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Achieve scalable cyber resiliency in the cloud during an age of exponential data growth

CIO

Right now, according to IDC, just under half (49%) of data is stored in a traditional data center. But even though the largest share of data is still in the data center, the momentum is clearly with the cloud and the edge. As a result, efforts get duplicated, creating inefficacy and higher costs.

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ODC-Noord: The Netherland’s northernmost government data center is committed to a zero carbon future

CIO

One of four government data centers in the Netherlands, Overheidsdatacenter Noord (ODC-Noord), the northernmost facility of its kind in The Netherlands, is located in the picturesque city of Groningen. The migration to software-defined data centers was an important step in the right direction, but it’s just the beginning.

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Colocation: The Benefits of Cost-Effective Data Centers

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With businesses planning and budgeting for their Information Technology (IT) needs for 2021, deciding on whether to build or expand their own data centers may come into play. There are significant expenses associated with a data center facility, which we’ll discuss below. What Is a Colocation Data Center?

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Cloud chaos: The challenges of managing data and applications across mixed environments

CIO

Six out of ten organizations today are using a mix of infrastructures, including private cloud, public cloud, multi-cloud, on-premises, and hosted data centers, according to the 5th Annual Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index. Managing applications and data, especially when they’re moving across these environments, is extremely challenging.

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Involta: On a mission to transform the world through technology

CIO

Based in Tucson, Arizona, and with more than 240 employees, Involta operates 12 high-performance data centers in Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. One example includes the use of closed-loop, water-free, and refrigerant-based cooling systems in all of the company’s data centers.

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How to calculate TCO for enterprise software

CIO

For example, if you plan to run the application for five-plus years, but the servers you plan to run it on are approaching end of life and will need to replaced in two to three years, you’re going to need to account for that. Backup: Application data doesn’t simply live in one place.

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Beyond.pl: Addressing sovereign cloud needs in Poland and beyond

CIO

a data center, cloud, and Managed Services provider, is quick to point out that enterprises’ data sovereignty requirements are growing in scope. Managed and maintained in a dedicated environment, each customer’s applications and systems are kept fully separate from other organizations’ data and networking.

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