency

18 May 2011

Jeff Paliga, director of global solutions marketing for Panduit, discusses the company's strategic partnership with Emerson Network Power and how the companies are working together to help data center managers tackle complexities created by consolidation, virtualization and cloud computing

Videos SGI ICE Cube® Air Modular Data Center

12 May 2011

SGI® ICE® Cube Air offers a complete solution, starting at $99,000 and operational in hours. The new ICE Cube Air MDC expands in standard increments out to 80 racks/97,920 cores/143.36 PB. With highly efficient fans, along with an innovative three-stage evaporative cooling system, ICE Cube Air runs with air and evaporative cooling, achieving a power usage effectiveness (PUE) ratio of less than 1.06. Supplemental direct expansion (DX), or chilled water cooling coils, provides an optional cooling system for customers deploying in extreme environments. Using one percent of the water needed by standard water-chilled containers and requiring a water flow of only two gallons per minute, ICE Cube Air can get its water from almost any clean source, including a garden hose. www.sgi.com/icecubeair.

News QiComm Opens Doors to New London City Data Centre, Tutis Point

11 May 2011

QiComm, the UK-based provider of carrier-class voice, data services and managed services has officially opened the doors at its new data centre.  The new centre is located in Docklands London, and showcases cutting-edge technologies implemented to deliver enhanced energy efficiency. 

News Raritan’s dcTrack Software Wins Network Computing's 'New Product of the Year' Award

28 Apr 2011

Recognized for powerful asset and change management capabilities for tracking data center IT systems, facilities, and networking assets and their interrelationships

Raritan today announced its dcTrack™ data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software has won "New Product of the Year" award from Network Computing magazine in London.  It also collected the runner-up award in the "Data Centre Product of the Year" category. 

News Green Unbreakable Cloud Initiative launches recruitment drive

28 Apr 2011

Growth in demand for energy efficient and highly scalable cloud computing needs talented individuals

The Green Unbreakable Cloud Initiative (GUCI), a group of interlinked technology vendors striving to help organisations build innovative new datacenters, has launched a major recruitment drive to attract visionaries  to build the next generation of cloud architectures.

Videos APC DCIM Solutions Demo at Cisco Live in London

15 Apr 2011

Eddie Desouza, data center software consultant for APC by Schneider Electric, introduces the new InfraStruxure Operations Module Suite at Cisco Live in London, which enables data center managers to manager, monitor and control costs through one interface.

News IT Infrastructure Unprepared for Future

14 Apr 2011

The UK's existing IT infrastructure isn't prepared to meet the demands of an "always-on" and environmentally-aware society, according to a panel of sustainable IT gurus.

News nlyte partners with RFID Global to simplify data centre asset management

12 Apr 2011

nlyte Software integrates RFID technology into data centre infrastructure management solution for real time, end-to-end planning

nlyte Software today announced its partnership with RFID Global Solution, Inc., a real-time asset visibility software provider, which will enable organisations to deploy an integrated RFID solution to track and manage assets within the data centre.  Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology enables the physical and theoretical infrastructure of a data centre to be completely in sync, giving organisations extensive control throughout their data centre environment.

News OpenText Joins Key Industry Group Advancing “Smart Metering,” Energy Efficiency in Europe

07 Apr 2011

European Smart Metering Industry Group (ESMIG) leads the way in collaboration between leading manufacturers, IT companies and systems integrators in Europe

OpenText today announced that it has joined the European Smart Metering Industry Group (ESMIG). With this membership, OpenText will collaborate with other global companies in sharing thought leadership and expertise in an effort to set industry standards for the European smart metering industry.

News Green Grid Endorses European Data Centre Sustainability Award

05 Apr 2011

The Green Grid has given its endorsement to the Green Award for Sustainability in Data Centres, to be presented at the annual Data Centres in Europe Awards which takes place on June 2^nd in London

Videos Hu Yoshida of Hitachi discusses more efficient data centers in Sky News Business Tech Report

04 Apr 2011

As data demand escalates, so does the need for greener, more efficient technology.

Videos Suwanee Data Center - Green

04 Apr 2011

Explore the "green" features of this next-generation HP data center in Suwanee, Georgia--and how they help HP clients reduce their carbon footprints and energy requirements.

News UK’s Budget lacks green investment and offers little hope for CRC initiative

01 Apr 2011

The UK is rapidly losing the race to be the global powerhouse of the green economy, while other countries streak ahead in low carbon technology and development. Britain has fallen from third to 13^th place in the league table of countries investing in alternative energy, according to research by US Pew Environment Group, and is not living up to its ‘greenest Government ever’ ambition pledged by David Cameron, at the start of the Coalition Government.

News RF Code Announces Wire-Free Air Pressure Sensor

31 Mar 2011

Eliminating Wires Means Deployment Flexibility to Monitor Air Pressure Anywhere in the Data Center

At Data Center World in Las Vegas, RF Code (Booth #409) announced a new wire-free air pressure sensor that reports differential air pressure readings. Air pressure is a key monitoring metric used to optimize air flow and provide insights into the overall thermal characteristics in a data center.

News New Product Launch at DCW: Daxten presents its new CoolControl Containment system for data centres

31 Mar 2011

Inexpensive and highly flexible, soft or solid, hot and cold-aisle-containment with caging capabilities

Daxten, a leading provider of data centre cooling optimisation solutions, enhanced its CoolControl Curtain system to be a complete hybrid and modular containment solution - CoolControl Containment. This solution enables data centre and facility managers to contain their cold and/or hot aisles in either a soft or solid structure. The skeletal structure for this is a solid aluminium profile that can be installed as a self-supporting frame either under the ceiling, along walls or over cabinets in server rooms or data centres. The aluminium profiles allow for using soft, inert, antistatic and self-extinguishing curtains or solid synthetic, glass and fibre panels or a combination of the both to contain any rack row in the hot and/or cold aisle.

News Interxion Switzerland Launches Carbon Offsetting Partnership with myclimate

16 Mar 2011

-       ‘Climate neutral’ certification for all customers

-       Offsetting contributions to support a range of climate protection projects

Interxion today became the first data centre operator to launch a comprehensive carbon offsetting partnership with Swiss non-profit foundation myclimate. The new programme provides Interxion Switzerland customers with 100% carbon-neutral colocation services by offsetting any unavoidable CO₂ emissions via a range of climate protection projects in Europe and the developing world.

News Racktivity Announces EnergySwitch ES1008 Next Generation Power Distribution Unit for Data Centers

16 Mar 2011

Enables market’s most advanced real-time metering, switching and analysis capabilities

Racktivity has announced the availability of its new next generation EnergySwitch^TM ES1008 Power Distribution Unit (PDU) solution for energy and environmental management within data centers. Racktivity’s ES1008 gives data center professionals real-time, true RMS measurement capability, predictive analysis and individual power-port level switching capability, all at the industry’s lowest energy consumption available in a PDU device.

News RF Code Signs ITM Communications as First UK Partner

16 Mar 2011

Specialist in Energy Efficient ICT Infrastructure becomes First UK partner for Innovative Wire-free Environmental Monitoring and Asset Management to Support Green Agenda and Cloud Computing

RF Code, a leading provider of active IT asset management and wire-free environmental monitoring solutions, has announced ITM Communications Ltd as its first certified partner. This announcement follows the February launch of the RF Code European Channel Program. Bringing a depth of industry knowledge to the field of energy efficient ICT design, implementation and support, ITM has completed both sales and technical training on RF Code solutions.

News Force10 Networks expands carbon credit programme to include its newly offered top-of-rack switches

15 Mar 2011

Customers purchasing S4810 10/40 GbE top-of-rack switches can offset greenhouse gas emissions by receiving carbon credits based on energy consumption for the life of the product

Force10 Networks today announced the expansion of its carbon credit programme to include those customers purchasing selected models of its S-Series 10/40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) top-of-rack (ToR) access switches.  This programme expansion will enable Force10 customers who buy ExaScale virtualised core switch/routers and now the S4810 top-of-rack switch - the industry’s only core-to-edge 40 GbE solution - to receive carbon credits, which offset greenhouse gas emissions associated with the energy consumption of these solutions.  Carbon credits are provided through TerraPass, a leading third-party provider.

Videos Wire-Free Environmental Monitoring with RF Code

14 Mar 2011

This video gives shows just how simple it is to deploy RF Codes wire free sensors.

News nlyte's partnership with Future Facilities eliminates data centre hot spots; optimises cooling capacity

10 Mar 2011

Integrated solution eliminates data centre ‘hot spots’ and optimises cooling capacity 

nlyte Software announced today that it has expanded its DCIM solution through a partnership with Future Facilities, who are leaders in the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software to data centre design and management.  Accomplished through deep technical integration, as well as through coordinated marketing, sales and services activities, the joint offering is available immediately.

News Virtualisation continues to top IT agenda while concern for sustainability plummets, nlyte DCW survey reveals

09 Mar 2011

nlyte Software research gains insight into 2011 data centre development, revealing a concerning ignorance towards the benefits of sustainability and infrastructure management within the data centre

nlyte Software today released the results of its research that surveyed 100 attendees* at Data Centre World (Olympia, London: 2nd – 3rd March 2011) on rising trends in the data centre,  which new technologies are motivating them and the importance of sustainability to organisations.  Findings indicate that virtualisation is the most popular modification for the coming year with almost two thirds (60 percent) of respondents looking to implement the technology, followed closely by cloud computing (40 percent) and intelligent power strips (41 percent).  Adoption appears to be due to mounting costs, but with minimal consideration for IT sustainability, confirmed by the lack of awareness of the CRC Energy Efficiency scheme and apathy towards carbon footprint measurement tools. 

News Racktivity Completes Key Management Team and Joins Climate Savers Computing Initiative

01 Mar 2011

Racktivity today announced the appointment of two senior industry veterans to complete its senior management team build-out. Mark Harris (most recently with Raritan and Avocent) has been appointed VP of Marketing & Product Marketing, and Kris De Peuter (an industry leader in supply chain management) as VP of Operations & Manufacturing. Additionally, the company has joined the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, a key industry body originally founded by Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) in 2007 for the sole purpose of helping to increase the deployment of energy efficient computing, storage and networking equipment and the global adoption of power management strategies and technologies.

Articles Data Center Infrastructure Management

28 Feb 2011

dcTrack is a data center infrastructure management(DCIM) solution that provides “single pane of glass” management of IT and facilities resources. Fast to install and easy to use, dcTrack is a full-featured solution with detailed asset management, sophisticated visualization, automated provisioning, capacity planning, power chain management, IP address management and change management capabilities.

News TelecityGroup shortlisted for prestigious PLC Awards

28 Feb 2011

TelecityGroup recognised for leading approach to investor relations and sustainability

TelecityGroup has been shortlisted for the ‘Best Investor Communication’ and ‘Achievement in Sustainability’ categories at this year’s PLC Awards.

News Daxten takes the lead with its cooling optimisation solutions for the Data Centre

28 Feb 2011

Highly rated according to EU Code of Conduct Best Practices for Data Centres:

Daxten’s CoolControl solutions

In November 2008 the Joint Research Commission of the European Union (EU-JRD) started with the initiative for a code of conduct to increase the energy efficiency in the data centre. Today the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centre Energy Efficiency stands for a voluntary program that is supported worldwide by manufacturers, service providers, independent experts and data centre operators. Daxten is an endorser of the code and is committed to adhering to and sharing the code’s contents across the IT industry by motivating users to realise higher levels of energy and cost efficiency in their data centres. The code (EUCoc) is based on concrete guidelines and best practices that contribute significantly to reducing energy consumption in data centres. To quantify the value for the user, the 2010 edition of the EUCoC best practices comes with a grading system from 1 to 5. The best practices which can be realised cost effectively and offer maximum energy efficiency improvement are graded with 5. The Daxten CoolControl solution range for the optimisation of data centre cooling is top rated with marks between 3 and 5. 

