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Data center demand keeps on rising

http://ipcommunications.tmcnet.com/hot-topics/ip-transition-enterprise/articles/6821-over-80-companies-expand-datacenters-study.htm

Digital Realty Trust Inc., an owner and manager of corporate datacenters and Internet gateways, said that a survey it commissioned found that more than 80% of the companies plan to expand their data centers.

The survey, conducted for Digital Realty Trust by research firm Campos Research & Analysis, asked senior decision makers who are either directly responsible for datacenters or influence significant decisions related to datacenter operations. The companies they represented had revenue of at least $1 billion and/or a size of at least 5000+ employees.

How you manage your data center requirements will depend on your business, on what technologies and processes you can use to manage business need with the data center constraint. Virtualization of the server, consolidation to SAN or NAS, and using more energy efficient servers could be a few examples of the way forward, check out the article, its very cool.

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