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Connectivity Drives Boston Data Center Market

By DCF Staff - June 7, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Boston has a highly developed fiber and connectivity ecosystem, which is one reason the region is attractive to data center operators. A new DCF special report courtesy of Digital Realty examines the business environment for data centers in the Boston area.

Tagged With: boston data center market, connectivity, Data Center Site Selection, Digital Realty, Fiber

High-Speed Fiber Networks are a Key Ingredient in Data Center Growth

By Kathy Hitchens - May 27, 2022 Leave a Comment

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The data center industry is growing at an incredible pace, driven by the explosive adoption of smart technology, connected IoT devices, online shopping, and the shift to remote work. Learn why high-speed fiber networks will be a key part of a modern data center’s infrastructure in this special report series. 

Tagged With: Belden, Data Center Frontier Special Report, Data Center Network, Fiber, Virtualization

Virtualization Helps IT Leaders Future-Proof Their Infrastructure

By Paul Gillin - April 5, 2022

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Virtualized networks support multiple physical topologies and can be constructed incrementally over time. Learn how cost, network topology, virtualization can help IT leaders when future-proofing their infrastructure.

Tagged With: Belden, Data Center Design, Data Center Frontier Special Report, Fiber, Virtualization

Considerations for Future-Proofing Infrastructure: Resiliency, Security, Performance

By Paul Gillin - March 29, 2022

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IT leaders should begin thinking now about how they can future-proof their infrastructure. Learn why resiliency, security, and performance are critical considerations in this special report article courtesy of Belden.

Tagged With: Belden, Data Center Frontier Special Report, Data Center Infrastructure, Fiber

How High-Speed Fiber Networks Can Future-Proof Data Centers

By Paul Gillin - February 18, 2022

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Data centers are evolving from centralized facilities into a decentralized network of resources tied together by a robust cloud infrastructure. This new special report series, courtesy of Belden, explores on how high-speed fiber networks can future-proof distributed data centers.

Tagged With: Belden, Data Center Design, Data Center Frontier Special Report, Fiber

Managing the Rising Cost of Optics in Networks

By Voices of the Industry - April 28, 2021

In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Bob Shine, VP of Marketing and Product Management at Telescent, explores how the rising costs of optics in networks can be managed by dynamic resource allocation at the fiber layer. 

Tagged With: Fiber, optic networks, telescent

Insertion Loss Reduction: Performance Study

By Kathy Hitchens - March 12, 2021

A new study from Tactical Deployment Systems compares the insertion loss of HD8² to traditional plug-and-play fiber connectivity. The report explains how eliminating the MPO connection with an integrated hard-wired cassette will significantly reduce the insertion loss found in the traditional setup.

Tagged With: connectivity, Fiber, fiber cross connects, Tactical Deployment Systems

Automating Fiber Cross Connects: Ready for Today, Prepared for Tomorrow

By Voices of the Industry - February 3, 2021

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Bob Shine, VP Marketing and Product Management at Telescent, explores the ins and outs of automating fiber and how new systems are arising to successfully automate the fiber layer. 

Tagged With: automation, Fiber, fiber cross connects, telescent

Dark Fiber is A Hot Commodity for Data Center Investors

By Rich Miller - July 14, 2020

Dark fiber is a hot commodity, as cloud computing platforms seek more network capacity to deliver data across their data center campuses. That’s why investment firms with data center holdings have been acquiring dark fiber specialists.

Tagged With: Dark Fiber, Fiber

The Potential of Dynamic Fiber Cross Connects in a Data Center Campus

By Voices of the Industry - July 6, 2020

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Bob Shine, VP of Marketing and Product Management at Telescent, explores how to handle and scale growing cross connects in a data center campus, using dynamic fiber cross connects. 

Tagged With: cross connects, Fiber, fiber cross connects, software defined networking

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Mitigate Risk, Improve Performance and Decrease Operating Expenses through Data Center Self-Performance

Mitigate Risk, Improve Performance and Decrease Operating Expenses through Data Center Self-Performance If a vendor conducts the actual work in your data center, then you or your operator aren’t maximizing your current operating resources and are experiencing incremental cost and risk. Chad Giddings of BCS Data Center Operations, explains the importance of your data center provider having a high-degree of self-performance.

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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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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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