BUSINESS CONTINUITY NEWS

SMBs having problems with backup, recovery: study

June 18, 2013 | VERONICA C. SILVA

Cost and complexity of implementation are among the challenges that keep SMBs from implementing backup and recovery measures.

'It was raining in the data centre': Facebook's disaster

June 12, 2013 | SALVADOR RODRIGUEZ FOR LA TIMES (VIA SMH)

In the early days of Facebook's first data centre, an actual indoor rain cloud brought down the company's web cloud, according to Jay Parikh, Facebook vice president of infrastructure engineering.

Switch on to new power thinking

June 12, 2013 | MAHESH SHARMA (VIA SMH)

Data centre managers are putting their revenues at risk by persisting with old power management techniques.

Aquis Exchange sets up derivatives market in Equinix Slough data centre

June 10, 2013 | MATTHEW FINNEGAN

Pan-European stock exchange Aquis Exchange has set up in Equinix Slough facility in order to make use of the data centre provider's links as a financial hub.

Is this what future data centers will look like?

June 7, 2013 | BRANDON BUTLER

New breed of modular data centers are built quickly with flexibility in mind.

Microsoft : Hybrid cloud is good for IT, end users and corporate bottom line

June 6, 2013 | TIM GREENE

At TechEd Brad Anderson, Microsoft vice president of Windows Server and System Center details hybrid cloud vision.

Q&A: Microsoft hybrid-cloud push promises benefits for IT, end users, pocketbook

June 6, 2013 | TIM GREENE

Microsoft's chief hybrid-cloud exec opens up about what it can mean for businesses.

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