The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of video in data center marketing. Dan Ephraim of IMA says that focus should include enhanced use of YouTube in addition to LinkedIn, the industry’s traditional social channel of choice.
Data Bytes: Pandemic Drives Increased Spending on Hosted Collaboration Tools
Synergy Research provides hard numbers on how the COVID-19 pandemic has boosted video conferencing to support the work-from-home economy.
Inside Zoom’s Infrastructure: Scaling Up Massively With Colo and Cloud
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom has become the poster child for society’s rapid shift to online services. Here’s a look at how Zoom used a combination of colocation and cloud services to handle its insane video traffic growth.
Oracle Cloud Makes Gains in Video Conferencing With Zoom, 8×8 Wins
Oracle Cloud is competing aggressively for video conferencing business, winning deals with video conferencing providers Zoom and 8×8 for additional capacity to support pandemic-driven user growth.
Netflix: Edge Computing Can Streamline TV & Film Production
Netflix sees an opportunity for edge computing to transform TV and film production, where huge video files are often transported on tapes in trucks rather than over data networks.
Data Centers Power the Growth of eSports for Gamers, Streamers
The rapid growth of eSports has gaming companies investing in network infrastructure, including the acquisition of low-latency hosting specialists. Data centers play a pivotal role in the growth of the competitive gaming ecosystem.
Virtual Reality May Test Our Digital Infrastructure
Virtual reality content may need up to 20 times more storage space than a today’s high-definition video. Will your data center be ready? Here’s a look at how VR may test our digital infrastructure.
Online Video is Everywhere, and Filling Up Data Centers
Video content is increasingly delivered over the Internet or other online service, and stored in data centers. Video data is just one of the many data streams filling cloud data centers. Here’s a look at what lies ahead.
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