How colocation can improve TCO for the enterprise

CoreSite and IDG released a report which examines the latest data center trends, strategies, requirements, and other findings from an annual quantitative survey and in-depth interviews with senior IT decision makers. “As businesses continue to empower … Continue reading How colocation can improve TCO for the enterprise

Maximizing a hybrid cloud approach with colocation

As a multi-tenant cloud environment, the public cloud offers companies with vast amounts of data a highly affordable option. However, it also presents a number of limitations including reliability challenges, a lack of control and transparency, and inf… Continue reading Maximizing a hybrid cloud approach with colocation

Enterprises increasingly relying on open source software

Enterprises have a deep appreciation for the value of open source software with 100% of the information technology (IT) decision-makers in a recent survey saying that “using open source provides benefits for their organization.” The survey of 200 IT de… Continue reading Enterprises increasingly relying on open source software

Europe data center market to grow steadily by 2026

The data center market in Europe is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 4% during the period 2021-2026, according to ResearchAndMarkets. The market is expected to grow due to the growing procurement of renewable energy sources. Over 25 European cloud an… Continue reading Europe data center market to grow steadily by 2026

Immersion cooling to offset data centers’ massive power demands gains a big booster in Microsoft

LiquidStack does it. So does Submer. They’re both dropping servers carrying sensitive data into goop in an effort to save the planet. Now they’re joined by one of the biggest tech companies in the world in their efforts to improve the energy efficiency of data centers, because Microsoft is getting into the liquid-immersion cooling market. […] Continue reading Immersion cooling to offset data centers’ massive power demands gains a big booster in Microsoft

Microsoft’s new cooling system dunks data servers in boiling liquid

Liquid cooling is one of the most effective ways to keep computers from overheating. While the natural first choice might be a liquid that runs cold, Microsoft has now done the exact opposite, demonstrating a system to cool its cloud servers by dunking… Continue reading Microsoft’s new cooling system dunks data servers in boiling liquid

How to avoid 4 common zero trust traps (including one that could cost you your job)

Formulated by a research analyst over a decade ago, the zero-trust security model was embraced by thought leaders. And when Google, with its unlimited budget and resources, began adopting something close to the zero-trust framework through BeyondCorp, … Continue reading How to avoid 4 common zero trust traps (including one that could cost you your job)

Data center market size to reach $519.34 billion by 2025

The data center market research from Technavio indicates neutral growth in the short term as the business impact of COVID-19 spreads. Data center market size by 2025 “One of the primary growth drivers for this market is the rise in adoption of mu… Continue reading Data center market size to reach $519.34 billion by 2025

Cloud computing could prevent the emission of 1 billion metric tons of CO2

Continued adoption of cloud computing could prevent the emission of more than 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from 2021 through 2024, a forecast from IDC shows. The forecast uses data on server distribution and cloud and on-premises softw… Continue reading Cloud computing could prevent the emission of 1 billion metric tons of CO2

To support a growing remote workforce, the public sector turned to the cloud

Nutanix announced the global public sector industry findings of its report, measuring organizations’ plans for adopting a private, hybrid and public cloud. The findings point to a concentrated modernization effort throughout the sector over the past fe… Continue reading To support a growing remote workforce, the public sector turned to the cloud