I just read a press release from EU commisioner Viviane Reading about energy savings in the IT industry. I found the interesting part of the press release that the commission is also recognizing that the IT industry is not only a consumer of energy but also a source of many energy savings for many other […]
We spent a lot of time on energy efficiency and it might be interesting to share our experiences with the community in order to exchange best practices. It is very important to really think through your choice of hardware. In particular the energy loss of a power supply unit of a server is concerning. Google […]
I gave a presentation on April 3rd as a key note speaker on the financial impact of virtualization on the Netapp Innovation event. I must give my compliments to Theo van Theylingen and his Netapp team for organizing such a major event. It was a pleasure to present in such an outstanding setting and there […]
The local Dutch newspaper Parool published an interesting article on the increased regulations for datacenters in the Amsterdam area. The city of Amsterdam has taken a leading role in bringing together datacenter operators, IT companies and environmental experts as part of their Climate Program. The goal is to reduce carbon emissions by 40% in 2025 […]
Investment in Cisco CRS-1s nearly 2.4 million US Dollars Leaseweb, international business hosting provider that counts Starbucks among its customers, is set to restructure its large global hosting network. The acquisition of two Cisco CRS-1s makes the network infrastructure more hierarchical and scaleable and enables a bandwidth capacity increase to 1900 Gigabits per second (1.9 […]
“Web hosting with high uptime is important for our website” Relatieplanet (www.relatieplanet.nl), the biggest dating site in the Netherlands and Belgium with over 2.3 million members, has placed its hosting environment with international business web hosting service provider Leaseweb (www.leaseweb.com). Relatieplanet opts for Leaseweb because uptime is vital for the site.
90% of its 500 Carbon Neutral cabinets at EvoSwitch Data Center already filled Leaseweb, the largest corporate hosting provider in the Netherlands that counts Starbucks among its corporate clients, has identified a strong Carbon Neutral market demand. Last year, Leaseweb put 500 racks into use at once in the new carrier-independent and Carbon Neutral Data […]
Server park housed in Leaseweb’s ‘green’ data center environment Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé has chosen to house its new virtualised server park for the IT & Consultancy division at Leaseweb, the largest business hosting provider in the Netherlands. Leaseweb houses its server park in the climate-neutral EvoSwitch data center, which complements Koninklijke Joh. Enschede’s ‘green’ policy.
“”Early Bird” promotion is possible thanks to its privileged partnership with Microsoft Leaseweb, the largest business hosting provider in the Netherlands, is confident that Windows Server 2008 will offer important improvements for its customers that currently use Windows Server 2003. This is the reason why Leaseweb has already configured 2,000 Dedicated Servers at their EvoSwitch […]
A good source of information on the latest developments in the tech space is the blog of Nick Carr. He is the acclaimed author of the article “Does IT matter” which made him sort of a guru on IT and cloud computing in the US. Carr just made a new post where he shares with […]