Top 10 countries in which to locate a data center
The safest and cheapest place to open a data center? The United States.
The safest and cheapest place to open a data center? The United States.
Does the future of computer automation really begin with smart facilities management?
Data centers range from on-premise facilities running traditional enterprise applications to massive outsourced installations offering a variety of cloud services. We examine the state of play in data center-land, and consider some of the trends that will shape its future.
If you wanted to see the full spectrum of cloud choices that are coming to market today you only have to look at these two efforts as they are starting to evolve.
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Look out, Big Data is coming your way.
A request for information from NASA reflects the current mindset of datacenter operators.
The system being delivered will allow companies to build clouds that can easily off-load to Amazon, or pick up Amazon instances, creating "hybrid" clouds with more capacity than a company may be able to afford for itself.
Here are some findings on global warming released just now by NOAA.Heat waves will become more frequent and intense, increasing threats to human health and quality of life.
A new sythesis of data since the 1957 International Geophysical Year shows that the Antarctic is in the grips of continental warming. Some earlier data indicated that the interior of the Antarctic was getting cooler.