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Follow the Network: Connectivity and Data Center Site Selection

By Paul Gillin - October 16, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Data centers require reliable, robust and scalable network connections. These needs should be considered early in the planning process. A new Data Center Frontier report series continues to explore the ins and outs of data center site selection.

Tagged With: Data Center Infrastructure, Data Center Network, Data Center Site Selection, special report, Stack Infrastructure

The Five Pillars for Successfully Deploying Networks in Edge Locations

By Voices of the Industry - October 9, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Sam Rodriguez, Senior Product Manager for Industrial Solutions at Chatsworth Products offers five steps to ensure your edge network will be set for success.

Tagged With: Chatsworth Products, Data Center Network, Edge Computing, Edge Data Centers, Edge Infrastructure

Bringing the Physical Fiber Layer into the 21st Century

By Voices of the Industry - June 4, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Bob Shine, VP of Marketing and Product Management at Telescent, highlights how data centers are working to respond to today’s network  and data traffic needs. Explore the potential of the physical fiber layer. 

Tagged With: COVID-Impact, Data Center Network, enterprise data center operations, Fiber Optic Cables, telescent

Unexpected Benefits of Multi-Tenant Data Centers During a Network Crisis

By Voices of the Industry - June 1, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Chad Rodriguez, Vice President of Network and Cloud, along with Chris Bair, Senior Vice President of Sales and Leasing for Stream Data Centers, share key considerations for successfully managing network and cloud demands during a crisis.

Tagged With: Data Center Network, Networking, Stream Data Centers

Bringing Automation to Physical Fiber Cross Connects

By Voices of the Industry - April 9, 2020 1 Comment

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Bob Shine, VP of Product Management and Marketing at Telescent, explores ways to automate physical fiber cross connects. Automation ensures the integrity of the testing process, connectivity records and measurement results.

Tagged With: automation, Data Center Network, Fiber Optic Cables, Interconnection, telescent

Exploring Data Center Power — What’s Top of Mind for Today’s Facility managers?

By Sarah Rubenoff - February 17, 2020 1 Comment

3-phase power

In the market of 2020,  today’s data center manager is responsible for not only overseeing capacity planning management, but also ascertaining  the capability to determine, drive and report on energy efficiency. A new white paper from Server Technology  defines 10 things every data center manager should know about power and identifies key considerations for the data center planner and operator, regarding how to simply and reliably power all of the IT hardware in the modern data center.

Tagged With: Data Center Network, Data Center Storage, Rack Power Distribution, Racks, Server Technology

Growing the Number of Buildings Where Networks can Exchange Data Traffic

By Sarah Rubenoff - November 18, 2019 Leave a Comment

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Projects like the IEIC (Internet Ecosystem Innovation Committee), of which QTS is a member, work to “stimulate transformation, regional economies and internet infrastructure growth globally,” and are designed to deemphasize the heavy reliance of the current concentrated, congested peering points. A new white paper from QTS, “QTS Peering and Data Exchange,”  explores how companies can help the industry proliferate the number of buildings where internet and content networks can exchange traffic and do so in a neutral and open way.

Tagged With: Data Center Network, data exchange, QTS Realty

Future of Fiber Optics, Data Center Networks Closely Tied

By Sarah Rubenoff - October 10, 2019 Leave a Comment

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Demands for data volumes and data rates are growing at a never-before-seen pace. A new white paper from Panduit explores how the data center fiber optic networking infrastructure requirements need to change and evolve to meet current and future demands for data volumes and data rates, which are only going to continue to grow.

Tagged With: Data Center Infrastructure, Data Center Network, Fiber Optic Cables, Panduit

Garland Offers User Guide for the Possibilities of Network TAP

By Sarah Rubenoff - October 9, 2019 Leave a Comment

Network TAP

Today, enterprises need easy access to all of the bits, bytes and packets flowing through a network. And providing this accessibility is a critical piece of network design, says a new white paper from Garland Technology. The paper provides a networking user guide for Networks TAPs or traffic or test access points.

Tagged With: Data Center Network, Garland Technology, network monitoring

Delivering Reach & Performance with Fiber Optic Cabling Systems

By Sarah Rubenoff - October 2, 2019 1 Comment

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Pushing the limits. This, according to a new white paper from Panduit, is going to be what moves network performance into the next era. A new report from Panduit explores how a fiber-optics solution can increase flexibility, agility, scalability,  ease of deployment and more.

Tagged With: Data Center Network, Fiber Optic Cables, Panduit

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Making Your Data Center Water Positive

Making Your Data Center Water Positive Cem Candir, CEO of Chemstar WATER, provides insights on new innovations in data center water treatment and gives details on how some hyperscalers are making their data centers water positive.

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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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Integrating Colocation Services with Business Operations

A&M helps companies around the world address complex business issues to boost their productivity and performance. Get the new white paper from QTS that explores how Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has benefited from integrating colocation services with business operations.   

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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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