Data centers are affected by many things. Climate can influence the choice of location, but there are usually many additional factors such as the state of the local economy, proximity to consumers, […]
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Useful Tips to Help Budget Your DCIM Project
You and your IT associates have done a thorough evaluation of DCIM software and are convinced that DCIM will make a major difference in the operation of your data center. You’ve identified […]
White Paper: Density in the Data Center – 2018 Update
Density in the data center continues to climb due to a desire to reduce capital and operational expenditures, improve energy efficiency (lower PUE), avoidance of new build-out, reduction of latency times, and […]
The Data Center Isn’t Dying, But It Is Changing
biztechmagazine.com – Gartner’s recent assertion that the data center is dead might be a gripping headline, but not all experts agree that the data center will disappear completely over the next few […]
What Tech Wreck? Data Center Stocks Offer Shelter in a Stormy Market
After a rough session Tuesday came a brutal Wednesday sell-off, and one of the few places to hide were REITs, including the six data center REITs. Never mind the carnage for their […]
Data centers enable speeds of the future
According to Cisco, 400 GbE is now available for testing, deployment, and adoption by network operators, paving the way for Terabit Scale Ethernet. CommScope shares insight into how data center managers can […]
The latest critical power innovations unveiled at DCD>London
i3 Solutions will share his new patent on Adaptable Redundant Power (ARP). It enables data center power system redundancy to be easily changed, simultaneously provides multiple redundancy levels, recovers unused power capacity […]
How Data Centers and Central Offices Exist in the Same Space
Convergence and wireless will force different work groups to work together. Supporting the needs of the traditional CO and supporting the needs of low latency data applications requires different mindsets. Service providers […]
5 things to remember when doing data center maintenance
Keeping up with data center maintenance brings lots of benefits: reducing unplanned downtime, improving safety, extending reliability and product lifecycle, and decreasing energy usage — to name just a few. Here are […]
SWDM: The lowest total cost solution for 40G/100G in the enterprise data center
Ideally, enterprises would like to upgrade their data centers to 40G/100G Ethernet without changing their existing duplex multimode fiber infrastructure being used for 10G Ethernet. Also, many would like to maintain the […]
