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Strategies for Cloud Service Providers Adapting to Challenging, Demanding Environment

By Sarah Rubenoff - January 14, 2021 Leave a Comment

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It may seem as if with each year, client demands for Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are growing at a rapid pace. And a new eBook from the Siemon Company reiterates how in order to be successful, these companies need to be out in front of everything in their managed data center spaces – ensuring uptime, bandwidth, and operational/cost efficiency today, with the flexibility and scalability to adapt and expand on the fly.

Tagged With: cloud services, Colocation, Coronavirus, infrastructure, managed service providers, siemon

What Every Risk Officer Should Think About in 2021

By Voices of the Industry - December 28, 2020 Leave a Comment

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John Hevey, Vice President, Corporate Technical Service at BCS Data Center Operations, highlights what a Risk Officer should be focusing on as a turbulent year in the data industry and beyond comes to a close. 

Tagged With: BCS Data Center Operations, Colocation, Coronavirus, risk mitigation

The Top 10 Data Center White Papers of 2020: Insights from an Unusual Year

By Sarah Rubenoff - December 23, 2020 Leave a Comment

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The hot downloads from Data Center Frontier’s white paper library in 2020 tracked the rise of edge computing, the ins and outs of data center site selection and strategies for addressing data center power and water needs.

Tagged With: 2020, Colocation, Coronavirus, Data Center Site Selection, Edge Computing, white paper

The Goldilocks Solution for Healthcare Data Centers Pushed Off-Premise

By Voices of the Industry - December 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Anthony Bolner, Executive Vice President and Partner at Stream Data Centers, shares how IT infrastructure leaders at large healthcare enterprises are finding a ‘just-right’ solution in build-to-suit with a provider flexible to their requirements.

Tagged With: Coronavirus, healthcare, off-premises data center, Stream Data Centers

Budget Restrictions, Security Demands Top IT Challenges Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

By Sarah Rubenoff - December 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the IT industry, in particular, as IT professionals were charged with keeping institutions afloat, helping millions of U.S. workers transition to remote work and more.  A new white paper from Service Express offers  quick insights into how IT navigated through remote work demands, supply chain disruptions, increases security requirements and more to keep business operations moving forward. 

Tagged With: Coronavirus, IT, Security, Service Express

How COVID Has Changed the Data Center Industry

By Rich Miller - August 26, 2020 Leave a Comment

Data Center Frontier Editor Rich Miller speaks with David McCall, host of the QTS Experience podcast. (Image: QTS)

DCF Editor Rich Miller talks with David McCall of the QTS Experience podcast about how the business impact of COVID-19 pandemic and what it has meant for the data center industry.

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Life, the Pandemic and Data Centers: Barstool Chat With Garry Connolly

By Rich Miller - August 25, 2020 Leave a Comment

Data Center Frontier Editor Rich Miller speaks with Garry Connolly of Host in Ireland for its Barstool Chat series of data center conversations.

DCF Editor Rich Miller sits down with with Garry Connolly of Host in Ireland and its Barstool Chat series for a discussion of life, the pandemic and data centers.

Tagged With: Coronavirus, Dublin

Data Bytes: Pandemic Tech Drives 2020 Gartner Hype Cycle

By Rich Miller - August 24, 2020 Leave a Comment

Data Bytes: “Health passports” that indicate COVID-19 status are among the new entries on the Gartner hype cycle, Dell’Oro sees accelerating sales of equipment for 5G radio networks (especially in China).

Tagged With: Coronavirus, DataBytes, Gartner

DCF Roundtable Recap: Insights on COVID-19 and Data Centers

By Rich Miller - June 26, 2020 Leave a Comment

Our 19th Data Center Executive Roundtable showcases the insights of thought leaders on the state of the data center industry, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with panelists from CoreSite, NTT Global Data Centers Americas, EdgeConneX, Sabey Data Centers and Infrastructure Masons.

Tagged With: CoreSite, Coronavirus, EdgeConneX, Infrastructure Masons, NTT, Sabey Data Centers

The Home as the New Edge: COVID-19 May Boost Edge Computing

By Rich Miller - June 24, 2020 Leave a Comment

The workforce is more distributed than ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our data center roundtable panel discusses how this shift will impact the evolution of edge computing.

Tagged With: Compass Data Centers, CoreSite, Coronavirus, Edge Computing, EdgeConneX, Infrastructure Masons, NTT, Sabey Data Centers

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5 Ways to Mitigate Supply Chain Unpredictability and Labor Shortages in Data Center Construction

5 Ways to Mitigate Supply Chain Unpredictability and Labor Shortages in Data Center Construction Blake Weaver, Data Center Specialist at ProLift Rigging offers a list of ways to overcome supply chain challenges and labor shortages in data center construction. 

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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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Transforming Your Business Through Data — Creating a Virtuous Cycle for Your High-Value Data

Change is always hard, because it demands that people move out of their comfort zones. Even with the commitment to see it through, the precise nature and requirements can be elusive. This has never been more true than with digital transformation. Get the new paper from Iron Mountain that explores digital transformation in full, including today’s data landscape, current challenges, opportunities and more.

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

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

Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Open Spectrum, brings our readers a series that provides an introductory guidebook to the ins and outs of the data center and colocation industry. Think power systems, cooling, solutions, data center contracts and more. The Data Center 101 Special Report series is directed to those new to the industry, or those of our readers who need to brush up on the basics.

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