NOVEMBER 2017CIOAPPLICATIONS.COM6NOV - 07 - 2017DATA CENTER SPECIALCopyright © 2017 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.Volume 02 - 23Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to CIO ApplicationsVisit www.cioapplications.com Managing EditorJoe PhillipGraphics & ArtJohn ConnorDeclan ColeAmelia StewartVishal IssacAssistant Managing EditorSenior WritersEditorial StaffVikesh ShetAlex D'SouzaAlysia Paul Priyajit GhoshBen JacksonDaniel HolmesJames SmithLeah JaneNaomi DaleRohit KumarSalesTom Francis tom@cioapplications.com510.330.5238Mailing Address:ValleyMedia, Inc.44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.757.1040 EditorialData Center: What the futures holds?Innovation is the bedrock on which many (let us just say, every) industry verticals stand. The Data Center industry is no alien to this age-old concept of `innovation is the door to the future'. However, the pace of innovation is the difference maker. As the amount of unstructured data continue to increase rapidly, the need for new and better systems to be in place to manage it remains a concern. A structural fallout seems imminent. Most enterprises no longer find it feasible to continue investing in and maintaining traditional in-house data centers and are moving away from on-premise facilities to mega data center colocation facility. The scalability, security, maintenance of colocation is a cost-effective business model. And also, flexibility plays a major role in this diversion from the legacy systems. Likewise, more and more data center operators are now deploying data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software that not only helps them monitor critical infrastructure and status of data centers, but also helps them optimize.The previous generations of data centers focused primarily on storage of information and disaster recovery. Geographic diversity was required for backup and data was retrieved on a periodic basis. Now the focus has shifted to analyzing and processing data for on-demand access. The rise of mobility and wearable technology has created requirements for latency that previously has never been seen.With innovation and change running across thick and fast, it will be interesting to see, to what extent consumers and business users be affected by it. With rising expectations on better user experience, the task to cope up with it will be crucial. And with similar transformational trends viz, hyperconvergence, white box servers, vitualization, and automation changing the data center space ­ CIO Applications presents you the latest `Data Center Special' with insights from industry thought leaders and experts from across the board. We hope this issue helps you redefine your Data Center strategy and guide you across the corporate space.We look forward to your thoughts. Joe PhillipManaging Editoreditor@cioapplications.comJoe Phillip*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staff
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