Cloud computing ‘to help free up data centre space’
March 21, 2011
Space in data centres can be freed up through the use of cloud computing solutions.
According to a new report from IT analyst Gartner, many data centre managers are beginning to consider moving non-essential workloads to the cloud.
This can help to reduce the amount of floor space, power and cooling being used, allowing companies to focus on production workloads that are of a higher priority to their operations.
"With offloading services to the cloud, ownership and management of IT assets is shifted to the provider, essentially outsourcing the service to someone else," Gartner explained.
The organisation went on to predict that by 2018, data centre requirements will only be 40 per cent of what they are at the moment, with an increased focus on core business services being recorded.
Last week, Martin Barry of Absolute IT told the New Zealand Herald that there is growing demand for cloud computing services in the nation.