Although 5G does live up to its hype when it comes to drastically increased bandwidth, faster speeds, and lower latency, it will not come seamlessly. The full rollout will be longer, more complex, and more expensive than industries, government, and citizens would like. However, no matter how long it takes or how much it costs,
Colocation: The Perfect Complement to Hybrid Cloud
Hybrid cloud architectures integrate private clouds and third-party public clouds, with each one handling different workloads and processes.
Microservices Without Latency: Having Your Cake & Eating It Too
Challenges around latency, scalability and load balancing are preventing organizations from fully reaping the benefits of microservices.
The Connectivity Gap in Rural Education
As we leave the industrial age behind us and move into the information age, education is undergoing a profound transformation.
Rural Businesses Need Broadband to Prosper
Broadband access and high-speed internet connectivity have become essential to economic prosperity.
Why Broadband Is Crucial for Rural America
Roughly one-third of rural Americans lack access to high-speed broadband, compared with just 4% of urban Americans. The internet service that many rural Americans can access is slower, has limited capacity for downloading and uploading, and costs more than in urban areas. This prevents millions of Americans from participating in the digital economy and deprives
Data Center Security – Can a Data Center Ever Be 100% Secure?
Every company strives to ensure that its IT infrastructure and data are secure. And data centers need to do everything they can to support these efforts on the part of their tenants. There are two additional dimensions of security that data center operators in particular need to lock down: physical security and logical security.
Managed Services Providers: Enabling Everyone to Optimize IT
Managed Service Providers (MSPs) leverage the entire ecosystem of networks, connectivity and delivery to ensure robust, cost-effective solutions and services for internet users. As third-party contractors, MSPs can deliver IT services and expertise that may not otherwise be available to an organization due to limited budgets, knowledge or resources.
Lessons from Hurricane Harvey: Ensure Your Data Center Can Weather Any Storm
On the East Coast and near the Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes are one of the most serious threats to IT infrastructure.
Making Data Centers Cool
Conventional data center cooling methods simply won’t hold up under the processing demands of AI, 5G wireless, Internet of Things (IoT), and the rise of Smart Cities. Promising new cooling methods will be needed not only to ensure that data centers can keep up with data processing demands but also to make data centers ever
The Hyperscale Future Is Approaching…Fast!
The demand for content flowing from large-scale gaming and streaming services is driving hyperscale expansion. Because delivering this content without a loss of quality–or a subpar customer experience–requires processing and distribution at the edge, hyperscalers need to supplement their footprint with interconnected points of presence that can optimize content delivery.
