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Lumen Orbit emerges from stealth and raises $2.4M to put data centers in space

GeekWire

Lumen’s other co-founders are chief technology officer Ezra Feilden , whose resume includes engineering experience at Oxford Space Systems and Airbus Defense and Space; and chief engineer Adi Oltean , who worked as a principal software engineer at SpaceX’s Starlink facility in Redmond, Wash.

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When the Software-Defined Data Center Meets the Reality-Defined Facility

Data Center Knowledge

Can a data center truly be software-defined? Richard Unger, of ABB Decathlon writes that he''s been in a lot of data centers and not one of them has given any hint that it might be "software-defined." He gives an overview of how the new buzzword is impacting the data center.

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Private Data Center Trends for 2014 and Beyond

CTOvision

Today’s data centers are being built at the forefront of industry standards. Within the past five years, the way we construct data centers has changed dramatically. David Cappuccio, the Chief of Infrastructure Research at Gartner, told CIO that “Data centers will no longer be constrained by one specific site.

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Data center investments simplify IT and cloud modernization

CIO Business Intelligence

We have invested in the areas of security and private 5G with two recent acquisitions that expand our edge-to-cloud portfolio to meet the needs of organizations as they increasingly migrate from traditional centralized data centers to distributed “centers of data.” The new service packs will be orderable later in 2023.

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How a Robot Can Simplify Data Center Management

Data Center Knowledge

With increased reliance on data centers, full software and hardware robotics automation is no longer a question of if, but a matter of when. Srinivasa Vivek of EMC offers a look at an inexpensive robot that automatically maps and navigates a data center, collects temperature, humidity and other.

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Microsoft made a portable data center in a box

The Verge

Microsoft’s portable data center. Microsoft has created a portable data center to bring cloud computing to remote environments. The modular data center is essentially a big box of servers, designed for places where it’s difficult to supply reliable cloud connectivity. Image: Microsoft. Image: Microsoft.

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The 10 highest-paying industries for IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

Technology has quickly become a top priority for businesses across every industry. Every business unit has a stake in the IT services, apps, networks, hardware, and software needed to meet business goals and objectives, and many of them are hiring their own technologists. Average salary: US$131,995 Increase since 2021: 0% 2.

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