The Computing Data Centre (CDC) at LYIT received a substantial donation of data centre equipment from Yahoo Inc recently.  Modern data centre facilities are an essential component in the move to cloud/green computing, a discipline taught to honours degree level at LYIT.

Thomas Dowling, Head of Department of Computing, welcomed the Yahoo donation, “This equipment will give LYIT students superb access to a real world environment and will allow them to hone their skills.  We’d like to thank Yahoo for their generous contribution.”

The equipment coming from Yahoo will be used for 

• Enterprise applications and security teaching.
• VMWare, Hyper-V and KVM virtualization and private cloud servers.
• Project servers for award year students.
• Project servers for MSc/post-graduate student projects.

The CDC is a teaching and research data centre run by the Computing department which replicates the work environment and offers hands-on learning for students.  It is used by 3rd and 4th year under-graduates and by post-graduate students, in addition to being a home for research projects in smart grid, software development and security,

Photo caption: Pictured are members of the LYIT’s Eco-Tech Society (Denis Bourne, Willie Doherty, Shane Flynn, Saurabh Negi, and Gary Boyce), Lecturers (Edwina Sweeney and John O’Raw), and Thomas Dowling, Head of Department of Computing.‎