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Heard of the Software-Defined Data Center? Here’s the Software-Defined Blog Post
June 17th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
BRIAN REAGAN
Actifio

2013 is nearly halfway over and it’s clear that this year’s meme is “Software-Defined”—specifically in my line of work, the “Software-Defined” Data Center, writes Brian Reagan of Actifio. Read More
Augmenting Power Monitoring and Control at Data Centers
June 14th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
BHAVESH PATEL
ASCO

There are several ways to boost reliability and resiliency of emergency/backup power in the face of a utility power outage. One increasingly popular trend is to install advanced power monitoring and control capabilities that take advantage of reporting from a variety of computing devices, writes Bhavesh Patel of ASCO. Read More
Data Protection Across the Distributed Enterprise
June 11th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives

Being able to provide global access to data while delivering a uniform level of data protection is a formidable challenge, writes Andres Rodriguez of Nasuni. Read More
A Race To The Finish: The Final Phase of Construction On A Data Center Facility
June 10th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
CHRIS CURTIS
Compass Datacenters

Chris Curtis of Compass Datacenters writes about the last phase of a data center development project. A tight schedule tends to add a degree of intensity to things. People are focused and the inter-dependencies of various operations become even more critical. And that's when the "tour groups" show up. Read More
Driving Business Success through ‘Open Group Architecture’ Framework
June 7th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
ED JONES
Firebrand Training

While The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) meets the requirements for any current enterprise's architecture methodology, there are some unique aspects of this service which make it the framework of choice for a multitude of businesses, writes Edward Jones of Firebrand Training. Read More
Advancements in Pushable Fiber & Fiber Management Drive Down Data Center Costs
June 6th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
CHERI BERANEK
Clearfield

The strain of adding data center capacity has extended the focus beyond redundancy of servers and switches to the physical media – the highway used to transport it all around. Two advances are reducing the cost of deploying fiber: high density fiber management and pushable fiber, writes Cheri Beranek of Clearfield. Read More
Three Paths to WAN Stress Relief for Distributed Businesses
June 5th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
CAHIT JAY AKIN
Mushroom Networks

The WAN infrastructure that branch offices have come to depend upon is stressed to the brink, threatening distributed access to data and applications and day-to-day productivity, writes Cahit Jay Akin of Mushroom Networks. He outlines three approaches to relieve your WAN's stress. Read More
Hybrid Packet-Optical Circuit Switch Networks are New Data Center Standard
June 4th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
DANIEL TARDENT
CALIENT

Almost a decade ago, before the ubiquity of smart phones, tablets, cloud computing and video streaming, university and industry researchers were already predicting the need for a hybrid packet-optical circuit switch data center network. That vision is now being realized in commercial data centers, writes Daniel Tardent of CALIENT. Read More
Data Center or Ark? How Bad Weather Causes Construction Chaos
June 3rd, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
CHRIS CURTIS
Compass Datacenters

A data center construction project must have a schedule and that schedule must allow for the fact that during a six-month construction period, you’re probably going to run into some less than optimal weather. Chris Curtis of Compass Datacenters writes about running into much more than sub-optimal weather in his latest column on the data center construction process. Read More