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The Industrial Age of Hyperscale

The three-legged stool of getting to today’s hyperscale TCO

January 20, 2020

Within a short time frame, hyperscale data centers have gone from being designed with a typical wholesale data center layout to industrial-level design.

IT Hardware Leasing vs. Buying Equipment

Weighing the pros and cons

Tricia Owens

December 3, 2019

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At the end of the day, which route you decide to take really depends on your situation. Leasing the equipment may be more economical in the short term, but in the long term, building out your data center with your own equipment could cut down on costs and is especially useful in instances where you want more control over sensitive data.

IT-Colo Strategic Planner

Adopting New Strategies Amid the Proliferation of Cloud Services

Corporations stand to benefit as colo providers adjust how they do business

Sean Brady

November 1, 2019

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The proliferation of cloud data services is sparking change in the colocation space, as providers seek new strategies — to both survive and thrive — in the face of “virtual” competition.

IT-Colo Strategic Planner

Everything You Need to Know About Edge Colocation Is at the Airport

Imagine what it would be like if every airline had its own airport in every major city.

Jason Bourg

October 25, 2019

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If you’re like me, you travel a fair amount for work, and that means you spend time sitting in airport concourses waiting for your flight, waiting for your flight to be rescheduled, and waiting for information on alternate flights when your flight is cancelled.

How to create a TCO model for a data center

Include all of these steps for a thorough Total Cost of Ownership model

Robert D. McClary

December 1, 2015

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How to create a useful TCO Model and Analysis report for your data center.

TCO issues? Consider building a modular data center

Read on before starting an upgrade or new construction project.

Steven Carlini

December 2, 2014

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The ever-increasing digitization of business is forcing IT to reevaluate their current computer power capacity, driving the expansion of existing data centers, or in some cases, the construction of new data centers.

Year-Long Road Trip

Getting to the total cost of ownership

Paul E. Schlattman

February 5, 2013

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Over the next year, within each issue, I will be addressing the six steps required to getting to a total cost of ownership (TCO) when building or se-lecting a new data center.

5G and Power - Distributed to the Edge

5G promises lightning-fast speeds, no lag time, and increased densities — a critical piece to make autonomous vehicles and smart cities a reality. So, why aren't cars driving themselves yet? The answer is that even though the technology needed to transmit the data exists, there’s not enough power to get it there. Integrating distributed power to high-speed communications and IT nodes seems like a logical fix to the problem.

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Portable A/Cs Steal the Data Center “Spot”light

Data centers of today are rapidly transforming into data centers of tomorrow. The industry is evolving at both ends of the spectrum as it continues to increase its physical footprint while simultaneously decreasing its carbon footprint. Some data center campuses consist of several extremely large facilities, but decentralized networks that utilize small, on-site server rooms are also growing in popularity. And although there are still a lot of questions surrounding edge computing, it’s certainly not going anyway anytime soon.

Mission Critical Magazine

2020 January/February

In our first issue of the year, we reveal the 2019 Facility Manager of the Year winner. But that's not all — we also take a look at data center site selection, cybersecurity, and hyperscale network architecture as we explore the cloud.

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