Videos NextiraOne Unifies Communications for Ricoh Users Across Europe

21 Feb 2011

A video interview of Steven Skakel regarding the associated press release earlier today.

News NextiraOne Unifies Communications for Ricoh Users Across Europe

21 Feb 2011

New communications system to link 18 countries to improve productivity and accelerate Ricoh’s Green agenda

NextiraOne has reached an agreement with Ricoh Europe, a specialist in office solutions, managed document services and production printing, to deliver Unified Communications in up to 18 countries. The new solution will create a collaborative working environment that will help Ricoh to increase employee productivity, provide enhanced customer services and underpin the company’s environmental vision which is to reduce its carbon impacts by 88% by 2050. View the associated video interview here.

Videos Introduction to Data Center Infrastructure Management

15 Feb 2011

The challenge of managing the complexity of your data center environment can be daunting. Learn about issues impacting the physical layer and ways you can manage them with solutions available today.

News 1E Reaches $1 Billion in Customer Savings by Continuing to Lead Charge Against Excess in Corporate IT; Identifies Key IT Efficiency Trends for 2011

10 Feb 2011

1E Expands IT Efficiency Leadership in 2010 with Record Revenue Growth and Strong Customer Demand

1E reached $1 billion in customer savings in 2010 by continuing to lead the charge against excess in corporate IT by helping organisations of all sizes identify and eliminate inefficiencies and costs associated with hardware, software, energy and time.  An additional four million licenses of 1E software were sold in 2010 and 1E year over year revenue grew by 60 percent.

News Dumfries and Galloway Council Collaborate with IBM to Install New Energy Efficient Data Centre

03 Feb 2011

Natural cooling ventilation to save Council over £20,000 a year

Dumfries and Galloway Council, working with IBM, has re-located its data centre to maximise energy efficiency and offer improved real-time data processing. The new location is a refurbished Category C listed historical landmark in Dumfries, Scotland. For over half of the year, the new data centre uses outside air for cooling (‘Free Cooling’), helping to reduce energy consumption and costs. It is anticipated that there will be a 25 to 30 percent reduction in the use of energy for air conditioning and an estimated saving of £20,000 per year.

News Telehouse Sets a Clear Course to a Low Carbon Future with Carbon Trust Standard

01 Feb 2011

Telehouse today announced that its two London sites have been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard. Based on a rigorous, independent assessment, the Carbon Trust Standard certifies that organisations have measured, managed and reduced their carbon emissions across their own operations, and are committed to reducing them year-on-year.  Telehouse UK received the award after improving its carbon efficiency by 12 percent, relative to turnover[1]. The award means that Telehouse has joined the group of nearly 500 certified organisations which have already cut carbon emissions by over 3 million tonnes of CO2e.

Articles Enabling the Green Data Center

31 Jan 2011

Corporate sustainability initiatives are growing rapidly inscope and levels of financial commitment. According to Panel Intelligence’s recent Quarterly Sustainability Tracking Study, despite the poor economy, 80% of the 65 corporate sustainability executives at Fortune 500 companies surveyed said they will be maintaining or increasing funding for green initiatives.1

News Integration of CommScope’s iPatch® Solution with Cisco’s EnergyWise Delivers Real-Time Location-Enabled Energy Management

31 Jan 2011

CommScope and Cisco to deliver first public demonstration of real time location-enabled energy management at Cisco Live!

CommScope, Inc., a global leader in infrastructure solutions for communications networks, will demonstrate how its SYSTIMAX® iPatch® Intelligent Infrastructure Solution can enhance the energy saving potential of EnergyWise®, Cisco’s energy management architecture, at London’s Cisco Live! event on January 31 – February 3.

Videos Data Centre World 2011

28 Jan 2011

This year Data Centre World, the UK’s largest and fastest growing exhibition and conference for data centre managers, professionals, distributors and channel partners will deliver more than ever before with more sessions, more theatres and more exhibitors.

Over the 2 days of the event you will be able to attend 48 sessions and gain knowledge and insights from some of the industry’s key players.

Register here for FREE!

News NewSpring Capital Makes Growth Investment in Raritan Inc.

28 Jan 2011

Invests in Raritan’s Power Management Business

Raritan Inc. has announced that NewSpring Capital (“NewSpring”), a leading provider of private equity capital in the Mid-Atlantic region, has made an investment to support Raritan’s growing power management business that helps companies improve energy efficiency and operations in their data centers.  Funds were provided through NewSpring’s growth equity fund -- NewSpring Growth Capital II, L.P.

Articles Moving the data center from chaos to control

27 Jan 2011

Best Practices in Data Center Performance Management with Integrated Processes and Technologies

It’s about having the visibility, insight, and integrated processes to drive optimal performance throughout your data centers. DCPM solutions enable you to collect and understand massive amounts of data so you can make informed decisions on a day-to-day basis, as well as stretch your space, power, cooling resources, server, and other resources in a safe, controlled manner.

News 1E Joins Microsoft Partner Solutions Center to Strengthen Virtualisation and Cloud Offerings

25 Jan 2011

1E Extends Relationship with Microsoft to Focus on Development of Integrated IT Efficiency Solutions

1E, a software and services company that improves enterprise IT efficiency, today announced that it joined the Microsoft Partner Solutions Center (MPSC), building on its long-term, strategic partnership.  1E will work together with Microsoft Corp. to design and validate integrated IT efficiency solutions for joint enterprise customers in virtualised and cloud computing environments.

Videos Emerson Network Power Liebert Services Capabilities Overview

19 Jan 2011

Liebert Services capabilities overview featuring data center assessments, monitoring and preventive maintenance to prevent outages and maintain power and cooling and connectivity technologies for data centers, telecommunications networks, and other applications.

News Raritan's New dcTrack Software Greatly Simplifies and Reduces the Cost of Implementing a Data Center Infrastructure Management Solution

06 Jan 2011

dcTrack Virtual Appliance model introduced; Release 2.4 simplifies data center capacity management and lowers operations cost

Raritan today announced that its award-winning dcTrack™ data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software solution is now available as a VMware®-ready virtual appliance, lowering total cost of ownership by dramatically simplifying installation and saving countless hours for deployment and configuration.  In addition, platform operating system and database licensing costs are eliminated, along with their associated integration costs. 

News Keysource enhances knowledge of EU Code of Conduct

06 Jan 2011

Ten Keysource employees have obtained the BCS Intermediate Certificate in EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres. The qualification has been achieved following a three-day training course designed to provide essential knowledge about the terminology, structure and basic concepts of the Code, along with guidance on how best to implement and obtain participant status.

Articles nlyte Software launches Version 6.0 for integrated analytics & intelligent capacity planning in the data centre

22 Dec 2010

nlyte 6.0 now incorporates nlyte Analytics, a set of fully integrated business intelligence capabilities allowing data centre professionals, managers and executives to quickly gain visibility into the information and key performance indicators that help optimise the critical resources of power, cooling and space leading to reduced data centre operating expenses and extended data centre life.  Users can gain detailed visibility into the current status of the business, enabling them to track how their data centre operations are performing against strategic goals and how day-to-day execution is aligned with the broader corporate strategy.

Videos nlyte Software launches Version 6.0 for integrated analytics & intelligent capacity planning in the data centre

22 Dec 2010

nlyte Software recently launched nlyte 6.0, a major new advancement of its award-winning data centre performance management suite, we spoke to Rob Neave, VP Product Management EMEA and Co-Founder of nlyte Software, who talks us through the new release.  You can also download the slides discussed here and read the full news item regarding the nlyte Software release here.

Videos 1E and Dell

22 Dec 2010

Donnie Taylor, Team Lead Systems Management at Dell talks about 1E Nightwatchman.

News Server Technology Launches New High Density ‘Smart Power Monitor’ for Adding Intelligent Power Monitoring to Any Existing Server Cabinet Using 50 or 60 Amps

20 Dec 2010

A Cost Effective Upgrade for Power Distribution Units with No Load Monitoring

Server Technology Inc. has announced the new Smart Power Monitor product for deployment into 50/60Amp, 3-Phase Delta, 208-240V power systems.

News News alert: Firms get the tools to assess data centres’ sustainability – and force better CSR reporting

16 Dec 2010

New standards for assessing environmental impacts will give companies a more practical framework for reporting data centres’ sustainability ahead of tougher company reporting due next year, according to on365, a specialist in the planning, installing, management and optimisation of physical IT infrastructure and utility services. 

News Raritan's Intelligent Power Technologies Interoperate with Cisco EnergyWise Platform to Help Organizations Be More “Green”

15 Dec 2010

Monitor and control IT energy consumption throughout the Data Center Rack Space 

Raritan announced today that its intelligent device-level power management solutions are interoperable with Cisco® EnergyWise client technology.  Through this interoperable solution, customers can gain a more comprehensive, complete picture of power consumption within the data center rack space.

News nlyte Software launches Version 6.0 for integrated analytics & intelligent capacity planning in the data centre

06 Dec 2010

nlyte Software today launched nlyte 6.0, a major new advancement of its award-winning data centre performance management suite. (Watch a video here)

Blog The Power Struggle

03 Dec 2010

Gary Hull writes: In Australia the cost of electricity is rising by 10% year-on-year, an expense that can quickly translate to vast sums for large Australian enterprises. In 2009 Gartner found that energy costs would emerge as a company’s highest operating cost, second only to labour, in 70% of all data centre facilities worldwide.

Blog Black smoke or green cloud?

03 Dec 2010

At PEER 1, we know the responsibility we hold when it comes to addressing environmental issues. As a member of The Green Grid, a global consortium of leading IT organisations focused on data centre efficiency, we are committed to minimising power consumption and improving energy efficiency.

News The Lippis Report and Ixia Stage Open Networking Performance and Power Tests for Public and Private Data Centre Clouds

03 Dec 2010

Ixia’s iSimCity hosts Lippis Report series of 10 GE tests to provide first comparative data on 10 GE switch performance and power consumption

Ixia today announced that it has teamed with Nick Lippis of the Lippis Report to sponsor a series of open industry data centre network performance and power consumption tests. The goal of the tests is to provide the industry with comparative performance and power consumption data across several 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) switch providers using Ixia’s breakthrough Xcellon-Flex™ load modules.

News Raritan Introduces Virtual Appliance Version of CommandCenter Secure Gateway for Centralized, Secure Access and Control of IT Equipment

30 Nov 2010

New Virtual Appliance includes all management features in CommandCenter Secure Gateway 5.0

Raritan announced today a virtual version of its CommandCenter® Secure Gateway (CC-SG) appliance that provides centralized, secure access to IT equipment to help data centers remotely diagnose and resolve IT equipment issues quickly and reduce server management costs. 

Articles Why education is required to win the data centre temperature debate

25 Nov 2010

In 2010, the energy consumption of the data centre industry has continued to climb the political and financial agendas. Tightened budgets mean that companies around the world are looking to reduce energy costs, while the regulatory environment is evolving to a state whereby heavy emitters could be penalised financially.

