Raised floor space may all look pretty much the same but, depending on a variety of factors, its suitability for your data center requirements can vary dramatically. In this webinar, Brent Behrman, Digital Realty SVP, Michelle Bailey, Research VP of Enterprise Platforms of IDC, and Jason Shepard, SVP at CBRE, will discuss the alignment of business types and data center attributes. Discussion topics will include the definitions of customer categories, their unique attributes and requirements, their impact on market demand and how their requirements correlate to individual market characteristics. Among the items that participants will learn about are:

• What are the three (3) categories of customers?
• How do data center requirements vary by customer category?
• What are “island” markets?
• How do customer requirements align to market attributes?
• Where are the emerging markets in the US?

Building a data center is a significant, financial investment for an organization. In this webinar, Jim Smith, Digital Realty Trust CTO, and Rachel Dines, Data Center Industry Analyst with Forrester Research, will discuss the issues surrounding the data center’s total cost of ownership (TCO). Discussion topics will include the costs, risks and benefits of building your own data center versus leasing a facility; the dollars and cents of core competencies; and the impact of modular data centers on the TCO model. Among the items that participants will learn about are:

• How data center facilities are your most expensive investment
• The three factors that determine the economics of data center facilities
• Why you need to factor your core competencies into your decision
• The components of the TCO model

In this webinar Jim Smith Digital Realty Trust CTO, and Rachel Dines, Data Center Industry Analyst with Forrester Research will discuss the evolving world of the modular data center. During this webinar Jim and Rachel will examine and offer their opinions on a number of issues surrounding the modular data center market from what is the true definition of “modular” to the strengths and weaknesses of the different offerings available today. Among the areas that will be discussed are:

• What is the definition of a modular data center?
• What is the future of containers?
• How do new modular designs align with your data center requirements?
• Are different modular offerings superior to others?

Jim Smith Digital Realty Trust CTO, and Rachel Dines, Data Center Industry Analyst with Forrester Research presented and discussed the results of Digital Realty Trust’s 2011 US market demand survey. During this webinar Jim and Rachel examined and offered their opinions on a number of issues that characterize the US data center market and will impact on the demand for data center capacity in 2011. Among the areas discussed are:

• What is the demand for data center capacity in 2011?
• What factors are driving this demand?
• What are the major considerations for companies adding space this year?
• Are data center budgets increasing or decreasing?
• Where are the emerging data center market locations?

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2011 – What’s Driving the US Datacenter Market

• 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