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    1. BT launches on-premise private datacentre service

      Explore UK technology news, reviews and analysis (Feb 1 2011) Cloud Computing

      BT launches on-premise private datacentre service Dan Worth, V3.co.uk, Tuesday 1 February 2011 at 17:26:00 Telco allows firms to create private cloud system to meet security challenges BT has launched a datacentre service aimed at enterprises that want to take advantage of a cloud model for application hosting and delivery, but need to maintain security and have direct access to their information. BT Virtual Data Centre Private (VDC Private) provides the ability to host applications and information in a virtualised datacentre system that is hosted, managed and maintained on site by BT, in effect a private cloud. Richard Oliver, head of strategy and marketing at BT iNet, told V3.co.uk that the offering is designed for companies in sectors such as finance and government, and enables them to benefit from virtualisation while maintaining security. "Many organisations understand the benefits of a virtualised datacentre to save space, improve cooling and virtualise applications ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cisco

    2. Adapt offers virtual vendor-neutral datacentre

      Explore UK technology news, reviews and analysis (Jan 24 2011) Cloud Computing

      Adapt offers virtual vendor-neutral datacentre David Neal, V3.co.uk, Monday 24 January 2011 at 12:28:00 Highly resilient services on pay-as-you-grow payment model, says firm IT managed services company Adapt has launched a virtual datacentre service promising flexibility and easy to understand payment rates for previously sceptical customers. Adapt Virtual Data Centre offers a choice between co-location or managed services, and a pay-as-you-grow payment model. The service is designed to appeal to companies interested in virtualisation but wary of embracing it wholesale, and will alleviate concerns about resources, capital investment and a lack of technical know-how, the firm explained. "In today's increasingly aggressive and changing business environment, organisations must be more agile and responsive if they are to remain competitive," said Simon Fisk, sales and marketing director at Adapt. "With our Virtual Data Centre offering, our customers can benefit from phenomenal levels of resilience and datacentre flexibility without the traditionally associated financial ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Gartner

    3. Gartner in private cloud security warning

      Explore UK technology news, reviews and analysis (Nov 8 2010) Cloud Computing

      Gartner in private cloud security warning David Neal, V3.co.uk, Monday 8 November 2010 at 11:55:00 Firms must adapt their security systems or face the consequences, says analyst Enterprises must adapt their security systems as they move from virtual datacentre use to the private cloud, according to a new report from Gartner. The analyst firm said that the way companies provide and deliver security services needs to change, and that over a third of all security controls used in datacentres will be virtualised by 2015. The report identified a number of elements that organisations should consider early on in any transition process when moving from virtualisation to private cloud computing. "For most organisations, virtualisation will provide the foundation and the stepping stone for the evolution to private cloud computing," said Thomas Bittman, a vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. "However, the need for security must not be overlooked or 'bolted on' later ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Gartner

    4. Verizon pumps new cash into cloud services

      Explore UK technology news, reviews and analysis (Sep 30 2010) Cloud Computing

      Verizon pumps new cash into cloud services Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk, Friday 1 October 2010 at 03:44:00 Company planning thousands of new servers Verizon is planning to expand its cloud computing datacentres. The company said that it would be adding some 5,500 new server cabinets as part of an expansion to its facilities in Paris, London, Dublin, Frankfurt and Belgium along with facilities in Australia, Hong Kong and the US. The move is part of an ongoing effort to expand Verizon's enterprise cloud computing services. In particular, the company hopes that the added capacity will help to serve US government customers expected to adopt the service by 2011. In total, the company is planning to spend upwards of $16bn on upgrades to its overall cloud computing platform. Eventually, Verizon said that it hopes to launch a complete IT infrastructure service, a concept the company refers to as 'everything as ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Verizon Business

