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Cheap components, poor engineering design and the inconsistent inclusion of standard features are just some of the problems that leave data centre managers frustrated by low cost PDUs, with many paying a high price to fix easily avoidable errors. The Enlogic team decided to investigate why this was happening and...
If you're having trouble streaming live content on your current 3G network, a trip to Mount Everest might be in order... Seriously! Huawei Wireless Networks and China Mobile recently demonstrated their newly installed 4G wireless technology from the world-famous mountain, from an altitude of 5,200 metres. In one of the...
A few weeks back we reported on statistics that shows the UK as the number one place for focusing phishing attacks and other types of Internet scams. However, following recent disclosures from British intelligence sources, we are forced to conclude that the issue is a lot more serious. According to...
It's becoming more and more apparent that the UK is the place to be in Europe for high-speed Internet and IT technologies. The latest bit of evidence comes by way of an announcement from chief secretary to the treasury Danny Alexander. According to Alexander, the government is committing an additional...
Despite the cloud, high-speed fibre-optics, and all of the new technologies sweeping the Internet, there is still an easy way to steal from people online: simply ask. This surprisingly low-tech method, known as ‘phishing’, happens all over the world. However, the UK appears to be the scam artist’s favourite target....
We start off this week's data centre news with a story out of the Home Office. Last week the government department announced a plan to spend £4 million on programs to raise awareness about cyber security issues. The money will be spent primarily on an education and marketing campaigns designed...
Few places in the United States are as progressive about green energy as the state of California. As the most populous state in that country, California also leads the way in America's power consumption. That said, it should come as no surprise that the state's Public Utilities Commission has ordered...
When you were in school, did you ever have a teacher tell you to "get your head out of the clouds" and pay attention? That age-old saying may take on new meaning if the vision of MIT professor Sugata Mitra is realised. Mitra recently laid out his ideas at the...
Back in 2011, Facebook experienced a rather unexpected phenomenon occurring inside their Prineville, Oregon data centre. Apparently, the right set of conditions converged inside the data centre to create a rain cloud that soaked the company's servers in water. Workers inside the data centre could actually hear power supplies blowing,...
Sears Holdings Corp., one of America's top 10 retailers by volume, recently filed a lawsuit against multiple vendors they allege were responsible for multimillion-dollar losses earlier this year. The losses occurred when two power failures shut down the company's data centre and website for hours on end. According to the...
According to sources, the deal is a 10-year agreement allowing Google to purchase the energy for all its power and cooling needs while still providing access electrical generation that can be sold on the European grid. While this is not Google's first green energy project, it is their first in...
A California-based company known as HyperSolar Inc. recently announced a major breakthrough in the development of nanoparticle technology for renewable hydrogen. The company claims their system is now capable of producing 0.75 volts of electricity in a highly efficient environment that opens the door to future commercial adaptation. The main...