The data boom is here … to stay. Internet traffic continues to explode with more data-rich content, and according to a 2012 report by Cisco, mobile data usage is expected to increase 13-fold between 2012 and 2017. Much of this data is a result of what Gartner Research calls the “Nexus of Forces,” or the convergence of social, mobile, and cloud information resulting in an upward wave of nearly unstoppable data usage. The demand for additional data center capacity is greater than ever, and shows no sign of reaching a capacity limit.
As data center managers scramble to find a data center solution that offers improvement and a legitimate return on investment, a smorgasbord of options from modular to containerized to field-built are at their disposal. But, with all the hype, opinion, and speculation bombarding them, how do data center managers know whether their final choice will make the most impact immediately and withstand the ongoing tidal wave of data usage and changing technologies?