CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 9, 2023

Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US Signal is the largest privately-held data center services provider in the Midwest. McCormick notes that while cloud solutions inherently help reduce businesses’ carbon footprints, US Signal is committed to doing far more.

Data Center 72

Data Center Disaster Recovery Vmware Energy 72

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

” – Bryce Allan, head of sustainability at Teraco Data Environments Sumeeth Singh, head of VMware’s Cloud Provider Business in sub-Saharan Africa, was not surprised when the region’s leading cloud solutions and services companies enthusiastically embraced the VMware Cloud Verified initiative.

Vmware 102

Vmware Cloud Energy Data Center 102

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

It was only a few years ago when ‘digital transformation’ was on every CIO’s agenda, and businesses started to understand how cloud could deliver real value. They stopped asking whether they should move to the cloud and started asking what they needed to do to get there. Honestly, in 2016, cloud wasn’t really affordable.

Cloud 88

Cloud Licensing Data Center Disaster Recovery 88

Fountainhead

AUGUST 26, 2012

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. The Rise of the Cloud Service Bus. In my recent GigaOm guest blog , I posited that the advent of hosted cloud services (particularly PaaS and SaaS) will slowly morph the role of the CIO into that of an IT Supply Chain Manager.

Cloud 196

Cloud Data Center Disaster Recovery Enterprise 196

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

One company that needs to keep data on a tight leash is Petco, which is a market leader in pet care and wellness products. Most of Petco’s core business systems run on four InfiniBox® storage systems in multiple data centers. Furthermore, Infinidat provided Salem Five with a cloud-like flexible consumption model.

Case Study 78

Case Study Storage Study Enterprise 78

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 12, 2023

These days, to serve the backbone corporate needs for more than 100,000 employees globally means betting big on the cloud. They’re free to go to whatever cloud they need to meet the needs of their customers,” he says. And in doing so, GDIT’s full cloud migration, which started pre-pandemic, is paying off nicely.

Strategy 92

Strategy Disaster Recovery Cloud Applications 92

Fountainhead

MARCH 3, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. ITs Blind Spots in the data center. I arrived at these observations when I speak with data center managers who admit that they dont have solutions to these issues. Cloud Computing. (55). Data Center efficiency. (1).

Data Center 100

Data Center Data Virtualization Dell 100

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Back in February of this year, The Green Grid published a paper listing proposed Proxy measures for data center productivity, specifically Data Center Energy Productivity (DCeP). Fountainhead. Tuesday, September 22, 2009.

Data Center 113

Data Center Disaster Recovery Energy Data 113

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. A real-world cloud user shares his findings. A few weeks ago, an alum "John" posted a request for recommendations for a cloud computing vendor for his small investment firm. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead.

Cloud 113

Cloud Data Center Storage Google 113

Fountainhead

APRIL 20, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. And fast repurposing means you can deliver instant High Availability (HA), entire environment disaster recovery (DR), and near-instant scaling (capacity-on-demand). Cloud Computing. (55). Data Center efficiency. (1).

Disaster Recovery 100

Disaster Recovery Data Center Virtualization Banking 100

Fountainhead

MAY 5, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. One of those new technologies in the Enterprise Data Center space is what I call Infrastructure Orchestration (others term it fabric computing or unified computing ). Cloud Computing. (55). Data Center efficiency. (1).

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Disaster Recovery Storage 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

As it seeks to consolidate its IT infrastructure across dozens of agencies, the government has had trouble sorting out how many data centers it has, and even more trouble adding up all the server closets, which includes rooms smaller than 100 square feet. Now Over 7,000 Data Centers. New Focus on Optimization.

Data Center 246

Data Center Government Data Storage 246

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

From a Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) standpoint, there were a lot of observations I picked up on that are worth sharing. This point was made in the introductory keynote by Donna Scott, and came up in spades in sessions focusing on Financial Management (Robert Naegle) and Metrics (Jeff Brooks).

Data Center 247

Data Center Trends Data Disaster Recovery 247

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

DH Capital served as exclusive financial advisor to BAIS, and The Stephens Group partnered with the vXchnge management team on the transaction. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Tom and his team have built a first class data center business and facility.”

Data Center 178

Data Center Internet Data Groups 178

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

The story focuses on the concentration of trading activity at the CoreSite data center building at 1275 K Street. CNBC writes: “The idea: Get access to federal data milliseconds faster than those traders waiting patiently for it to travel at the speed of light up fiber optic lines to markets in New York, New Jersey and Chicago.

Data Center 194

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 194

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 23, 2022

Multi-cloud provides increased velocity, scale, and choice by enabling enterprises to create and deploy new services across clouds. But multi-cloud environments will quickly lose their allure if their operations are not seamless.

Vmware 93

Vmware Disaster Recovery Cloud Licensing 93

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 20, 2024

Dan Timko, Chief Strategy Officer at ThinkOn, is quick to point out that a significant transformation is taking place within the cloud solutions and services market. Sovereign clouds have taken center stage as a requirement as more enterprises strive to address the compliance needs of an increasingly complex regulatory environment.

Cloud 79

Cloud Vmware Disaster Recovery Government 79

Fountainhead

APRIL 29, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. What It Means For IT Professionals "; they cite a recent joint Forrester and Disaster Recovery Journal survey regarding BC strategies. Cloud Computing. (55). Data Center efficiency. (1). IT Financial Management. (4).

Business Continuity 100

Business Continuity Data Center Virtualization Disaster Recovery 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

. ”What BrightRoll has accomplished with Rocket Fuel is further proof of the value of the connected ecosystem on Platform Equinix,” said Chris Sharp, general manager, Cloud and Content at Equinix. About John Rath John Rath is a veteran IT professional and regular contributor at Data Center Knowledge. Cloud Computing.

