In today’s edition of the DCF Executive Roundtable, our panel discusses the shift of enterprise IT workloads into third-party cloud platforms and colo facilities.
Making Sense of It All: What Migrating Workloads Really Means
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.
Everything You Need To Know About Migrating Workloads
Migrating workloads, moving data, assets, software, etc. from one location to another, can get complex quickly. A new white paper from Digital Realty walks readers through what makes a workload a good candidate for migration, and highlights four major issues that organizations should be sure to steer clear of during a migration. Download the new report today, designed to help you with best practices for workload migration to keep your enterprise moving.
Full-Service Colocation Providers Provide More than Just Space
This is the final post in a four-part series from Cyxtera that explores crucial elements to consider before choosing a colocation provider. This post focuses on what support services full-service colocation providers should provide for their clients.
The 10 Steps to Data Center Migration Success
Choosing the right partner is critical in establishing a seamless data center migration. Success lies deep within the details. Download the new Iron Mountain white paper to explore the 10 steps to data center migration success.
The Building Blocks of Future Colocation Success
The colocation providers that will succeed in attracting new clients will need to offer more complex services, add more value to SLAs and provide stronger support for IT migrations. Greg Myers, Marketing Manager at Vertiv, explains how future colocation success will be built upon expanded offerings, faster scalability and stronger migration support.
7 Often-Overlooked Considerations for a Successful Data Center Move
Whether you’re building a new data center, moving to a colocation facility, or transitioning to a cloud/hybrid environment, a data center migration is a complicated, risky endeavor. And many crucial considerations for success often aren’t considered at all in the planning and execution of data center migration.
Overcoming Data Center Migration Challenges with a Staged Approach
Fast-changing business needs—such as mergers and acquisitions, regulatory changes, the need to remotely access data, and security changes—can necessitate a data center migration. But with a data center migration come numerous challenges, such as application or other dependencies, poorly defined data requirements, distributed data and applications, lack of expertise or management support, and others. In this week’s Voices of the Industry, David Mettler, IO Data Centers vice president of sales and market director for the United States, discusses how best to overcome data center migration challenges with a planned approach.
Data Center Migration
Data Center Migration, three words that can cause sleepless nights to even the most experienced professionals involved in enterprise IT and facilities departments. While it can be a daunt- ing challenge, it also offers a great opportunity to improve and rethink your IT architecture and examine how well it meshes with your organization’s long term business strategies.
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