What will your cloud fabric of the future look like?
What do global organisations like GE, Capital One, Netflix, and LiveNation have in common? Each has taken a pioneering approach to cloud strategy where all applications are or soon will be run and...
View ArticleLocation, location, location: Does it really matter where your data is stored?
According to a recent study conducted by Red Brick Research on behalf of Volta Data Centres, 87 per cent of UK consumers would feel more confident if they knew their data was stored in the UK. The...
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IoT offers ample opportunities, but now we have to be smart
The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to help us slash waste, transcend time and space and give us a greater awareness of the world around us. In fact, it seems that IoT is poised to dramatically...
View ArticleTop tips to help IT managers get their networks holiday fit
Taking a break from the responsibility of ensuring the 24/7 availability and performance of mission-critical networks is rarely on the cards for IT managers. As a result, going on holiday can prove a...
View ArticleSDS to spell an end to a hardware-focused industry
Not so long ago, hardware-centric solutions seemed to be the only answer to storage-related issues. If additional storage was needed or performance had to be improved, there was only one option – throw...
View ArticleEstonia considers a UK ‘Data Embassy’ to protect its data
Estonian officials are considering backing up their country’s data including election data, banking credentials and property deeds in a British data centre as a precaution as tensions between it and...
View ArticleApple allowed to build its Irish data centre
After months of back and forth, Apple has finally gotten the approval to build its first data centre in Ireland. The approval was given by the Irish planning body – An Bord Pleanala, Wednesday, despite...
View ArticleData centre efficiency: Go green or go home
From Facebook to Twitter, mobile phones to self-driving cars, smart meters to IoT sensors, data is being generated at an exponential rate. In turn, data centres are fast becoming one of the largest...
View ArticleHow businesses can prepare for the future with all-flash
A famous advert for a well-known mobile phone network once said that ‘the future’s bright. For the IT industry, it has always been an apt phrase, as it has the exciting job of making ideas and dreams...
View ArticleThe great campus gold rush
The surest way of getting rich in a gold rush is not, in fact, to pan for the shiny stuff. Of the thousands of pioneers who crossed the Great Plains in 1849, only a fraction made their fortune through...
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