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Stories by Staff - Page 5

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Data center managers set their sights on 2017
Fri, 31st Mar 2017
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Luckily for data center managers, there are a plethora of tools and steps available to ensure your data center is operating in an efficient state.
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Increasing sustainability in the data center industry
Thu, 30th Mar 2017
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hyperscale
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dc
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risk & compliance
These big milestones are powered by an ongoing, consistent commitment to making steady and measurable progress.
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Don’t let an aging UPS bring you down: Assess your replacement options
Mon, 27th Mar 2017
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Aged UPS units pose critical risks; time to evaluate newer, efficient alternatives and avert potential IT disasters.
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Equinix: How to escape a cloud outage unscathed
Fri, 24th Mar 2017
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Cloud outages hit enterprises hard, but well-planned disaster recovery strategies and interconnection-first approaches prevent chaos.
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Facebook has just revealed new ways to go live
Thu, 23rd Mar 2017
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facebook
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social media
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timeline
We’re excited to announce that, as of today, people around the world can broadcast live video to Facebook from their desktop or laptop computers.
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Equinix Hong Kong expansion fuels IoT and cloud growth
Thu, 23rd Mar 2017
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hyperscale
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This latest expansion brings Equinix’s total investment in the city to over US$250 million. But that’s just the start of the story.
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What does a kitchen redesign have in common with data center planning?
Thu, 23rd Mar 2017
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hyperscale
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martech
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From kitchens to kilobytes: Proper planning in redesigns crucial to dodge costly missteps, whether refitting homes or data centers.
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Espionage expert offers five viewpoints on state-sponsored hacking
Wed, 22nd Mar 2017
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healthtech
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hacking
Carbon Black sits down with former CIA operative Eric O'Neill to talk state sponsored attacks and why the ANZ regions is probably not a future target.
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Schneider Electric’s acquisition of APC 10 years on
Fri, 17th Mar 2017
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I know it’s cliché, but it really does seem like yesterday, the $6.1 billion purchase of American Power Conversion.
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How to speak like a data center geek: Virtual reality
Fri, 17th Mar 2017
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ar, vr & metaverse
Tech giants like Facebook are all in, with the company saying it could spend $3 billion in the next decade to improve virtual reality.
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Equinix: Realizing the true potential of NFV
Wed, 15th Mar 2017
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network infrastructure
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sdn
Equinix champions flexible networks via NFV, unlocking rapid, cost-effective service delivery for enterprise digital transformation.
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Colocation providers have options in integrating open compute project data center architectures
Tue, 14th Mar 2017
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I wanted to more clearly make the case for why colocation companies – in addition to Internet Giants – should pay close attention to OCP.
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How to support the literacy of all learners with learning tools
Mon, 13th Mar 2017
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microsoft
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onenote
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edtech
As an organisation, Microsoft has a huge focus on accessibility when it comes to enabling everyone to use technology.
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Advanced Threat Protection – Preventing unknown risks
Mon, 13th Mar 2017
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
APTs compromise their target system with advanced code techniques to circumvent security barriers - and stay under the radar as long as possible.
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Transforming data centers into open interconnection fabrics
Fri, 10th Mar 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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I would like to reflect on our progress since we joined OCP a year ago, and provide a perspective into our future collaboration with the community.
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How monitoring the enterprise becomes an opportunity for greater customer satisfaction
Fri, 10th Mar 2017
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hyperscale
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colocation
Today’s monitoring tools and products have absorbed so many enterprise use cases from data center, cloud and hybrid hosting environments.
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Leveraging cloud shift and interconnection with BMC Software
Fri, 10th Mar 2017
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BMC Software harnesses cloud and interconnection to transform IT services, promising reduced costs and higher customer satisfaction.
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Curing security alert fatigue while still protecting your cloud infrastructure
Thu, 9th Mar 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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Unfortunately, IT professionals can’t easily determine what class of alert the messages represent until they’ve examined them.
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How is the Open Compute Project affecting today’s data centers
Wed, 8th Mar 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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OCP shakes up data centre norms, driving eco-friendly designs and amplified energy efficiency across the industry in a collaborative crusade.
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StruxureOn for cloud-based data center monitoring
Wed, 8th Mar 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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In case you missed the launch of this new service, StruxureOn represents a new wave in data center operations.