New data centres are very expensive, require a lot of planning and often change in a very short period of time, making all the hard planning around power distribution and cooling a complete waste of time – and energy. Going to the cloud looks like it may help, but in reality this just moves the problem from one set of people to another. ...
14/05/2010 | 360it - cont.pdf | VIEW
In an attempt to drive greater energy efficiencies, the EU and the US have both recommended datacentres drive towards a PUE of 2 or less. "A what?" ...
30/04/2010 | 360it - pue.pdf | VIEW
With the UK's general election taking place in just a few weeks, the battle lines are being drawn up on where effective "savings" can be made. ...
27/04/2010 | Silicon - post election.pdf | VIEW
In my last post, I discussed a few 'quick wins' in terms of improving the energy efficiency of the datacentre. But Quocirca believes IT should be taking a far more active role in an organisation’s overall sustainability - and I’ve been researching some really interesting areas that could help push this message. ...
23/04/2010 | 360it - dcc2.pdf | VIEW
In many organisations, more money is spent keeping the IT infrastructure running than is invested in new IT capabilities used for supporting the business. And yet, the vast majority of servers in use are running at less than 10% utilisation. Desktops machines tend to be configured at different patch levels – or even running with a range of operating system versions. Data is duplicated many times over, and storage utilisation rates only hit around 30% before someone decides that more capacity should be brought in. ...
08/04/2010 | global etm itsm.pdf | VIEW
Business intelligence (BI) has been the focus for many technology vendors over the past year or so - to the point where it has possibly been overblown and overhyped. With the number of pure-play BI vendors shrinking rapidly as the mainstream technology vendors buy them up (for example, Oracle with Hyperion, IBM with Cognos, SAP with Business Objects), you would have thought that the onslaught of information would by now have meant that the market was fully aware of what BI offers, and purchasers would have made up their minds on which direction to go product-wise. ...
08/04/2010 | global etm bi.pdf | VIEW
Although the green issue isn't a top priority for many organisations at the moment, it's likely to return to prominence as governments attempt to meet self-imposed carbon reduction targets. With datacentres in the UK accounting for between 2% and 4% of all power usage (depending on whose figures you believe), they will soon become a major focus. Datacentre managers, therefore, should be prepared for a new drive from the business to reduce carbon emissions. ...
08/04/2010 | 360it - dcc1.pdf | VIEW
How telcos can avoid the mistakes of web shopping's early days ...
07/04/2010 | QUO e-retail.pdf | VIEW
The UK information commissioner's office (ICO) can now fine up to £500K for data leaks. This may sound like bad news for businesses, but for IT security managers, it can help to make the case for new security investments. ...
31/03/2010 | IT security VP - April 2010.pdf | VIEW
Don't allow your online services to be brought down by high demand. There are many ways you can make sure your customers are well-served. ...
30/03/2010 | ADCs April 2010.pdf | VIEW
