Tag: Data Center

April 23, 2024

As I’ve been saying for the past year or so, cloud conferences have become generative AI conferences, as have data center conferences, databases conferences, and you name it. It’s clearly more than just a trend—it’s a game-changing push. But we’ve […]

April 19, 2024

In the world of data protection, the cloud has emerged as a popular destination for backups. The appeal is obvious: Offload the complexities and costs of backup infrastructure to a provider, and rest easy knowing your data is safe in […]

April 1, 2024

Spending on compute and storage infrastructure for cloud deployments grew 18.5% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the latest update to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker, which was issued last week. The total […]

March 20, 2024

Google plans to build a new $1 billion data center in Kansas City, Missouri, marking the company’s first data center in the state. The facility is expected to support up to 1,300 jobs and contribute to the region’s workforce and […]

March 12, 2024

IBM is expanding its portfolio of sustainability offerings with new services that promise to help customers reduce data-center energy consumption and securely dispose of old gear and redundant data. IBM’s Technology Lifecycle Services group has added three new services to […]

March 7, 2024

The cybersecurity threat landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. Today, adversaries are more motivated than ever to penetrate enterprise data centers and steal valuable information. Therefore, adopting the concept of Zero Trust is the number one trend in enterprise […]

February 6, 2024

IBM is launching preconfigured LinuxONE servers aimed at simplifying networking and securing data-center resources in small to medium-sized organizations that need to support everything from AI to workload consolidation. The rack-mounted LinuxONE 4 Express system is based on the same […]

February 5, 2024

Whether it’s to save money, reduce carbon emissions, comply with regulations or accommodate high-powered AI workloads, enterprises are looking to operate more energy-efficient data centers. A key to achieving those goals is selecting the right technology to help cool equipment […]

January 29, 2024

Five key data center trends will impact operators in the coming year, according to the Uptime Institute. The research firm highlighted the top trends – which include tougher sustainability regulations, supply chain impacts from AI, and liquid cooling adoption – […]

January 22, 2024

It took Broadcom 18 months to get all of the requisite approvals needed to finalize its $61 billion purchase of VMware. But once the deal was sealed in late November, CEO Hock Tan moved swiftly, announcing layoffs of thousands of […]

January 16, 2024

Many enterprise IT execs plan to enhance their network and data center infrastructures, particularly in areas of sustainability, energy efficiency, hybrid cloud, and cybersecurity, in 2024. They may find themselves stymied, however, by a lack of trained professionals capable of […]

January 10, 2024

Let me start by saying it’s widely known that data centers benefit from being highly automated. Automated scripts can complete whatever task they are given much faster than a human and do it consistently, with fewer errors. The data center […]

December 28, 2023

Samsung has confirmed that it has successfully verified Compute Express Link (CXL) memory operations in a real user environment with open-source software provider Red Hat. The tech giant says that advancements in generative AI, autonomous driving, and in-memory databases have […]

December 20, 2023

AI-related technology will drive many of the trends Cisco executives expect to impact the enterprise in 2024, while key networking and data-center developments will change the future of infrastructure. On the AI side, there are developments coming that Liz Centoni, […]

September 12, 2023

Cloud computing has emerged as a compelling choice of IT infrastructure for companies, offering attractive cost and productivity efficiencies. However, the backbone of a cloud infrastructure is the data center, which poses a growing environmental dilemma due to its dependence […]

September 11, 2023

Wojciech Stramski, CEO of Beyond.pl a data center, cloud, and Managed Services provider, is quick to point out that enterprises’ data sovereignty requirements are growing in scope. As cloud computing becomes increasingly ubiquitous with business success, ensuring that data not […]

May 30, 2023

What’s the opposite of a data center? If you answered “the cloud,” as many do, you are arguably not thinking in the most effective way about what data centers do and the role they play within the IT industry. To […]

May 23, 2023

The people who maintain traditional data center systems have always objected to having IT assets managed by systems outside their firewalls. Years ago, when I predicted that this would happen, people would often laugh and not believe me. The signs […]

May 8, 2023

Cisco continues to invest in its customer experience (CX) group, which provides product lifecycle management and aims to ensure that customers get what they want out of their technology purchases. Alistair Wildman, senior vice president of Cisco Global Customer Experience, […]

May 1, 2023

Clearing space for the storage and compute needed for large language models — and the generative AI tools they power — is a priority for Google. “We are making our data centers more efficient, redistributing workloads and equipment where servers […]