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Data Bytes: Enterprise Cloud Spending Gets $1.5B Boost From Pandemic

By Rich Miller - December 7, 2020

This chart from Synergy Research shows that the cloud growth rate, which had been slowing as the market matures, was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Note that this chart shows cloud growth rate, not cloud customers or revenue, which are both climbing steadily. (Graphic: Synergy Research)

This week we have several new data points on data center capital spending and the impact of COVID-19. Synergy sees a $1.5 billion boost in enterprise cloud spending in the third quarter of 2020.

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Data Bytes: CBRE Sees 373 Megawatts of Data Center Construction for 2021

By Rich Miller - November 16, 2020

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More than 373 megawatts of new wholesale data center construction is underway across major markets in the United States, according to a newly-published 2021 market outlook from CBRE.

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Data Bytes: IDC Sees Enterprise Cloud Shift Accelerating in 2021

By Rich Miller - November 2, 2020

An overview of the leading players in the cloud computing service provider sector, via Synergy Research.

The COVID19 pandemic is likely to hasten the migration of enterprise  IT equipment out of on-premises data centers and into data centers operated by cloud service providers and colocation specialist, according to  new data from IDC.

Tagged With: Data Center Migration, DataBytes, Enterprise, IDC, Synergy Research

Data Bytes: Online Retail Will Need More Data Infrastructure

By Rich Miller - October 5, 2020

The highly-automated Amazon Go store in Seattle, an example of how cloud technologies can bring new capabilities to retail at the edge. (Image: Amazon)

Data Bytes: Pandemic-driven changes in consumer behavior are likely to require more infrastructure, and thus are likely to boost investment in data center and network services.

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Data Bytes: Pandemic Drives Increased Spending on Hosted Collaboration Tools

By Rich Miller - September 28, 2020

Synergy Research provides hard numbers on how the COVID-19 pandemic has boosted video conferencing to support the work-from-home economy.

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Data Bytes: Hyperscale Buying Boosts Market for ODM, Open Compute Gear

By Rich Miller - September 14, 2020

Overview of second-quarter 2020 trends in data center hardware and software sales., via Synergy Research. (Source: Synergy Research).

The pandemic has boosted sales of hyperscale hardware, especially custom servers and storage from ODM vendors and Open Compute specialist Inspur, according to new data from Synergy Research Group and IDC.

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Data Bytes: Enterprise Switch Sales Slow, But Hyperscalers Still Buying

By Rich Miller - September 8, 2020

A Google Jupiter network switch. (Image: Google)

The Ethernet switch market has seen uneven activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, as stronger buying by cloud platforms and service providers was offset by a drop in orders from enterprise customers, according to IDC.

Tagged With: Cisco, DataBytes, Switches

DataBytes: Internet Uptime Holds Firm During the Pandemic

By Rich Miller - August 31, 2020

Data Bytes: The Internet performed just fine during the early months of the  COVID-19 pandemic, with “little evidence of systemic network duress, even when traffic shifts and volumes were at their peak,” according to ThousandEyes.

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Data Bytes: Pandemic Tech Drives 2020 Gartner Hype Cycle

By Rich Miller - August 24, 2020

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).

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Data Bytes: AI Still an Enterprise Priority, Even as Growth Slows for COVID-19

By Rich Miller - August 17, 2020

The market leaders in sales of AI servers and storage (Graphic: IDC)

DataBytes: IDC says investment in artificial intelligence (AI) has remained solid during the COVID-19 pandemic, with growth moderating only slightly during 2020. KPMG sees a similar pause in spending for “emerging technologies.”

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Overcoming Supply Chain Roadblocks: How to Avoid Disruptions in Your Data Center

Overcoming Supply Chain Roadblocks: How to Avoid Disruptions in Your Data Center The data center industry continues to experience significant global supply chain problems. Brett Williams of Service Express, explores the importance of leveraging the secondary hardware market to overcome supply chain roadblocks.

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High Efficiency Modes of Operation: Path Toward Highest Energy Efficiency Without Load Availability Trade-Off

The most common UPS topology currently used in the industry is double conversion; nevertheless, most UPS suppliers have introduced Eco Modes of operation to further increase the levels of efficiency of the UPS. Download the new paper from Vertiv, which analyzes potential drawbacks of Eco Mode types of operation, further highlights elements to consider when using these modes of operation, and gives a review of field results for technologies like the Liebert Trinergy Cube UPS and more. 

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Data center modules on display at the recent Edge Congress conference in Austin, Texas. (Photo: Rich Miller)

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 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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