Voices of 2018: Renewable Energy, the Cloud & Security
Staying up to speed on the news in the fast-moving data center industry is crucial to professional success and staying relevant. That’s why columns and expert insight from business leaders provide a special type of value. Data Center Frontier offers its Voices of the Industry series to provide unique perspectives from across the colocation, cloud and data center industries.
This past year, the most popular Voices columns on Data Center Frontier were brought to readers from names like Iron Mountain Data Centers, RagingWire Data Centers, Stream Data Centers and CoreSite. In fact, Iron Mountain columns made up four of the 10 most popular Voices of the Industry columns for 2018.
As for the hot topics were covered by the group of colocation leaders in 2018, columns focused on trends like renewable energy in the data center industry, data center security, data center construction, cloud usage and more.
Here are the most popular Voices of the Industry columns of 2018:
#1: The Story of Renewable Energy in the Data Center Industry
Iron Mountain Data Centers
The data center and colocation industry is a small segment of the IT sector, but represents a large portion of the power consumption. Kevin Hagen, of Iron Mountain, outlines the evolution of renewable energy use in the data center and colocation industry.
#2: The Dos and Dont’s of Data Center Security
RagingWire Data Centers
As data centers take on a more prominent role in our businesses and our lives, they face greater security risks than ever before. Eddie Ankers, Director of Corporate Security for RagingWire, discusses best practices for data center security, and insights on how to protect your data center and the assets in it.
#3: Cybersecurity: It’s More Than Just Technology
Stream Data Centers
Stewart Collier, Managing Director, Critical Environments, at Stream Data Centers, explains why it is time to recognize cybersecurity involves more than just technology, and how the roles of compliance and physical access ensure virtual security for the enterprise.
Having a sound data center security strategy that includes colocation can be the best way to mitigate your threat risk. (Photo: Iron Mountain)
#4: 2018 Data Center Colocation Projections
Iron Mountain Data Centers
In 2018, colo providers will try their best to innovate to integrate with customers’ cloud environments and delivery models. Mark W. Jobson, Director of Product Marketing for Iron Mountain’s data center business unit, discusses 2018 data center and colocation projections, and what the next year may hold for the two industries.
#5: How to Build Data Centers Faster, Better and More Cost Effectively
RagingWire Data Centers
There is no question that the data center market is booming. And client expectations are changing as well. Brian Mattson, Vice President of Construction at RagingWire Data Centers, analyzes how to accelerate the pace of modern data center construction while staying under budget and improving quality.
#6: Data Center Developers: Meeting the Challenges of Today’s Requirements
Stream Data Centers
How do data center operators design and build for a varying array of different users and insure they are deploying the right product type to maximize their success? Chris Kincaid, Senior Vice President of Design & Construction at Stream Data Centers, explores some of the biggest design and construction challenges for today’s data center developers, and how to tackle them.
#7: State of the European Data Center Market
Iron Mountain Data Centers
The EU data center market will be a critical relay point tethering North America and South America to the Middle East and Asia. Eric Boonstra, VP & GM of Iron Mountain Data Centers Western Europe covers how the European data center market is evolving and poised for future growth.
#8: Data Centers and the Future of the Hybrid Cloud
CoreSite
Hybrid IT enables enterprises to close the gap between the legacy enterprise IT model and what modern cloud-based products can achieve. CoreSite President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Szurek looks to the future of the hybrid cloud and the benefits of hybrid-ready data centers.
#9: It’s Time for Data Centers to Provide More Cloud Connectivity Options
RagingWire Data Centers
It’s time for data center companies to offer customers a choice of more than a single cloud connectivity option – one provider is not enough. Bruno Berti, Vice President of Product Management at RagingWire Data Centers, examines how offering more cloud connectivity options will benefit data center customers.
One of the power rooms inside the RagingWire data center in Garland, Texas. (Photo: Rich Miller)
#10: Cloud First Does Not Mean Cloud Only – Add Colocation for the Ideal Balance
Iron Mountain Data Centers
Hybrid IT architectures with colo as the foundation increase efficiency, lower costs, and mitigate risks when compared to environments with only in-house data centers. Rick Crutchley, Chief Operating Officer at Iron Mountain shares how organizations can benefit from a hybrid IT strategy that features colocation.
To stay up to speed on new trends in the colocation market, stay tuned to Data Center Frontier’s Voices of the Industry series.
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