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Connectivity – Understanding the Power of Fibre

Whether the requirement is Internet connectivity for cloud based applications or links to a private WAN, most organisations now recognise the importance of a carrier neutral data centre. However, while the list of possible connections available may look compelling – some data centres boast hundreds of carriers – it is important to look beyond the top line promises. Jonathan Arnold, Managing Director, Volta, advises organisations to dig a little deeper to determine just how much...

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Båstad selects ultra-compact data centre solution from Proact

Proact has been selected by Båstad Municipality in Sweden to deliver and deploy its new IT infrastructure. The core of the municipality’s data centre will be replaced by a novel solution with minimal space requirements. This will conserve energy, enhance reliability and facilitate support and daily IT operations.

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White Paper offers guidance for calculation of efficiency (PUE) in data centres

To gain maximum benefit from using Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) as a tool for data centre management, a clear understanding of what factors affect its calculation is essential, says White Paper 158 from Schneider Electric.

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UK businesses risk losing customers to rivals due to sluggish online experience

F5 Networks survey finds that 22 per cent of UK consumers only willing to wait 5 seconds for a website or app to respond before heading elsewhere.

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Workspace as a Service offering gives customers a wider choice and increased flexibility

VCE says that Colt has deployed a Workspace-as-a-Service offering based on VCE Vblock™ Systems. Drawing from Colt’s experience with VCE converged infrastructure within its state-of-the-art data centers, Colt is now offering an on-premises solution that replicates the same secure and highly reliable experience directly on customers’ own sites.The on-premises solution is aimed at IT departments serving a large community of users who want to keep their virtual desktop...

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With sustainability being at the forefront of industry across the world, CNet has reviewed and...
Orange Belgium, a leading Belgian telecoms operator and provider of voice, video, and data services...
There have been many rumblings of late that centre around the demise of traditional standalone UPS...
Hotter, denser IT equipment together with concerns about sustainability are shifting the way...
Aryaka Networks has introduced its latest Services Point of Presence (PoP) in Dublin, Ireland,...
AtlasEdge has completed its acquisition of Datacenter One, becoming Germany’s leading distributed...
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Equinix Insider - White Ops President & COO, Eddie Schwartz

Eddie has over 25 years experience in information security, including recent work as the CISO of RSA, the Security Division of EMC, and Co-Founder/CSO of NetWitness.

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