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In the last month ’ s issue we focused on all things cloud and virtualisation , one of the hottest trends in the industry right now . But despite the government investing £ 2bn into cyber security to protect its virtual empire , it seems UK businesses aren ’ t following suit . Data breaches are quite literally happening every day , not to mention the damage caused by human error . A recent study has revealed that it costs UK organisations on average £ 1m to recover from a cyber-attack . Which begs the question why aren ’ t we doing more to protect ourselves ? Are we so caught up in the trend that we are forgetting the basics ?
Speaking of basics , while all our focus appears to be on ‘ cloud ’ this and ‘ IoT ’ that – essentially what we can ’ t actually see – it is easy to forget that the data
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centre , the life force of it all , resides in a physical location . All this fancy cyber stuff would be nothing without the humble data centre , which is why this issue focuses on one of the most important aspects of maintaining one : Cooling .
Cooling is often overlooked , but it accounts for 40 per cent of the power used in an entire data centre facility , which let ’ s admit , is a pretty big piece of the pie . Our data production is snowballing at an astronomical rate , and although the changes required to keep pace can be overwhelming , if the physical data centre is maintained efficiently and organisations build upon good foundations , there will be a lot less to worry about .
Should you have any questions or opinions on the topics discussed please write to : claire . fletcher @ allthingsmedialtd . com
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4 | August 2017 |