Wholesale, Colocation, Cloud or Hybrid—It’s Your Choice Bandwidth Limitations and the Cloud International Data Center Real Estate Overview Hydrogen-Powered Data Centers?

Wholesale, Colocation, Cloud or Hybrid—It’s Your Choice

When a company’s existing IT infrastructure approaches its maximum capacity—and many companies face this problem regularly—the question arises as to what approach to take to ...

Bandwidth Limitations and the Cloud

As more companies and individuals rely on services provided through the cloud (or, if you will, the Internet), the following question arises: what is the ...

International Data Center Real Estate Overview

Although the U.S. still remains in some sense the hub of the data center market, other regions around the world are exhibiting their own dynamics, ...

Hydrogen-Powered Data Centers?

Although hydrogen generally doesn’t come up in a discussion of alternative energy sources, it is a topic relevant to cleaner energy use. So, what’s the ...

Recent Posts

Wholesale, Colocation, Cloud or Hybrid—It’s Your Choice

Wholesale, Colocation, Cloud or Hybrid—It’s Your Choice

May 22nd, 2012

When a company’s existing IT infrastructure approaches its maximum capacity—and many companies face this problem regularly—the question arises as to what approach to take to remedy the situation. One option, of course, is construction of a new data center. But many companies (particularly those whose business isn’t directly related to IT) may not want the hassle of dealing with peripheral concerns like operating and maintaining cooling and power distribution infrastructure or even servers and other IT equi[...]

Remote Access: Don’t Let Weaknesses Plague Your Business

Remote Access: Don’t Let Weaknesses Plague Your Business

May 21st, 2012

The theft of source code for Symantec's pcAnywhere has put remote access programs in the spotlight. But the security implications posed by remote management products are not new. In fact, data released over the last year shows that remote access services account for 88 percent of hacking attacks.[1] So what precautions can organizations take to make sure they aren’t an easy target? For almost 30 years, remote access software has allowed IT professionals to connect to d[...]

Bandwidth Limitations and the Cloud

Bandwidth Limitations and the Cloud

May 18th, 2012

As more companies and individuals rely on services provided through the cloud (or, if you will, the Internet), the following question arises: what is the ultimate limit? Demand for IT services—whether cloud based or otherwise—is constantly growing, and data centers are consuming a greater percentage of global energy production every year. Even ignoring the issue of energy, however, the move toward heavier reliance on the cloud runs up against another limited resource: bandwidth. Dealing With Limited Ban[...]

International Data Center Real Estate Overview

International Data Center Real Estate Overview

May 16th, 2012

Although the U.S. still remains in some sense the hub of the data center market, other regions around the world are exhibiting their own dynamics, particularly in Asia and Europe. Demand for data center services has yet to plateau, so companies are continually needing to expand their IT capabilities, whether through new data center construction or expansion or through outsourcing to the cloud (meaning another company somewhere must have or add data center capacity). Thus,[...]

Case Study: Protected Networks' 8MAN Helps Atotech

Case Study: Protected Networks' 8MAN Helps Atotech

May 15th, 2012

About the Client Atotech was founded in 1993, when the Elf Atochem Group merged its M&T Harshaw operations with Schering Electroplating Division, having a deep history in electroplating dating back to 1901. Today, Atotech is a direct subsidiary of the world's fifth-largest oil and gas company Total, created from the merger of TotalFina and Elf Aquitaine in 2000. Atotech is one of the world's leading suppliers of integrated production systems, chemistry, equipment, know-how and service[...]


Magazine

Some Data Centers Are Getting Smaller?

Some Data Centers Are Getting Smaller?

May 16th, 2012

At the top of the data center world are the mega data centers—facilities whose massive scale dwarfs the computer closets (by comparison) of most companies. But the trend toward larger data centers among some large companies contrasts with another trend elsewhere in the industry: many data centers are getting smaller. T..more...


Press Releases

NextiraOne Celebrates Alcatel-Lucent Partnership at Dynamic Tour Event

May 21st, 2012

NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, will have a strong presence at the Alcatel-Lucent Dynamic Tour set to launch its European activities on May 21st and 22nd in Düsseldorf. As..more...

iWave Software Announces Storage Automator v6

May 21st, 2012

iWave Software, a leading provider of storage and cloud automation solutions, today announced iWave Storage Automator version 6 (v6), a storage automation software product that lets enterprise IT organizations and..more...

QNAP Targets the High-end SMBs With Two 16-Drive Turbo NAS Models

May 18th, 2012

QNAP Systems, Inc. today announced its new additions for the high-end SMB market segment with two 16-drive 3U rackmount Turbo NAS models with up to 64TB storage capacity using 4 TB ..more...