datacentre in pictures

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  In Pictures: Emerson Network Power opens new datacentre
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  Data centers in a box

• Cisco offers whole and commercial solutions

  By Hafizah Osman | 09 December, 2011 14:34

  Cisoc scales for the Cloud, offers more services and announces collaborative solutions

• AMD launches Opteron processors for virtualisation and Cloud computing

  By Spandas Lui | 07 December, 2011 07:43

  The chip vendor claims it has released the world's first 16 core x86 CPU will increase scalability for virtualisation

• IDC on 2012: Prepare for Cloud wars, mobile explosion, higher IT spending

  By Michael Cooney | 03 December, 2011 04:26

  IDC researchers say some big battles will be brewing in 2012 in the cloud, mobile and Big Data arenas, so much so that "companies like Microsoft, HP, SAP, RIM, and others - including Apple- will face 'crossroads moments' in 2012. By the end of the year, we should have a good idea which vendors will - and won't - be among the industry's leaders at the end of the decade," said Frank Gens, senior vice president and chief analyst at IDC in a statement.

• Logica Australia attains Cisco gold certification

  By Hafizah Osman | 30 November, 2011 14:22

  Logica to offer larger portfolio of specialised services in networking and datacentre solutions

• iiNet launches SMB Cloud services

  By ARN Staff | 30 November, 2011 10:19

  iiNet partners with VMware, IBM and Juniper

• Digital Realty signs lease with NAB

  By Hafizah Osman | 25 November, 2011 16:56

  Agreement inked for first building at new Melbourne datacentre development site

• Brocade taps into the channel for its Ethernet Fabrics

  By Patrick Budmar | 22 November, 2011 14:47

  Following good revenue growth in 2011 in its Ethernet business, networking vendor, Brocade, hopes to engage the channel to capitalise on opportunities in the service provider space.

• Cisco names new corporate priorities

  By Hafizah Osman | 18 November, 2011 08:42

  Cisco names new corporate priorities including core technologies, collaboration architecture, and business and technology transformation

• PROFILE: Powering Asia

  By Hafizah Osman | 26 August, 2011 16:43

  With the evolving needs of regional management, Emerson Network Power is transitioning to dedicate and focus on growth in its specific organisations within the Asia-Pacific. ARN spoke to the company’s new president of the Asia market, Anand Sanghi, about his recent promotion, company strategy and recent acquisitions.

• Cisco's McCool sees growing data-center role

  By Stephen Lawson | 23 January, 2010 12:03

  While Cisco Systems branches out into consumer electronics, video, mobile data and other areas, one of its biggest areas of focus today is enterprise data centers. The dominant LAN provider thinks the transformation of data centers through virtualization calls for new kinds of connections and a broader role for network technology and intelligence. John McCool oversees this push as senior vice president and general manager of Cisco's Data Center, Switching and Services group. IDG News Service talked with McCool recently about the company's own role and its partnerships with other vendors in this arena.

• Looking for problems

  By Trevor Clarke | 02 September, 2009 10:08

  Dr Kai Li is a professor at Princeton University and one of the founder fathers of de-duplication vendor, Data Domain, which was the subject of an acquisition battle between rivals, NetApp and EMC (the latter won). He talked to TREVOR CLARKE about the technology and what it takes to create a successful start-up.

• Where today's datacenters have gone wrong

  By Tom Sullivan | 10 March, 2009 09:25

  Today's datacenters are downright cramped, yet forced to continue absorbing more technologies and tapping into the latest trends, all while maximizing efficiency and reducing costs. The current recession makes now the time to glance back for a historical perspective to better understand how to not only survive in this different world but also to best prepare for the future.

• SPECIAL REPORT: Hybrid transformation of the cloud

  By Jennifer O'Brien | 09 August, 2011 11:12

  For one of the world’s largest producers of zinc as well as a substantial producer of copper, lead, gold and silver, moving towards a hybrid cloud computing environment was a no-brainer.

• Carbon tax: bring it on

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 10 March, 2011 12:20

  The Gillard Government’s carbon tax has provoked varied and, in some cases, extreme reactions but the message from the channel is simple - bring it on.

• Special report: Emerging IEEE Ethernet standards could soothe data center headaches

  By Jim Duffy | 19 January, 2010 17:34

  Cisco, HP and others are waging an epic battle to gain control of the data center, but at the same time they are joining forces to push through new Ethernet standards that could greatly ease management of those increasingly virtualized IT nerve centers.

• Analysis: Would you like a data center with that server?

  By Robert L. Mitchell | 20 January, 2010 08:03

  Faced with the continued commoditization of servers, IT vendors this year will try to differentiate their offerings by moving toward more highly integrated, unified compute platforms.

• 10 ways to cut cost in the datacentre

  By Trevor Clarke | 03 June, 2009 16:41

  It’s the heart of the IT infrastructure and when it is beating too fast, energy – and by default money – goes to waste. For many organisations, the datacentre provides the lifeblood of operations, but when it is running ineffi ciently it eats up a signifi cant amount of dollars. In this feature, TREVOR CLARKE outlines 10 ways to help cut datacentre costs.

• What IT pros like best about next-generation technology

  By Ann Bednarz | 21 October, 2008 10:00

  Do hundreds of gallons of used vegetable oil belong anywhere near a data center, let alone inside? Phil Nail thinks so.

• Data centers in a box

  By Jon Brodkin | 15 October, 2008 09:55

  IT takes a close look at shipping container-based data centers

• Google, Microsoft spark interest in modular data centers

  By Jon Brodkin | 14 October, 2008 08:51

  Interest in modular data centers is growing, fueled by high-profile endorsements from Microsoft and Google. But the model raises new management concerns, and efficiency claims may be exaggerated.