The era of the software-defined data centre which provides CIOs with the ability to remotely increase network capacity within a data centre just like you would a virtual machine has arrived, the technical director of TelecityGroup in Ireland John Shorten…
In Paris Thursday Dell unveiled a series of end-to-end storage portfolio updates during its EMEA Storage Forum customer and partner event. A new 6.3 version of Compellent Storage Center array software offers enhanced scalability and performance for Dell Compellent arrays. With…
For many years now, scientists have predicted that climate change, fueled by greenhouse gas emissions, would lead to more extreme weather. Certainly, the past several years in particular support this prediction. Sandy, a once-innocuous name, now conjures images of absolute…
It’s been an exciting ride. In the last few years, focus by the data center industry has brought about substantial gains in efficiency. These improvements range from infrastructure to fundamental improvements in computing efficiency. I’ll have the privilege of co-presenting…
Intel (INTC) announced the Itanium processor 9500 series Thursday, based on its new microarchitecture. With twice the number of cores, Intel said the 9500 series will provide vastly improved performance scaling and faster I/O speed over its previous generation of…
The modern data center is built around efficiencies. Whether its power, cooling, or space – the administrator must utilize the resources with the utmost care. More organizations are demanding the increase of density within their server infrastructure. This results in…
Energy efficiency in the data center used to be an afterthought, if it was on the radar at all. It made sense at the time. If your data center felt uncomfortably cold, people were impressed. It was considered a sign…
Legacy data centers employ a hot aisle/cold aisle arrangement of the IT racks. The fronts of the racks face each other and draw cold air into the rack to cool rack mounted IT devices (i.e. servers, switches, etc.). Conversely, the…
The modern data center is built around efficiencies. Whether its power, cooling, or space – the administrator must utilize the resources with the utmost care. More organizations are demanding the increase of density within their server infrastructure. This results in…
One of the largest comparison shopping websites is to set up in Drogheda, which is now recruiting. IDA Ireland understands the company will create up to 125 positions over the next 5 years. “We have experienced tremendous growth in our…
