The Internet of Things (IoT) is gaining traction across many industries including data centers. vXchnge, a provider of carrier-neutral colocation services, actively leverages innovative solutions and engineering best practices to achieve efficient and sustainable operations.
In 2016, 82% of the S&P 500 companies published corporate sustainability reports — up from less than 20% in 2011. This trend in sustainability reporting is a response to the growing public interest in large organizations’ environmental impact. Hyperscale data center developers are no exception.
While attending the DCD Enterprise conference in NYC in May, I was amazed at the number of presentations and vendor booths highlighting edge computing, 5G, and digital transformation.
First and foremost, edge is a computer science and network dynamic. We contend that edge will eventually be productized as a service, much like the cloud.
Our reliance on technology grows more and more every day. Most of us would be lost without our mobile devices. From accessing email, to surfing the web, to streaming online videos and music, we have the luxury of these services readily available and at the touch of a button.