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DCS June/July 2008

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The outsourcing evolution, not revolution

Chris Richter, Head of Security at SAVVIS, explores the trends in the security outsourcing market and the move to security as a utility  Read more

What is important to the customer?

Steve O'Donnell, Green IT guru and SVP IT Infrastructure and Operations at First Data International, offers some observations on how the IT Operations department can avoid obtaining a bad reputation. Read more

It?s About More than Plugging Cable Openings

Most green-minded data center managers realize sealing cable openings is critical to achieving energy efficiency in the data center, which leads to cost savings. Read more

The Green Grid?s expansion programme continues

An update on some of the latest developments that have taken place over the past couple of months within The Green Grid - a global consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centres and business computing ecosystems. Read more

Do you think that, as yet, many businesses have a sufficient understanding of the importance of the human aspect of IT within the data centre? ie writing policies, managing infrastructure, making mistakes etc.

{MW}  The answer is that this is all over the shop.  Most companies fail to see the global picture ? the real estate team sees lease/purchase/capex/opex costs, the IT team sees the human issues as they fall under their remit.  The second issue is that the "human" element is fuzzy (non-quantifiable) and is based on a concept of quality of delivery.  This can really only be understood by a company that has experience running different datacentres and using various outsourced solutions.  Most companies never build up this internal experience due to senior staff turnover. Read more

How Green is Green?

Presenting the results of a recent survey carried out by the Digital Realty Trust. Read more

Productivity increase and SLA enhancement

Der Spiegel, Germany's leading news magazine, discovers the benefits of a remote access solution. Read more

Ask?s questions answered

Dell's Cloud Computing Solution is expected to cut Ask.com's power bills while supporting ever-higher computational demands. Read more

Protecting the modern day Fort Know

Data centre provider Data Electronics Group opts for Axis IP-Surveillance to provide additional layer of physical security in its Dublin-based data centre. Part 2. Read more

Security Web 2.0: Open Season for the Attackers?

Sandy Hawke, Director of Product Marketing Blue Coat Systems discusses the challenges in balancing user expectations and corporate security. Read more

Green Data Centres; If Not Now, When?

For years now the industry has been discussing the ultimate green data centre, but secretly wondering what it means to be "really" green. Read more

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