Top 10 Data Center Industry Trends for 2019 According to Gartner

📅 Dec 7, 2018 - Multi-Tenant Data Center Firm DC BLOX Launches Cloud Storage Service - DC Blox, a multi-tenant data center company wit interconnected data centers that are located in Atlanta, GA; Huntsville, AL; and Chattanooga, TN; with Birmingham, AL scheduled for opening in Q1 2019, has announced the immediate availability of its DC BLOX (dcblox.com) Cloud Storage service.

The new cloud storage service being launched supports both object storage (S3 API) and file storage (SMB) applications, with local storage in any of DC BLOX's data centers in the Southeast U.S. The service allows customers to protect data with geographic diversity from their business's premises and from within a DC BLOX data center across the DC BLOX network.

"We designed DC BLOX Cloud Storage for ...

📅 Dec 7, 2018 - ‘Top-5 Data Center Trends in 2019: Edge Will Drive Change’ - The ‘edge' of the network continues to be the epicenter of innovation in the data center space as the calendar turns to 2019, stated data center expert organization Vertiv. Increasing sophistication of the edge would be among the data center trends to watch in 2019 as identified by Vertiv experts from around the globe.

"Today's edge plays a critical role in data center and network operation and in the delivery of important consumer services," said Rob Johnson, CEO of Vertiv. "This is a dramatic and fundamental change to the way we think about computing and data management. It should come as no surprise that activity in the data center space in 2019 will be focused squarely on innovation ...

📅 Dec 6, 2018 - Software-Defined Server Provider TidalScale Raises $27M In Series B Funding - TidalScale (http://www.tidalscale.com), a provider of software-defined servers – right-sizing servers on demand, has now raised $27 million in an "oversubscribed" Series B funding.

"TidalScale's unique technology has the potential to break through the limitations of today's scale-up and scale-out solutions with the best of both worlds," said Kevin Krewell, Principal Analyst at TIRIAS Research. "TidalScale technology can deliver the performance of in-memory computing with the scalability of traditional scale-out clusters, yet with the simplicity of monolithic scale-up servers."

TidalScale's "breakthrough" software-defined server technology would amplify the value of modern data centers by enabling ...

📅 Dec 8, 2018 - Big Switch Expands Cloud-First Strategy with AWS Public Cloud Monitoring - Big Switch Networks, the Cloud-First Networking Company, today announced general availability of Big Monitoring Fabric (Big Mon) for AWS, a seamless deep packet monitoring solution that enables workload monitoring within customer specified Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). All components of the solution are virtual, with elastic scale-out capability based on traffic volumes.

"Big Mon for AWS (http://www.youtube.com) enables organizations to easily monitor their AWS application traffic across multiple VPCs," said Prashant Gandhi, Chief Product Officer, Big Switch Networks. "As enterprises expand their hybrid cloud footprint, they require public cloud applications to have the same level of visibility and ...

📅 Dec 10, 2018 - Data Center Management Platform HiveIO Unveals Revitalized UI - HiveIO, a software-defined data center management solutions provider, has released a completely revitalized user interface (UI) for its Hive Fabric, providing a new way to visualize the data center. The new Hive Fabric 7.2 release would offer a user-driven design that instantly understands resource utilization, identifies issues, while providing real-time updates on changes across the data center.

"Improving the experience for end-users is critical," said Kevin McNamara, CTO of HiveIO. "Our new user experience goes well beyond simple administration. Through the new UI, admins can now see their entire data center in a single pane and holistic view of every layer."

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📅 Dec 10, 2018 - US Signal Commences Construction of Its 2nd Detroit Data Center, Adding 100,000 Sq. Ft. - Data center services provider US Signal (ussignal.com) has commenced the construction of its newest data center in Van Buren Township, Michigan, part of the greater Detroit area. The facility is slated to open its doors in Q4 2019. The new "state-of-the-art" facility will add up to 100,000 square feet of additional data center space in greater Detroit.

Connected to US Signal's wholly-owned, secured network, the new data center will be the fourth facility for the company in Michigan, with two additional data centers owned and operated in Grand Rapids and one in Southfield.

This additional Michigan data center will provide organizations with a local option for colocation, disaster recovery ...