Many IT leaders overlook the opportunity to cut costs by opting for brand-agnostic hardware – that is, hardware that can support any OEM brand or platform. This is particularly true for network transceivers […]
Why You Should Consider Brand-Agnostic Data Center Hardware
How Dropbox Re-architected Its Cloud to Use Higher-Density Storage
Dropbox is revamping its cloud storage infrastructure to take advantage of higher-capacity storage technology, which it expects will reduce its data center footprint and cut costs. Tweeted by @datacenter https://twitter.com/datacenter/status/1007344454787829760 Read the […]
SDDC is the answer – but how do we get there?
The software-defined data center (SDDC) is a trend that has been growing in importance for several years, driven in part by factors such as virtualization and cloud computing. Tweeted by @GreenHouseData https://twitter.com/GreenHouseData/status/1008469372959186946 […]
Equinix completes purchase of Digital Realty’s Paris data center
Equinix has completed the acquisition of a data center in Paris formerly owned by Digital Realty, taking up an option included in the contract that saw the former sell eight facilities to […]
Putting ICT into the Healthcare Industry
IoT within healthcare is steadily increasing. The IoT healthcare market is expected to grow from USD 41.22 Billion in 2017 to USD 158.07 billion b y 2022 at a CAGR of 30.8%. […]
Co$t Effective Data Center Cabling
Having an efficient, scalable and flexible infrastructure that is ready for current applications and prepared to support new state-of-the-art technologies plays an important role in the success of companies as they pursue […]
A 4-pair PoE Caveat
When all four pairs deliver power simultaneously with data, it is critical that the current is split evenly between each conductor of a pair — a balance of power. Read the source […]
WDM on Multimode Fiber Offers Low-Cost Solution
New applications continue to drive the need for higher bandwidth networks in the enterprise. Since the majority of links in the enterprise are short, multimode fibers and VCSEL-based transceivers have provided the […]
Cloud vs. Enterprise Data Centers
Data centers are rapidly evolving to address rising volumes of network traffic. Faced with increasing bandwidth demand and the need to adapt and scale quickly, many organizations with small or medium data […]
Structured Cabling Design for Large IT Service Provider Data Centers
As enterprises increasingly decide to outsource some or all of their infrastructure to IT service providers, the result is not all surprising: fewer data centers overall and hyper-sized facilities in their place. […]
