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IT Decision-Makers Cited Power Efficiency as Their Number One Priority in The Datacentre
Dec 27, 2012More than half of IT decision-makers have cited power efficiency as their number one priority in the datacentre for the next three to five years, according to a study of 250 IT executives. The research by Computacenter revealed that ...
Tags: IT, IT services provider, projects, datacentre market
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Microsoft Has Wasted Thousands of Pounds Worth of Electricity at Its Redmond Quincy
Dec 24, 2012Microsoft has wasted thousands of pounds worth of electricity at its Redmond Quincy datacentre to avoid a $210,000 (129,000) penalty for underuse from its energy provider, according to the New York Times. According to the report, ...
Tags: Microsoft, Redmond Quincy, Internet, network
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Green Grid Have Selected Three New Metrics to Improve a Datacentre's Energy-Efficiency
Dec 24, 2012A global taskforce comprising government authorities and industry body The Green Grid have selected three new metrics to improve a datacentre's energy-efficiency. The metrics are Green Energy Coefficient (GEC), Energy Reuse Factor (ERF) and ...
Tags: Green Energy Coefficient(GEC), Energy Reuse Factor(ERF)
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Peer 1 Hosting's Manhattan Colocation Facility Was Affected by The Electricity Outag
Nov 24, 2012Four days of non-stop manual efforts by datacentre staff at Peer 1 Hosting to deliver gallons of fuel to 17th floor generators has helped the colocation provider's Manhattan facility remain operational despite hurricane Sandy. ...
Tags: Peer 1 Hosting, network connections, Hurricane Sandy, power generators
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The Free DCMM Tool Allows Datacentre Managers to Benchmark Performance
Nov 21, 2012The Datacentre Maturity Model(DCMM)tool can help businesses improve datacentre energy efficiency,hence their Power Usage Effectiveness(PUE),according to not-for-profit organisation The Green Grid. The free DCMM tool allows datacentre ...
Tags: DCMM tool, Green Grid, datacentre energy efficiency, power consumption
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UK Datacentres Are Unprepared for The Massive Changes
Oct 30, 2012UK datacentres are unprepared for the massive changes that big data will bring to the enterprises and their IT facilities, a study of 125 senior IT decision makers by Research Now has revealed. While IT executives are clear about the ...
Tags: datacentres, IT facilities, big data, multi-channel service
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Modern Equipment Can Tolerate Periods of Much Greater Heat and Humidity
Oct 25, 2012Datacentre managers'perception of IT equipment's tolerance to heat and humidity dates back to the 1950s,resulting in a waste of energy resources,according to the Green Grid–a not-for-profit industry consortium for datacentre ...
Tags: the Green Grid, Datacentre managers, perception of IT equipment
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Street View of Datacentres Is Offered by Google
Oct 18, 2012IT executives keen to learn how search engine giant Google is running its datacentres or curious to know how users' data – including YouTube videos and Google+ accounts – are stored and secured, now have an opportunity to ...
Tags: IT executives, Google, datacentres, YouTube
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Goldman Sachs Is Launching a New Datacentre Strategy to Achieve Higher Cost Savings
Sep 21, 2012Goldman Sachs is launching a new datacentre strategy to achieve higher cost savings and improved IT energy efficiency.The investment bank will replace its existing real estate-based datacentre infrastructure with modular datacentre ...
Tags: Goldman Sachs, modular datacentres, save costs, IO, data
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The Global Market for Green Datacentres Will Grow From $17.1bn in 2012
Sep 19, 2012The global market for green datacentres will grow from $17.1bn (£10bn) in 2012 to $45.4bn (£28bn) by 2016, as rising energy costs, tighter carbon emission regulations and economic pressure force IT executives to make their ...
Tags: green datacentres, IT infrastructure, greenhouse gas emissions