Datacentre capacity planning

Effective capacity planning evaluates how well the datacentre helps achieve its business objectives in the present and anticipates the organisation's future needs. As a capacity planner, you must examine hardware, infrastructure and personnel, and determine whether these IT components can handle growth and new requirements that may arise. This section covers how to develop an effective datacentre capacity planning strategy to ensure your datacentre is scalable and prepared for the future.

December 20, 2021 20 Dec'21
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2021

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 datacentre stories of 2021
December 16, 2021 16 Dec'21
Barclays selects HPE GreenLake to host 100,000 workloads

Bank sees a need to provide more personalised digital experiences, and GreenLake is providing the IT infrastructure to help it get there
December 09, 2021 09 Dec'21
NEXTDC opens edge datacentre on the Sunshine Coast

NEXTDC’s SC1 facility is the first in a series of edge datacentre sites that will provide low-latency services to regional businesses and global linkages
December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21
AWS re:Invent 2021: Four key takeaways for ASEAN firms

AWS’s third-generation Graviton processor and other offerings in edge computing, machine learning and digital twin technologies are of relevance to organisations in Southeast Asia

Clouds gather over Chinese providers – but is there a silver lining?

With the geopolitical outlook chillier than for some time, Computer Weekly explores the future prospects for UK-China approaches to technology and business Continue Reading
How can enterprises avoid datacentre supply chain issues affecting IT upgrades?

With analysts predicting that the current datacentre component shortages could last for at least two years, CIOs are being advised to act now to prevent the situation affecting their IT upgrade plans Continue Reading
Riskier business: How Brexit could be changing downtime risk and resilience in the datacentre

As the UK enters the final quarter of its first year from the Brexit transition period, the risk picture for local datacentres remains unclear Continue Reading

Has the data centre of the future already arrived?

Predicting the future is full of potential pitfalls, but analysts still insist on trying to do it, even when a study of the evidence illustrates how wild some forecasts have proven to be. But back ... Continue Reading
Datacentres in 2030: What the future holds

In this guest post, Tony Jacob, vice president of design and construction for Europe, Middle East and Africa at colocation giant Digital Realty predicts what the next decade holds for the ... Continue Reading
Working through the Covid-19 lockdown: What to look for in a datacentre partner

In this guest post, Darren Watkins, managing director of colocation provider Virtus Data Centres, talks about how Covid-19 has changed what enterprises want from their datacentre partners. More ... Continue Reading

How serverless computing could help enterprises cut cloud complexity

The reality of cloud is failing to live up to the hype for some enterprises, but serverless computing could help firms attain the operational benefits they're looking for Continue Reading
Infrastructure as code: What does it mean and why does it matter?

The emergence of software-defined hardware has given rise to the phrase “infrastructure as code” to describe the way these environments are managed Continue Reading
Choosing the right colocation provider

Quocirca's Clive Longbottom runs through the list of items enterprise IT managers should look for in prospective colocation providers Continue Reading