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Trends in

Data Centers / Server Rooms

Increasing Adoption of Over IP Solutions

Increased growth of colocation facilities is driving growth in the KVM/serial over IP category as enterprise users
seek secure access to critical systems and real-time management over the net. For businesses that host their own
data or need to manage branch offices or industrial servers, scalable and secure enterprise class KVM/serial over IP
solutions are increasingly attractive because remote access means fewer people in critical areas and minimizes both
security concerns and the chance of accidents. The remote access provided by over IP solutions is also a driver in Increasing Impact of the Internet of Things (IoT)
regions where manpower costs are high and in applications involving many remote sites or branch offices. The Internet of Things (IoT) has become ubiquitous as smart phones, homes, cars, and more, are already delivering
on the promise of big data and impacting the data center industry by constantly streaming data to enterprises,
The benefits of over IP solutions in the data center are clear. Corporations want real-time and accurate access to governments and other agencies all around the world. This comprises a massive amount of data that needs to be
mission-critical systems from any console and they want to be able to handle any mission-critical emergency from processed and analyzed. What’s more, there is also a related and much larger scale movement towards an Industrial
any location. In terms of flexibility, over IP solutions are especially suitable for data center environments where Internet of Things (IIoT), which, instead of consumer devices, applies IoT concepts to the sensors and chips in
different brands of servers are deployed. What’s more, the video resolutions provided by over IP solutions have industrial systems and processes. While environmental sensors for optimizing energy management have been a
improved immensely and most solutions are available with the quality of display and resolution requirements that fixture in data centers for quite some time, as the biggest drivers of how future data centers will be designed and
today’s corporations have come to expect. managed, both consumer IoT and industrial IoT solutions represent a challenge and an opportunity. As more enterprises
look to gain a competitive edge from these advanced analytic processes applied to industrial entities, data centers
Demand for Increased Security will be forced to transform the way that information is managed. So an appreciation of these ever-increasing
IoT-related capacity concerns and security challenges is without a doubt an essential component of any consistent
Whether a large corporation is looking to host its own data at remote locations, or a smaller business is weighing long-term data center management strategy.
data center provider options, security is one of the first considerations on anyone’s mind. And this becomes even
more paramount for information storage in high-security industries such as government, finance and healthcare.
Rise of High Density Data Centers
Data center security concerns are multi-layered. A facility’s infrastructure and location aside, physical security issues
are most often focused on access control systems and surveillance, with biometrics playing an increasingly important Currently, most data centers are located in small and medium sized businesses, and about 10 percent of the server
role in security protocols. Redundancy measures in a data center also amplify security by providing an extra layer market is comprised of larger data centers owned by cloud providers. But that is set to change, and big data and
of equipment, personnel, or storage in the event of the primary source’s failure. And right down to the switch/unit higher-density builds are the future. By 2021, the acceleration of cloud adoption is expected to double the size of
level, demand is increasing for data center equipment that incorporates powerful security features, such as internal the data center industry. And with more data and more network equipment to be managed, this has implications
and external authentication with security policies that permit user authorization to be tightly configured – even for both the scale of data centers and the power required.
down to a port-by-port basis.
The shift towards constructing high-density data centers is an important one for many reasons. High-density builds
As an advanced functionality in an increasingly data-heavy IT environment, security concerns are expected to require only half the physical space of traditional data centers by increasing the number of servers that can be
become even more vital, so solutions with improved security will continue to drive refreshes of KVM switches and loaded into a rack. This is inherently more efficient, offers opportunities for improved power usage effectiveness,
serial consoles in this sector. results in fewer cabinets to manage, and lowers capital and operational costs. High-density data centers are a
considerable driver of unit and revenue growth in many IT applications, not only because they lead to additional
data center build-outs but also because they drive technological innovation in terms of performance and efficiency.

Desire for Green Data Centers / Server Rooms

There are many advantages to incorporating green options for optimal data center operations, and accordingly,
demand for green data centers continues to soar, spurred by developments in analytics and operational efficiencies,
as well as government incentives. However, as most regions have limited access to renewable energy sources, the
most practical green initiatives for the majority of data centers focus on the smarter use of power. Considering that
by 2020, US data centers are expected to require six times the amount of power needed by New York City, the
drive towards energy efficiency is one that cannot be ignored.

A major benefit of the push for energy efficiency in data centers is that it drives innovation in cooling techniques
and automation, as well as new methods to consolidate IT resources. But while high-density data centers are
driving a need for green power solutions versatile enough to consolidate the increased demand for power at the
rack level, solutions that provide real-time power analysis for optimizing data center energy management at the
outlet level are also extremely vital to achieving energy efficiency and reduce monthly and recurring costs in the
data center without harming IT reliability.
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