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Welcome to the Netrality News Roundup!
We’ve selected key articles on the latest news, developments, innovations and revelations in the colocation data center industry.
Don’t miss our bi-weekly news roundups to learn what’s going on with colocation, edge computing, and the brave new world of hybrid cloud, 5G, IoT, artificial intelligence, smart cities, virtual reality, and other technologies at the edge!
Rich Miller, Data Center Frontier
The growing shift to the edge is influencing many CIOs to shift from working with multiple providers to relying on single colocation providers. A single go-to provider connecting to an ecosystem of cloud, network and services providers that is in closer proximity to users is much more efficient and cost-effective.
Larry Dignan, ZDNet
Since the majority of our data will be created and processed outside of data centers and within actual devices, connecting to data centers in close proximity to these devices will be the only way an IoT infrastructure can work.
Rich Miller, Data Center Frontier
The media and entertainment industry is very data-intensive. Even in 2020 digital files are still physically moved by courier between editors and producers because the cloud simply can’t handle their size and complexity. This is foreword thinking on Netflix’s part. As they shift to the edge, they will have a leaner, more efficient production process and change the way films have been edited for over a century.
February 24, 2020
Kurt Mackie, Remond Mag
‘The opportunity to release a brand-new product that addresses crucial and unmet needs is rare,’ stated Halina McMaster, a Microsoft principal group program manager, in the announcement. ‘Azure Sphere is truly unique, our product brings a new technology category to the Microsoft family, to the IoT market, and to the security landscape.’
Microsoft is aiming to make IoT devices trusted with the GA release of Azure Sphere. The security risks inherent in edge computing are very different from those encountered in a traditional data center or even the cloud. The more connected devices you add to your network, the more potential vulnerabilities you create. Security for edge devices is one of the most important considerations for an IoT infrastructure.
February 21, 2020
Dave Flessner, Times Free Press
Capitalizing on Chattanooga’s high-speed internet connections, a coalition of government, university, business and nonprofit agencies has succeeded in capturing $110 million of federal research projects. The Chattanooga Smart Community Collaboration is exploring and applying new technologies in energy, health and traffic services, among other research initiatives.
‘Chattanooga is rapidly becoming America’s living laboratory for smart city research,’ Chattanooga mayor Andy Berke said. ‘By combining some of our nation’s most advanced smart city infrastructure with expertise ranging from autonomous vehicle development and healthcare delivery to freshwater conservation and entrepreneurship, Chattanooga is emerging as a singular location for integrated research and testing new technologies.’
