Green Data Centres & Utility Computing
Data centres have recently been under scrutiny for their energy efficiency, and rightly so, but there have also been huge leaps forwards in the field. Being efficient is even more important now since all businesses are under increased pressure to cut costs. This talk will look at some of the best practices such as virtualisation and sensible power provisioning, as well the steady move towards regarding IT resource as a utility available on-demand, and what this means to you as a technology professional.
Speaker: Kate Craig-Wood
Kate is co-founder and managing director of Memset, a leading provider of flexible web and IT hosting solutions for businesses. Memset has recently won awards for environmentalism, innovation and service quality, including been voted the UK’s Best Web host for three years running. Kate has keen interests in business representation, energy and the environment and women in IT. She is a main board member of Intellect, the UK’s high-tech trade association.