Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are increasing in scope and frequency, and companies in high-risk industries face numerous challenges when it comes to defending themselves. While DDoS attackers don’t generally target data centers...
To make the fullest use of your data, next-generation platforms and solutions should support the analysis of transactional information as events occur, without the latencies that arise when extracting data from data warehouses in order to run...
DCIM certainly is within reach for mid-size data centers, writes Tim Hazzard of Methode Electronics. But, when considering your options, evaluate the features and services that best fit your company’s needs. Let's take a look at three myths about...
While it will remain a 10G world well into the future, the necessity to link data centers at the 100G rate is gradually climbing – and the pricing on these optics is expected to come down dramatically in the near term, writes Mark Lutkowitz of...
Although a number of factors go into the design of the average data center, the ease of its use for you and your personnel is not among them, writes Chris Crosby. This two-part series is designed to help you identify areas within your next data...
Achieving the many promises of software defined networking (SDN) needs to happen in evolutionary – not revolutionary – steps. One evolution that needs to happen is the adaptation of network management processes and tools that can keep up in a...
Large data centers are repositories for some of the most mission-critical information in the cyberworld today. For this reason, there are legal and regulatory compliance requirements mandating effective data center configuration and asset...
When utility power at a data center fails, automatic switchover to an emergency backup power system that enables “business-as-usual” is the ideal scenario, writes Bhavesh Patel of ASCO. But sometimes that doesn’t happen because the transfer switch...
Amazon plays its part by taking care of the data center as well as taking care of your virtual instances, then the security ball comes to your court, writes James Mascarenhas of Endpoint Vault. What security measures you take will decide how more...
Ask not what your data centre can do for you, but what you can do for your data centre, writes Andy Huxtable of CenturyLink Technology Solutions. He states that it's essential that customers understand the positive impact they can have on...