Data Centers and Cloud: A Perfect Storm
September 25, 2014
Grazed from DataCenterKnowledge. Author: Colleen Miller.
The cloud computing marketplace is continuing to evolve and the heavyweights are not sitting on the sidelines. As DCK noted this week, Digital Realty is partnering with Carpathia to provide hybrid cloud infrastructure solutions, and 365 Data Centers entered the cloud storage business. This is just the latest among many moves, including IBM’s purchase of SoftLayer, in the cloud infrastructure space.
Cloud computing definitely has an influence on data center operators and owners, said Jack Story of the AFCOM Data Center Institute (DCI) Board of Directors and HP Distinguished Technologist. Story, with 24-plus years of experience in outsourcing and the service provider industry, will lead a panel titled, “Data Centers and Cloud: A Perfect Storm” at the Orlando Data Center World Conference next month…
For data center operators and for enterprises, managers need to “listen to the demands of the business” and explore what cloud solutions fit those needs, he said. A few years ago, converged infrastructure, such as “cloud in a box” was offered, but now cloud is much more advanced…
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