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Five questions to guide a cloud vs. on premises debate

Don't blindly jump on the cloud bandwagon. Before you move a workload to cloud vs. on premises, ask yourself these five questions, and prevent a complicated reverse migration.
Cloud, hyper-convergence ring in data center industry trends for 2017

From hyper-convergence to public cloud, data center teams will have their hands full in 2017. Here are five industry trends experts say to watch closely in the year to come.

Undock your data center management strategy with mobile apps

As mobile technology improves, smartphone apps for IT administration help data center managers monitor and troubleshoot infrastructure -- regardless of where they are.
Impact Awards honor best IT products, companies of 2016

The voters have spoken. From DevOps to cloud, Modern Infrastructure readers have recognized the best IT products in the 2016 Impact awards.
Explore data center procurement decisions

IT buyers know that other IT pros often are the best sources for data center procurement advice. Survey results suggest what's important in server, storage and other important requisitions.
Data center terminology that will get you hired

To land a job in a modern, adaptable data center, you have to speak the lingo. These visualizations of data center terminology will help you communicate about DevOps, scalability and other important concepts.
Iceland's data center opportunities and challenges

Data centers in Iceland access a stable power grid and free cooling. But questions still loom about Iceland's available capital and global connectivity.
Data center companies to watch in 2015

Put these data center suppliers, from virtualization leaders to management software startups, on your watch list in 2015 for product innovations and potential blockbuster partnerships.
Announcing the 2015 Impact Awards winners

Modern Infrastructure's 2015 Impact Awards winners represent the best IT products for cloud and data centers, from AWS services to cooling containment.
Top technological trends hitting the data center soon

Gartner experts predict this list of hot technological trends for 2015 and beyond will get data center managers into strategic planning huddles.
Facebook servers and cold storage in action

Facebook opened up its hyperscale data center in North Carolina for a look at its Open Compute Project servers, cold storage facility and floral conservation area.
Seven data center blogs you should be reading right now

Stay connected on trending IT topics on Twitter and Tumblr. Follow these seven experts who express news, opinions in data center blogs.
The past, present and future of top data center components

Data centers have come a long way, and we still have pretty far to go. Take a look through data centers then and now, and see what's ahead.
Building blocks of converged infrastructures

The unifying theme of unified computing is vendor lock-in: one vendor for all or most components. But what are those pieces and what are your options?
Data center interview horrors and spooks

Every administrator and data center manager has a horror story or two to share. In the spirit of Halloween, we tell the tale of interviews gone wrong.
Top data center equipment trends

IT pros named leading data center equipment, virtualization and cloud hosting vendors in the TechTarget Data Center & Readers' Choice 2013 survey.
Ten ways to save money and lower data center energy consumption

A few key innovations in hardware and infrastructure that lower the costs of data center energy consumption are well worth looking into.
How it's made: The modular data center

Learn how to construct a modular data center -- from factory floor to customer sites.
Looking ahead to the top data center technology trends, 2013

As 2012 winds down, here's a look at five data center technology trends for 2013.
Top 10 data center trends of 2012

IT pros must revise or update plans to accommodate a suite of emerging technologies in 2013 and beyond. Here are 10 data center trends to watch.
New book takes you inside unique energy-efficient data centers

Energy-efficient data centers from around the world are explored in "The Art of the Data Center," a new book by Douglas Alger.
Seven data center infrastructure tips to help you go green

Achieve green harmony with strategic data center infrastructure design. When used together, these seven techniques make a well-oiled green machine.

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