Datacentres at risk from poor governance

29 Aug 2007 | Permalink | News

Computerworld UK
Environmental pressure to boost use of methodologies like ITIL…[Richard Muirhead comments] This raises an interesting issue – the importance of having the right data at the right time…The real challenge is collecting trusted data and being confident of its validity, rather than having a single place to put the information. It’s more a question of information management and integration…

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Tideway Systems Launches Tideway TV

21 Aug 2007 | Permalink | News

CM Crossroads
Tideway Systems, the independent leader in IT service configuration management for enterprises, has launched Tideway TV, a source for thought-provoking videos pertaining to IT Service Management and the role of application dependency mapping in today’s IT environment.

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A Greener Data Center Starts with a Better Handle on IT Assets

20 Aug 2007 | Permalink | News

Bank Systems & Technology
By Richard Muirhead. Going green is a red hot issue these days, particularly in the data center which is a big consumer of energy. Rising energy costs, combined with the increasing number of servers, cooling equipment and related infrastructure being deployed, are creating new pressures on corporate bottom lines in financial services organizations and in many other industry sectors.

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Datacentre space dries up

16 Aug 2007 | Permalink | Press Releases

London has been hit by another building space shortage as many City banks continue to pile more hardware into already overcrowded datacentres. To overcome space and power limitations, many financial institutions are considering adopting a modular datacentre design to split critical trading applications with back office systems. But doing this could be near impossible without the proper tools in place, explains Richard Muirhead, Founder and CEO, Tideway Systems

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Learn What The Missing Link Is In Your Data Center From Wachovia And Tideway Systems At Next Generat

06 Aug 2007 | Permalink | Press Releases

Jim Houghton, Head of Utility Product Management for Wachovia’s Corporate Investment Bank Technology Group and Richard Muirhead, Chairman, CEO and Founder of Tideway Systems, will deliver a joint presentation at the inaugural Next Generation Data Center™ Conference & Expo (NGDC™). The event, taking place August 6-9, 2007 at the Moscone Center, will focus on new technologies and their impact on the data center covering mission-critical applications and the technology supporting those applications. Houghton’s and Muirhead’s session, “Is Data the Missing Link?” will focus on the complexities created in the data center with IT becoming the largest part of capital spending and the critical role data plays. The session will be held on Tuesday August 7 from 11:30 to 12:30 PM.

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