    5. Carbon Trust touts low-energy datacentre design

      Explore UK technology news, reviews and analysis (Jul 2 2010) Carbon Footprint

      Carbon Trust touts low-energy datacentre design The Carbon Trust is teaming up with a firm called Lockerbie Data Centres to design and build a low-carbon datacentre just outside the Scottish town that could provide a model for enterprises looking to slash their emissions. The Carbon Trust estimates that the Lockerbie facility will emit more than 200,000 tonnes of CO2 less per year than a conventional datacentre of the same size. Hugh Jones, director for solutions at the Carbon Trust, said, “Along with the ever-increasing demand for data storage comes an ever-increasing demand for energy to power and cool UK datacentres. Low carbon design in new build and refurbishment projects has the potential to unlock hundreds of millions of pounds in energy bills each year.” (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Carbon Trust

    6. Savvis enables private datacentres in the cloud

      Explore UK technology news, reviews and analysis (Jun 28 2010)

      Savvis enables private datacentres in the cloud IT outsourcing firm Savvis has officially released a service enabling enterprise customers to build a private virtual datacentre residing within the firm's cloud-based infrastructure. Now called Savvis Symphony Virtual Private Datacentre (VPDC), the service was first disclosed last year under its development codename of Project Spirit, but was available only to customers on the test programme before today. The platform enables customers to quickly build and securely deploy virtual infrastructure in the cloud, doing away with the need to physically procure, configure or manage any hardware, according to Savvis. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Europe   Cisco

    7. Earth Day warning for green IT

      Explore UK technology news, reviews and analysis (Apr 22 2010) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Cloud Computing

      Earth Day warning for green IT Matthew Broomfield, V3.co.uk, Thursday 22 April 2010 at 18:04:00 Industry must try harder, say experts On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, environmental and industry experts have warned that, although IT firms have made progress in embracing greener measures, there is still a lot of work to be done and that the big challenges lie ahead. Earth Day was founded by US senator Gaylord Nelson to raise awareness of environmental issues. However, it appears that its ethos is still to be fully implemented in the IT industry. A recent Greenpeace report, Make IT Green argued that companies providing cloud services need to phase out the use of "dirty" sources of energy such as coal, and look to cleaner, renewable energy sources. The report pointed to Apple's North Carolina facility which uses just 3.8 per cent of renewable energy compared with 50.75 per cent ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Gartner

    8. Cisco innovations target the datacentre

      Explore UK technology news, reviews and analysis (Apr 6 2010)

      Cisco innovations target the datacentre Dan Worth, V3.co.uk, Tuesday 6 April 2010 at 17:43:00 Vendor promises 300 per cent performance boost with Data Centre 3.0 upgrades Cisco has launched new upgrades for its Data Centre 3.0 portfolio, claiming that organisations will be able to take advantage of improved business agility and better support for datacentres. Chief among the announcements is the second generation of Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) range. Wendy Mars, director for datacentre and virtualisation in Europe at Cisco, explained that the new features had been driven by demands from customers and partners. "There is a need among companies to reduce IT infrastructure costs and complexity in the datacentre, while also supporting virtualisation and improving agility for businesses," she said. "These are critical areas for the enhancement of services, and we think that the upgrades to the UCS that we first introduced last year can deliver ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Europe   Intel   Cisco

    9. Summit: European datacentres set for boom times

      Explore UK technology news, reviews and analysis (Nov 13 2009) Construction

      Summit: European datacentres set for boom times The next five years will see dramatic growth in the European datacentre market, according to a new survey. The study, carried out by the Tariff Consultancy, found that datacentre revenue will increase by 25 per cent a year between 2010 and 2015 as companies gear up for more data-intensive applications, from €3.2bn (£2.9bn) next year to €7.3bn in 2015. advertisement Currently, the UK is leading the market, accounting for 16 per cent of Europe's commercial datacentre facilities, followed by Germany (14 per cent), France (10 per cent), Spain (eight per cent) and Italy and the Netherlands (both on six per cent). "We believe that the future outlook for the datacentre operator remains sound," said Margrit Sessions, managing director of Tariff Consultancy. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Europe   Netherlands

