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Data Centre Operators stories - Page 25

Data Centers need personnel and infrastructure to be able to operate effectively. Data Center Operators are companies or individual entities who take care of day-to-day operations of a data center. Responsibilities can include upkeep, maintenance and client relations.

Operators are responsible for installing and maintaining network resources, ensuring data center security and monitoring systems that take care of power and cooling.
Container movement

Data center startup emerges from stealth with $12.5m and new appliance

Thu, 21st Apr 2016
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Diamanti, which aims to solve production container deployment and performance challenges, has secured $12.5m funding and debuted a new appliance.
Skyscraper

Is this the data center of the future?

Tue, 19th Apr 2016
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Two Italian architects have taken third place in eVolo magazine's annual Skyscraper Competition with a sustainable data center skyscraper.
Polyu

Software approach breaks data center optical comms records

Mon, 11th Apr 2016
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A Hong Kong polytechnic university has broken world records for fastest optical communications for data centers, logging 24-times the existing speeds.
Ekko

Data center heat goes 3D and realtime

Thu, 7th Apr 2016
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Powerful gaming technology is providing thermal images of data center hot spots - and helping companies to energy savings.
Hub and spoke

Equinix takes data processing to the edge with Data Hub

Wed, 6th Apr 2016
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Equinix is taking data processing capability to the edge with the launch of Data Hub, designed to help address the ever-growing data management issue.
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FSI CIOs: Choosing the right data center is your most important decision right now

Tue, 29th Mar 2016
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IO's Keith Murray explains how to take stock of your data usage and storage, and how scalability and sustainability affects your business.
Google

Behind the scenes - and 360 - at Google's Dalles data center

Tue, 29th Mar 2016
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Google has opened the - virtual - doors to its Dalles, Oregon data center, with a youTube 360 video taking viewers behind usually closed doors.
Money handshake

Israeli startup wins US$27 million funding - and Qualcomm backing

Thu, 24th Mar 2016
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Qualcomm invests in Israeli startup Stratoscale and its next generation software defined data center solution.
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Google ups the ante with 12 new cloud platform data centers

Wed, 23rd Mar 2016
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Google has announced a dramatic expansion of its global data center network, with 12 new cloud platform regions coming online in the next 18 months.
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APAC data center colocation market to hit US$12.9 billion by 2021

Tue, 22nd Mar 2016
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Data center colocation in APAC set to boom, reaching $12.9 billion by 2021 amid surging cloud and IT outsourcing.
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Veritas launches dedicated data centre in Australia

Tue, 22nd Mar 2016
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Veritas launches new cloud data center in Australia to meet demand for email archiving and e-discovery solutions.
Woman

Believe it or not: Women make more than men in data centers

Mon, 21st Mar 2016
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A new survey has revealed some strange, almost unbelievable facts – there's a sector out there within the IT industry where women earn more than men.
Fallback

NextDC launches data center neutral DCIMaaS offering

Thu, 17th Mar 2016
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NextDC has debuted its OneDC DCIM-as-a-service platform, offering a consolidated view of infrastructure and real-time intelligence in the cloud.
Big data tunnel

Think you're ready for Big Data and IoT? Standard tests are just not enough

Thu, 17th Mar 2016
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Enterprise data centres need a test environment that reflects their real load and actual traffic, including all applications and protocols.
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Equinix offers new revenue opportunities, certifications

Wed, 16th Mar 2016
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Equinix has enhanced its partner program, serving up new revenue opportunities for partners and new training and certification.
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Vapor IO ups ante for open data center architectures

Tue, 15th Mar 2016
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Vapor IO has teamed with the Open Compute Project, AppliedMicro and Baselayer to modernise data centers through open source projects.
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Equinix adding 3M square feet of colocation space

Fri, 4th Mar 2016
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Equinix is investing more than US$4.5 billion this year in acquisitions and organic growth, including building four data centers.
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Global Switch enters final stages with US$300m Sydney data center

Thu, 3rd Mar 2016
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Global Switch has commenced construction of the final stages of its US$300 million Sydney East data center, with demand running high for the facility.
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Next DC and Nextgen offer new connectivity options for Western Australia

Wed, 2nd Mar 2016
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Nextgen Networks has connected its fibre network to NextDC's AxonVX in Perth enabling Western Australian customers to access on-demand connectivity.
Collaboration

IBM and SanDisk collaborate on all-flash storage solution

Wed, 2nd Mar 2016
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IBM and SanDisk unveils a pioneering all-flash storage, tackling data center woes with scale, agility, and unparalleled economics.