The Data Center is Slowly Dying (Part 2) Management of Distributed Digital Infrastructure is the major Enabler for I&O’s changeover to Digital Business While enterprises transit to Distributed Digital Infrastructures, the operational tools and processes will become paramount. Consider the case of distributed environments with a mixture of architectures and sourcing. In such a situation,…
The Data Center is Slowly Dying The leaders of Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) face a rather difficult challenge. From all angles, the IT they had known for decades is changing rapidly. IT offers a plethora of services and benefits, as well as roles it plays to individuals and enterprises. These functions include; facilitating the agility…
Five Promising Trends To Drive Data Center Networking From year to year, we experience a series of changes that take networking technology to the next level. Now, while we progress in 2020, why not take note of the phenomena and techniques that will play significant roles in the industry. These schemes are most likely to…
The Future World of Fiber Optics Is Electrifying Multiple System Operators, Telco, Wireline, and Wireless service provider networks are all advertising next-generation technology levels and promising to provide next-generation facilities. While Providers of MSOs/CATV are opening up Distributed Access Architectures, making digital optics more accessible to the subscriber, Telco/Wireline providers are projecting next-generation PON for…
Ensuring MSA Compliance When Buying Optical Transceivers MSA stands for multi-service agreement. This is a sort of handshake deal made between the manufacturers of transceivers with different system vendors, to make sure that their products are compliant with the various system vendors. This means, if Cisco and HP – two rival companies – were in…
Modern Datacenter Realities – Evolving Business Models Due to the need to meet new revenue streams and business efficiencies, enterprises continue to evolve and repositioning to achieve their objectives. In terms of technology sensitive business environments, the evolution of businesses will revolve around modern information technology applications and the streaming of data to make a…
The reason for the Surge in the Optical Transceiver Market Communication engineers consider optical transceivers as the backbone of network systems. This is because these high-speed serial receivers support a larger number of electronic devices, communication gadgets, and information servers. Steadily, the sale of optical components has increased in the last five years with more…
The Future of AI in Data Centres Artificial intelligence (AI) has gone from being science-fiction to science-fact and it is now being used in many industries to optimise the different aspects of the business – from medical research to supermarket logistics. AI opens doors to massive business opportunities, so it’s not hard to see why…
Developments in Data Centre Cables and Transceivers The recent boom of data centre growth and expansion has been fuelled by increases in machine-to-machine traffic caused by an expansion of server virtualisation, in-cloud computing, and software defined networks (SDNs). All of this has led to an increase in demand for high capacity data centre infrastructures. A…
Cisco’s Campus Fabric: Preparing For the Internet of Things In this article, we take a close look at Cisco’s Campus Fabric. Let’s understand what Campus Fabric does and why it is important. First, you will need to know what SDN is. SDN denotes a switch from the traditional hardware-based IT delivery to the more nimble…