Data Centre
Huawei launches its first 'container data centre’
ICT solutions provider Huawei has launched its first-ever ‘container data centre’ – a data centre housed within a single 40ft shipping container.
Data centres in Malaysia and Singapore just too cool for words
A recent survey conducted by intelligent power distribution unit (PDU) provider Enlogic has revealed that data centre operators in Malaysia and Singapore are running their facilities at far below the recommended temperature range.
Pacnet opens Tier III, green data centre in Singapore
Pacnet has officially opened its Cloudspace II (SGCS2), which it said was the first data centre design in Singapore to be recognised with the Uptime Institute's Tier Certification of Design Documents.
Regional data centre alliance to offer multicity connectivity
Members of the regional Asia Data Centre Alliance (ADCA), who met recently in Bangkok, will partner to offer multinationals in the region a world-class remote accessibility service that would enable direct, multicity connectivity through its five members’ data centres located across Asia.
Thinking of big data? Think business first, says HDS
One of the technology trends that have dominated this year is big data – a term that is ambiguous because it means different things to different people, writes Edwin Yapp.
Big mobile push at AIA
AIA Bhd’s chief information officer Teh Kim Leng talks to Karamjit Singh about the importance of mobile in the company’s strategy, and why there is no business case for outsourcing.
AIMS in pact with China Telecom to extend IP routes to the mainland
AIMS Group has announced a partnership with China Telecom which will see the Malaysian company reselling the latter’s premium IP routes and data centre capacity to local corporations seeking to expand into various Chinese cities.
I’ll get right on that, boss – data centre ownership
In many cases, we make pragmatic decisions or fail to implement a reasonably decent solution because the long term risks of ownership cast dark clouds over our choices, writes Mark Thiele.
Cloud traffic to dominate data centres: Cisco study
In the third annual Cisco Global Cloud Index (2012 – 2017) issued recently, Cisco forecasts that global cloud traffic, the fastest growing component of data centre traffic, is expected to grow more than fourfold – a 35% combined annual growth rate (CAGR) – from 1.2 zettabytes of annual traffic in 2012 to 5.3 zettabytes by 2017.
Brocade’s new gateway to bridge the virtual and the physical
Brocade has announced a new network virtualisation gateway based on its VCS Fabric technology that it said would enable customers to bridge logical networks with physical resources to provide a unified data centre architecture.
