There are approximately 10 billion IoT devices in the world, and that number is expected to hit 75 billion by 2025. With so many connected devices, it is no wonder the amount of data created each day continues to spike upward. Jason Carolan, Chief Innovation Officer at Flexential, explores the importance of the edge when it comes to real-time data processing.
Developing a Hybrid IT Strategy to Support a Distributed Workforce
A hybrid IT stratgegy enables businesses to integrate a decentralized footprint into its existing IT strategy without sacrificing the needs of the enterprise and its existing stakeholders.
Flexential Continues its Expansion, Targeting Hybrid Enterprise Solutions
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
News Roundup: Park Place, Vapor IO, Flexential
The steady stream of new about the data center industry continues. This week: third-party maintenance specialist Park Place Technologies acquires Curvature, Hivelocity expands its bare metal edge with Vapor IO, and Flexential adds capacity in its Atlanta data center.
Development Update: T5, Stack, Flexential, Vantage, Iron Mountain
Data center developers continue to deploy more capacity, as the digital economy races to keep pace with demand for more capacity due to pandemic-driven societal shifts. Here’s a roundup of this week’s development and finance news.
The Business Edge Emerges: Deals Highlight Growing Investment in Edge Computing
The Business Edge is drawing closer, as seen in a flurry of announcements that showcase the many ways stakeholders in distributed computing are stepping up their investment and deploying real-world edge infrastructure.
Flexential Expands With New Data Center in Atlanta’s ‘Transaction Alley’
Financial services is a target market for Flexential as it adds capacity in Atlanta’s “Transaction Alley” in the latest phase of a broader expansion of its national footprint.
Flexential Sees Wholesale Opportunity in Portland and Beyond
Flexential has expanded into the market for wholesale data center space, and begun expanding its facilities, including a 115,000 SF addition in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Peak 10 Becomes Flexential, Eyes Major Markets
Peak 10 has become Flexential, adopting a new name as it seeks to establish a national brand following its $1.7 billion acquisition of ViaWest.
Peak 10 + ViaWest Acquires Data Center in Philadelphia Market
Peak 10 + ViaWest is continuing to expand, pushing into the Northeast with the acquisition of a data center in the Philadelphia market.
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