Reasons for the Chip Shortage and the Effects on Data Center Switching
When your job and your company’s success rely on the availability of high-quality data center equipment chips, it’s understandable to feel nervous about the microchip shortage that is currently affecting the world. As with most major industry upheavals, the best way to adapt and stay flexible is to thoroughly understand the situation and make adjustments … Подробнее
Innovative Solutions for Data Center Cooling
The data center industry has experienced massive expansion in recent years. Cooling and other vital infrastructure upkeep have often been put on the back burner because other matters seem more pressing. When a data center has major corporations vying for precious server space, meeting those demands right away usually takes precedence over routine maintenance and … Подробнее
The “Whys” of ServerLIFT® Product Design
At ServerLIFT®, we believe that server-handling devices should be able to cope with any tricky transport, positioning, or transfer issue an operator may face. Thanks to careful research and the deliberate decision to keep all three of these essential functions at the forefront of all design choices, ServerLIFT® data center lifts can be safely operated … Подробнее
Military Veterans: The Untapped Pool of Data Center Staffing Talent
If you’re running a data center, you know how important it is to be adaptable. That means recognizing valuable opportunities when they come along. Whether it’s due to employee turnover, attrition, labor market conditions, or your competition, keeping your data center properly staffed is always a challenge. There is, however, a fantastic and mostly untapped … Подробнее
Focus On Server Manufacturer: Supermicro
Founded & headquartered in the United States, Supermicro manufactures servers, networking devices, server management software, and other data center technologies. They also build high-end motherboards and workstations for data center, cloud computing, enterprise IT, big data, high-performance computing (HPC), and embedded markets (computer-based products designed for specific tasks versus computer products such designed for general-purpose … Подробнее
4 Reasons to Optimize Your Data Center Budget
If you’re a data center manager, the tension between maximizing data center efficiency and staying within your data center budget is constant. One of the goals is to focus on CapEx expenditures that deliver clear ROI. Many CapEx investments don’t give immediate returns. However, our customers tell us that one investment that has delivered both … Подробнее
Current Status of Global Shipping and Fulfillment
COVID-19 significantly impacted—and is still impacting—global shipping and fulfillment. Those involved in the global supply chain had to make quick changes in an environment of lockdowns and restrictions, to try to get manufacturers and retailers the products they needed as quickly as possible. But big challenges exist. Many of these challenges have been 20 years … Подробнее
5 Data Center Trends in 2021
Emerging technologies are defining the needs of public and private data centers, including edge computing, AI, IoT, data analytics, and process-intensive High Performance Computing, or HPC, which is typical of supercomputers used to do large-scale computations. Although all data centers are unique, they will all be affected by some combination of these trends gaining ground … Подробнее
Focus On Server Manufacturer: NEC
Nippon Electric Company (NEC) was founded in Japan in 1899. W.T. Carlton, head of the Tokyo branch of Western Electric Company of Illinois, and Kunihiko Iwadare, the Japanese agent for products produced by WE, formed the company once Japan approved commercial enterprise for foreign companies. NEC was the first company to be affiliated with a … Подробнее
Focus On Server Manufacturer: Oracle
Oracle is best known for making databases and computer applications accessible to the general public. In 1977 Larry Ellison and co-founders Bob Miner and Ed Oates founded Software Development Labs (the company later became Oracle). Two years later, the trio went against prevailing trends by releasing the first commercial SQL relational database management system. This … Подробнее
