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12
Feb

The Sustainability Dream

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With new emerging Technologies and expanding AI capability, will 2021 be the year the Green Data Centre flourishes? Data Centres have historically been labelled a large contributor to global warming.…
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6
Aug

All Hail our Healthcare Sector

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Our health and care workers have been the heroes fighting the recent pandemic and behind the workforce has been the technology and systems to enable them to perform when needed.…
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31
Jul

Identifying Energy Efficiences: The Solution Lies in the Use of Data Centre Surveys

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Not every underlying problem within a data centre can be seen by the naked eye. Unless you have superhero’ powers and have thermal imaging eyesight it is impossible to detect…
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16
Jun

Don’t Forget to Look After Your UPS Batteries!

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An UPS or otherwise known as an Uninterruptible Power Supply system protects data centres and equipment from temporary power outages and power surges. UPS systems contain a battery backup system…
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14
Apr

Covid 19: Business Update

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Workspace Technology continues to provide key services to clients working closely with our supply chain to ensure that their mission critical IT infrastructure is working as efficiently and effectively as…
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19
Mar

The Importance of Data Centres in a Pandemic

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Data Centres are fundamental to our society, in every way they are crucial for everything we do including assisting with communication, transport, government, banking, the public health service and emergency…
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8
Oct

Maintenance: Think You Can Do It Yourself, Think Again!

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Finding ways to cut costs seems to be priority for some companies, but does doing something on the cheap really save you money in the long term? How many times…
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15
Aug

Are you ready for the dark?

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The story of the light bulb begins long before Edison patented the first commercially successful bulb in 1879. In 1800, Italian inventor Alessandro Volta developed the first practical method of…
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2
Jul

When was Your Fuel Last Polished?

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It’s reassuring to know that if your mains power was to cut out that you have a back-up supply via a generator, but how reliable is it? Diesel fuel that…
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4
Jun

Importance of Data Centre Room Integrity Testing

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As the population increases its demand for data availability at the touch of a button in real time, we see the reliability upon our data centres intensify, but the complexity…
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26
Apr

Breathe New Life Into Your UPS

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When was the last time that your Uninterrupted Power Supply (USP) had an overhaul? Your UPS is crucial to ensuring that your mission critical infrastructure and equipment doesn’t suffer any…
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1
Mar

Legionnaires’ Disease: A Real Killer!

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When did you last have your Evaporative Cooling equipment serviced? It may be working fine, but some things can’t always be seen by the naked eye. Operationally your air-conditioning unit…
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21
Nov

Benefits of Becoming A Channel Partner in a Technological Era

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We’re sure you have heard of the saying “Jack of all trades, Master of none”, so when you get a request for a specialist service what do you do? You…
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16
Jul

The Importance of Data Centre Maintenance

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To minimise the risk of failure within a data centre it is important to implement prevention methods via a carefully considered maintenance strategy. According to a White Paper, prepared by…
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21
Jun

Downtime – An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

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Have you ever heard of the old saying, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure?” This nugget of wisdom applies perfectly to your Data Centre -the heart…
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14
Mar

Data Centres Consuming More Energy Than Ever – What Can You Do?

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Ten years ago, data centres consumed virtually nothing in terms of energy but now they consume 3% of the global electricity supply and account for 2% of greenhouse gas emissions.…
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8
Feb

Facility Management: Is it Time to Add Another String to Your Bow?

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As a Facility Management company your focus is with taking control of a clients’ estate management challenges, freeing up Senior Management to do what they do best whilst helping them…
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5
Sep

Poor Airflow Management – a Significant Factor Contributing to Unplanned Data Centre Downtime

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It is estimated that the average utilisation of cooling infrastructure within UK data centres is less than 40%. If you consider the fact that a significant proportion of unplanned data…
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4
Sep

Operating at 55% Efficiency? Time for Some Optimisation!

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If you own a car you know that if you want to keep it performing as efficiently as possible that you need to get it serviced regularly. The same goes…
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14
Nov

Importance of Regular UPS Battery Maintenance

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Importance of Perform Regular UPS Battery Maintenance Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) systems typically rely on Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA) batteries for their standby energy reserve. Battery systems do however…
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