EDITOR'S LETTER
Towards the next generation
Information Age’s annual focus on data centre technologies and services highlighted the scale of the challenge ahead, says editor Kenny MacIver

KEYNOTE
Raising the bar
Entrusting customer data to a business partner means ensuring its data centre meets tight standards. American Express’s Keith Appleyard finds most partner operations wanting

DATA CENTRE LOCATIONS
IT in a cold climate
There is a compelling argument for picking Iceland as the destination for next-generation data centres

DATA CENTRE DESIGNS
Engineered for efficiency
Any discussion of green data centres should put engineering before politics, says consulting engineer Patrick Fogarty

INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
Trusting in change
Auditing and managing change across the IT infrastructure is the key to a high-performing data centre

PARTNER PRESENTATION
The data centre landscape
More space, more power and greater computing density; what businesses want from their data centres in the coming years should come as no surprise, says data centre hosting provider Interxion

PARTNER PRESENTATION
Getting real about virtual
Virtualisation is enjoying booming popularity as a means of consolidating services while cutting power requirements – and the bill, says data centre hosting provider Telecity

PARTNER PRESENTATION
Optimising the core
Virtualisation requires careful management, says infrastructure management firm Avocent

PANEL DEBATE
Value economics
The energy and infrastructure costs associated with the data centre must be seen in the wider context of its contribution to business value

CHANGE AGENDA
Great expectations
The new generation entering the workforce is used to consumer web services. And that poses a threat to data centre executives