Data Center 183

Data Center Data Advertising Disaster Recovery 183

Fountainhead

JUNE 2, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. That last bit, BTW, presaged all of our current hype about cloud computing! Finally, the coup the company had -- and what the industry still has to appreciate -- is that the product takes a "services-centric" view of the data center.

Data Center 100

Data Center Load Balancer Virtualization Analysis 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

Optical Circuit switching company CALIENT Technologies announced it has raised a $27 million round of venture financing and named Jag Setlur, a 20-year finance professional, as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). RELATED POSTS: Hybrid Packet-Optical Circuit Switch Networks are New Data Center Standard. Modular Data Centers.

Data Center 173

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 173

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

The 27-story data hub at 32 Avenue of the Americas is framed by the cloudscape over Manhattan. For Telx , the shortest path to the cloud runs through the skyscrapers of Manhattan. The new facility continues a major expansion for Telx in the New York market, where it now operates six data centers. Photo: Telx).

Data Center 200

Data Center Data Meeting Disaster Recovery 200

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 5, 2022

Not doing so can result in significant financial impact on companies. the Russian invasion of Ukraine) Natural disasters (e.g., We know that a geopolitical event might have additional financial implications to ensure safety, and we were OK with spending additional monies to ensure safety. earthquakes) Directed threats (e.g.,

Business Continuity 121

Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Data Center Cloud 121

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Many organizations already deploy some type of monitoring solution for their data centers. However, within today’s modern data center infrastructure – are you really getting the full benefits of DCIM? The performance of the data center has become intrinsically linked to an organization’s overall success.

Data Center 195

Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage Data 195

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Estimating IT costs in the data center is a headache Romonet is looking to relieve with Portal 2.0, an updated version of its SaaS-based data center performance and lifcycle management software suite. Businesses have an immediate view into how efficiently it is managing and utilizing its data center infrastructure spend.

Data Center 185

Data Center Disaster Recovery Data Storage 185

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

of its Data Center Infrastructure Management Suite today. Fieldview says its latest update focuses on addressing a critical gap in DCIM solutions: sharing data that is gathered, stored and analyzed with other applications. The data links are called DataView and LiveView. By: Jason Verge July 12th, 2013.

Data Center 180

Data Center Disaster Recovery Applications Data 180

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

The server hall of a data center operated by CoreSite, which reported second quarter revenues. It executed new and expansion data center leases representing $5.8 Forty of these 115 leases signed were customers who do business in more than 1 data center, meaning customers are buying across their platform.

Data 193

Data Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage 193

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Without a plan to protect PII, your business could be at significant legal and financial risk if that information is leaked and/or publicly exposed. Default to cloud-based storage. Many documents include personally identifying information, such as Social Security Numbers (SSNs), birthdates, and home addresses.

Security 106

Security Disaster Recovery Malware Authentication 106

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

Important Geographic and Risk Mitigation Factors in Selecting a Data Center Site. Important Geographic and Risk Mitigation Factors in Selecting a Data Center Site. The modern data center is no longer a singular location. The prevalence of natural disasters in U.S. By: Bill Kleyman July 10th, 2013.

Data Center 100

Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage Data 100

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Italian insurer Reale Group found itself with four cloud providers running around 15% of its workloads, and no clear strategy to manage them. “It That’s according to a new study of enterprise cloud usage by 451 Research, which also looked at what enterprises are running across multiple public clouds, and how they measure strategy success.

Study 143

Study Oracle Cloud Disaster Recovery 143

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 13, 2022

But did you know that Cassandra is used by a huge range of companies — including small, cloud-native application builders, financial firms, and broadcasters? It replicated data across geographies to keep latencies down, handled billions of writes per day, and could scale as the number of users grew.

Open Source 59

Open Source Disaster Recovery Data Center Data 59

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

Amazon » Cloud Computing. Amazon Web Services announced it is dropping the prices of dedicated instances on EC2 cloud computing by up to 80 percent. Amazon’s announcement might have impacted financial sentiment of at least one of their competitors. The company releases Data Warehouse service called Redshift last February.

Enterprise 207

Enterprise Enterprise Data Center Storage 207

Fountainhead

AUGUST 12, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. simplifies traditional architectures and dramatically reduce the number of devices that must be purchased, cabled, configured, powered, cooled, and secured in the data center. Cloud Computing. (55). Data Center efficiency. (1).

Disaster Recovery 145

Disaster Recovery Data Center Virtualization Network 145

Fountainhead

APRIL 27, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Last week I wrote a bit about how Infrastructure Orchestration is being applied in the Financial industry. Cloud Computing. (55). Data Center efficiency. (1). IT Financial Management. (4). Fountainhead. Contrarian.

Healthcare 100

Healthcare Data Center Systems Administration Virtualization 100

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. The 13 different functions are mapped onto the data center "stack" at right. Cloud Computing. (55). Data Center efficiency. (1). IT Financial Management. (4). A real-world cloud user shares his findings.

Disaster Recovery 100

Disaster Recovery Load Balancer Dell Data Center 100

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Correcting computings wrongs - road to recovery? Should they all fail, such as in a disaster, the entire configuration, down to each servers I/O, networks, VLANs, etc., Presto - instant Disaster Recovery (DR). Fountainhead.

Hardware 100

Hardware Data Center Storage Virtualization 100

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Its similar in concept to how the hypervisor is an enabler (but usually not used as a stand-alone product) of data center management services. Cloud Computing. (55). Data Center efficiency. (1). Fountainhead.

Virtualization 157

Virtualization Data Center Storage Network 157