News Outsourcery collaborates with BBC, BAFTA and Microsoft to host carbon calculator for the television industry

25 Nov 2010

Microsoft’s worldwide Hosting Partner of the Year 2010, and leading Cloud services and unified communications company Outsourcery is pleased to announce that it will be working in collaboration with the BBC, BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television Arts) and Microsoft and host the UK’s first carbon calculator for the television industry. The calculator (known as Project Albert) is being used by the BBC as part of its sustainability drive to cut carbon emissions and reduce energy consumption by 2013, was launched yesterday.

Videos Forrester's Doug Washburn and 1E's Sumir Karayi talk about PC Power Management

25 Nov 2010

Learn from Forrester about the immediate benefits you could achieve by deploying enterprise class PC Power Management.

Videos Sustainability

25 Nov 2010

Gartner Managing VP Stephen Stokes explains how companies can broaden implementation of sustainable business practices.

Articles Do GB consumers & UK businesses understand the real cost of the data carbon footprint?

24 Nov 2010

Survey of 1,000 GB consumers & 100 CIOs/data centre mangers at UK enterprises.  

Research conducted by TNS & Vanson Bourne on behalf of nlyte Software

Videos IBM Energy Efficiency with Asset Management

23 Nov 2010

Sumit Goel of KLG Systel highlights the ability to conserve energy with real time smart grids and sensors using IBM asset management technology.

News Raritan Power IQ® iPhone App for Managing Data Centers Now Available on iTunes® App Store

23 Nov 2010

View energy metrics and power cycle servers when on the go -- 'there's an app for that' 

Raritan today introduced Power IQ^® iPhone app -- the first application available at the Apple iTunes Store that helps data center and lab managers "on the go" quickly view real-time power load (watts and amps) and perform secure remote power control on any server or rack power distribution unit.

Videos Liebert Adaptive Power Witness Test Center

22 Nov 2010

Gary Anderson takes a tour of the Liebert Adaptive Power Witness Test Center and explains what customers can expect when visiting the facility.

News Boston Limited Launch their latest SmartCluster M Series based on Windows HPC Server 2008 R2

15 Nov 2010

Boston Limited, now in its 18th year as a distribution partner for silicon valley based Super Micro Computer, Inc, today has formally announced the launch of their latest generation of Microsoft HPC Server 2008 R2-based SmartCluster M Series portable blade solutions.

Videos Intel IT Data Center Free Cooling

10 Nov 2010

Learn about Intel's investigation of air economizers to optimize power and cooling in their data centers. The proof of concept (PoC) test used 100% air exchange over a 10-month period with an extreme range in temperature, humidity and air quality. The result was an estimated data center power savings of 67 percent and a potential savings of USD 2.87 million for a 10-MW data center.

Articles Cabinet Power Monitoring, Management & Control Within the Data Center

05 Nov 2010

Increased cabinet densities combined with reduced power availability and greatly increasing power costs are driving power monitoring and management solutions within the Data Center. Only through power monitoring, management and control can greater efficiencies be achieved with the key being “You cannot improve what you are not measuring.” As groups like The Green Grid advocate continuous power monitoring at the device level, most IT and Infrastructure Managers are struggling with not only making these measurements, but also what to do with the information.

Articles If you ignore it, it won’t go away...

05 Nov 2010

The deadline to register for the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme may have only just passed, but many companies left it until the last minute, no doubt hoping that it, like the Housing Information Packs, would just disappear when the government does yet another policy ‘U-turn’.  Despite the swathing cuts to public services and Quangos, the CRC is still in force, albeit all pretence of it being neutral has been removed and it is now simply a ‘green’ tax.  High tech industries, especially the data centre sector, are going to have to get up to speed on the scheme very quickly in order to minimise any losses as a result of it.

Videos Bill Dickson, Energy Manager, Princess Alexandra Hospitals NHS Trust

21 Oct 2010

A major concern for Princess Alexandra Hospital was the constant battle with ensuring that PCs were switched off at night. Bill Dickson explains how the NightWatchman deployment was simple yet effective, leading to a repeatable, annual saving of £27,000 and a reduction in CO2 footprint of 420 tonnes.

News Raritan’s Power IQ 2.0 Energy Management Software Helps Data Center Managers Conserve Energy with New Thermal Analytics

13 Oct 2010

New version of Power IQ introduces advanced energy saving technologies for data center managers; enabling them to safely meet new industry-recommended temperature settings and remotely shut down underutilized servers

Raritan today introduced a major release of its award-winning Power IQ^® Energy Management software that helps data center and lab managers better understand environmental conditions at the rack in order to use power and cooling resources optimally without compromising performance.  

Videos IT Efficiency and Services

11 Oct 2010

Customers reveal how they streamlined the process of design and deployment by working with Dell Services to implement customized IT solutions. Technical officers and executives from the European Patent Office, HotSchedules, Pensions First, Data Guard Systems, Cadence Design Systems, salesforce.com, Renewable Energy systems (RES) and Lotus Racing talk about how expertise and business-ready solutions from Dell increased efficiency over the whole IT lifecycle, enabling them to focus on business innovation.

Videos Jeff Wettlaufer Sr. Technical Product Manager for System Center on Extending System Center with 1E

08 Oct 2010

In this video Jeff Wettlaufer, Sr. Technical Product Manager for System Center, speaks with Dave Lippa, Solution Engineer for 1E. Jeff and Dave talk about the best-of-breed extensions delivered by the 1E "Nighwatchman" technology for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3.

Videos Ravensbourne Chooses Cisco to Transform New Campus Ahead of London 2012

07 Oct 2010

Chris Thompson, head of enterprise and innovation at Ravensbourne talking about their plans for 2012 and the Cisco Borderless Network.

Videos Control Your Environment: HP BladeSystem Matrix

06 Oct 2010

Customers describe how to unlock IT efficiencies, consolidates power management and transform business with the HP Blade System Matrix.

News The most energy efficient colocation facility in Europe

06 Oct 2010

Custodian Data Centre, based at The Maidstone TV Studios in Kent, are regularly returning PUE figures under 1.2, with figures during some weeks as low as 1.149. As holder of The Data Centre Leaders ‘Green Data Centre’ award, they are a fine example of how most facilities could achieve greater efficiencies with a fresh approach to cooling. The impressive thing is that these figures are achieved in a colocation environment where a variety of clients needs have to be met, as opposed to a single client site. The system has been designed to cope with the high power density (64+ Amps per rack) that is available within the facility.

Videos Avocent Power Manager

04 Oct 2010

What can Avocent Power Manager do for your data centre?

Videos Emerson Network Power & Knürr

01 Oct 2010

Emerson Network Power capabilities overview featuring power racks & enclosures, backup systems, embedded power, precision cooling, and connectivity technologies for data centers, telecommunications networks, and other applications.

News GreenQloud taps Scality's technology to launch world's first truly green cloud service

30 Sep 2010

GreenQloud's service powered solely by Icelandic geothermal- and hydropower

GreenQloud has announced a technology partnership with Scality, the pioneer of object-based cloud storage. The move will allow the Icelandic cloud service provider to launch its range of groundbreaking services later this year to users around the world.

News nlyte Software continues European expansion with new partnership

29 Sep 2010

nlyte signs blue-infinity as Regional Implementation Partner and Launches Partnership at Geneva Event with Dutch Police Spokesperson

Following the appointment of Grant Bilbow as Vice President of France and Southern Europe in July 2010, nlyte Software has signed blue-infinity (b-i) as the region’s main implementation partner.  blue-infinity will work alongside nlyte and BMC, nlyte’s global reseller partner to implement and integrate nlyte’s software across the region.

News Raritan Introduces Economical Intelligent Rack PDU with True kWh Energy Metering

28 Sep 2010

New PX-1000 Series delivers cost-effective energy intelligence to data centers

Raritan today added a new family of intelligent rack power distribution units (PDU), the Raritan PX-1000 Series, to its power management portfolio.   Setting a new performance standard, the high-quality, metered-PDU PX-1000 comes with built-in intelligence, integrated support for optional environment sensors, Web-based energy performance tracking capabilities and a multitude of security features.  

Deleted Interxion Appointed Co-Chair of the Green Grid’s European Communications Committee

24 Sep 2010

Interxion's Director of Corporate Communications, Ali Moinuddin has been appointed by the Green Grid as co-chair of its European Communications Committee. Moinuddin’s new role will encompass creating awareness of advanced energy efficiency in data centres and the broader ecosystem of business computing amongst the pan-European community.

News Interxion Appointed Co-Chair of the Green Grid’s European Communications Committee

24 Sep 2010

Interxion has announced that Director of Corporate Communications, Ali Moinuddin has been appointed by the Green Grid as co-chair of its European Communications Committee. Moinuddin’s new role will encompass creating awareness of advanced energy efficiency in data centres and the broader ecosystem of business computing amongst the pan-European community.

Articles Cabling Infrastructure and Green Building Initiatives

23 Sep 2010

In a recent study, Gartner analysts revealed that IT activity accounts for 2% of global CO2 emissions, equivalent to the amount produced by the aviation industry. We typically think of emissions as coming from forms of transportation, heavy industry and power generation, but with recent work to address global issues we see that in fact, IT and IT related products can have an impact in several areas.

Videos A Transformer vs. Transformerless UPS Comparison

16 Sep 2010

Alan French of the Liebert Products business of Emerson Network Power uses the white board to address the differences between transformer based UPS topologies and transformerless designs.

News Integrated business approach key to data centre measurement and optimisation

14 Sep 2010

Businesses need to take an integrated approach if they are to truly understand the environmental and financial impact of their IT infrastructure according to Mike West, Managing Director of Keysource. Speaking at the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme – What You Need to Know seminar – held at the HQ of Hammonds solicitors in the City of London – he explained that organisations needed to work together across all areas of the business to measure the actual cost of their data centre usage and potentially reduce their entire energy consumption by as much as 25 per cent.

News Fujitsu America introduces Green IT solutions

09 Sep 2010

Fujitsu has introduced the new QuickStart assessment and Green IT Delivery Solution services that deliver actionable plans for reducing enterprise customers' IT energy costs by 20 percent on average and supporting their corporate sustainability efforts, including reducing waste and greenhouse gas emissions.

Articles Consolidate Storage Infrastructure and Create a Greener Datacenter

08 Sep 2010

As data volumes grow and budgets shrink, datacenter managers are looking for ways to scale storage infrastructure and reduce operating costs. StorageTek tape drive and tape library solutions from Oracle provide the answer, helping companies grow automated tape environments without disruption, and consolidate mainframe and open system operating environments while minimizing power, floor space, and operating costs.

Videos HP Data Center of the Future, Today

07 Sep 2010

Delivered by HP Converged Infrastructure:HP Converged Infrastructure provides a blueprint for the data center of the future that eliminates costly and rigid IT silos so you can spend much more of your IT budget on innovation.

News CRC registration red tape could cost UK business up to £1.5 million in fines

06 Sep 2010

More than 3,000 UK businesses face heavy penalties if they miss the September 30th deadline

UK business is failing to grasp the urgency of the impending Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme registration deadline on September 30th 2010. Failure to meet the deadline, due to inaction or the scheme’s application processes could result in a maximum fine of £45,000.

Videos HP Intelligent Power Discovery

02 Sep 2010

Overview of HP Intelligent Power Discovery and the HP Intelligent PDU. Intelligent power Discovery automates tacks to reduce human errors that can cause unscheduled downtime.

