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Digitization Driving Increasing Requirements for Enterprise IT

By Voices of the Industry - March 5, 2021 Leave a Comment

The acceleration of digital transformation is changing demands on data center service providers (Image courtesy of QTS)

Sean Baillie, Executive Vice President, Connectivity at QTS Data Centers explains how digital transformation is putting more pressure on data center providers to provide a flawless experience for a variety of end users in a constantly scaling environment.

Tagged With: Colocation, digital transformation, QTS

Agriculture and Data Centers — a Match Made for the Future

By Sarah Rubenoff - January 26, 2021 Leave a Comment

An aerial view of the QTS Data Centers Manassas project, which recently opened its first phase of capacity. (Photo: QTS Data Centers)

A new report from QTS Data Centers explore the symbiotic relationship between data center technology and agriculture, and the impact tech will have on the future of farming. The white paper shares on the need for robust, low-latency connectivity to support the future of farming.

Tagged With: Agriculture, Data Centers, Edge Data Centers, machine learning, QTS

Creating Sustainable Data Centers Via Procurement Practices, Advocacy and Innovation

By Sarah Rubenoff - November 17, 2020 Leave a Comment

data center efficiency

As the data center industry continues to grow, QTS notes that “the data center industry has an escalating responsibility to implement forward-looking initiatives that conserve energy and water, and minimize waste.” A new report from QTS explores how to explore how sustainble data centers and the colocation industry can more us toward a greener future.

Tagged With: data center sustainability, QTS, Renewable Energy, sustainability

The Impact of eSport on the Data Center

By Voices of the Industry - September 23, 2020 Leave a Comment

The packed arena at the League of Legends championship finals held in November in South Korea, which streamed to 99 million eSports enthusiasts. (Source: Riot Games)

David McCall, Chief Innovation Officer at QTS Realty Trust, explores the connections between data centers and the growing eSport industry, including data center’s place in the surging market, bandwidth and latency requirements, and more. 

Tagged With: eSports, QTS

Data Center Visibility Drives Cost Savings, Time Efficiencies for Alvarez & Marsal

By Sarah Rubenoff - July 20, 2020 Leave a Comment

Power Quality Monitoring

A new case study from QTS explores how Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) — which  helps companies around the world address complex business issues to boost their productivity and performance — used integrating colocation services with business operations to increase data center visibility drives cost savings and time efficiencies.

Tagged With: Colocation, Colocation Provider, colocation services, QTS

Digital Innovation Coming to Data Centers Via New Initiatives & Development Environments

By Sarah Rubenoff - April 20, 2020 Leave a Comment

Power Quality Monitoring

A new report from QTS points out that the data center industry may have “lagged behind the curve” when it comes to digital innovation. But that may be changing, as business needs and customer expectations continue to ramp up and change at a rapid pace.

Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Colocation, machine learning, QTS

When Breakfast is Mission-Critical: How Waffle House Uses Colocation for DR

By Sarah Rubenoff - March 19, 2020 Leave a Comment

Waffle House

Recently the Waffle House business turned to colocation, through provider QTS, to achieve its IT and data infrastructure needs. These include, according to the QTS, extended value over what could be achieved internally, quick delivery in terms of risk exposure, better resource allocation and more. The full report, “Data Center Services: A Story of Build Versus Buy,” courtesy of QTS, explores the decisioning process to keep data services internal, or whether to use a colocation provider.

Tagged With: Colocation, Colocation Provider, QTS, QTS Realty

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Digitization Driving Increasing Requirements for Enterprise IT

Digitization Driving Increasing Requirements for Enterprise IT Sean Baillie, Executive Vice President, Connectivity at QTS Data Centers explains how digital transformation is putting more pressure on data center providers to provide a flawless experience for a variety of end users in a constantly scaling environment.

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