Simon Taylor, Next Generation Data looks at securing your data centre

Traditional energy–hungry data centre cooling systems can be made more efficient by a more flexible approach combined with modern cooling technologies. Dean Ward of Climaveneta UK explains

Dr Graeme Creasy, UK director of operations, Interxion, explores how physical security can give data centre managers peace of mind

It’s nearly 18 months since John Turner, head of IP physical security at next generation distributor, Computerlinks, last graced these pages with his insight on data centre security. So what has changed? Are data centres more secure? Are the threats any greater? In light of recent high-profile outages, are data centre managers really any more prepared and what has technology been doing to help them?

Stefan Haase, divisional director, data cloud services at InTechnology considers whether it makes better financial sense to go green in the data centre yourself or outsource your data storage and management needs

A recent conference at Nabarro’s offices looked at how combined heat and power (CHP) could be used in the data centre

Glenn Fassett, GM, International, Network Hardware Resale asks whether it is the right time to be looking at second hand equipment

Dominic Monkhouse, managing director of Peer 1 looks at how to lower your datacentre PUE