The Asia Pacific (APAC) region will account for 25 percent of global data centre infrastructure spending by 2016, according to …
Amcom buys aCure data centres for $14.3 million
Telco and IT service provider, Amcom Telecommunications, has purchased data centre provider, aCure Technology for $14.3 million. aCure operates three …
F5 data centre firewall aces performance test
F5 Networks says its BIG-IP 10200v with Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) can handle traffic at 80-Gbps rates while screening and protecting tens of millions of connections, and simultaneously load-balancing server traffic.
Three-year-old OpenStack ready to move into enterprise data centres, says Rackspace
OpenStack has grown into a true enterprise proposition, according to Rackspace VP of Technology and Products, Nigel Beighton.
Building the data centre of the future
Sufian Dweik, Regional Director, MEMA, Brocade Communications, offers a flexible, on-demand strategy for Middle East enterprises.
It's getting warmer in some data centres
With major parts of the US under an intense heat wave, opting for less cooling may seem like a bad idea. But it isn’t.
Building the data centre of the future
According to IDC, Middle East IT spending in 2013 is projected to cross the $32 billion mark which is double the global average.
R&M commits to R&D of the 40GBASE-T data centre
Swiss structured cabling specialist, R&M Middle East, Turkey and Africa, today announced its active contribution to the research and development of the 40GBASE-T data centre cabling standard through its involvement with international standardisation bodies and measuring equipment manufacturers.
Cloud and data centre virtualisation uptake hampered by ageing legacy systems, Brocade finds
The biggest barrier to adopting these new technologies, Brocade said in a statement, seemed to be having to sustain – at great cost – ageing legacy systems.
Cisco bets on application-centric infrastructure as future of the data centre
Cisco today unveiled its vision for the next-generation data centre, which it calls application-centric infrastructure. The networking firm said its …
R&M upgrades fibre optic cables for data centres
R&M on Sunday announced that it had upgraded its entire range of fibre optic cables for data centres to bend-insensitive multimode fibre (BIMMF) standards.
Cisco cites data centre, wireless for quarterly revenue increase
Data centre and wireless sales led growth at Cisco Systems in its fiscal third quarter, as it saw customers spending …
Brocade unleashes a data centre barrage
Brocade this week extended its data centre networking portfolio with hardware and software enhancements designed to better integrate and align physical …
Infor uninterested in owning cloud data centres
Infor’s CEO, Charles Phillips, on Monday said that the vendor has no intention of owning its own data centres for …
Cisco adds Microsoft support to data centre portfolio
Cisco last week extended its data centre product line to support Microsoft’s Windows Server 2012 hypervisor and VM management features to more tightly align the …
Are data centre vendors taking companies for a ride?
The volume of data centre projects continues to rise in the Middle East, but experts believe that the education level …
Asia-Pacific data centre industry poised for growth
Continued growth is expected for the Asia-Pacific data centre industry in 2013 and 2014, according to global data centre vendor …
Flexible data centres
With demand for storage and networking capabilities skyrocketing, in-house and hosted data centres are being put under greater pressure than …
StorIT offers pre-built data centre bundles
StorIT on Tuesday introduced the concept of pre-built data centre solution bundles, which the distributor claims, are ideal for resellers …
du virtualises with Cisco Unified Data Centre
du announced on Wednesday that it will deploy the foundation layer for its virtualised infrastructure based on Cisco’s Unified Computing …