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How Experian is retro-fitting its datacentre to boost efficiency
ComputerWeekly.com (Nov 25 2011) Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Servers
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To most people, Experian is a credit rating agency. Consumers only hear about the company when they are turned down for a loan or credit card. But the firm does far more than this – it is a data company. It provides analytics to banks, marketing services to help retailers understand customer demographics, and has a part to play in fraud detection. Its datacentre knows a lot about you.
Experian operates in more than 50 countries globally and runs twin datacentres in Nottingham, Texas and Brazil, along with a number of datacentres in Asia. Barry Westbury, operations director, global technology services at Experian, is responsible for managing the two established facilities in Texas and the UK.
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