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Preparing for the Worst: Compartmentalization in Data Center Capacity Planning Preparing for the Worst: Compartmentalization in Data Center Capacity Planning

In terms of cloud applications, and the data centers that support them, compartmentalization is the ability to physically segment applications supporting hardware and network.

byIndustry Perspectives

Mar 9, 2018

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Archived Assets

Time for IT and Facilities to Talk Time for IT and Facilities to Talk

byDanny Bradbury

Mar 9, 2018

4 Min Read

Pat Gelsinger and Michael Dell

Dell Reports Sales Gain as It Considers Strategic Options Dell Reports Sales Gain as It Considers Strategic Options

Mar 9, 2018

4 Min Read

Data Center World

State of the Data Center Industry, 2018 – Where We are and What to Expect State of the Data Center Industry, 2018 – Where We are and What to Expect

Mar 9, 2018

6 Min Read

A Vapor Edge Module at a cell tower (a rendering)

Vapor IO and Packet Plan AWS-Style Edge Computing Cloud for 5G Vapor IO and Packet Plan AWS-Style Edge Computing Cloud for 5G

byYevgeniy Sverdlik

Mar 8, 2018

4 Min Read

Mesosphere Extends DC/OS to the Edge, Adds Multi-Cloud, Kubernetes Support Mesosphere Extends DC/OS to the Edge, Adds Multi-Cloud, Kubernetes Support

byChristine Hall

Mar 8, 2018

3 Min Read

The Pentagon

Amazon, Oracle, Microsoft Jockey for Pentagon's Cloud Business

Amazon, Oracle, Microsoft Jockey for Pentagon's Cloud Business

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger speaks at VMworld 2016

VMware, AWS Expand Hybrid Cloud Capabilities, Go to London

VMware, AWS Expand Hybrid Cloud Capabilities, Go to London

byWylie Wong, Chips and Hardware Writer

Inside the Equinix DC12 data center in Ashburn, Virginia

Equinix Power Outage One Reason Behind AWS Cloud Disruption

Equinix Power Outage One Reason Behind AWS Cloud Disruption

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

A data hall inside eBay's Phoenix data center

eBay Gets Patent for Data Center Efficiency Metric, Method

eBay Gets Patent for Data Center Efficiency Metric, Method

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Blockchain and Data Security: Ways to Mitigate Risks

Blockchain and Data Security: Ways to Mitigate Risks

byIndustry Perspectives

CERN data center in Meyrin, Switzerland, 2017

Data Center Career Development

Data Center Jobs in a Post-Cloud World: How to Adapt

Data Center Jobs in a Post-Cloud World: How to Adapt

Cables in a data center

Training & Certifications

Training the Cloud Architect: Five Things to Learn

Training the Cloud Architect: Five Things to Learn

byBill Kleyman, CEO and Co-Founder

Bitcoin mining hardware on display at a conference in New York in 2014

Cryptocurrency Mining Gear Stolen from Iceland Data Center: AP

Cryptocurrency Mining Gear Stolen from Iceland Data Center: AP

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

The cloud pavilion of Amazon Web Services at the 2016 CeBIT tech fair in Hanover, Germany

Amazon Prepares to Hire for AWS Office in Argentina

Amazon Prepares to Hire for AWS Office in Argentina

The Financial Services Industry Looks to the Cloud

The Financial Services Industry Looks to the Cloud

byIndustry Perspectives

cern data center aisles 2017

Data Center Career Development

Lenovo’s Data Center Solutions Exec Says IT Should Help Business Drive Innovation

Lenovo’s Data Center Solutions Exec Says IT Should Help Business Drive Innovation

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Dropbox CTO Aditya Agarwal, left, and Drew Houston, the company’s founder and CEO, speaking at a conference in 2014.

Top 5 Data Center Stories of the Week: March 2, 2018

Top 5 Data Center Stories of the Week: March 2, 2018

byData Center Knowledge

Applying the ‘location, location, location’ strategy to data center placement

Applying the ‘location, location, location’ strategy to data center placement

Applying the ‘location, location, location’ strategy to data center placement

byData Center Knowledge

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Where ‘the edge’ can work against data centers

Where ‘the edge’ can work against data centers

byData Center Knowledge

Facebook data center under construction in Fort Worth, Texas

Hyper-Scale Data Center Spend Was Up 20 Percent in 2017, Analysts Say

Hyper-Scale Data Center Spend Was Up 20 Percent in 2017, Analysts Say

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Pat Gelsinger and Michael Dell

Archived Assets

Dell Merger Speculation Swirling, VMware Reports 14% Sales Growth

Dell Merger Speculation Swirling, VMware Reports 14% Sales Growth

Looking Ahead: Data Centers of 2018 and Beyond

Looking Ahead: Data Centers of 2018 and Beyond

byIndustry Perspectives

Marea submarine cable running into the ocean in Virginia Beach, Virginia

Here’s How Microsoft Keeps the Cost of Its Network Backbone Down

Here’s How Microsoft Keeps the Cost of Its Network Backbone Down

byMary Branscombe

IBM z13 mainframe at the 2015 CeBIT technology trade fair in Hanover

Next-Gen Data Centers

Top 10 Data Center Stories of the Month: February 2018

Top 10 Data Center Stories of the Month: February 2018

byData Center Knowledge

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Hurricane Harvey Case Study

Hurricane Harvey Case Study

byData Center Knowledge

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A Better Way to Reach the Cloud

A Better Way to Reach the Cloud

byData Center Knowledge

IBM in Brussels

Operations & Management

Canada to Scrap IBM Payroll Plan Gone Awry Costing C$1 Billion

Canada to Scrap IBM Payroll Plan Gone Awry Costing C$1 Billion

Five Ways Organizations are Optimizing Cloud Usage

Five Ways Organizations are Optimizing Cloud Usage

byIndustry Perspectives

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Private Cloud Presbyterian Foundation Case Study

Private Cloud Presbyterian Foundation Case Study

byData Center Knowledge

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 6, 2018 in New York City.

Why Data Center REITs are Facing a Rough Start to 2018

Why Data Center REITs are Facing a Rough Start to 2018

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How the Age of the Cloud is Transforming Data Center Operations

How the Age of the Cloud is Transforming Data Center Operations

byData Center Knowledge

Benchmark Hospitality Overcomes Aging Hardware

Data Center Hardware

Benchmark Hospitality Overcomes Aging Hardware

Benchmark Hospitality Overcomes Aging Hardware

byData Center Knowledge

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Cloud Services and the Healthcare Alphabet Soup

Cloud Services and the Healthcare Alphabet Soup

byData Center Knowledge

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Hybrid IT – The Whats, Whys, Hows and More

Hybrid IT – The Whats, Whys, Hows and More

byData Center Knowledge

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