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Budget Restrictions, Security Demands Top IT Challenges Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

By Sarah Rubenoff - December 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the IT industry, in particular, as IT professionals were charged with keeping institutions afloat, helping millions of U.S. workers transition to remote work and more.  A new white paper from Service Express offers  quick insights into how IT navigated through remote work demands, supply chain disruptions, increases security requirements and more to keep business operations moving forward. 

Tagged With: Coronavirus, IT, Security, Service Express

Today’s Changing IT Executive Role

By Voices of the Industry - August 13, 2018 Leave a Comment

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In this edition of  Voices of the Industry, Charisse Richards, Vice President of IT and  Integration at Iron Mountain Data Centers, explores how digital transformation is reshaping the industry and the role of IT executives. 

Tagged With: Data Center Management, Data Center Transformation, Iron Mountain, IT

Leasing Data Center Equipment On the Rise

By Voices of the Industry - April 27, 2017 Leave a Comment

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The days of owning all the IT products and services within a company, are obsolete. With newer technologies edging out old ones, IT equipment has a rapidly diminishing shelf life. Hence, there’s a growing appetite for leasing IT equipment for your IT needs.

Tagged With: Colocation Provider, Hybrid cloud, IT, Rahi Systems, Technology

How Redfish Specifications can Improve Simplicity, Visibility and Control of IT

By Voices of the Industry - October 17, 2016 Leave a Comment

In this week’s Voices of the Industry Patrick Quirk, VP and GM of Converged Systems for Emerson Network Power, explains how using Redfish specification can improve the simplicity, visibility and control of IT.

Tagged With: DCIM, Emerson Network Power, IT

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EOL & EOSL and Long-Term Hardware Infrastructure Strategy

EOL & EOSL and Long-Term Hardware Infrastructure Strategy With close to 25 years of data center and IT expertise, Chad Peters of Service Express shares insights regarding the equipment life cycle and how IT leaders can better prepare their budget, strategy and future projects.

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The COVID-19 Crisis and the Data Center Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic presents strategic challenges for the data center and cloud computing sectors. Data Center Frontier provides a one-stop resource for the latest news and analysis for decision-makers navigating this complex new landscape.

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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 Planning — Who’s on First — Real Estate or Technology?

Experts agree that combining the interests of real estate and technology leads to the ideal data center strategy for your company. Whatever you call the investment, make sure that your provider delivers the best possible solution that meets your needs today while offering flexibility for the future. Download a new series of executive briefs, courtesy of Stream Data Centers, to explore tech and real estate investment in the data center planning process. 

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Data Center 101: Mastering the Basics of the Data Center Industry

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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