Category: Data Centers
Data Centers
What is On-Demand Colocation?
In 1965, American engineer Gordon Moore predicted that the number of transistors per silicon chip doubles every year. Since the start of the colocation industry in the 1990s, following Moore’s Law, IT equipment has in...
Colocation
Data Centers
M&O Stamp of Approval Benefits Colocation Customers
In a previous blog, I discussed how Uptime Institute’s M&O Stamp of Approval benefits colocation customers by awarding data center providers who strive for operational excellence. By adhering to a strict set of rules...
Colocation
Data Centers
Hybrid Cloud Connectivity Explained | Cyxtera
Those responsible for the data center will easily recognize these common challenges – predicting capacity needs over time, consolidating resources to save costs, and increasing efficiency and security. Data center...
Hybrid IT, Colocation, Connectivity
Data Centers
Nutanix + Cyxtera Partner to Offer Compute On-Demand
There are many situations where colocation is preferable to running applications in the public cloud. This is frequently the case in regulated industries such as healthcare and financial services as well as in public...
Hybrid IT, Colocation, Marketplace
Data Centers
Are You Locking the Front Door and Leaving the Back Door Wide Open?
Most data centers have at least some level of physical security, including building construction aspects such as perimeter protection, ballistic-rated walls and secure segregation of areas within the facility. Many also...
Colocation
Data Centers
Data Center M&O: Keeping Up With Change
Sir Winston Churchill once stated that “to improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” Any successful enterprise has to continually look for ways to improve and realize that change is inevitable. For...
Colocation