Averting Shadow IT’s Physical Impact on Data Centers
It’s quietly lurking in dark recesses of data centers of all sizes. In the back of our minds, we know the odds are that it exists in our facilities, but deep down we want to believe it’s no big deal.…...
View ArticleAvoid Falling Victim to Hybrid Cloud Hype
Everyone seems to be moving to the cloud—and for good reason. Cloud computing provides immense benefits for everyone from small and medium-size businesses to large enterprises. It gives companies the...
View ArticleMoving to the Cloud?
Cloud computing is a fundamentally new way of providing technology infrastructure and other related components and services for your business. It has been the driving force in transforming companies...
View ArticleThe Economics of Port Breakout
Port-breakout deployments have become a popular networking tool and are driving the large industry demand for parallel optics transceivers. Today, port breakout is commonly used to operate 40/100Gbps...
View ArticleWhat is Good Data Center Monitoring?
In my last guest article, I described how speaking at the recent ByNet Expo in Tel Aviv gave me the opportunity to think about one of my favorite questions: “What is data center monitoring?” And more...
View ArticleHealth Care, HIPAA and Data Centers
A pinch of salt and a dose of skepticism are appropriate whenever a new technology promises to change the world. Often, the advent of a high-tech tool paints us into a corner as we struggle to...
View ArticleHow Data Center Colocation Benefits Businesses
In-house data centers can be expensive, especially since the shift from individual servers to networked systems. It’s like owning your own home, where you’re responsible for all of the costs,...
View ArticleThe Wireless Edge: Balancing Revenue and Edge-Computing Cost
The requirements for new applications and use cases are forcing telecom architects to reorganize the mobile cloud scheme. The new configuration will move computing and storage resources closer to the...
View ArticleGDPR Could Become a Costly Millstone That Reduces Business Agility
The GDPR has been a large-ticket item for IT departments in the last year. According to PWC, 68% of large U.S. multinational corporations will have each spent between $1 million and $10 million on GDPR...
View ArticleCase Study: 4 Steps to Data Center Efficiency and Sustainability
Experts have predicted the amount of energy used by data centers will triple in the next decade, making it more critical than ever for data center providers to identify opportunities for efficiency....
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