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Podcast: 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

Podcast: What’s Driving the US Data Center Market?

Chris Crosby, SVP Digital Realty Trust and Michelle Bailey, VP with IDC, present the results of our 2010 US market demand survey and discuss the ramifications that they will have on the data center industry.

Podcast: Myth-of-the-Month – The “Do It Yourself” Data Center

Chris Crosby, Digital Realty Trust Senior Vice President, talks about the complexities a firm faces with specific Do-It-Yourself (DIY) data center projects.

Podcast: The Evolution of the Customer Specific Datacenter Alternative

Chris Crosby, SVP, discusses how firm’s with specific datacenter requirements now have viable alternatives to designing and building these facilities themselves.

Podcast: Where are new datacentres being built?

Where are new datacentres being built? In city centres, the suburbs, or where renewable energy is plentiful? The answers may surprise you.

Podcast: Data Center Total Cost of Ownership

Chris Crosby, SVP, discusses the “total cost of ownership” calculation as it applies to your next data center project.

Podcast: Chiller Side Chat with Michael Manos

Here, we make the “Global, Live Chiller Side Chat with Michael Manos” webinar recording available via Podcast.

Podcast: The Myth of Data Center Tiers

Here, we make the “Myth of Data Center Tiers” video available via Podcast.