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The Right Cloud Strategy Starts with the Right Data Center Strategy

By Voices of the Industry - September 16, 2020 Leave a Comment

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JP Laqueur, Senior Vice President of Marketing at DataBank, explores the close ties between cloud strategy and success and data center strategy and approaches. 

Tagged With: cloud computing, DataBank, Hyperscale

New Technology Shifting the Distributed IT and Edge Management Landscape

By Sarah Rubenoff - February 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

Distributed IT

The role of distributed IT is shifting. This is true for retail locations, branch offices, university campuses or manufacturing plants, and has been for a while. But these days, with almost every organization becoming more digitized, “the number of these sites is increasing, and their role is changing,” said Vertiv. A new white paper from Vertiv outlines how connectivity, cloud computing, big data and mobile applications can work together to enable a new service paradigm for remote sites that increases visibility, reduces downtime and supports optimization of these vital IT resources.

Tagged With: Big Data, cloud computing, cloud connectivity, Edge Computing, Vertiv

Top 3 Trends Drawing Hyperscale Users & Cloud Providers to Wholesale Data Centers

By Voices of the Industry - February 3, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Anthony Bolner, EVP of Stream Data Centers, explores the leading trends pushing more hyperscalers and cloud providers to use wholesale data centers. 

Tagged With: cloud computing, Hyperscale, Stream Data Centers, wholesale data centers

Why Many Tech Companies are Turning to the Hybrid Cloud to Tackle Today’s Business Challenges

By Sarah Rubenoff - January 22, 2020 Leave a Comment

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With the potential stemming from new technology like machine learning, AI, big data and more, tech companies continue to make up one of the fastest growing industry segments. A new report from Digital Realty explores the potential of the hybrid cloud, which according to the report, has emerged as a   way to “drive down IT costs, greater agility and speed when embracing new business opportunities, and the ability to protect critical business data and applications from external and internal threats.”

Tagged With: cloud computing, Colocation, Digital Realty, Hybrid cloud

The Hyperscale Data Center Drives the Global Cloud Revolution

By Rich Miller - October 30, 2019 Leave a Comment

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The hyperscale data center is reshaping the global IT landscape, shifting data from on-premises computer rooms and IT closets to massive centralized data center hubs. Explore further how cloud campuses will continue to enable hyperscale operators to rapidly add server capacity and electric power.

Tagged With: cloud computing, Hyperscale, Hyperscale data center, Iron Mountain

Making Sense of It All: What Migrating Workloads Really Means

By Sarah Rubenoff - June 14, 2019 Leave a Comment

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With cloud computing growing in popularity, as the amount of big data continues to explode, efficient data and workload migration is becoming more critical to success and staying competitive across a variety of marketplaces. A new white paper from Digital Realty focuses on best practices for workload migration, which can get complex quickly, and what it actually means for today’s businesses.

Tagged With: cloud computing, Data Center Migration, Digital Realty

Using a Data Center Partner to Firm up Hybrid Infrastructure for SaaS

By Sarah Rubenoff - April 10, 2019 Leave a Comment

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CoreSite asserts that to make “getting SaaS right” easier, partnering with a data center to firm up hybrid infrastructure can reap long-term benefits. A new report from CoreSite explores the challenges, opportunities and potential of Software-as-a-Service for your business. 

Tagged With: Cloud, cloud computing, Colocation, CoreSite, Hybrid cloud, SaaS, software-as-a-service

Making the Case for High Quality Cloud in a Commodity World

By Voices of the Industry - April 8, 2019 Leave a Comment

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Databank’s Mark Houpt explores the benefits of working with a specialized data center cloud provider, including performance, security options, and support for compliance.

Tagged With: Cloud, cloud computing, cybersecurity, data security, DataBank

IT Perspectives: Top 5 Network Challenges of 2019

By Voices of the Industry - March 18, 2019 1 Comment

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The IT industry is ever changing, and today’s network engineers and architects face an ongoing list of challenges. Iron Mountain Data Centers’ Frank Scalzo highlights the top network challenges facing engineers and architects in today’s data center market. 

Tagged With: cloud computing, Compliance, Data Center Network, Data Center Security, Iron Mountain, Networking

Frontier Spotlight: Top Data Center Stories for February 2019

By Sarah Rubenoff - March 6, 2019 Leave a Comment

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Hyperscale growth and the promise of 5G wireless were hot topics on Data Center Frontier in February 2019. Here’s a look at the month’s most popular stories at DCF.

Tagged With: cloud computing, Colocation, Edge Computing

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How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency

How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency Russell Senesac, Director of Data Center Strategy at Schneider Electric, explores how to address distributed IT management and the tools available today.

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The COVID-19 Crisis and the Data Center Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic presents strategic challenges for the data center and cloud computing sectors. Data Center Frontier provides a one-stop resource for the latest news and analysis for decision-makers navigating this complex new landscape.

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Northern Virginia Data Center Market: The Focal Point for Cloud Growth

The Northern Virginia data center market is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Data Center Frontier explores trends, stats and future expectations for the No. 1 data center market in the country.

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Understanding the Importance of Power Quality in the Data Center

Clean uninterruptible conditioned power is one of a data center’s most critical elements which can have the most immediate impact if any issues occur. This white paper from Powerside examines the equipment, operational characteristics and conditions that can influence various points in the data center power chain, which ultimately can the impact the power quality and operation of the IT equipment.

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Data Center 101: Mastering the Basics of the Data Center Industry

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