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IT Perspectives: Top 5 Network Challenges of 2019

By Voices of the Industry - March 18, 2019

network challenges

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

Why Security and Compliance Are Essential When Adopting a Hybrid IT Strategy

By Voices of the Industry - January 7, 2019

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Although the commercial and operational advantages of hybrid IT are compelling, for financial services and healthcare organizations as well as enterprises that market their services to the government sector, security and regulatory compliance are non-negotiable. Mark Houpt, Chief Information Security Officer at DataBank, takes a look at key security and compliance factors when adopting a hybrid IT strategy for your business. 

Tagged With: Cloud, Compliance, Data Center Security, DataBank, hybrid IT

50 Percent of Firms Still Not GDPR Compliant: How About Your Data Center?

By Kayla Matthews - December 26, 2018

In security and privacy, the big event of 2018 was the arrival of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). So why are so many reporting that they’re still not compliant -and may never be?

Tagged With: Data Center Security, GDPR, Privacy, Security

Executive Roundtable: The State of Data Center Security

By Rich Miller - December 20, 2018

IT security will once again be a key issue in the data center industry in 2019, according to the four thought leaders in the DCF Executive Roundtable.

Tagged With: Cyxtera, Data Center Security, Intel, Intel DCM, Iron Mountain, RagingWire Data Centers, Security

Executive Roundtable: Is the Cloud More Secure Than the Enterprise?

By Rich Miller - June 18, 2018

In our quarterly Executive Roundtable, five data center thought leaders discuss the security of cloud platforms and service provider facilities versus on-premises data centers.

Tagged With: BASELAYER, Cyxtera, Data Center Security, Iron Mountain, RagingWire Data Centers, Stream Data Centers

Can Your Colocation Provider Ensure Physical and Virtual Security?

By Sarah Rubenoff - May 15, 2018

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This is the third post in a four-part series from Cyxtera that explores crucial elements to consider before choosing a colocation provider. This post focuses on ensuring your colocation provider is prepared to provide physical and virtual security for your data center. 

Tagged With: Colocation Provider, cybersecurity, Cyxtera, Data Center Security, Security

The Do’s and Don’ts of Data Center Security

By Voices of the Industry - April 9, 2018

data center safety

In this week’s Voices of the Industry, 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.

Tagged With: Data Center Security, RagingWire Data Centers

Why Continually Evaluating and Updating Your Data Center Security Strategy is Mission Critical

By Voices of the Industry - June 12, 2017

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Threats will continue to escalate, both in number and sophistication, and having a sound data center security strategy that includes colocation can be the best way to mitigate your threat risk. David Mettler, Vice President of Sales and the Market Director for the US at IO, explains why continually evaluating and updating your data center security strategy is mission critical.

Tagged With: Data Center Security, IO, Security

Data Center Security: An Integrative Approach to Achieving Holistic Security

By Bill Kleyman - August 19, 2016

Working with modern cloud and data center technologies isn’t always an easy task. Today, we’re seeing a boom in cloud adoption and data center utilization. Still, through all of this adoption and cloud deployment – it’s pretty much impossible to escape the conversation around data center security.

Tagged With: Data Center Security, Digital Realty

5 Essential Items for Selecting a Fully Compliant Data Center

By Voices of the Industry - August 31, 2015

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In this age of rapidly advancing trends of Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, cloud computing, and even wearables, businesses have increasingly complex and unpredictable requirements for data security, reliability and compliance. Shahid Javed from RagingWire, provides tips for data center security and compliance issues.

Tagged With: Colocation, Compliance, Data Center Security, RagingWire Data Centers

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Understanding the Differences Between 5 Common Types of Data Centers

Understanding the Differences Between 5 Common Types of Data Centers No two are data centers are alike when it comes to design or the applications and data they support with their networking, compute and storage infrastructure. Shad Secrist of Belden outlines the differences between 5 of the most common types of data centers including edge, colocation and hyperscale.

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Phoenix Data Center Market

2021 Overview of the Phoenix Data Center Market

Phoenix has established itself as a major market for cloud computing, and nearly every major hyperscale platform and wholesale data center developer has lined up land for future capacity in Greater Phoenix. The region is positioned for continued data center expansion, and the pace and location of that growth will be guided by deployment trends for large customers, especially regarding how they position their capacity and availability zones. This report, in conjunction with NTT, continues Data Center Frontier’s market coverage of growing data center hubs. Explore further for a comprehensive overview of the Phoenix data center market.

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Edge Computing is Poised to Remake the Data Center Landscape

Data center leaders are investing in edge computing and edge solutions and actively looking at new ways to deploy edge capacity to support evolving business and user requirements.

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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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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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