The Data Center: Looking for Good People Without good people involved in the data center, how can you find the right systems and processes? Without good people, how can you be sure your systems and processes are working properly? And without good people, how can you plan and manage your disaster recovery plans?. Read the rest of the article |
One of the drivers for the change that we're starting to see in the data center today comes from the world of open source software. Companies are starting to see the value in going with an "open" infrastructure over the old locked-down data center architecture, and open source is helping companies make that open infrastructure a reality. While the locked-down approach worked well in the past, it makes things difficult today when the data center and IT need to be a much more agile provider. Read the rest of the article |
The General Services Administration last week announced the 2014 technologies it will use to help "green" the data center and government buildings in general through its Green Proving Ground (GPG) program. The GSA also put out a request for information for the 2015 innovative building technologies. Read the rest of the article. |
The Death Of the Data Center, Revisited Over the last few months, I've been watching the Google News results for stories about the data center and can say that I rarely see a story about a company building a data center for their own use. The majority of stories that I see regarding new data center builds are about providing services to external clientele, for colocation services or to provide cloud-based services. Read the rest of the article. |
DCIM Brings More Control to Colocated Services Some colocation providers are starting to implement Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) systems to help alleviate the concerns of visibility and control. With DCIM, colocation providers can give full visibility into the performance of systems and allow many (if not all) aspects of the systems to be managed remotely. Read the rest of the article |
The Four Disruptive Factors Affecting the Data Center
While we have seen innovation within the data center industry, I don't believe we've seen any real disruptive innovation. The cloud has been a major change to the industry as a whole, but it has taken years for organizations to adopt and accept the cloud as part of their data center strategy. Even with the acceptance of the cloud, there are many organizations that still refuse to use it as a major part of the data center. Read the rest of the article. |
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