Aug 12, 2015
Another day, another headline about government hacking of sensitive data. This time it’s allegations that Chinese authorities hacked the Office of Personnel Management network, accessing information belonging to millions of US federal employees in what has to be seen...
Aug 7, 2015
The vast majority of today’s data centres have significantly underutilised power systems. Why? Because nobody wants to run short of power. So when power systems are specified it is often done on the assumption that the facility will ultimately have a full compliment...
Apr 28, 2015
The Internet of Things (IoT) explosion will be a major driver of technology investments over the next decade. Although the billions of endpoints or connected “things” will capture the headlines for IoT, investments in the data centre will be critical for...
Mar 9, 2015
While it was business as usual for Teraco, Africa’s only vendor-neutral data centre, the fire that broke out in the Great Westerford building did result in damage to the roof and third floor, and a temporary cut in council power. “The power cut did not however impact...
Mar 6, 2015
Teraco says that its Cape Town data centre is currently running on generator power as a result of a fire in the Great Westerford Building in Rondebosch, Cape Town. Lex van Wyk, CEO of Teraco, says that the building has been evacuated and the fire department is in the...
