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Welcome to the BCS Data Centre Specialist Group |
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Written by Web Master
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Friday, 01 December 2006 |
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Welcome to the BCS Data Centre Specialist Group website. The Data Centre Specialist Group (DCSG) is a voluntary membership group within the British Computer Society (BCS). We are now into our second year with over 500 members representing data centre owners and operators both within and outside the UK. During our inaugral year (2007) the DCSG rapidly became a significant voice within the data centre industry due to the breadth and depth of knowledge within our membership as well as our independant status under the BCS and its royal charter. The DCSG has also become a significant voice in the sustainable IT debate with its research in data centre energy efficiency. Members of the DCSG can participate in our working groups by either logging onto our site and entering the forums section or attending one of our events and participating in person. Members also have access to additional presentations (and speakers notes), pre-release white-papers and documents stored in our on-line web repository. Joining information can be found by clicking "Join the DCSG" on the menu if you are not already a DCSG member.
Zahl Limbuwala - DCSG Committee Chairman |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 18 August 2008 )
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EU Data Centre Code of Conduct |
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Written by Liam Newcombe
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Saturday, 16 August 2008 |
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The final review version (v0.9) of the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres has recently been published for review. This draft will be the last chance to review and provide feedback on the Code before it's launch in September. The present draft reflects the many comments received to date and is now very close to being finalised for publication. We request comments from both members and non-members on this final review version, by 2 September at the latest. You can download this draft of the main CoC document and the Best Practice supplement to the Code of Conduct from the DCSG repository. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 18 August 2008 )
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DCSG Announces Beta Program |
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Written by Zahl Limbuwala
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Saturday, 02 August 2008 |
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Today the DCSG announced its intention to run a Beta Program as part of the Carbon Trust project. In the process of developing the data centre simulation software the opportunity has arisen to work with a small number of data centre operators during the development stages of the project. The beta program will give those involved early access to the DCSG data centre simulation tool and influence in the web-based user interface and output data constructs. The program will be a fee based beta and participants will benefit from having the tool applied to their data centre and a report written on the findings co-branded by BCS and the Carbon Trust. Participants will also benefit from early training on the tool and a two day course in energy efficiency in the data centre.
The beta program will be launched on Thursday 21st August 2008 during a dedicated event at the BCS London offices. Further details and registration information can be found in the DCSG event calendar. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 02 August 2008 )
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