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Hybrid Cloud and the Future of Colocation

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The Future of Colocation in a Hybrid Cloud World: Infrastructure Strategies for 2025 and Beyond As enterprise IT strategy matures, one thing is clear: hybrid cloud is no longer a transitional architecture — it’s the end state. Whether driven by the limitations of public cloud at scale, the need for data locality, or the rise of AI and high-performance workloads, enterprises are re-evaluating their infrastructure mix. For colocation providers, this… Read More

Top Three Concerns When Migrating from On-Prem to a Colocation Data Center

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  Colocation data centers can’t fix every issue that your business faces. They can, however, provide protection and improved server uptime for mission-critical assets better than on-premises solutions or public data centers.   As Gartner stated in its research, “Colocation is often used as a replacement for traditional data centers, because it offers higher availability, reliability, certified building tier levels, energy efficiency, dedicated facilities management and the ability to scale.”  … Read More

Remote Hands: Why it’s more than a trend with smart Data Centers

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  Companies used to send their IT workers to colocation centers to perform routine maintenance on their hardware.  As a result of COVID-19, companies have had to address the health and well-being of their employees in very specific ways. Over the last 12 months, there has been a 35 percent increase in Remote Hands services. While it used to be considered an add-on luxury at times, remote hands services have… Read More

Colocation vs. Cloud: What are the Key Differences?

Some might use the terms private cloud and colocation interchangeably, but they refer to two completely different things. The main distinction between colocation vs. cloud lies with functionality. A colocation facility operates as a data center that rents floor space to an organization that has outgrown its own data center, whereas the private cloud enables designated users within an organization to act as tenant administrators. Simply put, an organization can… Read More

The Top Five Data Center Industry Trends in 2021

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Data centers are the foundation of the digital world. Without them, there would be limited growth capacity in Cloud computing, IoT, 5G, Big Data, and AI. As the sheer amount of data generated grows exponentially, so does the need for innovation in data center technology. “As the data gets heavier and denser, it gets harder to move,” said Chris Sharp, CTO of Digital Realty, one of the largest data center… Read More

Data Center Relocation Consultants – What Do You Need To Know?

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What is a data center relocation? A data center relocation is a process of moving IT assets from one data center to another. It can also be referred to as a data center migration or a data center move. The global data center market is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 2% during the period 2019-2025. Companies are outgrowing their existing infrastructure, increasing business capacity or launching new… Read More

Data Center Decommissioning Checklist – 7 Steps

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Data center decommissioning can be a huge undertaking. It’s a complex process spread over many systems involving multiple pieces of high-value equipment. The consideration of emergency power and cooling systems add extra levels of complexity to the decommissioning and building shutdown process. State, federal and local regulations must be followed. Each system has a separate set of guidelines and requires a defined skill set which existing staff may not have. With Silverback’s data… Read More

What Will the Data Center Market Rebound Look Like in 2021?

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End-user spending on the global data center market is projected to reach $200 billion in 2021, an increase of 6% from 2020, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc. Despite a 10.3% decline in data center infrastructure spending in 2020 due to restricted cash flow during the pandemic, the data center market is still expected to grow year-over-year through 2024. “The priority for most companies in 2020 is keeping the lights… Read More

Support Your Data Center with Silverback Remote Hands

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                Silverback Remote Hands minimizes your team’s data center visits during the COVID19 crisis. Use Silverback as your remote hands, minimizing your team’s visits to data center facilities during the COVID19 crisis. Silverback’s mission is to support people who run data centers. This mission takes on special meaning in light of the current crisis. We can support clients in the San Francisco Bay… Read More

Remote Data Center Management Investments Pay Off in the Pandemic

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Those who hesitated to use the technology before, now have a clear picture of its value.  Bloomberg | Dec 01, 2020 The pandemic has put the value of remote data center management and monitoring tools on display. The use of this category of data center technology has gone up substantially this year, according to data center providers and industry analysts. And, according to them, it’s here to stay. Data center… Read More