American Tower has advanced its data center strategy on several fronts, consolidating its CoreSite acquisition with its data center assets, and lining up infrastructure investor Stonepeak for a $2.5 billion equity stake in its data center business.
Six Ways Edge Computing is Changing the Digital Ecosystem Landscape
The pandemic exposed a nation-wide digital divide. Brad Alexander of DartPoints, outlines how edge computing is bridging that gap and changing the digital ecosystem landscape.
Compass Quantum Unveils Edge-Focused ‘White Space as a Service’
Compass Quantum is a new service from Compass Datacenters that aims to make it simple to provision distributed data centers as a turnkey “white space as a service” offering. Industry veteran Tony Grayson has joined Compass to lead the Quantum team.
DigitalBridge Launches VC Unit, Outlines Full Stack Investment Strategy
DigitalBridge has launched a venture capital arm that invests in tech startups as part of its evolution into a “full stack” platform that operates data centers, while also connecting investors with a range of opportunities to place capital in digital infrastructure.
What’s to Come for Tech in 2022: Our Top Predictions
Over the past year, the IT industry has experienced significant challenges and has faced them head on with rapid shifts in the way we work. Chief Executive Officer Chris Downie leads a round-up of some of Flexential’s top tech predictions for the coming year.
How Cloud, Edge, and Connectivity are Impacting Modular Solutions
There will be further growth around modular solutions in how they impact emerging technologies like cloud, edge computing, 5G, and more. A DCF special report courtesy of ABB looks at How Digital Modernization is Impacting Physical Modular Infrastructure.
Delivering Customer Excellence in Turbulent Times
The world has changed overnight, and every industry is playing catch-up to meet higher demands from their customers. Noah Boudreaux, General Manager Data Center Sales and Operations for Venyu, shares insights on how data centers can meet customer demands and deliver excellent customer experiences during challenging times.
A Look at the Edge from the Perspective of SaaS and Content Providers
Raul Martynek, CEO, DataBank, explains why software-as-a-service and content providers need the ability to provision services from the edge as close as possible to their customers to capitalize on 5G technologies and deliver low-latency experiences for customers.
Your Applications Are All Grown Up and Moving Out
Applications like cloud services, gaming, ADAS, VR, and social media are requiring more than what a centralized DC can provide them – lower latency, faster connectivity, higher bandwidth, better performance. Danny Gonzalez of Anritsu shares insights on how to test your edge network to ensure it’s delivering what your customers’ applications need.
Hybrid Edge Data Centers: Reducing Transmission Times for Mission-Critical Applications
As more mobile devices send data to the edge and the cloud, data centers will need to develop a hybrid approach to their infrastructure that addresses long transmission times that can lead to downtime for mission-critical applications. A new white paper from Belden explores why low-latency hybrid edge computing is the future of the data center market.
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