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Weighing the Benefits of Colocation: Build a Data Center or Go Colo?

By Sarah Rubenoff - February 18, 2019 Leave a Comment

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As big data continues to explode, many more enterprises are having to make a decision: partner with a colocation provider or go it on their own, building and operating a new data center. A recent white paper from Server Technology weighs the benefits of colocation and lays out the pros and cons of both paths.

Tagged With: Colocation, Colocation Provider, Data Center Construction, Server Technology

Aligned Energy Aims to ‘Smarten’ Critical Infrastructure

By Sarah Rubenoff - February 14, 2019 Leave a Comment

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A new white paper from Aligned Energy — whose mission is in part to  is to make critical infrastructure smart enough to continuously improve both its economic performance and environmental impact — offers a financial analyst update on the company led by some of today’s top wholesale cololcation providers.

Tagged With: Aligned Energy, critical facilities, critical infrastructure, Data Center Infrastructure

Data Center Sustainability, Efficiency Key to Future Success

By Sarah Rubenoff - 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

DCIM Software & New Techniques Work to Simplify Data Center Cable Management

By Sarah Rubenoff - February 11, 2019 Leave a Comment

Some of the network cabling for the Comet supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, viewed from the hot aisle. (Photo: Rich Miller)

More organizations are recognizing the importance of good cable management for modern data centers, but many still struggle to instill good data center cable management behaviors across their environments. A new eBook from Sunbird Software explores hows Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software plus new techniques can simply and streamline data center cable management.

DCIM software is being used as a data center tool to cut down on the complexity of cable management.

Tagged With: data center cable management, data center cables, Data Center Management, DCIM, DCIM software, Sunbird Software

New Report: Simplifying Data Center Contract Negotiation

By Sarah Rubenoff - January 23, 2019 Leave a Comment

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When purchasing or selling data center services,the legal contract signed by the client and the provider is critically important. A new report on data center contracts explores how to streamline and improve the data center contract negotiation process. 

Tagged With: CoreSite, Data Center 101, data center contracts, data center planning, Open Spectrum

Breaking Down Organizational Siloes in Data Centers Boosts Efficiency, Agility

By Sarah Rubenoff - January 16, 2019 Leave a Comment

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Often, numerous different data center and business teams are all contained within organizational siloes. These siloes restrict movement of data and information, cut down on innovation and, of course, inhibit scalability and agility. A new white paper from BCS FM Solutions focuses on how to eliminate these siloes between data center and business operations, bringing people, process, technology and the industry together.

Tagged With: BCS FM Solutions, Data Center Management, data center models

New Multi-Cloud Computing Solution Aims to Heighten Security & Boost Power

By Sarah Rubenoff - January 14, 2019 Leave a Comment

The first phase of Building L on Digital Realty's campus in Ashburn, Virginia. (Photo: Digital Realty)

After the early days of cloud computing, IT teams quickly turned to multi-cloud solutions that promised to meet multiple business needs, but multi-cloud solutions aren’t without their own challenges. The new report from Digital Realty explores a computing solution that tackles some of these challenges and connects private infrastructure over a dedicated connection accessing public cloud resources while bypassing the internet.

Tagged With: Cloud, Cloud Architecture, Digital Realty, Krystallize Technologies, multi-cloud computing

Data Center Investments: Combining Real Estate & Tech Improves Strategy

By Sarah Rubenoff - January 8, 2019 Leave a Comment

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According to the Data Center Journal, data center investments in the U.S. reached record levels in 2017, soaring to an impressive more than $20 billion. A new executive brief from Stream Data Centers explores tech and real estate investment in the data center planning process, and the importance of both.

Tagged With: Data Center Design, data center planning, data center real estate, Data Center Site Selection, Stream Data Centers

Top Data Center White Papers of 2018: Hot Markets, Edge, Lithium-ion & More

By Sarah Rubenoff - December 21, 2018 Leave a Comment

Frontier Spotlight march 2018

Find the 10 most popular data center white papers of 2018 all in one place. Read up on growing data center markets, the edge, hyperscale and more. Featured are offerings from Vantage Data Centers, Iron Mountain Data Centers, Vertiv, Chatsworth Products, Server Technology and more. 

Tagged With: Colocation, Hyperscale data center

Northern Virginia Data Center Tax Incentives See Strong Return

By Rich Miller - December 12, 2018 Leave a Comment

Legislation making qualified data center facilities exempt from Virginia’s sales and use taxes went into effect in 2009. To qualify, data center providers must spend at least $150 million and create between 25-50 new jobs in the area. Those tax breaks have since been extended through 2035. A new Data Center Frontier report explores the business environment and the positive trends spurred by Northern Virginia data center tax incentives.

Tagged With: Data Center Site Selection, Northern Virginia, Northern Virginia Data Center Market Special Report, RagingWire Data Centers

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Top 2019 Trends Impacting the World's Escalating Demand for Data and Power

Top 2019 Trends Impacting the World\'s Escalating Demand for Data and Power Jim Witham, CEO of GaN Systems, explores the top 2019 data cent power trends, and highlights new perspectives and approaches to thinking about and addressing the power needs of the diverse technology that surrounds us. 

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GaN Rising as Power Chain Option as Energy Demand, Cost Grows

Data center leaders are exploring the potential of using Gallium nitride (GaN) in power conversion equipment to increase efficiency. Although GaN has been around for a while, it’s relatively new to the data center world.

Data center modules on display at the recent Edge Congress conference in Austin, Texas. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Edge Computing is Poised to Remake the Data Center Landscape

Data center leaders are investing in edge computing and edge solutions and actively looking at new ways to deploy edge capacity to support evolving business and user requirements.

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Safety Rules: An Update on Lithium-ion Battery Use in Critical Facilities

The lithium-ion battery (LIB) offers many benefits when used in conjunction with data center uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. Still, data center professionals have legitimate questions about the operational and safety aspects of this emerging technology and how it compares to traditional valve-regulated, lead-acid (VRLA) batteries. Download the new white paper from Vertiv that  addresses common questions about the use of lithium-ion batteries in the critical space.

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