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Optimizing Public Cloud Infrastructure for Peak Performance

By Voices of the Industry - June 28, 2018 Leave a Comment

Many more enterprises are increasingly seeing public cloud as a top priority of their IT strategy. In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Jeff Klaus, General Manager of Intel Data Center Management Solutions, explores the growing market of public cloud services, as well as how to optimize public cloud infrastructure. 

Tagged With: Cloud, Data Center Management, Intel, Intel DCM, public cloud, public cloud infrastructure

Exploring Public, Private & Hybrid Cloud Strategy

By Voices of the Industry - November 2, 2020 Leave a Comment

Todd Piper, Chief Information Officer at Service Express, explains the differences between the different cloud options on the market and how a hybrid strategy can help companies support their digital transformation initiatives.

Tagged With: Hybrid cloud, public cloud, Service Express

Cyxtera to Go Public Through $3.4 Billion Merger With Starboard SPAC

By Rich Miller - February 22, 2021 Leave a Comment

A Cyxtera Technologies data center in the Dallas-Fort Worth market. (Photo: Cyxtera)

Cyxtera Technologies will become a public company through a merger with a SPAC sponsored by Starboard Value. The deal, which values Cyxtera at $3.4 billion marks the first major deal by a group of SPACs targeting the data center sector.

Tagged With: Cyxtera, SPACs

The Cloud is Better at the Edge

By Voices of the Industry - February 1, 2021 Leave a Comment

Phillip Marangella, chief marketing officer of EdgeConneX, highlights how many of today’s CIOs are bringing their cloud strategies to the edge.

Tagged With: Cloud, Cloud Architecture, Edge Computing, EdgeConneX, Hybrid cloud

The Sustainability Imperative: Green Data Centers and Our Cloudy Future

By Rich Miller - January 20, 2021 Leave a Comment

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The data center industry can be a catalyst for action on climate change, advancing sustainability and adoption of renewable energy. Customers are demanding it, and the planet needs it. A Data Center Frontier Special Report series. 

Tagged With: Data Center Frontier Special Report, data center sustainability, Green Data Center, Iron Mountain, sustainability

Amazon Buys Solar, Wind Power to Speed Shift to a Renewable AWS Cloud

By Rich Miller - December 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

Amazon today announced a massive investment in 3.4 gigawatts (GW) of solar and wind power, which will accelerate the company’s timeline to power its AWS cloud infrastructure with renewable energy by five years.

Tagged With: Amazon Web Services, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind

Data Bytes: Enterprise Cloud Spending Gets $1.5B Boost From Pandemic

By Rich Miller - December 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

This chart from Synergy Research shows that the cloud growth rate, which had been slowing as the market matures, was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Note that this chart shows cloud growth rate, not cloud customers or revenue, which are both climbing steadily. (Graphic: Synergy Research)

This week we have several new data points on data center capital spending and the impact of COVID-19. Synergy sees a $1.5 billion boost in enterprise cloud spending in the third quarter of 2020.

Tagged With: COVID-Industry, DataBytes

Gaining Control of Your Cloud Spend: A Data Center Decision-Maker’s Guide

By Voices of the Industry - November 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

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How can organizations gain control of their cloud spending? As data center managers reviewing budgets for 2021, DataBank CTO Vlad Friedman takes a look at strategies and tools to optimize your cloud and data center spending.

Tagged With: Cloud, Colocation, DataBank

Data Bytes: IDC Sees Enterprise Cloud Shift Accelerating in 2021

By Rich Miller - November 2, 2020 Leave a Comment

An overview of the leading players in the cloud computing service provider sector, via Synergy Research.

The COVID19 pandemic is likely to hasten the migration of enterprise  IT equipment out of on-premises data centers and into data centers operated by cloud service providers and colocation specialist, according to  new data from IDC.

Tagged With: Data Center Migration, DataBytes, Enterprise, IDC, Synergy Research

The Right Cloud Strategy Starts with the Right Data Center Strategy

By Voices of the Industry - September 16, 2020 Leave a Comment

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JP Laqueur, Senior Vice President of Marketing at DataBank, explores the close ties between cloud strategy and success and data center strategy and approaches. 

Tagged With: cloud computing, DataBank, Hyperscale

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5 Ways to Mitigate Supply Chain Unpredictability and Labor Shortages in Data Center Construction

5 Ways to Mitigate Supply Chain Unpredictability and Labor Shortages in Data Center Construction Blake Weaver, Data Center Specialist at ProLift Rigging offers a list of ways to overcome supply chain challenges and labor shortages in data center construction. 

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The COVID-19 Crisis and the Data Center Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic presents strategic challenges for the data center and cloud computing sectors. Data Center Frontier provides a one-stop resource for the latest news and analysis for decision-makers navigating this complex new landscape.

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Northern Virginia Data Center Market: The Focal Point for Cloud Growth

The Northern Virginia data center market is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Data Center Frontier explores trends, stats and future expectations for the No. 1 data center market in the country.

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Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Open Spectrum, brings our readers a series that provides an introductory guidebook to the ins and outs of the data center and colocation industry. Think power systems, cooling, solutions, data center contracts and more. The Data Center 101 Special Report series is directed to those new to the industry, or those of our readers who need to brush up on the basics.

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