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Data Centre Operators stories - Page 16

Data Centers need personnel and infrastructure to be able to operate effectively. Data Center Operators are companies or individual entities who take care of day-to-day operations of a data center. Responsibilities can include upkeep, maintenance and client relations.

Operators are responsible for installing and maintaining network resources, ensuring data center security and monitoring systems that take care of power and cooling.
Open source

New Inventec data center switch accepted by Open Compute Project

Wed, 9th Mar 2016
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ventec has launched a new 100GbE data center switch, with the Ethernet switch design formally accepted by the Open Compute Project.
Edge

Edge data centers driving 'data center on demand' market

Tue, 8th Mar 2016
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Edge data centers are driving the data center on demand market as companies seek new ways to lower latency and TCO, while reducing network traffic.
Storage

Server and storage revenues on the rise

Tue, 1st Mar 2016
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Revenues for data centre servers and storage are set to swell to $88bn, spurred by IT infrastructure modernisation.
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Cloud over on-premise when it comes to data safety, says new research

Mon, 29th Feb 2016
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A new survey shows the majority of IT professionals believe data is safer in the cloud than on premises, when facing malfunctions and disasters.
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BMC updates mapping tool to optimise data centers

Thu, 25th Feb 2016
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BMC Software has upgraded its IT discovery and dependency mapping tool to help create optimised and more agile data centers.
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Taiwan Stock Exchange gets longed for data center

Wed, 10th Feb 2016
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The Taiwan Stock Exchange has officially opened its new 'world class' data center enabling the exchange to offer new services - and stable uptime.
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Microsoft takes the cloud data center to the ocean depths

Tue, 2nd Feb 2016
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Microsoft is heading to the oceans, evaluating the feasibility of rapidly deployable, low latency, energy efficient underwater data centers.
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Softbank streamlines data center operations, ups agility with Brocade switches

Fri, 29th Jan 2016
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Japanese telco Softbank has deployed Brocade VDX switches across three data centers to help streamline operations and increase business agility.
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Booming SEA data center market undergoing major shift

Thu, 28th Jan 2016
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The South East Asia data center market is undergoing major shifts, with new geographies claiming an increasing stake as investment increases.
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Oil oversupply spells good news for data center investment

Wed, 27th Jan 2016
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An oversupply of oil in the global economy is good news for the data center market, with investment expected to increase as energy prices decrease.
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DDos dramatically increasing cause of data center outages

Tue, 26th Jan 2016
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Cybercrime is making its presence felt in data centers as the fastest growing cause of unplanned outages, while outage costs themselves are escalating.
Future

The 2016 data center: On-demand, on the edge and hyperscale

Wed, 20th Jan 2016
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John Schmidt, CommScope data center solutions lead, offers up his view on the shifts happening in the data center market.
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Availability to the remote office: Myth or reality?

Wed, 20th Jan 2016
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The perception is a data centre in a head office is capable of everything needed for the company; but can the remote office live up to expectations?.
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Panasonic puts freeze on data center storage with Facebook technology

Tue, 12th Jan 2016
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Panasonic and Facebook have collaborated on a new 'freeze-ray' cold storage solution they say will reduce data center costs and energy use.
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How clean is your data center?

Mon, 11th Jan 2016
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Data centers are running the risk of power outages and loss of critical data because they're not adhering to regular cleaning schedules.
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SimpliVity strengthens relationship with Microsoft

Mon, 11th Jan 2016
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SimpliVity joins the Microsoft Enterprise Cloud Alliance, setting up an R&D hub to drive innovation in virtualisation.
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NTT Communications opens US$32m Bangkok data center

Wed, 9th Dec 2015
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NTT Communications has opened a four story, US$32 million Bangkok data center, boasting 3800 square meters of server room.
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NextDC goes direct with IBM Direct Link

Fri, 4th Dec 2015
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NextDC has added a support for IBM's Direct Link, with a direct network connection to the IBM cloud via its Melbourne M1 data centre.
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Dataracks takes data centers micro

Thu, 3rd Dec 2015
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UK company debuts a micro data center which it says eliminates the need for bespoke data center designs - just add servers.
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Will data centres be taking to the water next year?

Thu, 26th Nov 2015
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A US company has launched an energy efficient waterborne data centre prototype, with construction of the first commercial offering now underway.