Big Data Really Means ALL Data

It should come as no surprise that we witnessed a continued explosive growth throughout 2016 of Big Data. This trend was fueled primarily by insatiable mobile demand and the emerging data rush to adopt the Internet of Things (IoT). Data is fast becoming the most...

The Dangers of a Dirty Data Centre

We came across an interesting piece in TechRadar.com called “The Dangers of Dirt in the Data Centre” written by Mark Say. The title caught our eye as it was clearly highlighting the importance of cleanliness in a data centre. The article begins with the...

Data Centres And Their Energy Efficiency

Data centres, by their own inherent design, consume vast amounts of energy. A couple of years ago the New York Times published an article called Power, Pollution and the Internet and it began highlighting the huge problem that faced the data centres at Facebook. In a...

5 Key Challenges That Data Centres Are Facing

This post takes a look at the key challenges that will be facing Data Centres over the coming few years. The main driver creating the biggest challenge is the explosive growth of data {over 800% in next 5 years alone}. Much of this data will be unstructured and when...

Leading Causes of Data Centre Outages

This post will be the first in a series looking at some common concerns, issues and opportunities facing data centres from both an economic and an operational perspective. We’ve all heard the expression “Time is Money”…well in the data centre...

The Impact of Big Data in the Retail Industry

Our previous post touched on a few ways that Big Data is expected to improve our day to day lives. This post takes one particular sector {Retail} and looks at some of the ways that businesses in retail will be revolutionized by the use of big data analytics. The...