1. Articles from Miya Knights

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    1. Microsoft Opens European Cloud Centre

      Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Mar 24 2011) Cloud Computing

      Microsoft Opens European Cloud Centre Microsoft has today opened a Cloud and Interoperability Centre (CIC) in Brussels to boost its ability to capitalise on the potential for innovation and growth of cloud computing in Europe. The centre has been established as a result of the European Union’s (EU) pledge to become a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy by the year 2020. In supporting this goal, Microsoft said the €5.3 million (£4.7m) centre would facilitate “collaboration among major European corporations, small and midsized enterprises (SMEs), consumers, and public-sector organisations, as well as working with governments and EU decision makers”. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Europe   Microsoft Corp

    2. Fluid Dynamics Helps Cool Data Centres

      Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Mar 11 2011) Monitoring , Cloud Computing , Servers

      Fluid Dynamics Helps Cool Data Centres Data centre management firm nlyte Software is using Future Facilities to apply the science of fluid dynamics to air-flow and cooling in data centres. The pair are integrating computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools from Future with nlyte’s data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) software to simulate the air flowing through the data centre, and integrate the resultant cooling into the process of capacity planning. (Read Full Article)

    3. Data Centre Launches ‘Eco-friendly’ Facility

      Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Jul 1 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

      Data Centre Launches ‘Eco-friendly’ Facility The opening of a new hosted services facility in Oxfordshire pushes green IT boundaries, according to provider Blue Chip. IT services provider, Blue Chip, today announces the opening of their latest UK premier ‘Eco’ data centre. The provider said the development of this £5 million, five-acre data centre site in Bedford, Oxfordshire, has been designed to offer the most up-to-date eco-friendly technology in the UK – using half the energy of data facilities of a similar size. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Europe   Gartner   Facebook

    4. Breeam Data Centre Scheme Goes Live

      Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Jun 28 2010)

      Breeam Data Centre Scheme Goes Live A scheme which rates buildings' footprint has been applied to data centres - but will it drive down energy use? A UK-based body has produced a new scheme which should help businesses build green data centres. The BREEAM rating scheme for buildings, from the Building Research Establishment (BRE Global) has been extended to cover data centres. The new BREEAM data centre scheme is intended to help organisations assess the environmental impact of their data centre, and should be a help as pressure increases for zero-carbon buildings. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Facebook

    5. Companies Rush For Automatic Metering Before CRC

      Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Mar 9 2010) Monitoring , Carbon Reduction Commitment

      Companies Rush For Automatic Metering Before CRC Some of the UK’s 5,000 largest energy users - required to take part in the government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme - may not find sufficient capacity available to meet automatic meter reading (AMR) requirements. That’s according to energy procurement and carbon strategy consultancy, Power Efficiency, which has today warned that companies may not get the measures to improve their CRC league table performance in place before the close of the first year’s reporting on 31 March 2011. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Europe   Carbon Trust   CRC

    6. Data Centre Management Costs Continue To Grow

      Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Mar 9 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

      Data Centre Management Costs Continue To Grow A new report out today says IT departments still aren’t implementing optimum data centre practices, as a lack of automation, coupled with the proliferation of virtualisation technologies is leading to management sprawl. IDC’s European Data Centre Management Survey 2010 has found that, despite continued economic pressures, large European organisations still expect their spending on staff working in data centre management to grow by 10 percent over the next year - approximately nine times the expected growth in IT spending in 2010. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Interactive Data Corporation

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