![]() |
|
|
UK gets new James Bond-style data centre
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
A newly-announced UK data centre set to open at the end of the year will feature top end physical security straight out of a spy film. Set to open in the fourth quarter of this year, SAVVIS’ new data centre will be sited in Slough. The data centre will include physical security features such as biometric entrance scanning, weight sensitive entrance floor panels, bullet-proof glass, always-on CCTV across the site, and a little something called ‘man traps’ - essentially a space between two doors where people are held if they aren’t authorised for access. Might not be enough to stop James Bond or Jason Bourne from sneaking through, but thankfully they’re fictional. “Data centres are expensive to build and the data they hold is very important data,” Richard Warley, international managing director for SAVVIS, told IT PRO. “We do have a lot of customers in the financial sector and they look for physical and logical security.” The facility will be connected to SAVVIS data centres near Reading and at London’s Docklands for disaster recovery and business continuity purposes. The first phase will cost £35 million pounds and cover 36,500 square feet on the first floor of the building, said Warley. The second phase will offer another 30,000 square feet on the ground floor. SAVVIS offers technology-agnostic managed hosting and network services to companies in financial sector, media and entertainment and others. The firm offers the basic option of renting space as well as fully managed services and specialised utility-based services. The firm said the financial services sector - including SAVVIS’ customers like the London Stock Exchange - are demanding more space and closer proximity to the grid. The data centre is one of several the firm has built recently across Europe, Asia and North America as part of a two-year, $400 million (£205 million) investment. Have Your Say: UK gets new James Bond-style data centre Please read our posting guidelines before posting. Alternatively you can discuss this report here. Related News
|
HEY HUMAN! - YES you! - You do not have to be livestock - SO WAKE UP! Last post by Thinking Man's Idiot @ 07:45 PM Go to Forum
| Latest Topics
Balancing The Equation Last post by StuartG @ 05:02 PM COLUMN-Einstein, insanity and the war on drugs:Bernd Debusmann Last post by Nostalgia @ 04:14 PM FACTBOX-Cluster Bombs: A Deadly Legacy Last post by Nostalgia @ 04:10 PM Zimbabwe police charge into protesting doctors Last post by Nostalgia @ 04:07 PM Web spies monitor activists online for police, attorney-general - report Last post by Nostalgia @ 03:54 PM March for Renewable Energy! Last post by Unregistered @ 03:48 PM Spain 'authorised' CIA rendition flights Last post by Unregistered @ 03:03 PM Military contractor in Iraq holds foreign workers in warehouses Last post by Unregistered @ 03:01 PM Icke. Conspiracy & Anti-Semitism Last post by Unregistered @ 01:34 PM Email This Page To A Friend Latest Headlines
More World News Archive
|
The views expressed in the RINF news wire and newsletter are the sole responsibility of the author (s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the webmaster. RINF.COM: Breaking News & Alternative Media is Copyleft - Copy & Distribute Freely. News Forum |