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Evoque Boosts Connectivity Options, Looks to Expand Data Centers

By Rich Miller - February 17, 2021 Leave a Comment

Cabinets inside an Evoque Data Center Solutions facility in Dallas. (Photo: Evoque)

Evoque Data Center Solutions enters 2021 with new connectivity options, and ambitions to boost its customer base and presence in the data center business. That includes data center expansions, and perhaps some M&A.

Tagged With: Enterprise, Evoque

Flexential Continues its Expansion, Targeting Hybrid Enterprise Solutions

By Rich Miller - February 5, 2021 Leave a Comment

The exterior of the Flexential data center facility near Nashville. (Photo: Flexential)

Flexential CEO Chris Downie says recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will bring a sharper focus on hybrid IT, Flexential aims to use its growing portfolio of services and markets to help enterprise customers sort out a complex IT landscape

Tagged With: Dallas, Enterprise, Flexential, Hybrid cloud, hybrid IT, Portland

Enterprise IT Looks to Cloud, Colo to Drive Transformation

By Rich Miller - January 29, 2021 Leave a Comment

What’s ahead for the data center industry in 2021? On the Data Center Frontier Show Podcast, we discuss how enterprise IT will adapt to the changed landscape created by the COVID19 pandemic, and why this will matter to data center professionals and end users.

Tagged With: Enterprise, enterprise data center

The Eight Trends That Will Shape the Data Center Industry in 2021

By Rich Miller - January 6, 2021 Leave a Comment

Servers inside a Facebook hyperscale data center in North Carolina. (Photo: Rich Miller)

What’s ahead for the data center industry? We’ve identified eight themes that will shape the data center business in 2021. The big themes: Pandemic response, sustainability and lots of M&A.

Tagged With: Edge Data Centers, energy storage, Enterprise, Lithium-Ion Batteries

Roundtable: The Year Ahead in Enterprise IT Spending

By Rich Miller - December 15, 2020 1 Comment

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In today’s Data Center Executive Roundtable discussion, our panel weighs in on the outlook for enterprise IT spending as the COVID-19 pandemic extends into 2021.

Tagged With: Chatsworth Products, Enterprise, Infrastructure Masons, Intel DCM, Iron Mountain, Nortek, NTT, Sabey Data Centers

Data Bytes: IDC Sees Enterprise Cloud Shift Accelerating in 2021

By Rich Miller - November 2, 2020 Leave a Comment

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 Center Demand: Hyperscale Action is Robust, But Enterprise Buying Slows

By Rich Miller - October 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

More than 6 months into COVID-19 pandemic, data center demand is bifurcated, with robust buying by hyperscale operators and cloud platforms, and a slowdown in spending by many enterprise users.

Tagged With: data center demand, Enterprise

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

By Rich Miller - August 17, 2020 1 Comment

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.”

Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, DataBytes, Enterprise

Evoque Shifts into Growth Mode, Eyes Global M&A Opportunities

By Rich Miller - July 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

With an experienced dealmaker as its new CEO, and the backing of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, Evoque Data Center Solutions expects to be an active player in the global merger scene for digital infrastructure.

Tagged With: Enterprise, Evoque

Enterprise IT Users Weigh Data Center Options for Navigating Pandemic

By Rich Miller - June 23, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Has the COVID-19 pandemic altered enterprise IT spending and how these companies are provisioning data center space? Our Executive Roundtable looks at the latest trends.

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

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