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.
Equinix Acquires IO London Data Center Business
Equinix is acquiring IO UK’s data center operating business in Slough, which comes with existing customers and space for an additional 3,000 cabinets of gear in one of the world’s busiest data center markets.
Edge, IoT Likely to Boost Fortunes of Modular Data Centers
The growth of edge computing and the IoT may boost adoptions of modular data centers, which allow operators to deploy infrastructure in smaller chunks, according to our panel of data center experts.
What’s Next for Renewable Energy in Data Centers?
Enterprise customers are asking for more renewable energy for their IT footprint. What’s the best way for service providers to provide it? Our roundtable of data center experts provides their take.
Executive Roundtable: Data Center Trends to Watch in 2017
Edge computing will be one of the big stories of 2017, boosting the use of modular data centers, according to the 5 experts on our Executive Roundtable. Other hot topics: security and rack density.
The Future of the Data Center in the Internet of Everything
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Rick Crutchley, Chief Operating Officer for IO, discusses the future of the data center in the internet of everything.
Enterprise Data Center Strategy
The primary focus of any data center is the critical applications that form an enterprise business and operational core—its commercial and technical heart. Last-generation facilities, which were often designed using traditional methods created during the mainframe era, simply aren’t capable of handling the requirements of today’s business- critical applications. Additionally, deploying a data center with inadequate or inappropriate resources, or placing the facility in the wrong location, can negatively impact application performance and, in turn, enterprise success.
What It Means to Be a Sustainable Data Center
In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Adil Attlassy, Chief Development Officer, IO, discusses what it means to be a sustainable data center.
Powering the Digital Economy with the Right Data Center
In this week’s Voices of the Industry Mark Wachtmann, IO/VP, Product & Technology & Samir Shah, BASELAYER/VP, Product Management & Marketing discuss how innovative, next-generation data center built on a common philosophy can help drive a transformative customer experience.
Transformation for the Data Center
The case for a re-envisioned data center is being made every day, and at an increasingly urgent pace. Growing technology demands, transforming global economics, corporate efficiency initiatives, and required business agility are among the drivers making change not merely a strategy, but a prerequisite for survival.
Data Center Frontier is edited by Rich Miller, the data center industry’s most experienced journalist. For more than 15 years, Rich has profiled the key role played by data centers in the Internet revolution.