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Dictionary.com says that “culture” is “the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group.” But if you examine the process of culture – or how culture works – you find that culture is the set of shared values that drives common behaviors and goals. This is why culture plays a vital...
When the first test versions of Google Glass were shipped to techno-geeks for testing in 2012, there was plenty of speculation as to whether the head-mounted computer devices had any real, practical value. Now it turns out at least one American police agency thinks some legitimate value might be there....
Business Secretary Vince Cable called for new cyber security measures in response to a growing threat against the UK's IT systems. He voiced his concerns at a recent meeting of intelligence experts and government regulators. According to Cable, potential cyber-attacks now pose a very real threat to the normal operation...
US President Barack Obama is quickly making good on his threat to use his telephone and pen to enact those parts of his second term agenda for which he is unable to secure congressional support. His latest move has been the introduction of a brand-new initiative allegedly aimed at making...
The forward-thinking strategies that Google has been known for since the company's inception continue to play out all over the world, including the Nordic region. The Internet giant recently agreed to purchase the entire output of four new Swedish wind farms in order to support its data centre in Hamina,...
In a recent test of technology developed under a joint venture between BT (British Telecom) and Alcatel-Lucent, the world's fastest broadband speeds were recorded at 1.4 Tbits per second. The incredibly fast speeds allowed researchers to send the equivalent of 44 uncompressed HD films over a 255-mile link – in...
In the race to be the first major computing company to build a reliable and 'totally green' data centre, it appears as though Microsoft might now have a slight advantage over the competition. The company recently announced plans to launch an experimental data centre that also doubles as a green...
A New Year's Day power outage in the United States is being blamed for extensive damage done to a data centre operated by the US National Parks Service (NPS). The centre is located in Denver, Colorado. It houses nearly all of the data the NPS needs to administer America's national...
A continually developing story out of the United States is serving as a stark reminder to organisations involved in networking and data communications that security can never be taken lightly. The story comes by way of the US National Security Agency (NSA) and its global espionage efforts. According to a...
Outages, the constant threat Tasked with providing a 24/7/365 service, data centre managers are well aware of fire as a potential hazard. Providing effective fire protection for a data centre poses some interesting challenges. In a large data centre up to 40kW of heat can be generated in some server...
The data still has to be analysed and confirmed, but preliminary reports suggest that Spain is the first country to generate the large portion of its annual power needs from wind. According to raw data provided by Red Eléctrica de España (REE), it appears that wind power accounted for 21.1%...
In the first offer of its kind “Down Under”, an Australian data centre is now offering customers the option to use 100% renewable energy for their servers. The option is available thanks to a brand-new AUS $1.2 million solar array installed on the data centre's roof. The array was designed...