February 2011 Blog Posts (69)

Managing and Scaling Your Security Infrastructure

The cost and complexity of managing security requirements in today’s enterprise data centers has created a major need in the marketplace. With new threats emerging all the time, and growing data traffic volumes and bandwidth demands, data center managers are challenged to cost-effectively manage and scale their security infrastructure, without sacrificing the performance-levels required to meet the needs of the business.

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Added by Chris MacKinnon on February 22, 2011 at 18:09 — No Comments

Video: Helsinki's Underground Data Center

Video: Helsinki's Underground Data Center

Data Center Knowledge

One of the newest tenants of the city's subterranean section is a new data center developed by utility Helsingen…
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Added by DCPNet Admin on February 22, 2011 at 14:30 — No Comments

T5 chooses $75M Alpharetta, Ga. site for data center

T5 chooses $75M Alpharetta, Ga. site for data center

NorthFulton.com

ALPHARETTA – Atlanta-based T5 has selected a $75 million site for its data…
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Added by DCPNet Admin on February 22, 2011 at 14:29 — No Comments

FedEx Unveils 'Green' Data Center

FedEx Unveils 'Green' Data Center

Information Management

FedEx took the wraps off a new data center in Colorado Springs, Colo., which is says will be among the most reliable and energy…
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Added by DCPNet Admin on February 22, 2011 at 14:27 — No Comments

Google rumored to set up regional cloud computing data center in Taiwan

Google rumored to set up regional cloud computing data center in Taiwan

Digitimes

... the Taiwan bourse that Google will invest NT$1 billion (US$34.1 million) to acquire a 15-hectare site in a government-developed industrial…
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Added by DCPNet Admin on February 22, 2011 at 14:26 — No Comments

Rack-mounted Accessories: Functionality and Easily Serviceability

Space is a premium in today’s racks

With today’s increasingly thin and dense servers, the tendency for many IT professionals is to stack more equipment into their racks. Doing so creates new challenges in airflow, power capacity and serviceability. With these thoughts in mind, Crenlo is now offering rack-mounted accessories to help IT managers keep their equipment running smoothly and easily serviceable.…

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Added by Chris MacKinnon on February 21, 2011 at 14:32 — No Comments

Data Replication Means Data Recovery and Business Continuity

Why is data replication useful in today's enterprise data centers?

In today's data-driven economy, a few minutes of downtime, or losing a “few” gigabytes of data, can cause substantial financial loss and damage a company's reputation. Enterprises large and small face the challenges of protecting enormous volumes of data, complying with complex regulations, controlling rapid data growth, and managing geographically-dispersed data centers.

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Added by Chris MacKinnon on February 21, 2011 at 14:30 — No Comments

Data Centers and the Exchange M&A Frenzy

Data Centers and the Exchange M&A Frenzy

Data Center Knowledge

NYSE and Deutsche Borse Merger – The Data Center Question: DataCenterDynamics notes that the combination “is…
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Added by DCPNet Admin on February 21, 2011 at 14:01 — No Comments

Business Service Management and Virtualization Monitoring Technology

Given the rapid adoption of shared and virtualized infrastructure in the data center environment, a new approach is needed to ensure the effective performance of the IT infrastructure. Rather than monitoring individual nodes and components in the data center in a piecemeal manner, organizations need to monitor the performance of supported services instead - by correlating all the underlying components of the service. The monitoring approach for applications and services has to account for…

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Added by Chris MacKinnon on February 18, 2011 at 14:11 — No Comments

NYSE and Deutsche Borse merger - the data center questio

NYSE and Deutsche Borse merger - the data center question

DatacenterDynamics

As the planned merger gets board approval, where do its data center plans begin, and…
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Added by DCPNet Admin on February 18, 2011 at 13:46 — No Comments

Be Prepared for the Prime Time for 40 Gb/s Ethernet

Today’s CIOs face many challenges. For example, they are asked to do more with less and must prepare for and become more familiar with rapidly evolving technologies like virtualization, cloud computing, consolidated fabric, etc. I find the relentless demand for increased bandwidth remains a near constant requirement as a fundamental enabler.



Following the formal adoption of 40 and 100 Gb/s Ethernet Standards, the question of upgrading to 40 and 100 Gb/s is no longer…

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Added by Chris MacKinnon on February 17, 2011 at 14:38 — No Comments

Kingspan Builds its New Dublin Datacenter With Shunra

Kingspan Builds its New Dublin Datacenter With Shunra

PR Newswire (press release)

Kingspan's IT management required a "throttle" test to prove that moving their SAP servers…
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Added by DCPNet Admin on February 17, 2011 at 14:31 — No Comments

FedEx opens new data center in Springs, Colorado

FedEx opens new data center in Springs

Colorado Springs Gazette

After seven years of planning and construction, FedEx opened a corporate data center Wednesday in the Northgate business park that will replace a…
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Equinix adds DR services for traders in New York

Equinix adds DR services for traders in New York

DatacenterDynamics

The colocation provider is now offering Business Continuity Trading Room services in its NY7 data center in New…
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Added by DCPNet Admin on February 17, 2011 at 14:28 — No Comments

CyrusOne's West Houston Data Center Campus Earns LEED Silver

CyrusOne's West Houston Data Center Campus Earns LEED Silver

Data Storage Connection (press release)

CyrusOne, a preeminent enterprise data center colocation provider, recently earned LEED@…
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Added by DCPNet Admin on February 17, 2011 at 14:27 — No Comments

Co-location business in Tokyo/Japan - great rates!

Looking to expand and are offering Co-location business at our "state-of-the-Art" Telecom Center here in the heart of Tokyo (Japan).

 

Open Co-location Service our offer includes for example:

- Server Rack (42UxW700xD900) with 20 Ampere included

- Eartquake-proof facility (magnitute 7+ guaranteed)

- Electric Installations: 3 circuit spot network (full power back-up A+B)

- All year round Air Conditioned

- Security: ITV security monitoring…

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Added by Roman Raidl on February 17, 2011 at 9:05 — No Comments

Peak 10 Richmond's Second Data Center Facility Open for Business

Peak 10 Richmond's Second Data Center Facility Open for Business

Business Wire (press release)

The 13500 square-foot addition brings Peak 10 Richmond's total footprint to…
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Added by DCPNet Admin on February 16, 2011 at 18:04 — No Comments

Equinix's Track Record Bodes Well for Today's Acquisition of ALOG

Equinix's Track Record Bodes Well for Today's Acquisition of ALOG

Seeking Alpha

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, and Riverwood Capital, a…
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Added by DCPNet Admin on February 16, 2011 at 18:04 — No Comments

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