How much does your company spend on data communications each year? Chances are it’s a lot and growing. Gartner estimates that spending on communication services will make up 35% of the average IT budget this year. For organizations that are geographically distributed or moving operations to the cloud, the network is increasingly the lifeblood of the business. And as more business moves online, latency is not just unacceptable, it’s a threat to the health of the business. Download the new special report from Data Center Frontier and CoreSite that highlights for companies that depend upon high-speed communications to conduct business, colocation might just be the answer to remain competitive.
Hyperscale Data Centers: A Data Center Frontier Special Report
A new special report, courtesy of Iron Mountain, explores how the hyperscale data center is reshaping the global IT landscape, shifting data from on-premises computer rooms and IT closets to massive centralized data center hubs. Workloads are consolidating in the world’s largest and most efficient facilities.
Denver Data Center Market: A Prime ‘Second Tier’ Digital Hub
Digital transformation is boosting the importance of IT infrastructure for businesses of all sizes, in all markets. Denver is a prime example of a “second tier” digital hub driven by demand from local businesses with growing requirements for data center space. Download the new Denver data center market report from Data Center Frontier and datacenterHawk, courtesy of Iron Mountain Data Centers.
How Lithium-ion Batteries for UPS Systems Provide Multiple Advantages for Data Center Designers and Mission-Critical Operations Engineers
Lithium-ion batteries have become an “invisible” but significant part of our everyday lives. In the past 10 years, lithium-ion batteries have been introduced as an energy storage solution for Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs) in data centers and mission-critical facilities. Download the new white paper, courtesy of LiiON, that shows readers how utilizing lithium-ion batteries can help them to achieve key efficiency and resiliency goals for today’s data center design engineers and operations engineers.
Edge Computing: The Data Center Frontier Special Report
Edge computing is certainly here to stay. As we see greater distribution of IT systems and more connected devices the need to push content closer to end users is easily seen. Download the new Data Center Frontier Special Report, brought to you by BaseLayer, that explores the possibilities of the “edge data center” and how edge computing is changing the colocation landscape.
Optimizing Data Center Power Efficiency
Power efficiency in terms of power supplies and data center power systems within other equipment is an area sometimes deprioritized during refresh cycles. But times are changing. Download the new Data Center Frontier Special Report, courtesy of transphorm, to explore how GaN technologies show significant benefits for data center refreshes.
Data Center 101: Data Center Types
The Data Center 101: Data Center Types report, brought to you in partnership with Open Spectrum, is part of Data Center Frontier’s Data Center 101 Special Report series. This entry is part of a group of 14 reports that cover the ins and outs of the data center industry. Download the Data Center 101: Data Center Types report, which provides an overview of data center types available to your customers today.
Data Center 101: Data Center Solutions
The Data Center 101: Data Center Solutions report, brought to you in partnership with Open Spectrum, is part of the Data Center Frontier Data Center 101 Special Report series. This entry, one of of a group of 14 reports that cover the ins and outs of the data center industry, walks readers through the different data center solutions available today to their clients. Download the new report for an introduction to today’s top data center solutions, and when to use them.
Data Center 101: Data Center Pricing
The Data Center 101: Data Center Pricing report, brought to you in partnership with Open Spectrum, is part of the Data Center Frontier Data Center 101 Special Report series. This entry, part of a group of 14 reports that cover the ins and outs of the data center industry, covers essential data center colocation equations, crucial to offering your clients the best options available for their data needs. Download the new report for an introduction to circuit-based billing, all-in billing, metered power billing, the evolution of data center colocation pricing and more.
Data Center 101: Negotiating Data Center Contracts
The Data Center 101: Negotiating Data Center Contracts report, brought to you in partnership with Open Spectrum, is part of the Data Center Frontier Data Center 101 Special Report series. This entry is part of a group of 14 reports that cover the ins and outs of the data center industry. Download the new report that walks readers through the steps to negotiating contracts for data centers.
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