News Core Consultancy experience strong demand for SME focused Business Continuity Managed Service

01 Sep 2010

DataSafe customers grow by 22% in last quarter, 100TB EMC storage added to off-site vaulting, performance improved by move to iomart datacenters and addition of new channel partners highlights business expansion

Core Consultancy has announced its strongest quarter of growth with a 22% increase in customers prompting the firm to expand its offsite storage and switch to a more scalable datacenter environment with iomart.

Videos Meet Ray, Norm, Sue and an IT department about to have revenue pouring in!

30 Aug 2010

Get your virtualized environment to run faster and more efficiently and future-proof your IT investment.
Sue and Norm help their global blue chip enable better than ever IT performance and humming applications.

Videos Enterprise-Scale UPS Protection for Medium and Large Data Centers

27 Aug 2010

Joergen Madsen, Senior Product Manager at Emerson Network Power discusses the recent trend in power consumption within the data centre and how the LiebertNXL can help load instability.

News New VP sales & marketing for Raritan Europe

25 Aug 2010

Raritan has named Stuart Hopper as its new VP of Sales and Marketing, Europe. He will head up Raritan's European offices in The Netherlands, England, Germany and France, thereby replacing Gerard Heuvel who will be pursuing other interests.

News Kooperativa Förbundet Signs New Services Agreement with HP

25 Aug 2010

HP Enterprise Services has announced that Kooperativa Förbundet (KF), one of the leading supermarket companies in Sweden, has extended its existing relationship with Hewlett-Packard Sverige AB by signing a new five-year infrastructure services agreement. The new contract is designed to reduce complexity and improve the efficiency of KF’s technology environment.

Videos Customer Video: UNUM Insurance

23 Aug 2010

In a large and complex IT environment, NightWatchman® and Shopping™ have helped UNUM increase efficiency, reduce costs, save energy and maximize employee productivity. UNUM provides a range of life and income protection insurance products, and also uses 1E to boost its corporate green initiatives.

News IBM to deliver new POWER7 Systems

17 Aug 2010

IBM has announced new POWER7® systems designed to manage the most demanding workloads and emerging applications, including a high-end system that offers markedly better energy efficiency than competitive systems from HP and Oracle.

Videos Linden Lab Second Life Runs Junos

17 Aug 2010

Linden Lab, the team behind Second Life, partnered with Juniper Networks for their next-generation data center and wide area networks to improve the user experience and lower operating costs.

Blog Are Data Centers complying with Executive Order 13514?

17 Aug 2010

Joe Polastre writes: In October, 2009, President Obama issued an Executive Order (EO 13514) that set federal energy efficiency standards. EO 13514 superceeds the previous executive order put in place by President Bush (EO 13423) from 2007. While the previous order required the government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 3% per year, totaling at least a 30% reduction by 2015 from 2003 levels, Obama's order actually lets each department set their own goal. EO 13514, in contrast to EO 13423, is much more specific about the improvements that have to be made in transportation fleets, building design, etc. Just to be clear, this order only applies to federal government and their respective organizations, not the country at large. You can think of it as a government-specific climate bill.

Articles Strategies for Solving the Datacenter Space, Power, and Cooling Crunch: Sun Server and Storage Optimization Techniques

16 Aug 2010

By meeting the requirements to deploy new applications and support a larger number of internal and external customers, IT organizations are facing a space, power, and cooling crunch. Silo-architected legacy applications that do not share resources and energy-inefficient legacy servers that are sized to handle the maximum possible workload have pushed data centers to the limits of space and energy consumption. Many datacenters built to last 10 to 15 years have reached a premature end of life because they were not meant to support the growth that has actually taken place.

News Wipro launches FluidState Data Centers

13 Aug 2010

New design framework offers accelerated deployment, increased flexibility and efficiency.

Wipro Infotech, the India, Middle East and Africa, IT Business of Wipro Ltd and a leading provider of IT and business transformation services, has announced the launch of its FluidState^TM Data Centers targeted at small, medium and enterprise businesses. Based on its model-driven engineering framework for next-generation Data Centers called FluidState, the FluidState^TM Data Center from Wipro is essentially a predesigned, prefabricated Data Center which can be setup in less than a week - almost 10 times faster than a conventional Data Center.

News APC Announces Next Generation Rack Power Distribution Platform to Maximize Energy Efficiency and Improve Power Management

13 Aug 2010

Next Generation Metered and Switched Rack PDUs focus on accessibility and efficiency for effective real-time and remote data center management .

APC by Schneider Electric has introduced the Next Generation Rack Power Distribution (PDU) units. APC’s new Next Generation Metered and Switched Rack PDUs will help IT and facilities managers more effectively and productively manage power capacity and functionality for critical network, server and data center equipment. APC’s new Rack PDUs solve rack-level power needs while incorporating new intelligent features like real power measurement and environmental monitoring all in a space-efficient zero-U form factor – the most shallow depth form factor in the industry.

Articles DBSi Case Study – The Evolution of Network and Application Performance Management

12 Aug 2010

DBSi is a leading regional provider of high availability disaster recovery, managed hosting, and data centre services. Headquartered in Pennsylvania USA, its business model is based on flexible, cost-effective solutions tailored to the specific needs of its clients. DBSi operates multiple advanced technology recovery and hosting centres which also contain seats for workspace recovery; and through its high-speed fibre optic networks provides seamless connectivity between its facilities, clients and the world.

Videos NextIO

12 Aug 2010

Dell's OEM Technology Evangelist Franklin Flint (@franklinatdell) and Business Development Manger Corbin Moore delivered a cutting edge PCIe chassis from our DCS Lab to NextIO labs for qualification.

Videos IT Efficiency and Services

11 Aug 2010

Customers reveal how they streamlined the process of design and deployment by working with Dell Services to implement customized IT solutions. Technical officers and executives from the European Patent Office, HotSchedules, Pensions First, Data Guard Systems, Cadence Design Systems, salesforce.com, Renewable Energy systems (RES) and Lotus Racing talk about how expertise and business-ready solutions from Dell increased efficiency over the whole IT lifecycle, enabling them to focus on business innovation.

News Turkcell deploys Andrew’s InSite Connect remote cell site management system

11 Aug 2010

Turkcell can now remotely monitor and control its base station site operations—with the aim of decreasing operating expenses and optimising performance—thanks to its deployment of OneBase InSite® Connect, the site management solution from Andrew Solutions.

News Dell powers visual effects

05 Aug 2010

Double Negative, Europe's largest provider of visual effects for film, has selected Dell to provide an x86 standards-based blade server solution to drive the computing power behind render farm operations at its London headquarters.

Articles Power viruses can kill productivity

05 Aug 2010

What are the six most common types we should be aware of and how should we deal with them? Rob Morris, Country Manager, POWERVAR discusses the issues

News Active Power launches in China

04 Aug 2010

To address China’s growing need for power quality, critical backup power systems manufacturer Active Power has created a formal legal entity in China and opened an office in Beijing. Huan Wang, a seasoned technology veteran will serve as Active Power’s sales director in China.

Articles UPS - only for emergency power backup?

04 Aug 2010

Companies often install uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) to provide backup power if the main supply is lost. But power outage is relatively rare. Are we missing a trick by not looking at other issues around power quality and the potential impact on businesses? Rob Morris, UK Country Manager, Powervar, discusses the issues.

Articles Yorkshire Water Case Study

04 Aug 2010

Yorkshire Water, a subsidiary of Kelda, provides water and waste water services to domestic and business customers across Yorkshire, servicing more than 4.7m people and 140,000 businesses. The company is committed to using advanced techniques and technologies to drive efficiencies and minimise environmental impact by reducing the energy consumption of its IT facilities.

Videos More Than A Box Podcast - Hu Yoshida

29 Jul 2010

Belive in data center transformation. Hu Yoshida from Hitachi Data Systems talks about some cool advances, summarized in his blog series at http://blogs.hds.com/hu/2010/07/data-...
Check it out!

News RF Code and Future Facilities integrate monitoring and modelling

27 Jul 2010

RF Code and Future Facilities have integrated RF Code's wire-free environmental sensor-based monitoring solution into the Future Facilities "Virtual Facility" data center modeling environment. Available in July upon the release of 6SigmaDC V6, the integrated solution will be the first to combine real-time monitoring and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation tools.

News DataCentre Expo’s Visitor Marketing reaches over 1 million internationally

23 Jul 2010

DataCentre Expo’s visitor marketing plan is extremely high-profile, with a ‘global reach’ of over 1 million recipients.

Email broadcasts, off-the-page advertisements, online advertising and press coverage will really take off throughout July and August. The marketing campaign has already produced impressive results with appearances in: IT Mittelstand, eWeek and Network Computing, DV Dialogue, Manage IT and of course TheDataChain.

News DPS and Geist Forge New Partnership

23 Jul 2010

Data and Power Solutions, a leading manufacturer of power distribution and environmental monitoring solutions, has announced a new partnership with US firm Geist Manufacturing.

Articles Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) - Case Study

21 Jul 2010

Leading oil exploration surveyor Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) data centre required a high performance data centre solution at the company’s head office in Weybridge, Surrey that would significantly reduce power usage to achieve considerable cost savings and reduced carbon footprint. Keysource was appointed to design, build, install and manage the facility following a competitive tender.

PGS offers a broad range of products to the oil industry including; seismic and electromagnetic services, data acquisition, processing, reservoir analysis/interpretation and multi-client library data. The company helps oil companies to find oil and gas reserves worldwide, offshore and onshore.

Articles Carnival UK Cruises Towards Greener IT - Case Study

19 Jul 2010

When Carnival UK, a leader in the UK cruise industry, moved its corporate headquarters to a new, ultra-modern landmark building overlooking Southampton Water, its IT department made the most of the opportunity to make changes to its infrastructure. The company, which operates leading cruise lines including P&O Cruises, Cunard, Princess Cruises and Ocean Village, made a number of significant improvements in IT, primarily with the objective of reducing costs and driving efficiencies.

News Green Grid's PUE metric is ratified

16 Jul 2010

The Power Usage Efficiency (PUE) metric, created and promoted by The Green Grid, has been established by a cross-industry task force as the recommended metric for determining energy efficiency in dedicated data centre facilities.

Blog How desktop technology drives data centres

16 Jul 2010

Christian Paetz form Raritan writes:

One would assume that data centers are a place where high tech gets introduced and the mass PC market is a followers market. However there are plenty of examples where it is just the other way around. For years the processor market was driven by the battle between Intel and AMD this battle was fought where the volume was and is – consumer PCs. Another good example is the keyboard interface. Servers still used PS/2 when it was already hard to get a non-USB keyboard for consumer PCs. Also the good old VGA interface has only survived in the metal rack cabinets of data centers and data rooms.

Articles Site selection – top five things to consider when building a data centre

15 Jul 2010

Whether you’re an in-house IT manager, developer or collocation provider looking to build a new data centre, one of the most important decisions in the whole process has to be where you build it. Over the last 10 years various factors have been jostling for position as the most important consideration.

It is essential to recognise that each site is different and every company has separate requirements. There is no such thing as a one site fits all.

In this article, Adam Tamburini, UK country manager at e-shelter, draws on over a decade of experience to discuss how requirements for data centre land has changed in recent years and what the industry top five now look like.

Videos Brocade's World Class Data Center Overview

15 Jul 2010

Michael Hirahara, Vice President of Global Real Estate, Facilities and Services at Brocade, discusses the design of the world-class data center at Brocade's new San Jose Campus. He covers the three design and construction elements of the data center (scalability/flexibility, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability) and Brocade's approach to facilities development.