    10. The Green Grid points way to greener datacentres

      Explore UK technology news, reviews and analysis (Oct 3 2009) Power and Cooling

      The Green Grid points way to greener datacentres Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk, Saturday 3 October 2009 at 18:18:00 Consortium launches new tool in Europe Datacentre and IT managers could benefit from a new free online tool from green datacentre consortium The Green Grid, which has been designed to help them lower costs and improve the energy efficiency of their facilities. The tool, which has been made available in Europe for the first time, allows datacenter managers to work out how much outside air is available for them to cool individual facilities. Users simply input variables such as local energy costs, IT load, and facility load, to calculate the energy savings for their specific datacentres, as well as savings that could be obtained using water-side economisers, according to The Green Grid. Green Grid members also gain access to a high-resolution map of the estimated hours of air-side and water-side economisation possible for Europe and many specific ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Europe   The Green Grid

    11. New computing centre will cut Microsoft's carbon footprint

      Explore UK technology news, reviews and analysis (Sep 14 2009) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Servers

      New computing centre will cut Microsoft's carbon footprint Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk, Tuesday 15 September 2009 at 01:55:00 Consolidating laboratories into a single data centre to save power Microsoft has built a new centre at its Redmond headquarters that it says will cut the company's carbon footprint by 12,000 metric tons per year. Dubbed Redmond Ridge 1, the centre will consolidate Microsoft's research laboratory servers from individual product groups with the corporate systems that process other corporate data. When Redmond Ridge comes online in April 2010 it will give major power efficiencies said Microsoft. “The opening of Redmond Ridge is a big milestone and represents a real transition point in the company’s culture,” said Rob Bernard, Microsoft’s chief environmental strategist. “This facility is a great example of how technology can help improve the energy efficiency of a company’s operations.” The building has been designed to be ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft Corp

    12. Q&A: VMware vice president of server business Raghu Raghuram

      Explore UK technology news, reviews and analysis (Sep 2 2009) Carbon Footprint

      Q&A: VMware vice president of server business Raghu Raghuram Iain Thomson at VMworld 2009 in San Francisco, V3.co.uk, Wednesday 2 September 2009 at 06:53:00 On beating Microsoft, green computing and future IT management skills Raghu Raghuram has had years of experience in the industry, with spells at Netscape, AOL and latterly VMware. V3.co.uk caught up with him at VMworld 2009 to discuss the virtualisation market, the effects of green computing and the skills IT managers will need to keep their jobs in the future. V3.co.uk: We've heard a lot about Microsoft and its moves within the virtualisation field. Can you just outline the key differences between VMware's approach and Microsoft's? Raghu Raghuram: We've got a couple of distinct differences in how we approach virtualisation and how Microsoft does that. Microsoft sees virtualisation as something that has to do with primarily partitioning a server and delivering the benefits ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Intel   Netscape   Microsoft Corp

    13. AMD aims for low power servers with new chip

      Explore UK technology news, reviews and analysis (Aug 31 2009) Cloud Computing , Servers

      AMD aims for low power servers with new chip Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk, Tuesday 1 September 2009 at 00:43:00 More computing ability for less power AMD has announced a new range of low power server chips aimed at data centre managers looking to work within a fixed power envelope. The six-core AMD Opteron EE works at 40 watts and is intended for two processor servers. It is priced at $989 and starts shipping today. “In past years everyone was just concerned about performance,” said Brent Kerby, senior product marketing manager for Opteron. “Now we’re seeing a shift from just raw performance into more of a power and cost efficiency area. A lot of this is being driven by applications like cloud computing that need dense computing environments.” The new processors can be fitted into the existing four-core AMD Shanghai architecture and if done so will give a 31 per cent processing boost ... (Read Full Article)

    14. CloudWorld 2009: Experts weigh in on evolution of cloud computing

      Explore UK technology news, reviews and analysis (Aug 13 2009) Cloud Computing

      CloudWorld 2009: Experts weigh in on evolution of cloud computing A panel of cloud computing experts and industry executives in San Francisco have shared their thoughts on the direction of the cloud market. The panel discussed points of contention in the market, such as the true definition of cloud computing and the future of both web-based clouds and on-site "private cloud" systems in which the host system is owned and maintained by the client enterprise. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cisco