Data centers today are facing the reality of a tremendous increase in data capacity requirements. While this new boost comes with the promise of better business benefits for data center owners, it does bring with it the challenge on how…
FlexPod is a relatively new innovation in data centers. Cisco and NetApp, along with a set of software vendors, have come together to create a converged infrastructure platform. Traditional data centers view its key infrastructure components such as server, network…
The need for automation and orchestration to optimize data center operations is gaining momentum in today’s competitive data center environment. According to a study conducted by IDC, in 2000, 38% of a data center’s budget went towards IT management staff.…
According to a recent press release, the data center security market is estimated to grow to an astounding $13.77 billion by 2018. Logical security options such as DNS and SSL are equally popular as compared to physical security options such…
Labeling is a great tool that increases data center troubleshooting and management efficiencies tremendously. Having an end to end labeling scheme is a solution that many data center operations breakdown. It goes a long way in ensuring reliability and maximizing…
