A guest article from CoreSite asserts automation is shifting data centers from reactive to preventative on the way to predictive. Brenda Van der Steen, VP of Marketing at CoreSite, explores how automation acts as not only a precursor to artificial intelligence, but a crucial “step in the journey.”
Voices of the Industry
Our Voices of the Industry feature showcases guest articles on thought leadership. Education is part of our mission at Data Center Frontier. With Voices of the Industry, we tap the experience of data center executives on the front lines of innovation and market dynamics, and share their insights with our readers.
3 Questions to Ask Your Data Center About Environmental and Social Responsibility
It’s a fact we know all too well. Data centers consume a lot of power – and demand is only growing. In a world rightly concerned about climate change, growing energy requirements can be a liability. Kevin Hagen of Iron Mountain explains how asking the right questions of your data center provider can turn a potential sustainability liability into an opportunity.
IoT & AI Changing the Face of Data Centers as 2020 Nears
Marc Cram, Director of Sales for Server Technology, explores how the data demands and more of the IoT and AI are changing the tech and data center industry. Explore what’s in store for 2020, right around the corner.
Three Tips for Successfully Supporting Your Customers to the Edge
Sam Rodriguez, Sr. Product Manager of Industrial Solutions at CPI, asserts that opportunities abound at the edge for ICT designers and installers who follow these three tips.
Best Practices for Data Center Resilience
The impact of data center outages cannot be underestimated. Stream Data Centers Engineering Director Kevin Rosen explores ways to ensure data center resilience.
Data Center Management Tools: The Key to Supporting Our Data-Driven World
Jeff Klaus, General Manager of Intel Data Center Management Solutions, explores how data center management tools and industry innovation can go hand-in-hand.
10 KPIs You Need to Monitor to Improve Data Center Health and Efficiency
Modern data center managers are under constant pressure to do more with less while simultaneously being tasked with balancing data center uptime and optimizing for efficiency and capacity utilization. Herman Chan, President of Sunbird Software, offers readers 10 KPIs to track if your goal is improving data center health and efficiency.
Hyperscale Needs an Edge, Too
Cloud, social, SaaS and mobile companies will benefit from strategic, proximity-based edge computing infrastructure. Phillip Marangella of EdgeConneX explores the factors guiding hyperscale demand at the edge.
Weathering a Perfect Data Storm with Centers of Data Exchange
Tony Bishop, Senior Vice President, Platform & Ecosystem Strategy at Digital Realty, explores how to weather today’s perfect storm of digital data, IT leaders must adopt a strategy that implements local network ingress/egress within proximity to centers of data exchange, interconnected to digital ecosystems and tailored to business needs.
Why Universities Require a Data Center Provider That’s Completed Its Homework
Raul Martynek, CEO at DataBank, explores how a campus data center that will showcase the importance a school places on science and technology calls for an expert data center partner that higher education institutions can trust.
Data Center Frontier is edited by Rich Miller, the data center industry’s most experienced journalist. For more than 15 years, Rich has profiled the key role played by data centers in the Internet revolution.