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.
Containerization 101: What you Need to Know
As an increasing amount of our day-to-day activities have at least one foot in the internet, we are generating a nearly incomprehensible amount of data. Brad Alexander, Chief Technology Officer at DartPoints shares six key benefits of containerization, including how it can reduce the strain of increasing IT demands.
Digital Infrastructure Decision Points: Speed to Deploy, Time to Market
Pre-configured physical infrastructures are flexible solutions for data center leaders need to find ways to be creative, improve customers’ deployment speed and reduce overall time to market. A DCF special report courtesy of Panduit looks at how pre-configured cloud solutions facilitate the speed of deployment without sacrificing the ability to tweak according to customer needs.
Design Considerations to Support Cloud and Digital Infrastructure
Complacency and a fear of testing new technology may impact your ability to take advantage of the digital economy. A DCF special report courtesy of Panduit looks at how cloud architecture design considerations can address challenges around efficiency, resiliency, safety, and latency.
Meta Rolls Out New Network Tech for Building its Facebook Metaverse
As Meta begins building a digital metaverse to house a future version of the Facebook social network, it is rolling out new networking hardware and software to power its effort. Here’s a closer look at today’s announcements from the OCP Summit.
NVIDIA Unveils Tools to Build Virtual Worlds, Accelerate Data Center Networks
NVIDIA sees a future filled with virtual worlds powered with augmented reality and connected by powerful networks. At GTC the company unveiled new tools for world-building, creating 400Gbps Infiniband networks, and making AI more accessible to data center customers.
The Metaverse Can’t Thrive Without the Physical Universe
In the Metaverse, users – and, presumably, devices – can be defined as participants and interact in personal, professional, and recreational activities within a modified, extended form of augmented and virtual reality. Phillip Marangella, CMO of EdgeConneX shares insights on the infrastructure that will be needed to support the emerging Metaverse.
The Data Center and Cloud Balance: New Considerations
A world powered by digital infrastructure requires new considerations to ensure rapid deployments and optimize application delivery. A DCF special report courtesy of Panduit looks at the new cloud and data center balance demanded by the growth of digital infrastructure.
Your New Era of Cybersecurity: A Three-phase Roadmap for Implementing Your New Cybersecurity Strategy
New workforce strategies that allow remote work have rendered traditional perimeter-based cybersecurity obsolete. Will Bass, Vice President of Cybersecurity Services for Flexential, discusses how organizations can transform their cybersecurity strategy to include long-term remote workforces.
Facebook: We Disconnected Our Data Centers From the Internet
Facebook says that a configuration error broke its connection with a key network backbone, disconnecting Facebook from all of data centers and leaving its DNS servers unreachable, the company said.
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