All posts by Jeff Clark
Big Data: Maybe You Don’t Need It
Two of the biggest hyped trends in IT are the cloud and big data. The cloud has its dark side, but what about big data? Is the ability to pull precious insights from reams of otherwise useless information an unadulterated ... Read More »
Industry Perspective: Bitcoin
Industry Perspective is a regular Data Center Journal Q&A series that presents expert views on market trends, technologies and other issues relevant to data centers and IT. This week, Industry Perspective asks Vitalik Buterin, head writer for Bitcoin Magazine, about the current ... Read More »
Colo, Hosting or Cloud: How Should You Outsource?
Even though it has gained a lousy rap, outsourcing is something every company does to one extent or another. (If you didn’t manufacture or otherwise produce from scratch every last tool or resource you use, then you are guilty of ... Read More »
The Dark Side of the Cloud
The cloud boasts a variety of benefits that entice businesses: lower costs, security comparable to that of proprietary IT implementations, scalability and so on. Although some of these benefits (specifically, cost and security) are still matters of debate, they potentially ... Read More »
Does DC Have a Chance in the Data Center?
As data centers take an ever larger bite of worldwide energy production, efficiency becomes an increasingly urgent topic. Much of the focus in recent years has been on areas like virtualization, improved cooling practices (like free cooling and bumping up ... Read More »
Industry Perspective: Uptime Institute Symposium
Industry Perspective is a regular Data Center Journal Q&A series that presents expert views on market trends, technologies and other issues relevant to data centers and IT. This week, Industry Perspective asks Matt Stansberry about the evolving landscape of enterprise computing and ... Read More »
Is the Internet Sales Tax Fair?
With a name like “Marketplace Fairness Act,” who could be against it? The so-called Internet sales tax—which is not really a new tax, although it carries a number of alarming consequences—just passed in the U.S. Senate with a vote of ... Read More »
STEM, Life and Balance
Our technology-focused society can lead us to place undue emphasis on certain areas of life. Individuals—whether on their own or at the behest of employers or advisers—might for example think about their work-life balance (or lack thereof). The same need ... Read More »
Boston and Data Center Disaster Preparedness
Although the Boston Marathon bombing may be raising awareness of manmade disasters as a threat to data centers, a much different danger seems to have emerged from the situation. But is there anything companies can do to counter this new ... Read More »
