Data Center Design Reports

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: 01 Mar 2019 | 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: 09 Jan 2019 | 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: 16 Nov 2018 | 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: 28 Aug 2018 | 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: 09 Aug 2018 | 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: 23 Jul 2018 | 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: 23 May 2018 | 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 May 2018 | 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: 20 Apr 2018 | 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: 06 Nov 2017 | Published: 06 Nov 2017

EGUIDE: Read this e-guide to learn how vSAN's tighter vSphere integration works, how the release differs from past releases of vSAN, and more granular information on the latest update from our SearchStorage.com Editorial Director Dave Raffo.

Posted: 29 Nov 2018 | Published: 27 Nov 2018

EGUIDE: This expert guide dispels cost and hardware longevity concerns regarding using SSDs to support HCI platforms, highlighting 3 critical advantages flash brings to HCI. Read on to learn how to maximize your HCI investment.

Posted: 16 Oct 2018 | Published: 15 Oct 2018

EGUIDE: This expert guide from SearchConvergedIT.com will help you navigate the new hyper-converged cloud space. Download your copy to learn how vendor offerings differ from one another, and view one such product— Cohesity CloudSpin—that provides developers with quick access to back up data in the cloud for test/dev.

Posted: 31 Aug 2018 | Published: 28 Aug 2018

EGUIDE: This guide was designed to help you shorten your data storage problem list using hyper-converged infrastructure (with 4 pertinent problems highlighted), and also includes an HCI supplier roundup from TechTarget's 2018 HCI technology and market survey. Read on to jump-start your infrastructure improvements now.

Posted: 26 Jul 2018 | Published: 23 Jul 2018

EGUIDE: Without the proper management strategies in place, these crucial workloads are more susceptible to downtime. In this guide, learn how to strengthen your server management and monitoring strategies and pick the right tools to strengthen your workloads' reliability.

Posted: 08 May 2018 | Published: 04 May 2018

EGUIDE: Read this expert-guide to learn how you can select the best server for your needs, as well as how you can optimize your servers to host new technologies like virtualized containers. Then, explore what hyper-converged infrastructure has to offer, and evaluate if this combination of server-storage technology is right for your organization.

Posted: 20 Mar 2018 | Published: 14 Mar 2018

EGUIDE: In this expert guide, Alan Earls, contributor to SearchITOperations.com, walks you through using the Kubernetes configuration for container deployment. Inside, you'll find expert instruction on properly applying Kubernetes' nodes, pods, schedulers, and volumes to bypass orchestration challenges, and more.

Posted: 27 Feb 2018 | Published: 19 Feb 2018

EGUIDE: Read this expert-guide to find out how you can optimize the server, storage, and network capabilities of your HCI platform to grow together. Then, find out how coupling converged infrastructure with Software-defined networking can help you do more with your data center budget.

Posted: 16 Feb 2018 | Published: 08 Feb 2018

EBOOK: This e-book from the experts at SearchConvergedInfrastructure.com helps you make the case for converged and hyper-converged in your organization. Read on to access a package of articles that will help you sell HCI to upper management, prep your environment for HCI platform installation, and more.

Posted: 17 Jan 2018 | Published: 17 Jan 2018

EGUIDE: This expert guide dives into the background of DCIM tools, and from it you'll learn about the 9 most critical capabilities every DCIM tool should include—beyond just PUE calculation. Read on to claim your copy.

Posted: 11 Dec 2017 | Published: 05 Dec 2017

EGUIDE: Since the data center infrastructure management (DCIM) market seems nearly limitless, it is important to have an evaluation process to find the software platform that best meets your organization's unique needs. This e-guide discusses the six key evaluation areas necessary to finding the DCIM tool that works best for you.

Posted: 11 Dec 2017 | Published: 04 Dec 2017

EGUIDE: Because there is a learning curve with DCIM tools, buyers must first consider why their organizations might need them and examine their features. Download now to see the role DCIM tools play in disaster prevention preparation, asset management, monitoring and managing energy costs, and more.

Posted: 11 Dec 2017 | Published: 05 Dec 2017

EGUIDE: Your mainframe is the heart of your business. If it is not working at full capacity, neither will your applications or your employees. If you are like most organizations and looking to undergo a digital transformation, your mainframe needs DevOps. This e-guide unveils how DevOps improves mainframe system capabilities.

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 | Published: 30 Nov 2017

EGUIDE: In this guide, you'll learn how to choose between replacing and upgrading your servers. Download your copy to hear from our experts on this topic, as well as how server-side SSDs can improve performance, should you choose to upgrade, and how to integrate them into your server consolidation efforts.

Posted: 21 Nov 2017 | Published: 21 Nov 2017

EZINE: Software-defined architecture changes how data center resources are organized and deployed. A composable infrastructure boosts efficiency, but it isn't simple.

Posted: 16 Nov 2017 | Published: 16 Nov 2017