Nordic Countries Increasingly Attractive as Sites for Data Centers

Explore The New York Times (Apr 30 2012)

...his is just the beginning,” Mr. Engman said. “What we want is to be the hub for all data traffic in Europe.”As computing moves to the cloud, where music, photos and other data are stored on remote computers...... a lot of innovation once they’re built,” said David Cappuccio, chief of infrastructure research at Gartner. On the other hand, he said, “You get a million-square-foot data center built, so ... (Read Full Article)

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Cloud Popular in US Data Centers, Colocation in Europe, says Gartner

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Mar 27 2012) Cloud Computing

...se cloud services effectively on a strategic level. Cloud Popular in US Data Centers, Colocation in Europe, says Gartner Justin Lee on March 27, 2012 * Tweet * * * There continues to be a high interest in data center ser... (Read Full Article)

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New Approaches to the Green Data Center

Explore itbusinessedge.com (Nov 24 2011) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Wind

...gatons of carbon emissions per year and is on pace to more than quadruple by 2020. In dollar terms, Gartner reports that the cost to cool a 25,000-square-foot data center now tops out at $4.1 million per yea...... in 2014, the center will consume about 120 MW in order to handle the traffic needs of users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Facebook facility is only ... (Read Full Article)

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Facebook joins the Arctic crowd

Explore money.cnn.com (Oct 28 2011)

...ming financial advantages" to building in the far north, according to Rakesh Kumar, an analyst with Gartner. Utilizing free outside air can result in "tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions [of dollar......tions make building there attractive. And for an American company like Facebook, housing servers in Europe can cut down the number of milliseconds it takes a Czech Facebook user to "like" a friend's status.... (Read Full Article)

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Gartner: Data Centre Spending To Surpass Pre-Downturn Levels

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Oct 17 2011)

Worldwide data centre hardware spending for 2011 is set to rise 12.7 percent from 2010, says Gartner Who says the future of IT is all in software? All software has to run on some sort of processor, p......countries) – is balanced by continued weakness relative to pre-downturn levels in Japan and Western Europe.” Storage is the main driver for growth, Hardcastle said. “Although only a quarter of data centre ... (Read Full Article)

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RIM Struggles to Overcome BlackBerry Outages

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...hone but also operates the worldwide BlackBerry network, said on its Web site that services across Europe, the Middle East and Africa had improved significantly, and that services in the United States, C......h in Motion executives did not say when they expected normal service. Ken Dulaney, an analyst with Gartner, said that the biggest remaining question was whether the recent hiccups would prompt current Black... (Read Full Article)

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Europe Turns to the Cloud

Explore The New York Times (Jul 24 2011) Cloud Computing

...loped and its biggest sellers — Amazon, Salesforce.com and Microsoft — are leading an industry that Gartner says will generate $60 billion in sales this year. But in Europe, the willingness of smaller companies like Shutl, and bigger clients like the European Space Agency... (Read Full Article)

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Gartner predicts 2011 IT spending rebound in Europe

Explore IDG News Service (Nov 8 2010)

Gartner has predicted that enterprise IT spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa will recover in 2011, after two years of decline. However, governmen... (Read Full Article)

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London Remains Largest European Data Centre Market

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London continues to boast of having the largest single data centre market in Europe, with total raised floor space in London forecast to increase to 300,000 square metres by 2015. So......imited and will more and more be sourced from outside of the London area.” Back in May for example, Gartner warned that data centres are set to face a rapid rise in problems associated with power, cooling an... (Read Full Article)

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Climate Corps 2010: A Search for Leaks Lands Savvis $6M in Savings

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...l network with 31 data centers, totaling approximately 1.5 million square feet, in North America, Europe and Asia. Savvis' model practices, automated management and provisioning systems have helped it s......ning systems have helped it secure 4,000 business and government customers, and rank as a leader in Gartner's 2010 magic quadrant. I was well aware of these impressive facts when I was first hired, and I und... (Read Full Article)

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Data Centre Launches ‘Eco-friendly’ Facility

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

...quipment – providing savings of over £20m a year, as well as 140,000 tonnes of CO2.” Simon Mingay, Gartner research vice president told eWEEK Europe that, like “free” air-cooling systems, evaporative cooling was a very effective method of reduci... (Read Full Article)

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Rackspace Plans UK Cloud Services

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (May 19 2010) Cloud Computing

...ardless of the recession. The company reports rapid growth in cloud services in the US, and expects Europe to follow suit once services are available which meet demands for local data storage. Rackspace Pla...... ten percent in the cloud, but the cloud business more than doubled during 2009, and analyst group Gartner has predicted that as much as 20 percent of organisations will no longer own their IT assets by ... (Read Full Article)

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Intel to unveil energy-efficient, many-core research chip

Explore Computerworld (Nov 16 2009) Servers

...d to take to execute a data migration project with minimum cost and risk to your business. Read the Gartner research note to learn why the TCO of a server-based computing deployment used to deliver all appli......stry trends. This IDC White Paper presents the results of an IDC survey of 330 companies in Western Europe, Asia/Pacific and the Americas that measures the receptiveness to Linux and takes into ... (Read Full Article)

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EC Calls For €50bn Green Tech Investment

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Oct 8 2009) Emissions , Fossil Fuel

...eed to invest around €50bn over the next ten years in technologies to help combat climate change if Europe is to remain competitive with other regions. In a statement released this week, the EC outlined it......s on choosing the right technologies," said EC Commissioner for Energy, Andris Piebalgs. IT analyst Gartner believes that the financial downturn is driving the current interest in energy efficient data centr... (Read Full Article)

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VirtenSys Raises $16 Million in New Round of Funding

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...-disruptive solutions that can be deployed immediately,” said Stuart Paterson, partner at SEP. “Gartner estimates the I/O Virtualization switch opportunity to be worth more than $4 billion per year. The ......out Scottish Equity Partners SEP is one of the largest and most successful venture capital firms in Europe, with more than $500 million under management. With offices in London, SEP focuses on investments i... (Read Full Article)

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Bt moves infrastructure into the cloud

Explore Top stories (Jun 19 2009) Cloud Computing

...en. Pricing depends on specific customer requirements. Scott Morrison, a research vice president in Gartner's enterprise network services division, described VDC as a "hybrid" that allows BT to take advantag......l the underlying assets. "Today, BT has a surprisingly large number of datacentres, particularly in Europe and the UK," Morrison told ZDNet UK on Thursday. "To be closer to customers and deal with customer ... (Read Full Article)

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