Data Center Design Reports

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, we take a look at some of the technologies that are being widely-tipped to become a mainstay of datacentres in the future. At the same time, it also touches upon some of the new and emerging technologies that look set to shake-up the way datacentres are managed, monitored, powered and cooled as well.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 25 May 2020

EGUIDE: Data center interconnect, or DCI, is technology that links two or more data centers together so they can share resources. DCI technology offers many options and reacts differently with other areas of networking. This e-guide explores the benefits and challenges of DCI, as well as how it interacts with other technologies.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 10 Feb 2020

EGUIDE: The Nordic region has space, access to renewable energy, a cool climate and a well-educated workforce. All these things make it a great place to build a datacentre. Read in this e-guide how the Nordic region is leading the datacentre revolution.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 22 Oct 2019

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we examine the impact of climate change on datacentres as potential victims and contributors to the problem. We look at the rise of voice channels and how IT leaders can use the technology for better customer experience. And we ask what lessons must be learned from Ecuador's citizens' data breach. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 24 Sep 2019

EGUIDE: Datacentre operator Green Mountain embraces Schneider Electric's pre-fabricated datacentre designs to ensure it is positioned to respond to the growing demand from the hyperscale and HPC communities for colocation capacity in Norway

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 19 Aug 2019

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, we take a look at some of the outside influences that could potentially impact on datacentre power and management costs in the years to come, while also taking a closer look at some of the latest thinking and best practices around datacentre energy efficiency and cooling today.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 29 May 2019

EGUIDE: In this infographic, we take a look at what technological elements of the datacentre are expected to be the most important in 2019, the most popular datacentre projects and which technologies and services are being deployed. Survey results taken from the 2019 IT Priorities survey carried out by ComputerWeekly.com, ComputerWeekly.de and LeMagIT.fr.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 23 Apr 2019

EGUIDE: T-Systems, the IT services arm of Deutsche Telekom, claims to have completed the world's largest datacentre rationalisation project, which has seen the number of facilities it operates drop from 89 to 13.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 21 Mar 2019

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, we take a look at some of the latest thinking and trends around datacentre design, while shining a light on the differing approaches organisations take to ensure their server farms remain up and running, and can withstand all the compute demands expected of them.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 01 Mar 2019

EGUIDE: There is nothing like a datacentre outage to highlight just how reliant the digital economy is on these facilities, with the 2018 news cycle dominated by tales of server rooms going awry and causing mass disruption to end users across the globe. Here's a look back over Computer Weekly's top 10 datacentre stories of 2018.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 09 Jan 2019

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we find out how London's Science Museum is dealing with legacy IT to move into the age of digital and data. We examine Nationwide Building Society's move to cloud and DevOps. And we look at how technologies such as machine learning and blockchain are helping to automate global supply chains. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 16 Nov 2018

EGUIDE: In this e-guide we look at the key hyper-converged vendors and their products, as well as hyper-converged tailored to disaster recovery, backup, cloud functionality, and the software-defined hyper-converged products available.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 28 Aug 2018

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, we provide a round-up of everything that took place at 2018's Google Cloud Next, including a run through of all the key announcements made at the show and what they mean for the enterprise.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 09 Aug 2018

EGUIDE: This e-guide features articles outlining how Norway's tax office is fighting economic crime through the use of the latest IT, why Nokia has been at the centre of an investigation following a blackmail scandal and what caused Visa's global payment system to go offline in June 2018.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 23 Jul 2018

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, read about hybrid IT's growing mindshare in ASEAN, Red Hat's hybrid cloud container push and what you need to consider when buying hyper-converged infrastructure systems.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 24 May 2018

EGUIDE: In this e-guide we delve into the world of containers. We discover why many enterprises appear to be intent on using the technology to support the remodelling of their legacy applications in microservices. Also, we take a look at why interest in containers has risen thanks to enterprises moving from hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 08 May 2018

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we meet the first ever chief digital officer for London and find out his plans to make the capital a smarter city. SAP has overhauled its controversial indirect licensing policy – we look at the implications. And what are the jobs of the future in retail as the sector is transformed by technology? Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 20 Apr 2018

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, we've pulled together some of the latest thinking on good datacentre management practice, while shining a light on the tools and technologies that are on the market (or in the pipeline) that can help enterprises run their facilities with greater ease and agility.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 06 Nov 2017

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, we take a closer look at some high-profile datacentre outages of recent times and assess the toll they took on the companies involved, and look into what providers and consumers can do to protect themselves from downtime.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 12 Sep 2017

EZINE: The Netherlands is building itself a bit of a reputation when it comes to applying the latest technologies to some of the challenges facing people and businesses today.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 10 Aug 2017

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we look into Apple's controversial plans to build a huge datacentre in a small town in the west of Ireland, and the local arguments it has caused. We find out how the Met Office is managing its vast quantities of weather data. And we examine Google plans to bring AI to the recruitment market. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 01 Aug 2017

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, we take a closer look at how the datacentre sector is taking steps to boost its environmental friendliness, and why.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 22 May 2017

EGUIDE: In this guide, we take a deep-dive into the benefits of converged infrastructure and find out why this is an area of hardware spend CIOs are increasingly turning their attention to, with a view to investing more of their IT budgets in.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 16 Jan 2017

EGUIDE: As debate continues to rage about what role private, enterprise-owned datacentres will play in firms' IT strategies in the years to come, what is becoming clear is that they type of facilities companies rely on are sure to change in line with their evolving business needs.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 26 Sep 2016

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Debate continues to rage within the enterprise about the long-term benefits of adopting a hybrid cloud method of IT consumption. This Essential Guide shows everything the enterprise needs to know.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 20 Sep 2016