New forces shaping data centre strategy

The importance, role and functionality of data centres will change over the next five years, leaving many organisations unclear on how to plan their future data centre architectures, according Gartner, which says technical, fiscal and service delivery concerns will be...

Teraco expands Cape Town facility

Teraco’s Cape Town data centre continues to grow on the back of strong demand for vendor neutral data centre co-location services and the company will soon increase its capacity. The facility, situated in Rondebosch, first opened its doors in February 2009 and is now...

Fujitsu removes data speed limits

At last week’s Fujitsu Forum, Fujitsu demonstrated technology that is destined to significantly reshape the data centre of the future both in functionality and design. By removing current speed limits to deliver data at the speed of light, performance bottlenecks are...

CIOs must plan for data centre growth

The increasing business demands on IT mean that data centre managers must plan to increase their organisation’s computing and storage capacity at a considerable rate in the coming years, according to Gartner. Organisations that plan well can adjust to rapid growth in...

New data centre for MTN Ivory Coast

Data centre specialist Flexenclosure and systems integrator Leadcom have received a multi-million dollar order from MTN Côte d’Ivoire to supply a 336 square metre (sqm) customised eCentre data centre in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The new data centre consists of a 168sqm...