Data centre design and infrastructure

Deciding where and how to build a new data centre is one of the most important decisions your organisation will make. This section covers how to build a solid data centre infras... More about Data centre design and infrastructure

Highlights

• How centralised storage and server-based computing help IT face BYOD

• Data centre cases where PUE or power usage effectiveness doesn't work

• Download Technology Priorities for 2012

More Data centre design and infrastructure Topics

• Data centre design and site selection

• Data centre cooling infrastructure

• Data centre backup power and power distribution

Data centre energy efficiency and green IT

Avoid the buzz around green IT and cut straight to the facts on data centre energy efficiency, reducing your data centre footprint and complying with environmental regulations. Get... More about Data centre energy efficiency and green IT

Recent Definitions

• CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme

  - The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme is the United Kingdom's mandate to reduce greenhouse gases by reducing energy use at private and publi...

• EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres' Energy Efficiency

  - The EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres' Energy Efficiency is a voluntary initiative aimed at redu...

• Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC)

  - The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is a mandatory emissions-reduction standard in the UK. CRC aims for a carbon reduction of...

Highlights

• Data centre cases where PUE or power usage effectiveness doesn't work

• Evaporative cooling cuts costs in the data centre

• Free tool measures how 'green' your data centre is: News roundup

More Data centre energy efficiency and green IT Topics

• Business case for green technology

• Data centre energy efficiency

• Data centre energy efficiency regulations

Server virtualisation platforms and management

By virtualising physical servers, you can reduce IT costs, consolidate servers, reduce data centre power consumption and improve server management and efficiency within your IT shop.... More about Server virtualisation platforms and management

Recent Definitions

• Five Steps to Incident Management in a Virtualized Environment

  - Incident management (IM) is a necessary part of a security program. When effective, ...

• virtualisation

  - In IT, virtualisation is the process of creating logical computing resources from available physical resources.

• guest virtual machine (guest VM)

  - A guest virtual machine (guest VM) is the software component of a virtual machine (VM), an independent instance of an operating s...

Highlights

• Changing virtualisation management strategy yields results for LSE

• Why data centre management tools must evolve in the cloud era

• Shared-nothing live migration: What it means to virtualisation admins

More Server virtualisation platforms and management Topics

• Hypervisors

• Virtualisation management and strategy

Managing servers and operating systems

Find information on choosing between x86, blade servers, or rackmount servers and the implications for energy efficiency, total cost of ownership and application uptime. Operating systems... More about Managing servers and operating systems

Highlights

• Shared-nothing live migration: What it means to virtualisation admins

• Best of VMworld Europe 2012 Awards: Nomination form

• Best of VMworld Europe 2012 Awards criteria and information

More Managing servers and operating systems Topics

• Server hardware technology

• Windows servers and management tools

• Linux servers and management tools

• Unix servers and management tools

• Mainframe servers and management tools

Data centre systems management

Keep your data centre operations running smoothly and optimise system performance with this topic on data centre systems management. This section covers implementing change mana... More about Data centre systems management

Highlights

• Changing virtualisation management strategy yields results for LSE

• How centralised storage and server-based computing help IT face BYOD

• Why data centre management tools must evolve in the cloud era

More Data centre systems management Topics

• Configuration and change management

• Data centre performance troubleshooting, monitoring and optimisation

• Data centre capacity planning

• ITIL and IT governance

• Clustering for high availability and HPC

Data centre networking

The network is essential to keeping business operations running smoothly, so don't let poor monitoring or sloppy cabling get in the way. This section drills down on important da... More about Data centre networking

Highlights

• Cisco's Connect Cloud goof-up underscores IT cloud security concerns

• Dell buys Quest Software for $2.4bn: News roundup

• Security updates for Cisco VPN client AnyConnect, security appliances

More Data centre networking Topics

• Network management

Cloud computing, colocation and managed hosting

Find out about virtual data centre services, managed hosting and colocation services in your area and the cost of running your business in the cloud versus in-house. This sectio... More about Cloud computing, colocation and managed hosting

Highlights

• Why data centre management tools must evolve in the cloud era

• Together, we can beat cloud security risks

• Lack of cloud standards and interoperability hinders cloud adoption

More Cloud computing, colocation and managed hosting Topics

• Cloud computing services

• Working with colocation or managed service providers

Data centre disaster recovery and security

Get up-to-date news and guides on disaster recovery (DR) processes and planning to ensure that your business will stay up and running in the event of a disaster. Checks on gener... More about Data centre disaster recovery and security

Highlights

• Post Olympics, it isn't game over for data centre contingency planning

• Virtualisation, backup and recovery tool helps firm beat data woes

• Law firm's infrastructure overhaul lowers costs, improves productivity

More Data centre disaster recovery and security Topics

• Data centre physical security

• Data centre disaster recovery planning

• Data centre IT security and compliance