News PGS Data Centre achieves annualised PUE of 1.17 to achieve major reductions in energy usage and emmisions

15 Jul 2010

A data centre designed and built by Keysource for oil exploration surveyor Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has achieved an annualised PUE of just 1.17, making it one of the most energy-efficient facilities of its kind in Europe. As a result, the data centre has achieved first year savings of £650,000 and a 6.7 million KWh drop in power consumption, equating to a 2.9 million kg reduction in CO2 emissions.

Articles Countdown to 2050 - The Climate Change Challenge by Ian Brooks

13 Jul 2010

Universal momentum

It has been almost universally acknowledged that the risk to our planet from the effects of greenhouse gases is a real and present one. The scientific evidence is overwhelming and it demands an urgent global response.

Videos Economizers Webcast Q&A

13 Jul 2010

Integrating economizers into data center cooling architectures can be an effective approach to improving efficiency. However, designs need to consider humidity, contamination, system reliability, and controls to ensure that data center availability is not compromised. Watch this video Q&A with Ron Spangler, senior product manager for the Liebert Precision Cooling business of Emerson Network Power for Q&A from a Business Innovators Series webcast on the costs, benefits and best practices associated with implementing air-side and water-side economizers in specific climates

News NightWatchman Server Edition 2.0 Targets Waste in Physical and Virtual Server Environments

12 Jul 2010

Version Two of 1E’s Innovative Solution Combats Server Sprawl by Measuring and Reporting Server Efficiency, Maximizing the Value of Existing Servers

1E, a software and services company that improves IT efficiency by identifying and reducing costs and waste in hardware, software, energy and time, today announced its release of NightWatchman® Server Edition 2.0. 1E was recently selected by Microsoft as ISV/Software Solutions Innovation Partner of the Year for NightWatchman Server Edition, which also received the “Minister of Energy” award at the 2010 Green IT Awards.

News Colt launches innovative approach to Data Centres

12 Jul 2010

Colt delivers high quality, large-scale Modular Data Centre halls within 4 months.

Colt, a leading provider of business communications and IT managed services, today announced the launch of the Colt Modular Data Centre, a radical new approach to data centres which redefines the method of construction and delivery of large data centre halls.

Videos Colt Modular Data Centre

12 Jul 2010

Description of the new Colt Modular Data Centre product (Modular Data Hall) - how it is built & delivered in 4 months.

News AEG Power Solutions Appoints Mayflex to champion UPS Channel Sales

12 Jul 2010

AEG Power Solutions has announced the appointment of Mayflex UK Ltd. as distribution partner for its growing range of technology leading, energy efficient back-up power and UPS solutions. Mayflex is a well-known distributor of cabling infrastructure, networking and physical security products with operations in the UK and EMEA. Commenting upon the agreement, Stuart Priest, UK Channel Manager for AEG Power Solutions said, “Mayflex is an ideal fit for AEG Power Solutions channel strategy. As a dynamic and growth oriented organisation, Mayflex combines UPS knowledge with the opportunity to add-value through mass-cabling solutions.”

Articles Increasing IT Efficiency in a Dynamic Datacenter with a Virtualized Storage Solution

12 Jul 2010

End to End Efficiency Delivered by Microsoft Server Virtualization and Compellent Storage Virtualization

Datacenter efficiency is a large concern for Information Technology (IT) management as demands for services continue to increase while budgets continue to be reduced. Supporting growth and maintaining availability per the service level agreements while mitigating the risks to critical data, systems, applications, and the computing infrastructure in the event of a system outage or a complete disaster presents an ongoing challenge from both a technological and a business perspective. Organizations must consistently find solutions that not only meet application and data requirements for capacity, performance, and availability, but also have proven return on investment and cost reduction capabilities.

News Carbon Trust halves data centre emissions, by design

12 Jul 2010

Low carbon design of Lockerbie ‘Data Fortress’ paves way for new Carbon Trust Design Service

The rise in carbon emissions threatened by the projected exponential growth of data centres could be halved in the UK, thanks to a new design service launched by the Carbon Trust today.

News Driving green networking

09 Jul 2010

ADVA Optical Networking has been selected to participate in a research project focused on the development of a new generation of photonic components that will reduce power consumption and reduce costs. Named "Colorless and Coolerless Components for Low-Power Optical Networks" (C-3PO), the grant-based project is focused on increasing communications network capacity for the next generation of optical-networking applications.

News Taiyo Life Insurance reduces carbon footprint

06 Jul 2010

Fujitsu Limited, Taiyo Life Insurance Co., and T&D Information System Inc. have collaborated to upgrade and enhance the platform servers installed at 146 of Taiyo Life's branch offices supporting their core business across Japan. Through using its newest ICT virtualization technology, Fujitsu has successfully helped Taiyo Life to cut its annual CO2 emissions by roughly 150 tons, and reducing costs by approximately 500 million yen.

News On-campus private cloud for JAIST

06 Jul 2010

Service launched for 1,500 students, faculty, and administrators with goal of 90% server capacity utilization.

Articles Controlling Datacenter Costs With Virtualization

06 Jul 2010

Switch on a server and you've just doubled its cost. According to Gartner, between 2007 and 2012, most U.S. enterprise datacenters will spend as much on power and cooling as on the hardware itself. Couple this with increasing infrastructure demands needed to handle the petabytes of data flowing through organizations as well as increasing energy costs, and Gartner also predicts that energy costs for IT could double by 2012.

Videos Sentry Power Manager (SPM) Overview with Marc Eisenberg

06 Jul 2010

Marc Eisenberg from discusses the capabilities of the Sentry Power Manager.

News Sentrum warns UK businesses not to ignore space for power

06 Jul 2010

Sentrum has released new research findings which show that space and power issues currently top the data centre agenda. Despite these being the key business concerns that are continuing to drive companies to outsource data centre requirements, Sentrum warns that the over emphasis on power in particular could limits future business agility and growth in this sector - and that space, in fact, should become the priority consideration.

News September Roadmap seminar

05 Jul 2010

No-cost, one-day seminar in Interxion’s AMS 5 Amsterdam data centre; Practical focus on mapping out and testing medium-term energy efficiency strategies.

Videos Citrix and Intel's latest Xeon Processors

05 Jul 2010

Watch how Intel and Citrix work together to ensure that Citrix runs optimally when run on Intel's Xeon processors.

Videos Hitachi Cloud Services: Instant IT from Hitachi Data Systems

05 Jul 2010

Adopt cloud at your own pace! More data is being created than ever before and unstructured data is the predominant data structure that needs to be managed in new and more intelligent ways. Hitachi Cloud Services offer delivery models that provide instant IT. It services on demand enable organizations to gain advantage in their marketplace -- scaling without additional capital expense.

News Green data centre model for Malaysia

02 Jul 2010

Cisco is working toward a green data center with Teliti Datacenters (Teliti), a locally owned systems integrator, in Malaysia. Under this collaboration, Cisco will share data center best practices and work with Teliti as it develops a business model for data center management and a governance structure that enables Teliti to achieve world-class standards for data centre infrastructure technology in Malaysia.

News Emerson partners with Panduit

01 Jul 2010

Emerson Network Power is partnering with Panduit to meet the rising demand for effective enterprise system integration and risk management in the data center.

Videos Andrew Butler highlights Gartner Data Center & IT Operations Summit 2010

01 Jul 2010

As a Data Center professional you are expected to "do more with less" and be a key enabler towards business growth and manage business change. Find the nuggets of fresh learning and knowledge that will show the business why they should count on you and how you can help the business look beyond the cost discussion to new opportunities for growth.

Videos Customer Interview with David Shroyer of NetApp

30 Jun 2010

David Shroyer, Senior Controls Engineer at NetApp discusses how NetApp uses the Cisco Network Building Mediator Manager.

News Data Centre Expo & Green Data Center Alliance

25 Jun 2010

The Green Data Center Alliance and Data Centre Expo have reached an agreement to promote power saving initiatives in the data center.

News Server Technology Launches the Next Version of Sentry Power Manager with New Streamlined Operating System, Interoperability and Improved Security

24 Jun 2010

Sentry Power Manager (SPM) Patch 4.2 Upgrades Reporting Capabilities on Power Consumption, Temperature and Humidity

Server Technology, Inc has introduced the latest version of the Sentry Power Manager (SPM) software, version 4.2.

Videos Case study: the Greater London Authority (GLA) and Computacenter

22 Jun 2010

Find out how an IT energy audit will help the Greater London Authority (GLA) reduce power consumption and costs.

Videos Optimizing Data Center Performance with Chilled Water Precision Cooling

14 Jun 2010

As data center and IT managers continue to show preference for products that aide in data center energy reduction, Emerson Network Power has introduced a technologically-enhanced, chilled water-based computer room air conditioning unit (CRAC) that offers greater energy savings to large data centers. The Liebert CW chilled water-based precision cooling system is specifically designed to handle the high heat loads generated by computers and other electronic equipment, using an existing building chiller as a source of chilled water cooling.

Videos The International Customer Lounge

10 Jun 2010

Discover Schneider Electric's showroom: the International Customer Lounge (ICL)
The International Customer Lounge (ICL) is the showroom for Schneider Electric's headquarters, known as the Hive. This site is located at Rueil-Malmaison in France, near Paris.

News 100 per cent renewable claim by NGD

10 Jun 2010

Following a ground-breaking long-term supply agreement NGD Europe, one of the world's largest data centres, has become the first in Europe to purchase renewable energy for 100 per cent of its power usage.

News New Datacenter Solutions From Dell Deliver Efficiency And Performance Without Compromise

10 Jun 2010

Customers in the ‘Virtual Era’ demand IT solutions that drive efficiency, rapidly deliver business value and drive innovation without locking organizations into proprietary technology. Harnessing more than 25 years of expertise in meeting customers’ requirements, Dell today unveiled new technology, services, management tools and business ready solutions that preserve choice and help customers reduce the time required to build, manage and maintain an efficient datacenter.

News Better control and reduced energy consumption

09 Jun 2010

nlyte Software has unveiled nlyte 5.3, the next progression of its award-winning data centre performance management suite.

Videos The Executive Perspective: Transformer UPS and Transformerless UPS

08 Jun 2010

Peter Panfil, vice president and general manager for the Liebert AC Power business of Emerson Network Power, discusses the pros and cons of transformer-based UPS topologies compared to transformerless designs.

News Cleantech veteran, Marco DeMiroz, joins Racktivity as President & CEO

04 Jun 2010

Marco DeMiroz, an experienced technology and energy industry executive, and cleantech investor, will join Racktivity as president and Chief Executive Officer, based in Silicon Valley, California. DeMiroz will also join the Company’s board of directors. DeMiroz leaves Soliant Energy, where he had served as Chief Operating Officer and was also previously interim Chief Executive Officer.

News A Modular, Scalable, Data Centre with a PUE of 1.13

03 Jun 2010

A statement like that is surely worthy of a spot in the next episode of Ripley's Believe It or Not.

Last week I was treated to a revolutionary facility tour. The invitation to see this new facility was nearly ignored, thinking it would be yet another container tour. The PR gambit sent through was a bit vague and in truth, as the old adage goes, if it sounds too good to be true...you know the rest!

Videos The BladeRoom System

03 Jun 2010

Last week I toured this facility before it was broken up and transported to its new resting space with a well reputed hosting provider and re-assembled over the recent Bank holiday weekend.

