Living on the edge
03 May, 2016 by Mark Roberts, IT Business Unit Manager, RittalOur networks and data centres are coming under pressure as emerging technologies push them to the limit. The demand for data and information has, and is, growing to the point where today's systems are struggling to cope.
Schneider Electric Open Compute portfolio
01 April, 2016Schneider Electric has introduced a portfolio of Open Compute solutions and resources aimed at making Open Compute more attainable for data centre managers.
Taking a modular approach to building a data centre power infrastructure
16 March, 2016 by Gordon Makryllos, Managing Director - Australia/New Zealand, EatonDesigning and building a data centre to meet future needs can often be an expensive and wasteful exercise in over-engineering. Taking a modular approach allows for capacity to be be implemented to meet today's business demands but readily extended in the future as those demands grow.
Microsoft submerges data centre in ocean
03 February, 2016Microsoft has successfully submerged a data centre underwater, reportedly the first attempt to ever be made, which may be a game changer in how we make data centres more sustainable and cost-effective.
Datapod gears up for global expansion following Eaton deal
13 November, 2015Australian modular data centre manufacturer Datapod is gearing up for international expansion after forging a supply agreement with power management company Eaton Australia.
Solution for rapid data centre expansion
05 November, 2015With growing demands on its IT infrastructure, the Finland-based CSC – IT Center for Science needed to expand its existing modular data centre facility in a way that could meet its requirements of fitting within a certain budget, having a short time to deployment and featuring a robust design that would withstand Finland's harshest temperatures.
Prefab data centre for ageing IT infrastructure
22 October, 2015Isaac Regional Council chose a prefabricated data centre from Emerson Network Power to replace its ageing IT infrastructure, reducing outages by 40%.
Improving data centre speed and efficiency
17 August, 2015 by Nathan Tracy*Cloud computing and bandwidth-intensive applications have made the data centre more important than ever, and managers want to squeeze every last bit of performance out of its architecture, even down to the connector level.
Schneider Electric APC Galaxy VM three-phase UPS
17 August, 2015The Galaxy VM three-phase UPS from APC by Schneider Electric balances availability and efficiency with three modes of efficiency for data centres and industrial applications.
Will DC grid be a solution for data centres?
28 July, 2015Ever-increasing internet traffic and the video streaming boom is set to encourage large data centre investments in the coming years.
Cutting data centre power costs
07 July, 2015Multitenant data centres (MTDCs) are growing in size, number and popularity. In this increasingly crowded market, MTDC providers are discovering they must focus relentlessly on a demanding set of requirements, including affordability, efficiency, sustainability, reliability and agility in their bid to attract and retain customers.
Understanding high-efficiency mode UPSs
07 May, 2015Power efficiency is hardly a new concern among data centre operators, but today's constrained budgets and corporate sustainability initiatives have combined to make energy usage minimisation more critical than ever.
Residual current monitoring in data centres
27 April, 2015 by David Morley, Data Centre EngineerResidual current devices (RCDs) have long had a bad reputation for causing nuisance tripping and unexplained outages in data centres. Sadly, this perception still exists within the ICT industry and is inconsistent with the latest developments in technology.
Making the most of the big data era
10 March, 2015 by Francois Vazille, Vice-President for IT Business, Schneider ElectricThe need to process and store information is increasing exponentially. It is estimated that Australian internet traffic will nearly triple from 2013 to 2018. Globally, we have moved into a period termed 'the internet of everything', or the interconnection of computing-like devices with existing internet infrastructure. This means that by 2020 there will be 50 billion connected devices - nearly seven devices per person.
Understanding prefabricated modular data centres
13 January, 2015 by Francois Vazille, Vice-PresidentIt is no secret that prefab data centres offer a number of advantages, when compared to 'stick built' data centres, such as speed of deployment, predictability, scalability and life cycle cost. While the benefits of prefab data centres are well documented, there is a lack of common language and classification for prefabricated solutions - this has created confusion.
