Enabling an Efficient Cloud

Grazed from VoiceAndData.ciol. Author: Editorial Staff.

The world we live in is in a rapid state of change in terms of the way we communicate and are connected with each other. We are constantly greeted by new advances in communications technology, be it the smartphone, tablet computers, internet gaming, social networks, or e-services like e-money or e-education. The advent of cloud computing is a natural progression as we advance towards a super-connected world where data centers and local area networks are at the heart of making it all happen. Cloud computing and superconnectivity are placing ever-increasing pressures on these networks.

Networks are now required to increase their capacity and deliver higher data rates and also be energy-efficient. This pressure means that virtualization, next-generation speeds, and the green data center have become key global trends. In striving to cope with these trends, data center managers are destined to encounter certain specific challenges. Data center dynamics (in collaboration with Corning Inc) recently conducted a survey of 160 data centers in the 6 key markets of the UK, Germany, Netherlands, France, Middle East, and the US, including the top 100 data center owners and operators in those regions…

Results of this survey confirmed that downtime, energy and cooling costs, space utilization, and the ability of installed cabling to meet the needs of next-generation networks are among the top concerns of enterprise managers and therefore need to be considered carefully in the context of cable innovation advances…

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