Read the associated article here. Or view the linked videos on BladeRoom's Cooling System, BladeRoom's Monitoring, BladeRoom's Scalabilty, BladeRoom's Maintenance, BladeRoom's Resilience, BladeRoom's Energy Efficiency andBladeRoom's Plug & Play.

Videos BladeRoom Cooling System

03 Jun 2010

This is a short clip on the innovative BladeRoom cooling system.

Read the associated article here. Or view the linked videos on the BladeRoom System, BladeRoom's Monitoring, BladeRoom's Resilience, BladeRoom's Maintenance, BladeRoom's Energy Efficiency, BladeRoom's Plug & Play and BladeRoom's Scalability.

Videos BladeRoom Monitoring

03 Jun 2010

Watch this clip to learn about BladeRoom's remote monitoring systems.

Read the associated article here. Or view the linked videos on BladeRoom's Cooling System, BladeRoom's Plug & Play, The BladeRoom System, BladeRoom's Maintenance, BladeRoom's Resilience, BladeRoom's Energy Efficiency andBladeRoom's Scalability.

Videos BladeRoom's Resilience

03 Jun 2010

A demonstration on BladeRoom's Resilience

Read the associated article here. Or view the linked videos on BladeRoom's Cooling System, BladeRoom's Monitoring, The BladeRoom System, BladeRoom's Maintenance, BladeRoom's Plug & Play, BladeRoom's Energy Efficiency andBladeRoom's Scalability.

Videos BladeRoom's Maintenance

03 Jun 2010

A demonstration on BladeRoom's Maintenance

Read the associated article here. Or view the linked videos on BladeRoom's Cooling System, BladeRoom's Monitoring, The BladeRoom System, BladeRoom's Plug & Play, BladeRoom's Resilience, BladeRoom's Energy Efficiency andBladeRoom's Scalability.

Videos BladeRoom's Energy Efficiency

03 Jun 2010

A demonstration on BladeRoom's Energy Efficiency

Read the associated article here. Or view the linked videos on BladeRoom's Cooling System, BladeRoom's Monitoring, The BladeRoom System, BladeRoom's Maintenance, BladeRoom's Resilience, BladeRoom's Plug & Play andBladeRoom's Scalability.

Videos BladeRoom Plug & Play

03 Jun 2010

A demonstration on BladeRoom's Plug & Play capability.

Read the associated article here. Or view the linked videos on BladeRoom's Cooling System, BladeRoom's Monitoring, The BladeRoom System, BladeRoom's Maintenance, BladeRoom's Resilience, BladeRoom's Energy Efficiency and BladeRoom's Scalability.

Videos BladeRoom's Scalability

03 Jun 2010

A demonstration on BladeRoom's Scalability.

Read the associated article here. Or view the linked videos on BladeRoom's Cooling System, BladeRoom's Monitoring, The BladeRoom System, BladeRoom's Maintenance, BladeRoom's Resilience, BladeRoom's Energy Efficiency and BladeRoom's Plug & Play.

Videos Changing The Rules of Networking

02 Jun 2010

HP's acquisition of 3Com creates a robust set of end-to-end networking solutions that deliver better business outcomes to a full spectrum of customers, from Fortune 100 enterprises to SMB

Videos Micro-Modular Data Centre

02 Jun 2010

The R.A.S.E.R. is 42U, vendor neutral, enclosure that can completely replace the building shell portion of a standard data center. The unit can provide the equivalent of up to 130 square feet of high-density, fireproof floor space with 42,000 BTU of closed loop cooling applied directly to the equipment. Equipped with industry standard 19" racks, the R.A.S.E.R. can accommodate the worlds most high-tech equipment including powerful blade servers for a true Tier IV data center.

News Micro-modular partnership

01 Jun 2010

Elliptical Mobile Solutions (EMS), the global leaders in Micro-Modular Data Centres, has formed a strategic distribution partnership with Hammer, the number one European distributor dedicated solely to storage.

News IBM and Force10 extend agreement

26 May 2010

IBM certifies ExaScale to interoperate with its 'x iDataPlex' clustering solutions for dynamic data centre environments.

News DCPM suite drives green data centre programme

26 May 2010

nlyte to help ACS maximise data centre efficiency and performance while driving down carbon emissions and energy consumption.

Articles Data Centre Projects: System Planning

25 May 2010

System Planning is the Achilles' heel of a data centre physical infrastructure project. Planning mistakes can magnify and propagate through later deployment phases, resulting in delays, cost overruns, wasted time and ultimately a compromised system.

News Server Technology and Modius Announce Alliance to Lower Data Center Operational Costs

25 May 2010

Server Technology announces participation in Modius Technical Alliance Program, furthering integration capabilities within the power ecosystem of data center management tools

Server Technology has announced a comprehensive integration of Sentry Power Manager (SPM), Sentry Smart and Switched Power Distribution Units (PDUs) with Modius OpenData®, the comprehensive management software solution for centralized data center monitoring and analysis.

Blog Technical scribblings RE Harmonizing Global Metrics for Data Center Energy Efficiency

24 May 2010

John Stanley form NPlusOneIT wrties:

A couple of weeks ago, several industry and government groups from the US, Europe, and Japan announced that they had come to some basic agreements on “the guiding principles of data center energy efficiency metrics.” There are some very encouraging technical aspects to what was decided, which I’ll describe in this post.

News Oracle Launches Sun Netra 6000

21 May 2010

Expanding the industry’s most comprehensive family of carrier-grade servers, Oracle has introduced the Sun Netra 6000 for the communications industry.

News Active Power Receives More than $8 Million Order

19 May 2010

Active Power, manufacturer of critical backup power systems and continuous power solutions, received an order for more than $8 million for containerized infrastructure solutions from one of its strategic IT partners. The order represents the largest single order in Active Power’s history.

Videos What does Transparency, Effieciency and Networks mean to you?

18 May 2010

SunGard poses the question to Claudia Feldmann from Commerzbank AG at SunGard's City Days Frankfurt.

News Raritan Wins Green Enterprise IT Award from the Uptime Institute

18 May 2010

Presented 'Outstanding IT Product' Award for Data Center Energy Efficiency Solution

Raritan today announced it was selected as a winner of the prestigious 2010 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Awards presented by the Uptime Institute. The GEITAwards showcase organizations that are pioneering energy-efficiency improvements in their IT and data center operations, or that provide technology that can significantly reduce energy consumption.

News Server sales put pressure on power, cooling and space

14 May 2010

A significant increase in server sales during the next two years will lead to a further acceleration of data center power, cooling and space problems, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner said that users need to quantify the effects of new deployments and take action without delay.

Videos Where DCS came from and Where its going

13 May 2010

Dell's DCS marketing director Andy Rhodes talks about how and why the Data Center Solutions group was formed, who it has traditionally served and how its expanding its customer base.

Articles Virtualization: Optimized Power and Cooling to Maximize Benefits

11 May 2010

Data centers are routinely and unknowingly missing a great portion of their entitlement from virtualization. Beyond virtualization’s undisputed IT benefits – from reduced rack footprint to disaster recovery – is the parallel story of a substantial benefit from optimizing the physical infrastructure that supports it. In particular, row-based cooling, correctly sized power and cooling, and real-time capacity management are essential elements in realizing virtualization’s full potential in cost reduction, efficiency, and reliability.

News Green IT Awards Go to Raritan's Intelligent Power Management Solutions

11 May 2010

Raritan has won the 2010 Green IT Award in the ‘Hardware Product of the Year’ category for its Dominion® PX intelligent power distribution unit (PDU), which helps data centers measure power usage accurately. In addition, the company's Power IQ™ energy management software received a runner-up award in the 'Minister of Energy' category.

Articles Best Practices in Power Management: From Desktop to Data Center

06 May 2010

Power management techniques for reducing IT energy consumption can provide significant opportunities for operational cost savings and other business value. A comprehensive solution, however, must include a variety of approaches to ensure maximum energy reduction effectiveness both on the desktop and in the data center.

News SunGard Achieves Green IT Savings

29 Apr 2010

As part of a green IT initiative to improve the energy efficiency of its data centers, SunGard’s financial systems business is on track to achieve more than $5 million in savings over the next five years. The project, which kicked off in 2009, virtualizes the servers in the twenty-five North America data centers operated by SunGard Financial Systems.

Articles 10 Reasons to Migrate: Avocent Power Distribution Units

27 Apr 2010

If you struggle with meeting the service level demands of your business and are fi nding it to be more challenging than ever to make IT a more strategic, business relevant function, you have most likely outgrown your current data center infrastructure system.

News nlyte Software wins 'One to Watch Product' at annual UK Green IT Awards

26 Apr 2010

Data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) software provider recognised for commitment to sustainable IT initiatives

News Hi-tech spending to increase

23 Apr 2010

Marketing spending among high-tech and telecom providers (HTTPs) is picking up in 2010, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. The survey found that 44 per cent of 2010 HTTP marketing budgets will be flat compared with 2009, 41 per cent will increase and only 15 per cent are likely to decrease. This compares favorably to 2009 when more than half of providers' marketing organisations took cuts in their budgets compared to 2008.

News DataCentre Expo set for Dusseldorf

16 Apr 2010

Europe’s first fully dedicated, expo led data centre event will take place in Düsseldorf, 16^th – 17^th Sept 2010.

Videos Maximizing Efficiency and Infrastructure at Lowest Cost

16 Apr 2010

Hot spots and zones are flarring up in IT spaces, as datacentre and network managers virtualise servers and implement blades and commuinication technologies such as power over ethernet. Introducing Smart Aisle by Emerson Network Power

News Slow server growth expected

15 Apr 2010

According to IDC's EMEA Quarterly Server Forecast, customer server revenue will pick up slightly in 2010 as the market recovers from the recession in 2009. IDC expects a modest increase of 2.4%, set against the weakest server figures recorded by IDC in 2009.

News Achieving the Gold standard

15 Apr 2010

Emerson’s state-of-the-art, energy-efficient Global Data Center in St. Louis has earned two high-profile industry recognitions for environmental responsibility: LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council and a 2009 Beyond Green High-Performance Building Award from the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council.

News Environmental best practice recognised by EU

13 Apr 2010

First to be awarded ‘Corporate Status’ by European Commission; European data centre portfolio has applied the Code’s guidelines.

News Gartner says worldwide IT spending to grow 5.3 per cent in 2010

12 Apr 2010

Worldwide IT spending is forecast to reach $3.4 trillion in 2010, a 5.3 per cent increase from IT spending of $3.2 trillion in 2009, according to Gartner, Inc. The IT industry will continue to show steady growth with IT spending in 2011 projected to surpass $3.5 trillion, a 4.2 per cent increase from 2010.

Articles Managing IT in tough economic conditions

09 Apr 2010

We are all feeling the effects of the economic situation facing the world markets today, and IT is no exception. In past economic downturns, those companies that focused on cost containment and process improvement emerged in a stronger position. During the current financial implosion, businesses must look at their expenses and determine where they should spend and where they should cut in order to ride out the storm.

News Energy efficiency agreement

09 Apr 2010

Hitachi Europe (Hitachi),and GREEN DATA SYSTEMS (GDS) have agreed to enter into a strategic partnership for the collaboration and deployment of highly energy efficient data centres.

Videos Diane Morello discusses the Gartner CIO Leadership Forum in London April 27-28 2010

08 Apr 2010

Diane Morello discusses the Gartner CIO Leadership Forum in London April 27-28 2010. For more information, see our events page.

News Green Grid collaborates on energy efficiency metrics agreement

06 Apr 2010

Organisations worldwide agree on global harmonisation of data centre energy efficiency metrics.

