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Seven tips for running a data centre business during COVID-19

COVID-19, otherwise known as Coronavirus, is a pandemic that has caused disruption on a global scale. Steve Bowes-Phipps, DCA Advisory Board Member and Senior Data Centre Consultant, PTS Consulting, offers his advice...

Too much power capacity in data centres is going to waste

As the world is attempting to make a global effort to reduce waste and energy consumption, it is important to look closer to home and consider how we can do this in the technology sphere. Ed Ansett, Chairman, i3...

Truly intelligent storage designed for data-hungry businesses

The current demand for data means that it is being created and stored everywhere and therefore data storage needs to become more intelligent. Fred Saayman, Huawei BU Exec at Pinnacle, discusses intelligent storage and...

How can the data centre sector develop a greener approach to operations?

As the abundance of data increases and data centres are expected to operate at a higher level, the importance of doing so with a green approach cannot be ignored. Alan Conboy, Office of the CTO at Scale Computing,...

Data centre cooling in the hyperscale era

Phil Smith, Construction Director, Next Generation Data, gives Intelligent Data Centres an insight into stepping up to the challenges of rising power densities.  The dawn of a new decade is seeing...

Altron Karabina expert on the impact of cloud service in South Africa

It is now nearly a year since Microsoft launched its two Azure data centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Ryan Jamieson, Solutions and Innovation Officer at Altron Karabina, tells us that, in a perfect world, these...

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