Nov 18, 2014
A new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that the transition to the 3rd Platform is having a direct impact on data centre construction and remodelling. IDC expects the total number of data centres (all types) deployed worldwide will peak at...
Nov 3, 2014
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has introduced the second generation of the InRow RC as the latest addition to the InRow product line, expanding Schneider Electric’s vast cooling portfolio in southern Africa to meet the evolving needs of...
Sep 29, 2014
The data centre market is entering a period of unprecedented transition. With this shift comes a number of significant – and perhaps surprising – changes. Smaller, enterprise-owned data centres are shrinking in size. At the other end of the scale, mega-facilities...
Sep 22, 2014
Prefabricated data centre specialist Flexenclosure has received a second large order from MTN Côte d’Ivoire for a customised eCentre. The two technical facilities are the first prefabricated data centre buildings ever to be deployed in the country and they will...
Sep 19, 2014
Four disruptive factors will force dramatic changes in the data centre (DC) market by year-end 2016, according to Gartner. Gartner says that highly disruptive competition, big cloud provider dominance, economic warfare and nationalism will occur with different...