High Tech
Hong Kong and Australia are leading destinations for locating a data centre according to a unique study just released by international consultancies Cushman & Wakefield and hurleypalmerflatt.The Data Centre Risk Index (DCRI) evaluates the top risks likely to affect the successful operation of a data centre in the 20 most important global markets.
"The underlying value of a data centre lies in its infrastructure. Data centre owners can mitigate risk by ensuring their facilities have the capacity to meet current demand for services as well as the flexibility to meet future demand, in terms of technological advances and changing operational requirements," said Cushman & Wakefield Executive Director - Occupier Services Tom Pullinen.
Tom Burns explains how a small peice of hardware, like an Intel chip can impact the world for the better.
With the impact of IT on corporate power consumption being increasingly in the spotlight, founder of the Uptime Institute, Kenneth G Brill points out that moving ‘’bits’’ instead of ‘’atoms’’ is more energy efficient.
{jcomments off}Julius Neudorfer explains how even high-tech facilities can benefit from the principles of ancient arts – and might even prove to be more effective.
