Digital Realty Knowledge Library » Demand http://knowledge.digitalrealtytrust.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:59:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 What’s Driving the US Datacenter Market 2011 http://knowledge.digitalrealtytrust.com/2011/04/whats-driving-the-us-datacenter-market-2011/ http://knowledge.digitalrealtytrust.com/2011/04/whats-driving-the-us-datacenter-market-2011/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:22:21 +0000 Digital Realty Trust http://knowledge.digitalrealtytrust.com/?p=1599

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

]]> http://knowledge.digitalrealtytrust.com/2011/04/whats-driving-the-us-datacenter-market-2011/feed/ 0 Drivers of Data Center Growth: Virtualization, Part 2 http://knowledge.digitalrealtytrust.com/2010/06/drivers-of-data-center-growth-virtualization-part-2/ http://knowledge.digitalrealtytrust.com/2010/06/drivers-of-data-center-growth-virtualization-part-2/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:52:18 +0000 Digital Realty Trust http://knowledge.digitalrealtytrust.com/?p=1294 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.

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]]> http://knowledge.digitalrealtytrust.com/2010/06/drivers-of-data-center-growth-virtualization-part-2/feed/ 0 Virtualization and the Data Center, Part One http://knowledge.digitalrealtytrust.com/2010/04/virtualization-and-the-data-center-part-one/ http://knowledge.digitalrealtytrust.com/2010/04/virtualization-and-the-data-center-part-one/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:41:15 +0000 Digital Realty Trust http://knowledge.digitalrealtytrust.com/?p=1286 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
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