Videos New Paris data centre tour - Telcity Group

06 Apr 2010

Telecity's third data centre in Paris, France, Condorcet, has recently opened and offers 3,400m2 of customer space and 6.4 megawatts (MW) of customer power.

Articles Centralized Management Software: Best Practices to Control Your Data Center

01 Apr 2010

How to achieve secure access to any server or network device from a single interface.

Articles The business imperative to gain data centre insight

01 Apr 2010

To manage costs, capacity and operations, today’s dynamic data centers require new tools to understand assets and how they’re used in order to deliver consistent, reliable and fast service to the business.

News Powering network infrastructure

31 Mar 2010

New Indonesian office building deploys Force10 Ethernet switch/router solutions to deliver network services to tenants.

News HP launches new generation of ProLiant servers

30 Mar 2010

HP ProLiant G7 servers with AMD Opteron 6100 Series processors deliver more value, rapid return on investment.

News SGI offers immediate availability of AMD Opteron 6000 series platforms in SGI server lines

30 Mar 2010

SGI has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting AMD Opteron series platform choices, including the AMD Opteron 6000 series, across all SGI scale-out server platforms. SGI server solutions will tackle mission critical server and workstation application workloads with increased performance and energy efficiency.

News Baulderstone slashes IT infrastructure costs

26 Mar 2010

Building and engineering giant cuts WAN bandwidth usage in half and cuts data replication times; expected ROI in 14 months.

News Shutting down computers at night saves Ford more than one million dollars

26 Mar 2010

Ford estimates it will save $1.2 million and reduce its carbon footprint by 16,000-25,000 metric tons annually.

Articles Allocating data centre energy cost and carbon to IT users

24 Mar 2010

Are complicated software and instrumentation needed to measure and allocate energy costs and carbon to IT users? Or can we get by with simple, low cost methods for energy cost and carbon allocation? How precise do we need to be?

Articles Guidance for calculation of efficiency (PUE) in real data centres

24 Mar 2010

Before data centre infrastructure efficiency can be benchmarked using PUE or other metrics, there must be agreement on exactly what power consumptions constitute IT loads, what consumptions constitute physical infrastructure and what loads should not be counted.

Articles Electrical efficiency measurement for data centres

24 Mar 2010

Data centre electrical efficiency is rarely planned or managed. The unfortunate result is that most data centres waste substantial amounts of electricity.

Articles The advantages of row and rack-oriented cooling architectures for data centres

24 Mar 2010

Room cooling is an ineffective approach for next-generation data centers.

Articles An improved architecture for high-efficiency, high-density data centres

24 Mar 2010

Data centre power and cooling infrastructure worldwide wastes more than 60,000,000 megawatt-hours per year of electricity that does no useful work powering IT equipment.

News The Green Grid creates Utility Task Force

18 Mar 2010

The Green Grid has formed the Utility Task Force and encourage members to participate in this important new group.

News HP ProLiant G6 servers with new Intel Xeon processor 5600 series

17 Mar 2010

HP is expanding the ProLiant G6 portfolio with 16 servers based on the new Intel Xeon Processor 5600 series.

News SGI announces 5600 series availability

17 Mar 2010

SGI refreshes entire scale-out product line; increases performance, density and power efficiency by up to 60 percent.

Blog thedatachain of thought

11 Mar 2010

The 'soft' launch of thedatachain continues to go well - with several key content partners on board, and more in the pipeline. Our intention is to use video as the primary delivery mechanism - short, sharp, incisive comment from vendors, analysts and end users as we visit the many data centre, virtualisation and cloud events out there. This content is backed up by vendors own video content, plus the site's strong news focus, articles and, over time, a valuable information source on buzz topics.

News Data centres remain a corporate priority

11 Mar 2010

Research commissioned by Digital Realty Trust shows that in 2010, companies will increase their data centre floor space and expand into new locations as the European economy stabilises.

Videos Aperture Integrated Resource Manager

11 Mar 2010

Discover Aperture Integrated Resource Manager, the first data center performance optimization solution for extending the life of existing infrastructure resources and improving overall efficiency in the data center.

Videos SuperCaps from AEG PowerSolutions

11 Mar 2010

Luca Buscherini, AC Product Line Manager, AEG Power Solutions speaking about AEG Protect UPS with SuperCaps at CeBIT 2010.

News CIOs still not implementing optimum data centre management practices

10 Mar 2010

Despite the recession, large European organizations still expect their spending on staff working on datacenter management to grow by 10% over the next year, approximately nine-times the expected growth in IT spending in 2010, according to IDC.

News Security, power and price drive UK market

09 Mar 2010

83 per cent of respondents regard data centre expansion business critical or important to businesses development.

News Tracking power consumption

09 Mar 2010

Sentilla has introduced Sentilla Energy Manager Version 3.0.

News SNIA Europe endorses EU Data Centre Code

09 Mar 2010

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Europe is endorsing the EU Code of Conduct on Data Centre Energy Efficiency.

News Modius and RF Code form data centre efficiency partnership

02 Mar 2010

Modius and RF Code have integrated RF Code’s wire-free environmental sensor-based monitoring solution into the Modius OpenData platform. Available now, the integrated solution is the first initiative stemming from the partnership between the two companies.

News SSD read and write acceleration ‘first’

02 Mar 2010

New FalconStor NSS SAN Accelerator doubles overall SAN performance at a fraction of the cost of conventional disk storage solutions.

Videos Active Power

02 Mar 2010

Active Power - Powerhouse, Continuous Power System

News New organisation to coordinate European scientific computing grids

01 Mar 2010

A new organisation that will support the sustainable future development of leading-edge, collaborative scientific computing has been established following the signing of legal documents in Amsterdam.

Videos Night Watchman from 1E

01 Mar 2010

Save energy, costs & the environment with NightWatchman from 1E

News Siemon launches VersaPOD ‘high-density’ cabinet

26 Feb 2010

Siemon has launched VersaPOD VP2, an extended-depth version of the super high density data centre cabinet that combines ZERO-U vertical patching capability with additional cable management space for switch, server, SAN and distribution area configurations.

News Expanded PIPE platform

22 Feb 2010

Options IT, a leading provider of high-performance technology Infrastructure-as-a-Service for the buyside and sellside, has expanded its global Options PIPE platform to Interxion’s City of London Financial Hub.

News Woking is third data centre

22 Feb 2010

Telstra International has opened its new state-of-the-art London Hosting Centre – Woking, the company’s third UK data centre.

News Scale-out storage from IBM

22 Feb 2010

IBM has introduced a new scale-out storage system that creates a virtual storage environment of all data across servers and storage systems, providing access to billions of files, no matter where they reside.

News NAS gives broadcaster a bright future

22 Feb 2010

Boxer delivers successful implementation of Isilon Scale-out NAS bringing 30,000 tapes into file based content workflow to reduce wasted workflow tasks by 30% at the worlds largest broadcaster of travel themed editorial.

News Dell’Oro Group forecasts data centre products to drive future Ethernet Switch market growth

22 Feb 2010

Widespread substitution of 1000 Mbps to 10 Gigabit Ethernet for server connectivity expected.

News Sentrum expands services portfolio and announces Sentrum 6

22 Feb 2010

Sentrum (www.sentrum.com), specialists in the design, build and management of bespoke data centre solutions, today announced the expansion of its data centre services with the launch of its new brand, Sentrum Solutions. Focusing on colocation and disaster recovery business needs, Sentrum Solutions brings with it all the benefits of a large corporate data centre, to clients with smaller requirements.

News TelecityGroup plc announces £200m 5-year senior debt facility

16 Feb 2010

TelecityGroup plc (“TelecityGroup”), Europe’s industry leading provider of premium network independent data centres, announces today that it has entered into a 5 year £200m senior debt facility, which expands and replaces existing funding arrangements.

News Savvis Expands Chicago Data Center 

16 Feb 2010

Electronic Trading, Thomson Reuters Collaboration and Hosting Demand Fueling Growth.

News Equinix Reports Fourth Quarter And Year End 2009 Results

16 Feb 2010

Reported 2009 annual revenues of $882.5 million, a 25% increase over the previous year; Reported 2009 annual adjusted EBITDA of $408.6 million, a 40% increase over the previous year; Announced 2010 annual revenue guidance of $1,050.0 million to $1,075.0 million; Announced 2010 adjusted EBITDA guidance of $460.0 million to $480.0 million.

News Equinix opens new data centers in Frankfurt and Dusseldorf

16 Feb 2010

Equinix has opened new International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers in Frankfurt and Dusseldorf, together with plans to expand its existing Frankfurt-2 (FR2) center. The announcements come as Equinix continues its measured global development plan.

News Interxion Awarded New AMS-IX Data Centre Certificate

16 Feb 2010

Interxion says it is the first data centre colocation provider to be awarded the new Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) data centre certificate. The certificate was awarded to Interxion’s recently completed 4,500 m2 AMS 5 data centre in Amsterdam, following an audit of the facility’s standards for technical implementation, operational resilience and business continuity management.

News Interxion and euNetworks partner

16 Feb 2010

Turnkey low-latency colocation and connectivity for European trading.

News BT and Logica move in ahead of schedule

16 Feb 2010

One of world's largest data centres sets the pace for data hall build out.

News New report suggests better critical facility planning needed for improved business continuity

16 Feb 2010

A critical facility, such as a data center, is arguably the most crucial resource within an organization, according to CB Richard Ellis’ (CBRE) latest report, “Evaluating Your Critical Facilities.” The white paper highlights that increased focus and planning around design, construction and management of data centers is critical to corporate success given the relentless demand for data storage, electronic communications and global economic connectivity.

News Customers Adopt Cisco Data Center 3.0 Architecture to Optimize Performance, Improve Business Agility and Cut Costs

16 Feb 2010

Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Salem Hospital, ExamWorks and University of Sydney Engage in Advanced Cisco Data Center Deployments.

News Optus and Alphawest help Curtin University of Technology get ready for cloud

16 Feb 2010

Curtin University of Technology (Curtin) is the first pilot customer to sign up to a beta cloud-based service from Optus Business. The beta service – which utilises technology from Cisco, EMC and VMware – will provide Curtin with on demand access to a fully virtualised private data centre via the Optus Evolve IP network.

News CRC verses CCA

16 Feb 2010

Would it be out of the frying pan and into the fire?

News Gartner Identifies Seven Major Guidelines to BPM Project Success

16 Feb 2010

Analysts Share Best Practices for BPM Success at Gartner Business Process Management Summit 2010, 1-2 March in London and 22-24 March in Las Vegas.

News Demand for Storage Efficiency Drives Deduplication Adoption, IDC Says

16 Feb 2010

Increasing demand by IT buyers for greater storage efficiencies will drive adoption of deduplication solutions over the next 12 months. According to new survey results from IDC, over 60% of respondents are either in the process of deduplicating or have plans to deduplicate their primary, backup, or archive data in the coming year. Respondents had to be investigating, evaluating, or using some form of deduplication to be included in the survey.

News New IBM Data Center in North Carolina Engineered to Support Cloud Computing

16 Feb 2010

Data Center Reduces Cost, Complexity, Speeds Delivery of Information Technology Services Using 50% Less Energy.

News Brocade Enables Advanced Network Capabilities for 80,000 Students at University of São Paulo in Brazil

16 Feb 2010

Largest higher education institution in Brazil uses NetIron MLX routers and wireless LAN solutions as networking foundation.

