Is Virtualization a Datacenter Killer?
In this new video from Digital Realty Trust, CTO Jim Smith answers this question and more. Jim explores the relationship between virtualization technology and the data center.
Case Study: Financial Services and Banking – It Only Took 410 Days to Build the Empire State Building
You’re one of the largest financial institutions in the world and you need a new datacenter. It won’t be your first one so it should be pretty simple right? Not so much. The lessons the customer learned after making this assumption give new definition to the phrase “Don’t try this at home”.
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Drivers of Data Center Growth: Virtualization, Part 2
Virtualization is a major contributor to the rise of cloud computing. This paper examines the present and future state of cloud computing including implementation considerations and answering the question of whether every application is suitable for being “cloud delivered”. It will also look at how both technologies will impact data center demand and operations in the coming years.
Virtualization and the Data Center, Part One
Some experts believe that virtualization will reduce the demand for data centers. In the first of this two-part series, Digital Realty Trust CTO, Jim Smith and Mark Monroe of Energetic Consulting will provide an in-depth overview of the key trends and drivers of the growth and penetration of virtualization and its’ impact on the data center industry. During this webinar Jim and Mark will examine and explain a number of issues including:
- The operational definitions of the types of virtualization
- The status of the adoption of virtualization within the IT community
- The hidden drivers of storage and virtualization demand (they aren’t necessarily what you think)
- Is every application a “virtual” application
- Virtualization’s impact on data center demand
The 10 Advantages
You need to know why Digital Realty Trust is the “Secure Choice” as your data center partner. Watch this video to find out why.
Case Study: Financial Services and Banking – Consolidation
No one builds data centers faster than Digital Realty Trust. Learn about how this capability helped a Wall Street survivor.
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Case Study: Financial Services and Banking – Power Requirements
Developing the requirements for a data center are the end product of a firm’s power usage. See how one company’s understanding of power measurement helped them get the facility that they needed.
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Case Study: Financial Services and Banking – Milliseconds
Connectivity is often an overlooked consideration when looking for a new data center. See how selecting the right site made a competitive difference for a leading trading company.
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