article thumbnail

What Is a Data Center? Working, Types, Architecture, and Best Practices

IT Toolbox

A data center houses backend computers (without a user interface) and ancillary systems like cooling and networking. The post What Is a Data Center? Working, Types, Architecture, and Best Practices appeared first on.

article thumbnail

EU moves toward regulating data center energy and water use

CIO Business Intelligence

The European Union will take a big step toward regulating energy and water use by data centers in September, when organizations operating data centers in EU nations will be required to file reports detailing water and energy consumption, as well as steps they are taking to reduce it. between 2020 and 2030.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Transform the modern data center: From today to the future

CIO Business Intelligence

A seismic shift is underway in the evolution of the data center, driven by a variety of converging factors. These include the accelerating transition to cloud platforms, the growth of hybrid and remote work models, and the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies across every industry.

article thumbnail

Optimizing your Data Center with the Cloud

Eric D. Brown

Most organizations today have some type of cloud implementation and/or service. Every organization views the cloud a little differently than any other organization. Some view the cloud as a place to store data while others view the cloud as a replacement for their data center.

article thumbnail

Defining the New Data Center Operating System

Data Center Knowledge

The abstraction of the hardware layer within the data center means we are able to utilize new types of controls around our data center. New technologies are being deployed within the data center at a very fast pace. Bill Kleyman looks at how the future data center environment will be managed.

article thumbnail

Juniper delivers distributed data-center security protection, firewalls

Network World

Juniper Networks has expanded its security portfolio with an architecture design that includes AI-based predictive threat support and a new family of firewalls, all designed to protect distributed data center resources. It’s implemented in a new version of the vendor’s core Junos operating system (version 23.4)

article thumbnail

The Agile Data Center

Eric D. Brown

I participated in the #DataCtrChat Twitter chat last week to join in on the conversation about the Agile Data Center. The #DataCtrChat is a great one to be a part of, especially if you’re interested in the data center. The question was: What differentiates an Agile Data Center from a traditional data center?