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With Ubiquity, Sears is Turning Shuttered Stores into Data Centers
May 23, 2013: Rich Miller
Sears Holdings has formed a new unit to market space from former Sears and Kmart retail stores as a home for data centers, disaster recovery space and wireless towers. With the creation of Ubiquity Critical Environments, Sears hopes to convert the retail icons of the 20th century into the Internet infrastructure to power the 21st century digital economy. Read More -
Sentinel, Russo Partner on Bloomberg Data Center
May 23rd, 2013 : Rich MillerSentinel Data Centers and Russo Development will team up on a new data center for Bloomberg L.P. in Orangetown, New York, the companies confirmed today. The Orangetown data center is being developed by a joint venture between Russo and Sentinel, which will retain ownership of the property. Read More
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Flyover: Apple’s Massive Solar Array for the iDataCenter
May 23rd, 2013 : Colleen MillerVideo of Apple's data center in Maiden, North Carolina, which is the location of the nation's largest end-user-owned solar photovoltaic array. The solar array produces energy for Apple's megascale data center in the Tar Heel state. Read More
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ViaWest to Build In (Figuratively) Hot Minneapolis Market
May 23rd, 2013 : Jason VergeThere's been lots of action in Minneapolis this year. Now ViaWest announces its intentions to build a 150,000 square foot facility there with an expected opening of Q1 2014. Read More
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Citrix Synergy Highlights Megatrends of Mobile Workstyles
May 23rd, 2013 : John RathAt the Citrix Synergy 2013 event this week in Los Angeles,mobile workstyles are in the spotlight. Citrix is redefining enterprise mobility with XenMobile Enterprise, and extending its enterprise mobility strategy with version 7 of XenDesktop. Read More
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Data Center Jobs: McKinstry Seeking Program Managers
May 23rd, 2013 : Christine PottsAt the Data Center Jobs Board, we have two new job listings from McKinstry, which is seeking an Electrical Program Manager and a Mechanical Program Manager. Read More
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Industry Perspectives
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The Hidden Costs of System Sprawl
Florin Dejeu
SEPATON.23 May 2013 : Industry PerspectivesMany enterprise data managers have traditionally responded to data growth by simply adding disk-based backup targets. However, most systems are simply not designed for today’s massive data volumes or fast data growth. As a result, for many large enterprise data centers, the “add another system” approach has reached its breaking point, writes Florin Dejeu of SEPATON. Read More
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Capturing Client Satisfaction: Seventh Key to Brokering IT Services Internally
DICK BENTON
Glasshouse22 May 2013 : Industry PerspectivesWhat more can IT do? To lock in your new understanding of consumer needs and to stay abreast of trends in these needs, it is essential to include a survey into your processes. This is not just a satisfaction survey vainly seeking confirmation that IT has indeed “done well." Rather, it’s critical to use this opportunity to ask probing questions to get a handle on how needs are changing and how future offerings might be driven, writes Dick Benton of Glasshouse. Read More
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