Top 5 Data Center Stories of the Week: December 8, 2018

Is AWS Glacier Deep Archive the Tape Killer? - Bottomless cloud storage at cents per gigabyte for your cold tier might sound like the end of tape, but there’s more to consider than cost.

Why AWS Is Getting into the Satellite Data Business - As more satellites are hurled into space, ground-station access becomes the biggest satellite-data bottleneck.

Are Virtual Cross-Connects Equinix’s Friend or Foe? - Interconnection giant’s execs address Wall Street’s concern that virtual fabrics like Megaport may eat into its bread-and-butter cross-connect business.

Can Blockchain Fix Cybersecurity? - The technology holds a lot of promise for security, but there’s still a long way to go before it sees serious enterprise adoption.

Gartner: Replace Your Data Center with a ‘Digital Toolbox of Possibilities’ - The analyst firm lays out ways enterprise IT leaders can stay relevant in a future where “infrastructure is everywhere.”