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Doug Mohney has been working in and writing about IT and satellite industries for over 20 years. His real world experience including stints at two start-ups, a commercial internet service provider that went public in 1997 for $150 million and a satellite internet broadband company that didn't.Follow Doug on Twitter at @DougonIPComm

About Doug Mohney

Doug Mohney has been working in and writing about IT and satellite industries for over 20 years. His real world experience including stints at two start-ups, a commercial internet service provider that went public in 1997 for $150 million and a satellite internet broadband company that didn't.Follow Doug on Twitter at @DougonIPComm

AI, Autonomous Vehicles and Crypto Drive Future Compute Requirements

By Doug Mohney - December 9, 2021

The NTT Global Data Centers Americas SV1 facility in Santa Clara, Calif. (Image: NTT)

New technologies like artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, and cryptocurrency are driving current and future compute needs.. A new DCF special report courtesy of NTT explores how hybrid architectures help support these workloads.

Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Colocation, Hybrid cloud, Hyperscale, NTT

Balancing the Benefits of Data Center, Cloud, and Colocation Solutions

By Doug Mohney - November 30, 2021

The NTT Global Data Centers Americas CHI data center in Itasca, Illinois. (Photo: NTT Global Data Centers Americas )

With increasing needs for high-performance computing across applications, hyperscale computing and retail colocation are beginning to merge. A new DCF special report courtesy of NTT explores how enterprises are building the most effective ecosystem for their needs by mixing and matching data center, cloud, and colocation.

Tagged With: Colocation, Hybrid cloud, Hyperscale data center, NTT

From Data Center to Cloud and Back: Cloud Repatriation & the Edge

By Doug Mohney - November 24, 2021

The network meet-me room inside the NTT Global Data Centers Americas facility in Hillsboro, Oregon. (Photo: NTT)

Enterprises are now faced with two different trends impacting infrastructure needs and requirements: cloud repatriation and edge computing. A new DCF special report courtesy of NTT explores how enterprises are building the most effective ecosystem for their needs by mixing and matching data center, cloud, and colocation.

Tagged With: Cloud, Edge Computing, Hyperscale data center, NTT

Data Center, Cloud, AND Colocation, Not Data Center vs. Cloud vs. Colocation

By Doug Mohney - November 17, 2021

The NTT Global Data Centers Americas campus in Hillsboro, Oregon. (Photo: NTT)

Enterprises today are mixing and matching data center, cloud, and colocation to balance their needs for stable production, rapid prototyping and development, security, and growing requirements for hyperscaling and customized high-performance compute. A new DCF special report courtesy of NTT explores the strengths and challenges of each solution.

Tagged With: cloud computing, Edge Computing, Hyperscale data center, NTT

Satellite Image Data is a Growth Business for Amazon Web Services

By Doug Mohney - October 11, 2021

An AWS Ground Station antenna collects data from satellites. (Image: Amazon)

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is providing a delivery platform for new applications from its satellite data customers, including LOTS of earth observation imagery. Here’s a closer look at the AWS cloud’s growing business in space data.

Tagged With: Amazon Web Services, Imaging, Satellite

Satellites, Supercomputers and Big Data Help Refine Storm Forecasts

By Doug Mohney - September 10, 2021

The HERA supercomputer in West Virginia supports weather modeling for NOAA and the National Weather Service to improve the prediction of high-impact weather events. (Image: NOAA)

As Hurricane Ida illustrates, real-time weather data collection and accurate forecasting are essential for protecting lives and property. New satellites are providing imaging data that can help refine weather modeling and forecasts.

Tagged With: HPC

Space Broadband Wars Heat Up: SES Connects Azure Cloud, Cruise Ships

By Doug Mohney - August 18, 2021

Satellite operator SES will use its O3b mPOWER network of satellites (pictured here) to provide broadband connectivity to the Azure cloud and Carnival Cruise ships. (Image: SES)

Satellite specialist SES is touting its medium Earth orbit (MEO) O3b mPOWER network as a “goldilocks” broadband satellite solution, offering advantages over geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) and low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations from SpaceX, OneWeb, and Telesat.

Tagged With: Broadband, Microsoft, Satellite, SES

BigData From Space: How Satellite Launches Power Cloud Growth

By Doug Mohney - July 12, 2021

An illustration of the Fleet Space Centauri 4 nanosatellite, which was one of 88 satellites launched in a recent SpaceX mission. (Image: Fleet Space)

A SpaceX rocket launch conducted on June 30 will conservatively add 30 to 40 terabytes of data per day to cloud services around the world. The SpaceX launch deployed several satellites providing hosted IT services, serving as forerunners to dedicated data centers in the sky.

Tagged With: Satellite, SpaceX

The Space-Powered Edge: Amazon, SES Create Direct Connect Via Satellite

By Doug Mohney - June 17, 2021

Satellite operator SES will use its O3b mPOWER network of satellites (pictured here) to provide Direct Connect services to the AWS cloud. (Image: SES)

Satellite operator SES has joined the AWS Direct Connect program, creating new options for edge computing applications to use satellite broadband to connect to the cloud through space.

Tagged With: Amazon Web Services, Satellite, SES

The Space Cloud: Satellite Strategies for AWS, Google and Microsoft

By Doug Mohney - May 28, 2021

Microsoft's Azure space strategy includes satellites, ground stations at its data centers, and modular data centers with satellite broadband connections. (Images: Microsoft)

Cloud providers Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are building relationships with satellite companies. Here’s a closer look at the distinctive strategies these cloud players are adopting as they seek to built two-way business connections between the cloud and space.

Tagged With: Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, Satellite, Space

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Mitigate Risk, Improve Performance and Decrease Operating Expenses through Data Center Self-Performance If a vendor conducts the actual work in your data center, then you or your operator aren’t maximizing your current operating resources and are experiencing incremental cost and risk. Chad Giddings of BCS Data Center Operations, explains the importance of your data center provider having a high-degree of self-performance.

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