1. Data Centres Hit Capacity Crunch, But Efficiency Is Ignored

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    Data Centres Hit Capacity Crunch, But Efficiency Is Ignored

    A lack of capacity and power issues is keeping data centre operators and managers awake at night, according to the latest annual data centre trends survey.

    The survey, which was undertaken by nlyte Software Ltd, a data centre performance specialist, also revealed that many organisations remain blissfully aware of the arrival of the CRC carbon tax.

    Capacity, Power And Cooling

    The company surveyed 100 IT professionals at the recent Data Centre World Conference and Expo in London to get their input on the current state of their organisations’ data centre estate.

    For the second year running data centre capacity concerns, and a focus on cutting IT operational costs (such as power and cooling) continue to cause the most headaches for IT professionals, leading to concern that companies aren’t thinking strategically about data centres.

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    1. Whether this stems from budgeting issues remains to be seen, but what is clear is the fact that far too many organisations still rely on outdated and inadequate technology to run the data centre.
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