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New Service Organization Control Standards Turn Two
June 19th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
HASSAN SULTAN
Reckenen

As we celebrate the second birthday of the new SOC reporting framework, I would like to look back at the past two years and point out some trends in the application of SOC to the data center industry, writes Hassan Sultan of Reckenen. Read More
Modernizing vs. Revolutionizing
June 18th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
MATT HENDERSON
Violin Memory

New technologies can be broken down into two categories: those that modernize and those that revolutionize. Modernizing is basically doing the same thing as before, just a little bit faster or little bit easier. Revolutionizing is either eliminating or vastly changing how something is accomplished, writes Matt Henderson of Violin Memory. Read More
Heard of the Software-Defined Data Center? Here’s the Software-Defined Blog Post
June 17th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives

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
ANDRES RODRIGUEZ
Nasuni

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