Birmingham, Alabama, a Key Edge Growth Market, Is About to Ramp Up Its Participation in the Digital Economy
Edge data centers remain a hot category in data center site selection, which will continue into 2018 and beyond, according to a recent report MarketsandMarkets. Consumer demand for high bandwidth services and business demand for high capacity needs such as the...
Enhancing Efficiency With Hyperconverged IT Strategies
Originally posted to Data Center POST By Konstantin Borman, CEO Data Centre Services, Chayora The demand for high-quality data hosting both in public and private cloud environments is surging across all industry sectors. A growing number of multinational enterprises...
As China Launches Artificial Intelligence Initiatives, the Country’s Data Center Sector Is Undergoing Significant Development
Originally posted to Data Center POST China, a nation of 1.4 billion people, is an enormous market, representing more than 20 percent of the world’s online community. Additionally, China’s major cloud service providers, including Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu, are poised...
A Simpler Way for State-Funded Organizations to Procure Cloud and Infrastructure Services
The New York State Office of General Services (NYS OGS) provides essential services to the state, its local partners and the general public. Among these services, the New York State OGS manages and leases real property, designs and builds facilities, contracts for...
Progressive Data Center Providers Pursue Sustainable Operations in Their Commitment to Environmental Responsibility
It’s well known that some data centers consume copious amounts of energy to run and maintain servers, computer systems and other high-performance networking equipment. According to a report on energy efficiency by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in the...
Enterprise On-Demand SDNs: Consuming Networks as Easily as Swiping Right
Originally posted to Top Operator by Jezzibell Gilmore, Software-Defined Networks, or SDNs, have arrived, and they are beginning to shake up telecom business models and create new opportunities. Here’s our quick assessment of the four major categories of SDN we see:...
Corning Introduces Software-Defined Technology Solution to Address Increasing Connectivity and Bandwidth Demands
Corning, NY | Corning Incorporated | July 10, 2018 -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today announced the launch of the Optical Network Evolution SD-LAN solution, which applies software-defined technology benefits of adaptability, scalability, and intelligence to the...
DataGryd to speak at Data Center Investment Conference & Expo, Northeast
July 11, 2018 -- DataGyrd, a leader in data center development and operations in Manhattan, announces today that its Senior Vice President of Operations, Arthur Valhuerdi, will speak at Data Center Investment Conference & Expo, Northeast, taking place July 26, in...
Edge Infrastructure and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Originally posted to Data Center POST In a recent article that appeared in Light Reading, “Time for an Edge Computing Reckoning,” Senior Editor Mari Silbey addressed the subject of edge infrastructure, especially where it concerned near-futuristic applications such as...
Northern Virginia, Already the Largest U.S. Data Center Market, Is Poised for More Growth
The data center industry is changing fast and the Northern Virginia regional market is no exception. Since the earliest days of the Internet, Northern Virginia has been at the epicenter of IT growth. Northern Virginia is considered the busiest Internet intersection...
Solving Missouri’s Digital Divide
Originally posted to Data Center POST Missouri, like many states across the U.S., is striving to provide its rural residents with access to high-speed broadband. By the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) definition, high-speed Internet is 25 Mbps download and 3...
Data Center Industry Projected to Experience Exceptional Growth
According to a recent JLL Data Center Outlook report, 48 data center industry M&As totaling approximately $20 billion occurred in 2017, nearly exceeding the total volume of the previous two years combined. The research firm anticipates this trend will remain for...
Where the Edge Meets the Road: Utilizing Edge Infrastructure to Make Autonomous Vehicles a Reality
The Internet of Things (IoT) introduces a new wave of innovation that is dramatically transforming the way we live and work. In fact, more than three billion devices are now connected to the internet, ranging from thermostats and street lamps to military drones and...
China, Already a Fifth of the World’s Online Population, Presents a Tremendous Opportunity for Multinational Enterprises
Originally posted to Data Center POST Nearly 800 million people in China have internet access, a number that is expected to increase to more than one billion within the duration of the next Five Year Plan. China, a nation of 1.4 billion people, is an enormous market,...
Enhancing Capacity at the Edge of the Network in Denver
As content and applications are becoming increasingly bandwidth-intensive, the need for additional capacity to deliver data into Tier II and III markets at the Edge of the network is growing. As a result, enterprises large and small are seeking ways to secure the...
A Better, More Economical Connection to the Cloud
Enterprises are increasingly seeking alternatives to using the public Internet for connecting their network with cloud services. Specifically, they’re seeking an easy, elastic and economical way to create a dedicated and private connection with higher bandwidth...
Northern Virginia and Dallas Data Center Markets Continue to Grow as Demand for Cloud Services Increases
According to a worldwide market study by 451 Research, seventy-five percent of enterprise IT leaders are willing to pay a premium for enhancements to their cloud services. The most desired improvements are guarantees of security and service performance. Against this...
Aqua Comms to Speak at Subsea EMEA & CAPRE Ireland
June 27, 2018 -- Aqua Comms DAC ("Aqua Comms"), the operator of Ireland’s first dedicated subsea fibre-optic network interconnecting New York, Dublin and London, announces today that its Chief Executive Officer, Nigel Bayliff will speak at Subsea EMEA, taking place...
Infomart Data Centers to Speak at Data Center Investment Conference & Expo, South
June 26, 2018 -- Infomart Data Centers, a national wholesale carrier-neutral data center provider, today announces that its President, John Sheputis, and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Counsel, Andrew Gold, will speak at Data Center...
GTT: Behind the scenes after the $23bn Interoute acquisition
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