by proactive | Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
In our previous blog posts we’ve discussed numerous issues and opportunities faced by data centres from energy usage to downtime impact. In the next series of posts we’ll take a look at the fascinating history of how data centres have evolved over the past...
by proactive | Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
It should come as no surprise that we witnessed a continued explosive growth throughout 2016 of Big Data. This trend was fueled primarily by insatiable mobile demand and the emerging data rush to adopt the Internet of Things (IoT). Data is fast becoming the most...
by proactive | Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Several leading tech firms are forecasting that the demand for higher speed internet connections will continue to explode at a mind-boggling growth rate for the next several years at least. Cisco recently predicted that by 2017, internet traffic globally will be...
by proactive | Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
We came across an interesting piece in TechRadar.com called “The Dangers of Dirt in the Data Centre” written by Mark Say. The title caught our eye as it was clearly highlighting the importance of cleanliness in a data centre. The article begins with the...
by proactive | Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Data centres, by their own inherent design, consume vast amounts of energy. A couple of years ago the New York Times published an article called Power, Pollution and the Internet and it began highlighting the huge problem that faced the data centres at Facebook. In a...
by proactive | Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
This post takes a look at the evolution of Data Centre technology and management towards what the industry now commonly refers to as a ‘Software-Defined Data Centre’ or SDDC. The term was first coined in 2012 and is also sometimes referred to as a Virtual Data Centre....
by proactive | Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
This post takes a look at the key challenges that will be facing Data Centres over the coming few years. The main driver creating the biggest challenge is the explosive growth of data {over 800% in next 5 years alone}. Much of this data will be unstructured and when...
by proactive | Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
This post will be the first in a series looking at some common concerns, issues and opportunities facing data centres from both an economic and an operational perspective. We’ve all heard the expression “Time is Money”…well in the data centre...
by proactive | Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
The previous blog post looked at Big Data and how industry experts are defining it, forecasting its growth and evaluating the tremendous impact it will have on all industries and of course on all of our lives. In this post we thought it would be fun to provide a...
by proactive | Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Our previous post touched on a few ways that Big Data is expected to improve our day to day lives. This post takes one particular sector {Retail} and looks at some of the ways that businesses in retail will be revolutionized by the use of big data analytics. The...
