An article from Data Center Knowledge points to things robots can do to increase efficiency in data centers. But hurdles lie ahead, and data centers will still need administrators, the article suggests.
Cloudscaling has raised a new $10 million, Series B round of funding. The company provides an OpenStack-powered cloud infrastructure system. The funding comes from Trinity Ventures and two new big name investors: Juniper Networks and Seagate.
VMware (VMW) has unveiled vCloud Hybrid Service, an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud built and operated by VMware. Here's a look at notable analysis and commentary from around the web.
Robotics are beginning to be integrated into data center management, creating the potential for a robot-driven, fully automated "lights out" data center environment. Bill Kleyman explores the possibilities.
Two of the greatest fears about cloud computing deal with security -- data security and job security. Caution continues to reign around data security, but any implosion of IT-related jobs has yet to materialize.
Is the data center industry a candidate for regulation as a utility, as suggested last week by the New York Times? We reached out to experts who were familiar with both data centers and utilities to get their take.
Hitachi offers business-grade Dropbox features, but doesn't yet have local data centres
The Windows Azure Cloud is expanding its footprint in the Asia-Pacific Region. Microsoft is building a new data center in Singapore, with a facility expected online in 2014, the company has confirmed. Microsoft also announced two new data center sites in Australia.
In a cost-averse world in which Internet growth is creating an explosion of demand for data center space, CEO Hossein Fateh of DuPont Fabros believes the economics favor huge facilities operated by small teams of specialists.
Microsoft has announced universities on the Janet network will be able to connect directly into its Azure cloud data centre in Dublin, thanks to a peering project. Janet is a private network used by UK universities. At its heart it provides its own network connections, rather than relying on the public Internet, so Janet users can enjoy better speed and security.
More and more service providers are looking at Tier Certification from Uptime Institute. The once predominantly enterprise data center focused group has expanded its offerings and appeal to the multi-tenant provider world.
There's a major data center project brewing in Delaware, with a group called The Data Centers (TDC) planning a data center near Newark.The massive project will also feature a large on-site energy component. and draw no electricity from the utility grid.
Ready or not, virtual reality is coming to the data center. IO this week demonstrated a new application that provides a 3D visual representation of a customer's data center environment, allowing them to "walk through" their data center.
One of the design issues facing data center operators is the projected life cycle of the facility, writes Julius Neudorfer. The data center is evolving at a much faster pace over the last several years especially when compared to the past 35 years.
Google and NASA are forming a joint research lab to look at quantum computing for things like facial recognition and understanding of disease. Their computer is from D-Wave Systems, which appears to be producing quantum computing results years earlier than many expected.
Cyan announces that GlobalConnect will deploy 400G network across Denmark using its Blue Planet software-defined networking solution. Also, news from Juniper, Yahoo Japan, EdgeCast and TeliaSonera.
Which new technologies will genuinely gain traction in the data center industry? 451 Research sees Flash storage as the leading disruptive force, according to an analysis released at this week's Uptime Symposium. The technology we're least likely to see? Onsite clean power generation.
T5 Data Centers has completed a loan for $113 million to expand its data center in Dallas, the company said this week. With this additional loan, T5 Data Centers has raised a combined $500 million over the past three years.
As the reliance on the modern data center continues to grow, organizations are continuously looking for ways to optimize their environments. Today’s business demands are placing new challenges on the data center infrastructure. One of those challenges revolves around supplying additional computing...
Mark Harris of Nlyte shares his experiences, including new approaches in the data center exchange of ideas, from attending the recent Data Center World event.
Juniper Networks has announced that Yahoo Japan has deployed QFX3000-M QFabric System at its new environmentally friendly "Shirakawa Data Center." Shirakawa datacenter is a large-scale IT data center that covers the Tokyo metropolitan area and East Japan.
50% of respondents in North America said that energy efficiency was an important consideration. Last year this was a slightly higher percentage – 52%. The decrease in interest was also more marked in smaller data centers. This may be due to their inability
KEFLAVIK, Iceland, May 14, 2013 /PR Newswire/ -- Verne Global, an innovative, UK-based developer of energy efficient data center campuses, has been recognized as a gold winner in Network Product's Guide 8th Annual 2013 Hot Companies and Best
