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As publisher of Data Center Frontier, Kevin works with sponsors looking to build awareness, thought leadership and sales with innovators in the data center market.

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About Kevin Normandeau

As publisher of Data Center Frontier, Kevin works with sponsors looking to build awareness, thought leadership and sales with innovators in the data center market.

Lithium-ion Batteries Increasingly Used as Backup Energy Source for Uninterruptible Power Supplies

By Kevin Normandeau - March 13, 2019 Leave a Comment

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Lithium-ion batteries are used in a variety of current consumer electronics. Now, the colocation and data center industry is taking note and discovering the possibilities of using lithium-ion batteries as backup energy sources for uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). A new white paper from LiiON outlines a variety of potential advantages of using lithium-ion batteries to both data center designers and operational engineers.

Tagged With: Data Center Power, Liion, Lithium-ion, Lithium-Ion Batteries

Data Center Sustainability, Efficiency Key to Future Success

By Kevin Normandeau - February 13, 2019 Leave a Comment

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A new focus on sustainability, efficiency and waste reduction opens up a wealth of opportunities to save money and use reusability to make key decisions around future data center designs, operations and processes. Download the full report, “Flexibility and Sustainability for the Dynamic Data Center,” courtesy of Server Technology, to learn more about the roles that flexibility and reusability will play going forward in making decisions around engineering future data center designs.

Tagged With: Data Center Design, Energy Efficiency, Server Technology, sustainability

Exploring and Explaining the Evolving Data Center Industry

By Kevin Normandeau - May 31, 2017 Leave a Comment

As the data center and Cloud services industries continue to evolve at a dizzying pace, so too are the business models and investment strategies of industry stakeholders. Seeing tremendous windows of opportunity open up through technological innovation and the changing needs of end users, many new players have been quick to jump in.

Tagged With: Data Center Events, IMN

Green Data Center Conference Returns to La Jolla, CA

By Kevin Normandeau - January 18, 2017 Leave a Comment

Early bird registration is open for the 8th Annual Green Data Center Conference 2017 until January 27th. This event is being held on February 21st-23rd at the San Diego Supercomputer Center in La Jolla, CA with the option to attend two live data center tours.

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The Software Defined Data Center

By Kevin Normandeau - November 5, 2015 Leave a Comment

Servers packed into a Microsoft Azure cloud data center.

The software defined data center (SDDC) is crucial to the long-term evolution of an agile digital business according to Gartner, Inc. It is not, however, the right choice for all IT organizations currently.

Tagged With: Gartner, software defined data center

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How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency

How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency Russell Senesac, Director of Data Center Strategy at Schneider Electric, explores how to address distributed IT management and the tools available today.

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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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Special Report: How Colocation Can Be the Nervous System of Digital Business

How much does your company spend on data communications each year? Chances are it’s a lot and growing. Gartner estimates that spending on communication services will make up 35% of the average IT budget this year. For organizations that are geographically distributed or moving operations to the cloud, the network is increasingly the lifeblood of the business. And as more business moves online, latency is not just unacceptable, it’s a threat to the health of the business. Download the new special report from Data Center Frontier and CoreSite that highlights for companies that depend upon high-speed communications to conduct business, colocation might just be the answer to remain competitive.

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