IT becomes a focus when financial times are bad. ...
15/04/2009 | Insight CIO roundtable - Recession Proofing.pdf | VIEW
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) turn to VARs to help them implement the IT applications on which their businesses depend. Year on year, this becomes more onerous because these applications have moved from being ‘nice to have' to ‘vital'. ...
11/08/2009 | Big Sales to smaller businesses.pdf | VIEW
Sustainability is not just about basic green practices. Making sure that your IT platform is sustainable in the long term can ensure that it is also less likely to be stressed in any recession. This presentation looks at teh various options and approaches that can be taken by organisations. ...
09/09/2009 | Insight Recession Proofing.pdf | VIEW
In April 2010, many organisations will find that they fall under the UK's new Carbon Reduction Commitment legislation (now known as the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme). With IT constituting a large part of many organisations' energy usage, a well thought out, measurable and actionable approach to data centre power management can bring major benefits visible at the bottom line. ...
18/11/2009 | nlyte_Quocirca_CRC_final_Nov_2009.pdf | VIEW
New data centres are very expensive, require a lot of planning and often change in a very short period of time, making all the hard planning around power distribution and cooling a complete waste of time – and energy. Going to the cloud looks like it may help, but in reality this just moves the problem from one set of people to another. ...
14/05/2010 | 360it - cont.pdf | VIEW
In an attempt to drive greater energy efficiencies, the EU and the US have both recommended datacentres drive towards a PUE of 2 or less. "A what?" ...
30/04/2010 | 360it - pue.pdf | VIEW
Although the green issue isn't a top priority for many organisations at the moment, it's likely to return to prominence as governments attempt to meet self-imposed carbon reduction targets. With datacentres in the UK accounting for between 2% and 4% of all power usage (depending on whose figures you believe), they will soon become a major focus. Datacentre managers, therefore, should be prepared for a new drive from the business to reduce carbon emissions. ...
08/04/2010 | 360it - dcc1.pdf | VIEW
Measuring, monitoring and maintaining a data centre has often been viewed as a purely technical project. Business value can be significant - and explaining this can unlock budget for DCIM investments. ...
05/07/2010 | nlyte building a case for DCIM final june 2010 uk v1.0a.pdf | VIEW
Cloud computing has been hailed as the cure for all IT ills. Fortunately, a measure of reality is now returning to people's view of the technology and the business value it can provide. ...
05/08/2010 | silicon - 6 cloud.pdf | VIEW
Received wisdom has it water and datacentres don't mix. Water-cooling was a necessary evil in the age of the mainframe, but these days our dear little servers are perfectly capable of being cooled by the merest draft - probably along with a whiff of air freshener at the same time - right? ...
16/07/2010 | 360it - aquasar.pdf | VIEW
