Alcatel-Lucent has rolled out 40G Ethernet modules for its top-of-rack data center switches to help further its data center fabric …
Salesforce.com opens Tokyo data centre
Salesforce.com’s first data centre in Japan has begun operations, the company said Wednesday. The data centre, located in a facility …
Cisco data centre forecast very cloudy
Global cloud computing traffic will grow 12-fold from now to 2015, according to a new Cisco study. The growth represents a 66% …
Alcatel-Lucent unveils key piece of data centre fabric
Alcatel-Lucent this week rolled out 40G Ethernet modules for its top-of-rack data centre switches to help further its data centre …
Google to invest US$300 mn in Hong Kong data centre
Google will inject US$300 million as a long-term investment in its Hong Kong data centre that will go live in …
Rackspace to offer support for clouds in other data centres
Rackspace for the first time plans to extend its support services to OpenStack cloud implementations that reside within the walls …
Facebook data centre project takes aim at vendor lock-in
By launching the Open Compute Project (OCP) as a stand-alone foundation, Facebook is hoping to further standardise the market for …
Data centre hardware spending to reach US$99 bn: Gartner
Data centre hardware spending is set to reach US$99 billion worldwide this year, up from $87.8 billion last year, as …
Data centre hardware spending on the rise
Worldwide data centre hardware spending is expect to hit $US98.9 billion in 2011, up 12.7%, according to analyst firm Gartner. …
Cisco unveils dual role-data centre
Cisco this week opened up a new data centre in Research Triangle Park, N.C., with a dual role: application development …
Data centre startup Plexxi lands additional funding
Stealthy data centre start-up Plexxi has landed another $20 million in funding as it continues development of a network fabric …
Dell fills data centre technology stack with Force10
Dell’s acquisition of Force10 Networks will fill a critical networking hole as the company buys its way into building an …
Cisco makes additions to data centre and cloud portfolio
At Cisco Live, the company’s annual IT and communications conference, Cisco today introduced new technology to increase the efficiency and …
Arab National Bank uses APC to build data centre
Arab National Bank (ANB) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has recently installed a Tier 3+ dark data centre by …
Intel adds sensors to aid data centre cooling
Intel is adding new sensors to its server chips to help companies improve the efficiency of data centre cooling systems, …
Fujistu introdues pre-configured data centre for private cloud
Fujitsu introduced today its first completely preconfigured data centre environment in the Fujitsu Dynamic Infrastructures portfolio with Microsoft Windows Server …
Mammoet deploys Riverbed in data centres
Mammoet, a provider of heavy lifting and transport solutions, has successfully deployed 65 Riverbed Steelhead appliances across its three data …
How Facebook tested its new data centre
When Facebook built its first company-owned data center in Prineville, Oregon, designing and managing the facility was only part of …
Cisco jumps into portable data centre market
Cisco Systems launched its first containerised data centre, coming late to the party but offering some unique management features that …
Brocade talks cloud-optimised data centres at Tech Day Summit
Brocade, the leading provider in networking solutions, started off this year’s Technology Day Summit and will use the event to …