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Netflix Closed Their Last Data Center – Should You Do The Same?

The Accidental Successful CIO

The company sent an email out that announced that in a month they planned on shutting down their very last operational data center. What this means is that they are now running their company entirely in “the cloud” Should you be doing this? For a company of the size of Netflix, this is almost unheard of.

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Involta: On a mission to transform the world through technology

CIO Business Intelligence

Based in Tucson, Arizona, and with more than 240 employees, Involta operates 12 high-performance data centers in Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The company’s compute, networking, and storage offerings encompass a wide range of managed IT services and draw on its 12,000-mile fiber network.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: BISNOW Data Center Event.

Cloud Musings

BISNOW Data Center Event Highlights Cloud. A big thank you to BISNOW and my fellow panel members for an outstanding discussion and very informative event, last weeks Data Center Investment Conference and Expo. One concern for Carousel Industries Brian Fedak , who designs data centers, is the lack of attention to security.

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NJVC to Spotlight Cloudcuity at Gartner Data Center Conference

Cloud Musings

NJVC to Spotlight Cloudcuity at Gartner Data Center Conference. The company’s cloud brokerage, cyber analytics, IT. speak on “Cloud Brokerage Services for Data Center Service Providers” on the afternoon of December 4. is a disruptive business model, and specifically for the data center.

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Oracle adds compute services to its Cloud@Customer offering

CIO Business Intelligence

Oracle is adding a new managed offering to its Cloud@Customer platform that will allow enterprises to run applications on proprietary optimized infrastructure in their own data centers to address data residency and security regulations and solve low-latency requirements. The infrastructure will be managed and operated by Oracle.

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A changing market landscape requires constant evolution: Our mission for VMware customers

CIO Business Intelligence

It demonstrated that all too often, as innovative companies expand, decisions are made incrementally, not holistically as part of a larger, comprehensive strategy. VMware began this transition since at least 2018, and was one of the last software companies to adopt this model. He has held this position since March 2006.

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Fountainhead: What's your "data center complexity factor"?

Fountainhead

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Whats your "data center complexity factor"? Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). What's your "data center complexity factor"? ► 2008. (79). Data Center Design.