News Customers win as Dell’s solutions now span from smallest to largest enterprises

16 Feb 2010

IT administrators in midsized organizations are under constant pressure to do more with less – to ensure security and compliance, to improve the accuracy of IT inventory and to speed help desk responsiveness. That’s why Dell is expanding its systems management offerings with innovative solutions that give these customers simple to use and comprehensive control of their daily operations.

News Sustainable solutions

16 Feb 2010

With its new-generation of high performance, eco-efficient Escala servers, Bull affirms its commitment to sustainable development.

News Bull Group company Agarik delivers an innovative new solution for cloud computing

15 Feb 2010

At Microsoft Tech Days, Agarik announces Cloud Maker, its high-performance, an enterprise cloud solution services offering.

News Symantec Helps Payment Systems Group, Inc. Reduce IT Security Costs

15 Feb 2010

Online payment processor replaces multiple endpoint security products with Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition.

News Weta Digital and NetApp Bring Avatar to Life

15 Feb 2010

NetApp helps reduce Weta's data management overhead by 95% and increase storage price-to-performance ratio by 40%.

Articles ServerTech - Corporate Fact Sheet

15 Feb 2010

Server Technology, Inc.® provides a comprehensive line of cabinet power distribution products for enterprise data centers, co-location facilities, and remote equipment sites. Products include both AC and DC power distribution units with local and remote current monitoring, remote monitoring, and power control capabilities as well as a line of fail-safe transfer switches designed to provide single cord devices with fail-safe, redundant power.

News New release of Raritan's Power IQ Energy Management Software

15 Feb 2010

To improve operational and energy efficiency in data centers, Raritan has added systems integration capabilities to its Power IQ data center energy management software and support for more data center equipment. Power IQ helps companies track and analyze energy usage down to the individual IT device level and implement energy-saving actions from a central power console

News SNIA Opens New Colorado Springs Technology Center

15 Feb 2010

Technology Center Operates as the Global Hub for Industry–wide Standards Development, Interoperability Testing and IT Professional Training.

News Budget cuts vs. quality of service: biggest IT challenge for 2010

15 Feb 2010

NetApp survey shows asset utilisation is top priority for IT professionals.

News Carrenza Powers Mission Critical System on the Cloud for Sport Relief 2010

15 Feb 2010

Technology partner ensures scalability and uptime of charity’s donations platform and websites.

News DRT reports leasing activity

15 Feb 2010

Lease signings for 2009 represent approximately $472 million in contract value.

News ARM accelerates data replication with new Isilon IQ 10000X-SSD

15 Feb 2010

Leader in microprocessor design deploys Isilon Scale-out NAS with Solid State Drives to reduce replication of millions of files from 17 hours to two hours.

News Cisco, NetApp and VMware Collaborate to Deliver New Capabilities for the Dynamic Data Center

12 Feb 2010

New Secure Multi-tenancy Design Architecture Enhances Security When Sharing Data Center Resources Across Virtualized and Enterprise Cloud Environments.

News Cisco Unveils the Cisco ASR 5000

12 Feb 2010

End-to-end IP NGN Architecture Supercharges the Mobile Internet for Service Providers.

News PEER 1 Hosting's Newest and Largest Data Centre is Open for Business in Canada

12 Feb 2010

New Toronto location offers state-of-the-art facilities to benefit small- and mid-sized businesses.

News Saas and Cloud drive data centre use

12 Feb 2010

IT professionals yet to see the real data impact of governance, according to Telehouse survey.

News TelecityGroup opens new state-of-the-art data centre in Paris

12 Feb 2010

Facility provides 6.4 megawatts of customer power to meet ongoing demand. Data centre designed to maximise energy efficiency. Waste energy used to heat Climate Change Arboretum for scientific research.

News World’s largest internet hub AMS-IX doubles its connection capacity at TelecityGroup

12 Feb 2010

AMS-IX Internet traffic to reach 1200 Gbps (or 1.2 Tbps) at TelecityGroup data centre.

News Linode expands into Europe with TelecityGroup

12 Feb 2010

Leading cloud services provider selects state-of-the-art Powergate facility to provide high-density environment for flagship European operation.

News Savvis Reports Improvement in Revenue for 2009 

12 Feb 2010

Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Adjusted EBITDA* Up 7% Quarterly and 19% Annually.

News Lightower Expanding Services to Equinix New York Data Center

12 Feb 2010

Network Expansion Adds More Lit Capacity and Dark Fiber.

News ADACOR Establishes Suzuki After-Sales-Solution at Interxion

12 Feb 2010

ADACOR Hosting GmbH has installed a new online after-sales support system for Suzuki International Europe GmbH in one of Interxion’s highly secure data centres in Frankfurt.

News IDC Leads Consortium Awarded Contract to Help Develop Supercomputing Strategy for the European Union

08 Feb 2010

IDC, working with supercomputing experts from Teratec, France, Daresbury Laboratory, UK, Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Germany, and Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, has been awarded a contract by the European Commission to develop a strategic agenda for high performance computing (HPC) in Europe.

News Brocade Powers ULCC’s New State-of-the-Art Data Centre

08 Feb 2010

Over £1 million Spent on IT Equipment to Support the Shift, with Only One Hour Downtime as Systems Are Relocated.

News U.S. Air Force Selects IBM to Design and Demonstrate Mission-Oriented Cloud Architecture for Cyber Security

08 Feb 2010

Cloud model will introduce advanced cyber security and analytics technologies capable of protecting sensitive national data.

News Weathering the Storm

08 Feb 2010

IBM Business Continuity Technologies Bring Peace of Mind to Gulf Coast Regional Bank.

News Fujitsu and Symantec to Expand Global Strategic Partnership

08 Feb 2010

Delivering integrated solutions to better serve customers.

Articles ServerTech - Jewelry Wholesaler in Southwestern USA

25 Jan 2010

A chain of six jewelry wholesale stores across Nevada and Utah had three servers at each store, running that site's point-of-sale, security camera, and business applications. With Raritan's Dominion KX101 for remote administrative access, the chain was able to relocate all its servers to a single site, resulting in fewer on-site troubleshooting trips (across a range of 700 miles), and fewer cabling, HVAC, security and management issues.

Articles Significant Productivity Increase and Enhancement of Service Level Agreements: Publisher DER SPIEGEL

25 Jan 2010

With a weekly print run of over one million and 6.5 million readers, DER SPIEGEL is the leading news magazine in Germany. The highly traditional publishing company also distributes a wide range of print, online and TV products.

Articles UK's Largest Credit Rating Agency: Experian

25 Jan 2010

Experian's £30-million development project, headlined by a new state-of-the-art data center, featured Raritan's Dominion KX KVM-over-IP and Dominion SX Serial Console switches to manage its Wintel and UNIX infrastructure. Raritan's CommandCenter Secure Gateway allowed Experian to centrally control hundreds of devices, with a single sign-on and customized views.

Articles Morgan Keegan: A premier regional investment firm offering full-service investment banking, wealth management and more

25 Jan 2010

With more than 3,200 employees, Investment Firm Morgan Keegan serves the diverse financial needs of individual investors, corporate and institutional clients. The company needed a more responsive way to manage its more than 400 branch offices in the U.S. The IT department wanted a solution that would provide reliable and secure access to branch office servers anytime.

Articles Omnicom Group's Unit 7 Data Center Goes Lean and Green with Raritan's Server and Power Management Solutions

25 Jan 2010

Unit 7, a relationship marketing agency based in New York City, needed to better manage the space and power in its server room. The agency also wanted to move towards energy-saving virtualization and other green computing technologies while continuing to ensure performance and security. Raritan was able to meet these challenges with an impressive array of server and power management solutions.

Articles Duane Morris LLP: A full-service international law firm helping clients address the legal and business challenges of evolving global markets

25 Jan 2010

International law firm Duane Morris required secure, lights-out management capabilities in their data center and branch offices. Raritan responded with multiple IT management products - including our new, intelligent rack PDUs - to give them the information, access and control they needed.

Articles Synetrix enables key public sector initiatives through Telehouse Europe

25 Jan 2010

Synetrix began its partnership with Telehouse Europe in 1998 with a minimal set-up of one server. Since these humble beginnings, Synetrix has grown to become a leading managed services provider and has secured major contracts with numerous central and local government authorities, notable for being the core provider for the London Grid for Learning (LGfL) educational network since 2001. This network comprises of 33 Local Education Authorities, providing services through a high-speed broadband infrastructure, giving 2,582 schools across the capital with over million users a shared online learning platform.

Articles ioko increases connectivity with Telehouse Europe

25 Jan 2010

ioko is a specialist in digital and on-demand media, providing and maintaining digital media technology systems. Since ioko was founded in 1996, the company has grown dramatically. The advent of Web 2.0 has generated consumer and business interest in new web based media technologies such as streamed video, online advertising and online gaming. With businesses evolving to accommodate these developments, the demand for bespoke digital media delivery platforms and hosting facilities increases exponentionally. Recent wins and expanding infrastructure requests from existing customers had resulted in ioko nearing hosting capacity, which in turn prompted the company to review and extend its ten year relationship with Telehouse Europe.

Articles Ultraspeed

25 Jan 2010

In summer 2006 Ultraspeed decided to relocate its equipment to a different colocation facility in the UK, to improve its service offering with better equipped, more secure facilities. As continuity of service is paramount to a hosting provider, Ultraspeed needed to find a colocation provider that could guarantee the high levels of connectivity. In order to identify the best colocation provider, Ultraspeed carried out a stringent assessment of potential facilities, visiting over ten data centres in London.

Articles Catalyst2

25 Jan 2010

In recent years, Catalyst2 has grown from strength to strength resulting in the need for regular expansion of infrastructure, servers and associated network equipment to accommodate new business. With this growth, Catalyst2 recognised the importance of having a "premium" data centre provider in place and prompted an in-depth review in 2006. Executives at Catalyst2 carefully evaluated key requirements and considered every provider in the London metropolitan area.

Videos Data Center Power, Environmental Monitoring and Energy Reporting

25 Jan 2010

Raritan's Power IQ solution measures the power at each outlet and consolidates that information. The Raritan solution turns this data into energy in the form of kilowatt hours and allows you to roll up that information at various levels of hierarchy within your data center so you can report your actual power used at an IT device level, at a rack level, at a row level, at a room level, at a floor level, or a data center level. The system easily allows you to then take that data that you've aggregated up and report on that data in our analytics page. This video shows how to generate those customizable reports. This solution works with APC, Geist, Avocent and many more PDUs.

Videos How to get Alerted when a Server loses Power

25 Jan 2010

JSCS Computer Solutions illustrates how to use Raritan's Dominion PX capability for setting current thresholds to create an alert that will notify you if an outlets senses that power has gone beyond a specified limit.

Videos Raritan Dominion KX II

25 Jan 2010

This video provides a brief overview of Raritan's Power IQ Enterprise Energy Management Software.

Videos Telehouse Corporate Video

25 Jan 2010

Corporate Video with information about Telehouse.

Videos Server Tech Success Story: John Herzog - City of Provo, Utah

25 Jan 2010

John Herzog, an IT Engineer for the City of Provo, Utah, gives a testimony regarding a recent solution he implemented for his data center. Hear about his success, and how Server Technology provided him with the right solution based on his needs.

Solution: C-12H2-C20 Metered CDU

Videos London Data Centre Tour: Powergate - Telecity Group

18 Nov 2009

State of the art colocation: the first to open in central London for several years, Powergate is at the forefront of data centre innovation offering between 4kW-20kW per rack