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Six Top Concerns about Migrating from On-Prem to a Colocation Data Center

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As Gartner stated in its research, “Colocation is often used as a replacement for traditional data centers, because it offers higher availability, reliability, certified building tier levels, energy efficiency, dedicated facilities management and the ability to scale.” Get the new white paper from NTT and RagingWire Data Centers, which takes a look at some of the most common worries that come up when making the move to use a colocation partner. 

Tagged With: Colocation, Data Center Migration, NTT

Pro Tips and Best Practices: Physical Layer Strategies for Cloud/Managed Service Providers

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Successful Cloud Service Providers and Managed Service Providers need to be out in front of everything in their managed data center spaces – ensuring uptime, bandwidth, and operational/cost efficiency today, with the flexibility and scalability to adapt and expand on the fly. Physical layer and  infrastructure is the foundation on which those services are built. Get the new data center ebook from Siemon that explores pro tips and best practices for physical layer strategies for cloud and managed service providers, from zone cabling in the colocation data center to high speed interconnects in the data center.

Tagged With: cloud services, Colocation, Coronavirus, infrastructure, managed service providers, siemon

How to Choose a Data Center Provider

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Asking the right questions is a big part of the equation. Here are eight considerations in a new white paper from Iron Mountain with targeted questions to ask that will help you choose the right colocation partner for your business. 

Tagged With: Colocation Provider, data center partner, Iron Mountain

How People, Processes and Technology are Redefining Data Center Operations

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In an industry where 100% uptime is the expectation,  what can owners do to proactively de-risk their data center operations and protect their company? Based on BCS’ decades of experience both operating data centers on behalf of enterprises and serving as data center operators ourselves, the company propose five questions data center owners should be asking operators to ensure that service provider goals are consistent with their own in this new report.

Tagged With: BCS Data Center Operations, Data Center Operations

From the New Normal to the Next Normal in the Data Center

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Faced with a rapidly changing, enduring, worldwide crisis—which confounded preparations designed primarily for isolated, short-term emergencies—IT leaders have come to realize the “new normal” will remain a moving target for months to come. Data center managers are striving to prepare for additional coronavirus outbreaks, which health professionals deem likely. A new Park Place Technologies white paper explores.

Tagged With: Colocation, Data Center Management, park place technologies

The Case for Colocation in Enterprise Edge IT Strategy

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In a recent survey, enterprises were asked what the top factors were when determining where to process IoT workloads. More than half said security was the top factor, with cost and networking connections also ranking among top concerns. This white paper, sponsored by Stream Data Centers, explores the case for colocation in enterprise edge IT strategy. 

Tagged With: 451 Research, edge, Edge Computing, Internet of Things, Stream Data Centers

How Colocation Data Centers Support Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

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A strong disaster recovery (DR) plan is like a lifeboat that preserves a business’s key resources to ensure business continuity. Get this new e-book from Sabey Data Centers that explores how through partnering with colocation providers, businesses can gain essential support, including strategic geographic positioning, reliable and sustainable power infrastructure, expert remote hands services, flexible sizing as DR capacity and more. 

Tagged With: Colocation, disaster recovery, featured whitepaper, Sabey Data Centers

Top Factors to Consider when Assessing a Colocation Data Center Facility

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Colocation data centers have become popular alternatives to proprietary facilities for several key reasons, including core competency, access to cost-efficient expertise, flexability and scalability, and more. Get the new white paper from Sabey Data Centers that explores in details factors to consider when choosing a colocation data center facility and provider. 

Tagged With: Colocation, data center facility, Data Center Site Selection, Sabey Data Centers

3 Questions to Ask Your Data Center about Environmental & Social Responsibility

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In a world rightly concerned about climate change, growing energy requirements can be a liability. But with a few actionable steps, data center decision makers can use their energy purchasing power to be part of the solution.  The new report explores these three questions to ask your data center provider about their energy consumption.

Tagged With: Colocation, Colocation Provider, Energy Consumption, Environment, featured whitepaper, Reliability

Far Enough to be Safe, Close Enough to be Fast: A Field Guide for Adding Geographic Diversity to Your Disaster Recovery Plan

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Mission-critical IT operations can be impacted by disasters that are both naturally occurring, such as pandemics, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados, floods or wildfires – as well as those that are man-made, including cyber attacks, terrorism or the inadvertent failure of infrastructure systems like power grids. Get the new report from Databank that highlights how physical distance is one of the first considerations in designing or selecting a disaster recovery solution.

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5 Ways to Mitigate Supply Chain Unpredictability and Labor Shortages in Data Center Construction

5 Ways to Mitigate Supply Chain Unpredictability and Labor Shortages in Data Center Construction Blake Weaver, Data Center Specialist at ProLift Rigging offers a list of ways to overcome supply chain challenges and labor shortages in data center construction. 

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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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User Experience is Everything at the Edge

Under the legacy approach of centralized data centers and core networks, too many challenges around capacity, lower latency and cost exist. Get the new report from EdgeConnex that explores how edge data centers can solve for these issues by moving computing and data storage closer to the end-user, thus enabling higher capacity, lower latency and reduced expenditures — and ultimately, improving user experience.

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

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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