The Software Defined Data Center
The software defined data center (SDDC) is crucial to the long-term evolution of an agile digital business according to Gartner, Inc. It is not, however, the right choice for all IT organizations...
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Three Principles for Successful Data Center Project Delivery
This week’s “Voices of the Industry” column is from Harold Simmons, Global Director for Strategy at United Metal Products. Harold discusses the fine art of delivering a successful data center project....
View ArticleModern Compliance Challenges and How to Solve Them
We all know that cloud computing has come a long way. We’ve got new ways to connect, new ways to deliver data, and a lot more user distribution. In an ever-connected world, the user and the...
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Convergence of Clouds Powers Expansion at SUPERNAP
The Switch SUPERNAP campus in Las Vegas has it all: massive scale, impressive connectivity, extreme density, technology innovation, distinctive design and a powerful convergence of cloud computing...
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10 Things Data Centers Can Do to Maximize Reliability
This week’s “Voices of the Industry” column is from Bryon Miller, Senior Vice President of Operations at FORTRUST. Bryon discusses the 10 things Data Centers can do to Maximize Reliability. //...
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Intel Data Center Design Reaches New Heights of Efficiency
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – At Intel’s data center, things are looking up. Literally. The chipmaker is reaching new heights in data center design, building up instead of out with an extra-tall rack that...
View ArticleInvestors: Asset Sales Reflect Telco Troubles, Not Colo Trends
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. – In 2011, telecom companies were major buyers of data center companies. Just four years later, they’re trying to sell many of the same data center assets. Is this a sign that...
View ArticleMore Data Center M&A Likely. But Who Will Be the Buyers?
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. – The data center deals keep coming, and there’s plenty more in the pipeline, with an unusual number of data center assets up for sale. Investors and analysts say the likely...
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The Top 10 Cloud Campuses
Today we provide a look inside the Top 10 Cloud Campuses, the places where the cloud resides. Cloud campuses is our term for the sites where technology titans concentrate massive amounts of computing...
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Structure 2015 – What I Learned Hanging Out With Some Of The Coolest People...
This week’s “Voices of the Industry” column is from James Leach, Vice President, RagingWire Data Centers discusses what he learned at the recent Structure conference. JAMES LEACH, RagingWire Data...
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CIOs: Meeting the Challenges of Securing Data
This week’s Voices of the Industry article comes from the Digital Realty blog, where John McCarthy, Vice President at Forrester Research explains how CIOs are meeting the challenge of securing data in...
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Greening Colo: Equinix Pursues a More Sustainable Internet
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The four rows of silver cubes glimmer in the afternoon sun, sitting inconspicuously behind a data center in the southern end of Silicon Valley. These Bloom Energy Server fuel cells,...
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Coolan’s Analytics Offer Community-Powered View of Data Center TCO
Your servers aren’t always happy. When they’re unhappy, Amir Michael thinks you should know it. The same goes for whether your servers are happier and more productive than the servers in your...
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Data Centers Adapt as Tenants Seek Options on Power Redundancy
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Not every server is mission-critical. Not every data center needs to be, either. This week several service providers unveiled plans to offer data halls with less backup power...
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Carrier Hotels Are Sexy Again
Suddenly, carrier hotels and meet-me rooms are sexy again. Nearly 20 years after they marked the frontier of the transition from telcos to data centers, these facilities are once again attracting...
View ArticleBusiness Continuity and Disaster Recovery: Breaking Down the Differences
In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Josh Moody of FORTRUST explains how there are key differences in the terms ‘business continuity’ and ‘disaster recovery.’ Throughout the technology and...
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Switch Confirms Plans for Massive Michigan Data Center
Switch has confirmed plans to build a massive SUPERNAP data center complex in Grand Rapids, Michigan after the passage of tax incentives that were crucial to the deal. The Las Vegas company, which...
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The Data Center is Dead. Long Live the Data Center
The data center is dead. Ask any pundit and they’ll tell you so. Go to a cloud conference or do a search on the internet. There is no shortage of people predicting the end of the data center. Cloud is...
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The Density Debate: Is Cooling Door Adoption a Sign of Coming Shift?
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Density is coming to the data center. But thus far, it’s been taking its time. Over the past decade, there have been numerous predictions of the imminent arrival of higher rack...
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Knowing When Dedicated Data Centers are Just Not Enough
The data center has become the home of all new digital content, cloud services, and a number of new kinds of industry disrupting organizations. As more companies find benefits around cloud and data...
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