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Data Centre Operators stories - Page 17

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.
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HPE and Docker announce ground breaking agreement

Thu, 16th Jun 2016
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HPE recently announced a partnership with Docker, which will help customers transform and modernise their data centres.
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Manageability top concern for data center professionals

Wed, 8th Jun 2016
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Data storage management is ranked as the main concern for IT professionals, according to Tintri's 2016 State of Storage survey.
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Why STT Connect choose Dell Networking for SDN transition

Fri, 27th May 2016
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STT Connect selects Dell for its SDN move, citing superior service levels, pricing, and commitment to open standards.
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Equinix, Digital Realty and NTT extend colocation leadership

Mon, 23rd May 2016
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Recent acquisitions have helped Equinix, Digital Realty and NTT extend their dominance in the colocation market according to new research.
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The third phase of integrated systems is here

Thu, 5th May 2016
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Hyperconverged integrated systems (HCIS) set to be mainstream in five years, with market growth at 79% and reaching $2bn in 2016, says Gartner.
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Exclusive: Lenovo ups data centre play with local channel

Tue, 3rd May 2016
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Lenovo is gearing up to 'own' the data centre market locally - and it's planning on taking its channel partners along for the ride.
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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.
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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.
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Ecosystem-based strategies lowers fraud levels

Wed, 13th Apr 2016
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Equinix research unveils ecosystem strategies slashing fraud in digital advertising, as industry seeks secure, low-latency environments.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.