More in this Special Report

• A guide to server efficiency

  Tech Guide The cost of powering and cooling server hardware is fast becoming a critical issue for IT managers, while the demand for ever more computing muscle in the datacentre continues to grow. What can be done? We examine some of the options.

• Blades and business

  Tech Guide How do you juggle the competing demands for more computing power and data storage capacity with the need to keep power costs to a minimum? Blade servers may be the answer.

• Windows Server 2008: preview, part 1

  Preview Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn Server, is due in the second half of this year. In the first instalment of a two-part preview, we take a look at some of the key functionality in Beta 3.

• Windows Server 2008: preview, part 2

  Preview In the second part of our preview of Windows Server 2008, we examine its new virtualisation functionality, take a look at the enhancements to Terminal Services, and more.

• London's datacentre shortage

  Opinion The UK's capital is running out of physical space to house datacentres. Could virtual networks be the answer?

• Photos: Taking the lid off Project Blackbox

  Photos Sun's Project Blackbox is a working datacentre that fits into a standard shipping container.

• Photos: Big Blue shows its green side

  Photos Saving the environment or driving business? IBM claims its energy-efficient data centre technology can do both.

• The green data centre: An oxymoron?

  News With data centres using increasingly enormous amounts of energy, being 'green' may be impossible to achieve.

• Sun extends blade lineup

  News Aiming for versatility, the Sun Blade 6000 Modular System features three new blade servers plus a smaller blade-server chassis.

• IBM announces blade server for SMEs

  News Company says the BladeCenter S can reduce the number of servers used by SMEs by 80 percent but won't give price details until the fourth quarter.

• HP reveals green storage technology

  News Company claims that it can half power and cooling costs in data centres as it announces a raft of products at its Las Vegas conferences.

• Server Efficiency: Make The Case (PDF)

  Download the PDF version of this special report.