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Uptime: Flash Storage is Top Data Center Disruptor
May 15th, 2013 : Rich MillerWhich new technologies will genuinely gain traction in the data center industry? 451 Research sees Flash storage as the leading disruptive force, according to an analysis released at this week's Uptime Symposium. The technology we're least likely to see? Onsite clean power generation. Read More
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The Azure Cloud, Exposed to the Azure Sky
May 14th, 2013 : Jason VergeThe Microsoft data center campus in Quincy, Washington illustrates the evolution of data center design from huge concrete shells to compact modules sitting outdoors on a slab. Data centers have become glamorous, but the Quincy campus is at the forefront of a new minimalist approach offering one vision of the way of the future, and the way of the cloud. Read More
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IO Lines Up $260 Million Credit Line to Fund Modular Vision
May 14th, 2013 : Rich MillerModular data center specialist IO has arranged a new $260 million multi-year credit facility led by Wells Fargo, the company today. IO will use the money to continue to build out its platform of hardware and software to support its "Data Center 2.0" initiative. Read More
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IO Partners With TMI to Bring Modules to Asia-Pacific
May 13th, 2013 : Jason VergeIO has signed up TMI as its exclusive distributor in Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei. The partnership expands IO's goal to spread its modular designs worldwide and shows a growing interest in its Data Center 2.0 products. Read More
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Iceland: Where Mixed Modular Design Meets Free Cooling
May 6th, 2013 : Rich MillerThe diversity of modular data center design can be seen in a single large room in Reykjavik, Iceland. That's where the Advania Thor Datacenter has added new capacity using a "modular room" assembled from pre-built components, which sits alongside a pair of stacked container-style modules. Read More
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Modular Data Center Due Diligence
April 18th, 2013 : Bill KleymanModular solutions can benefit a variety of businesses and requirements — but not all. Similar to any data center project, proper planning is paramount. While predicting future IT requirements can be more guessing than science, it is still a vital part of the larger strategy. Investigating a modular approach means optimizing your research and making that perfect fit for realizing your objectives. Read More
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The Modular Data Center Market
April 12th, 2013 : Bill KleymanWith the modular market developing in the industry, there has been some tremendous innovation and engineering design efforts put into solutions. The modular market is maturing with even more large enterprises actively deploying the modular data center platform. Read More
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Why Consider a Modular Data Center?
April 9th, 2013 : Bill KleymanTwo of the biggest reasons typically listed for the problem with data centers are capital and speed of deployment. The traditional brick and mortar data center takes a lot of money and time to build. Furthermore, the quick evolution of supporting technologies further entices organizations to work with fast and scalable modular designs. Outside of those two primary drivers there are many benefits and reasons listed for why a modular data center approach is selected. Read More
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What is a Modular Data Center?
April 4th, 2013 : Kevin NormandeauThe concept of a modular data center solution has eluded definition, if not comprehension. Through the short history of modular solutions and vendor marketing, a definition and categorization of solutions has emerged. This is the second article in the series, DCK Guide to Modular Data Centers. Read More
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Building A Cloud-Savvy Model for TCO and ROI
How Storage is Shaping The Cloud Data Center
Bringing Colo to the Customer: Modular Gets Local
Microsoft’s $1 Billion Data Center
