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Data Centre Operators stories - Page 18

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.
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.
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Server and storage revenues on the rise

Tue, 1st Mar 2016
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Revenues for data centre servers and storage are set to swell to $88bn, spurred by IT infrastructure modernisation.
Disaster recovery

Cloud over on-premise when it comes to data safety, says new research

Mon, 29th Feb 2016
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A new survey shows the majority of IT professionals believe data is safer in the cloud than on premises, when facing malfunctions and disasters.
Data centre

Getting started in the data centre: The 5 must have's with any fabric

Mon, 29th Feb 2016
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Today we use an unprecedented amount and variety of data through a vast number of applications. The best way to hook them together is through fabric.
Mapping

BMC updates mapping tool to optimise data centers

Thu, 25th Feb 2016
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BMC Software has upgraded its IT discovery and dependency mapping tool to help create optimised and more agile data centers.
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Flash storage: The game changer

Tue, 23rd Feb 2016
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As the enterprise transitions from disk to flash, the focus shifts from optimising for performance to optimising for capacity.
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Evolving Cisco and IBM driving data center revenues

Thu, 11th Feb 2016
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Successful customer transformations proved beneficial for the data center hardware market, leading to positive revenue results for 3Q15.
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Hyperconvergence demand drives SimpliVity to new highs

Wed, 10th Feb 2016
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SimpliVity says its bookings and customer numbers are booming as demand for hyperconverged infrastructure soars and hyperconvergence goes mainstream.
Cloud in hands

StorageCraft and NextDC launch Sydney disaster recovery cloud

Wed, 3rd Feb 2016
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StorageCraft and data center-as-a-service provider NextDC have teamed up to offer a backup and disaster recovery service, hosted in Sydney.
Natick

Microsoft takes the cloud data center to the ocean depths

Tue, 2nd Feb 2016
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Microsoft is heading to the oceans, evaluating the feasibility of rapidly deployable, low latency, energy efficient underwater data centers.
Success

Agilyx New Zealand gets IRD nod of approval

Tue, 2nd Feb 2016
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Agilyx New Zealand has been authorised by the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), and is one of only 15 companies in New Zealand to do so.
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Softbank streamlines data center operations, ups agility with Brocade switches

Fri, 29th Jan 2016
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Japanese telco Softbank has deployed Brocade VDX switches across three data centers to help streamline operations and increase business agility.
Ddos

DDos dramatically increasing cause of data center outages

Tue, 26th Jan 2016
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Cybercrime is making its presence felt in data centers as the fastest growing cause of unplanned outages, while outage costs themselves are escalating.
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Availability to the remote office: Myth or reality?

Wed, 20th Jan 2016
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The perception is a data centre in a head office is capable of everything needed for the company; but can the remote office live up to expectations?.
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Equinix data centers anchor Southern Cross Cable

Tue, 19th Jan 2016
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The Southern Cross cable system offers protected trans-pacific routes among Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States.
Bregvik

Exclusive: Data centre specialist hits Kiwi market; seeks resellers

Wed, 13th Jan 2016
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Sweden's Bergvik, which makes seismic bacing, raised floors and structural ceilings for data centres, is taking on the New Zealand market.
Freeze data center

Panasonic puts freeze on data center storage with Facebook technology

Tue, 12th Jan 2016
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Panasonic and Facebook have collaborated on a new 'freeze-ray' cold storage solution they say will reduce data center costs and energy use.
Cloudsolutions

Gartner on SDN: Delivering business agility

Tue, 15th Dec 2015
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SDN is creating a lot of excitement, emerging with the promise of flexible workload mobility, as well as programmatic configuration and control.
Business force

Predictions 2016: Awakening the force in your data centre

Mon, 14th Dec 2015
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The shift towards cloud-based data centers is driving major changes in the business world, with five key trends emerging for 2016 and beyond.
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Cloud backup savior for the data center

Tue, 8th Dec 2015
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Cloud computing hailed as the new lifeline for enterprises, reshaping data backup and disaster recovery with unparalleled flexibility and speed.