DC BLOX Connectivity Article 3 of a 3 Part Series Strategic Data Center Partnerships Accelerate Digital Transformation A strategic data center partnership is one of the smartest relationships a business can form in developing their digital transformation strategy. It’s true for any company … [Read more...] about Data Center Requirements for Digital Transformation
DC BLOX Connectivity Article 2 of a 3 Part Series As IT executives develop the blueprints and architecture needed to deliver on their digital transformation initiatives, the growing challenge of connecting to a myriad of partners, providers and platforms looms. Digital infrastructure is becoming … [Read more...] about The Cloud vs. Colocation for Connecting Digital Infrastructure
DC BLOX Connectivity Article 1 of a 3 Part Series The job of the IT executive is changing. Rapidly. Digital transformation, driven by the accelerating advances and proliferation of technology, is impacting every industry and disrupting many. The business needs IT to help accelerate growth and avoid … [Read more...] about Digital Transformation and the Challenge of Data Center Connectivity
The current manufacturing boom taking place in the southeastern U.S. promises to keep the data center and IT networking infrastructure industry on their toes. Lured by the promise of lower tax rates and real estate prices, expanding companies are edging away from costlier markets like California and … [Read more...] about Rapid Business Development in The Southeast Fuels Flourishing IT Infrastructure Growth
For the fourth time in the history of telecommunications, the world’s providers are looking at implementing a completely reimagined generation of service. A project the size of our planet, 5G, is in a state of accelerated development and deployment as industry experts and users alike are eager to … [Read more...] about How 5G Is Driving The Data Center Market
In a previous article we examined organizations' need to evolve from Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BC) models to a strategy of IT Resilience. As discussed, while DR and BC solutions are inherently reactive responses to unplanned outages, IT Resilience is preventative and proactive, … [Read more...] about The Essential Elements of IT Resilience
Given the financial and reputational threats of unplanned data center outages, it’s time to start thinking about IT Resilience, an approach that John Morency, Research Vice President at Gartner, has described as "the new disaster recovery." With IT Resilience, CIOs and IT staff evolve from Disaster … [Read more...] about IT Resilience Is the New Disaster Recovery
The dizzying pace of technology innovation has given rise to possibilities unimaginable even ten years ago. Cloud services, big data, IoT, mobile apps, and others are providing enterprises new ways of improving their bottom line. What hasn’t kept pace are the policy, people, process and technologies … [Read more...] about Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning
Now that you’ve made the decision to switch to colocation, it’s time to shop for the best solutions. The options for Edge computing and Edge data centers can vary from purpose-built data centers to converted telco Central Offices and computing rooms to micro deployments at the base of cell towers. … [Read more...] about Choosing a Colocation Data Center for Edge Computing
