The Potential Impact of ChatGPT on Data Center Cybersecurity
Not long ago, it would have been hard to imagine a world in which anyone could code almost anything with only a few minutes of effort. On November 30, 2022, with the release of ChatGPT, that world became a reality. Though AI technologies are not new, ChatGPT is unique in that everyone, not just IT people, has access to AI capabilities. Since the release of ChatGPT, users have discovered numerous ways to harness AI to make significant changes in their daily lives and workflows. And, unlike many new technologies that get released to great fanfare and then die down when the novelty wears off, it appears AI is rapidly growing […]
Data Center Trends to Watch for the Rest of 2023
Data centers—and the clients who rely on them—exist on the cusp of technological advances. When new technologies emerge, data centers and tech enterprises often adopt them first. With this thought in mind, here is a summary of 2023 trends. Artificial Intelligence (AI) As AI develops, it is revolutionizing the way that major industries operate on a day-to-day basis. These AI solutions will need powerful hardware to operate efficiently. Data centers are preparing for AI to become ubiquitous in expected and unexpected ways, and are planning now to be able to support multiple high-resource AI solutions at a time. Interestingly, AI is playing a more prominent role in data center operations […]
Best Practices For Data Center Security
Data centers are prime targets for many different types of attacks, cyber or otherwise, because they’re data centers. You may host sensitive data on your servers or you provide crucial services to your clients, which means any intrusion could potentially spell disaster for your business and your clients’ businesses. Cyber security professionals put it this way: it’s not a matter of if you will have a cyber security attack; it’s a matter of when. You need to anticipate cyber attacks coming from almost any angle, and affecting every facet of your data center’s security. Data center security best practices are complex and extensive, and it’s very easy to overlook a […]
チェックリスト：データセンターの安全性の8つの主要コンポーネント
The data center is a high-risk environment requiring highly trained personnel. A smart data center safety plan is great to have . . . but useless if it’s not properly implemented. Thus, the untrained or poorly trained engineer is kryptonite for data center safety; any safety culture is only as strong as your weakest link. We spoke with Walter Leclerc, Director, Environmental Occupational Health and Safety with Digital Realty. He speaks all over the country on this topic, so we asked him to update his main areas of focus for us. They can be summarized into eight categories: risk assessment, equipment-specific lockout/tagout procedures, electrical work, working at height, hot work, […]
