Research firm Gartner predicts that by 2020 there will be 26 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices deployed worldwide, resulting in a major surge in Big Data analytics.

Data housing has become a critical issue for almost every industry sector as cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) have become pervasive even to the small business, compounded by growth in the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and other data-intensive industries.

Speed to data. That’s what it’s all about.

How does your industry rank against the world’s most critical industries?

What unique insights did the research convey about the current state of DCIM deployments?

The unprecedented capacity requirements of large social media, search, colocation, and cloud companies are driving massive investments in data center development.

Q: How top of mind is disaster recovery for most businesses?

With the start of 2017, it’s an apt time to look at the current state of the data center and the future of data center infrastructure management (DCIM) while prognosticating what we can expect for the coming year.

An effective preventative maintenance plan provides companies the peace of mind to focus on their core business.

Data center design and colocation RFP’s continue to list a DCIM solution as a requirement.