Thursday, February 14th, 2013

Time	Event
12:54p	Telehouse To Expand In London Docklands The exterior of the Telehouse West data centre at the Docklands in London. Telehouse has acquired a nearby site to build additional data center space. Global data center company Telehouse has acquired a site in east London, with plans to expand its data center capacity. The 2 acre site is close to its existing Telehouse North, East and West facilities in the Docklands, at 6 and 8 East India Dock Road. Documents posted from the Greater London Authority show that Telehouse’s proposal for the site is to increase data center capacity in Europe through the expansion of its data center building comprising 23,000 square meters (247,570 square feet) and office space to consolidate its parent company KDDI’s European Headquarters in London. The document also states that acquiring the site will provide an opportunity to undertake further inward investment, and provision IT infrastructure to Tech City and create jobs in the East India Dock area. Telehouse West opened in 2010, as a 160,000 square foot flagship facility. Telehouse operates 45 data centers worldwide, in EMEA, Americas and Asia-Pacific regions. Last year the company expanded into Russia, establishing a facility in Moscow. Its recently opened Telehouse Beijing BDA facility was named the first foreign-affiliated firm to receive China’s 2012 IDC Industry Award for best third-party infrastructure provider. (Comment on this)
2:24p	QTS Enters Dallas Market, Buys 700,000 SF Facility An aerial view of a former semiconductor plant in Irving, Texas that is being converted into a data center by QTS. (Image: Google Earth). QTS (Quality Technology Services) is entering the Dallas data center market, and doing it in a big way. The company has purchased a 700,000 square foot former semiconductor plant, and plans to transform it into a state-of-the-art-data center. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The facility acquisition is consistent with QTS’ habit of picking up large facilities and turning them into mega-sized data centers. The Dallas site will be brought online in phases, with enterprise tenants moving in as early as the first quarter of 2014. It also continues the company’s practice of acquiring former semiconductor facilities and converting them to data center use. In 2010 QTS bought a 1.3 million square foot former Qimonda semiconductor fab in Richmond, taking advantage of the plant’s existing infrastructure, which included raised floor across the footprint, 22,000 tons of existing chiller capacity and a campus-wide power capacity of 100 megawatts. QTS isn’t the first company to convert a former fabrication facility into a data center. Previous examples include the Fortune Data Centers site in San Jose, Calif., which was previously a Seagate plant, and the Next-Generation Data facility in Wales, which was originally an LG semiconductor plant. The former semiconductor plant in Irving was previously used by several companies. It sits on a 40-acre campus in the Las Colinas area, and has potential to double in footprint to 1.4 million square feet. The campus is powered by an on-site 140MW dual-fed substation, and has diverse fiber connections allowing QTS to offer carrier-neutral space. “We conducted an extensive search when looking for the next site to add to our nationwide portfolio of data centers,” said Chad Williams, chief executive officer of QTS. “This facility provides the scale and flexibility to support our ‘3C’s’ product offerings of Custom data centers, Colocation and Cloud based services. Our entry into this market is a further commitment to our development strategy and will position us for future growth.” This is the second major expansion move for QTS this year. The company recently decided to enter into the Northern California market as well, with the acquisition of Herakles and its 92,000 square foot facility in Sacramento.  QTS owns and operates more than 3 million square feet of data center space and supports more than 800 customers QTS was represented by Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. The seller was represented by ATREG, Inc. in coordination with Citadel Partners. (Comment on this)
2:44p	Arista Advances Data Analysis for SDNs The Arista Network 7050 switch has been updated with new data analysis capabilities. Arista Networks announced new EOS (Extensible Operating System) capabilities for advanced data analysis for the software-defined networking market. DANZ (Data ANalyZer) combines an advanced suite of TAP aggregation functions into the Arista 7000 series, providing IT departments the data they need. It analyzes data and network behavior, while providing detailed capture and accounting of traffic for forensic analysis. DANZ is an integrated switch-based solution that delivers precise visibility of network conditions without additional hardware infrastructure. “Organizations continue to consolidate data centers, creating increasingly large and complex network environments that are forced to handle massive amounts of traffic. In order to meet or exceed demanding service levels, it is imperative to have visibility into the environment,” said Bob Laliberte, senior analyst at ESG. “Arista leveraged its SDN capabilities in EOS to develop a compelling offering for organizations requiring precise and accurate network analytics reporting.” Typically, monitoring the network costs network administrators time and money with slow, expensive probes and external monitoring devices. Arista DANZ is an alternative, offering open API’s tightly coupled with advanced event management (AEM), giving customers tremendous programmability. DANZ is available immediately on the Arista 7150 series as an EOS “Z” license option augmenting OpenFlow support on the Arista 7050 series. In the following video Arista introduces DANZ for TAP aggregation. (Comment on this)
2:48p	An RX for Enterprise Big Data Success Paul Barth is the Founder and Managing Partner of New Vantage Partners. PAUL BARTH New Vantage Partners The term “Big Data” has many meanings and continues to evolve quickly. While the term originated in response to the need to manage large and diverse data sets, today’s promise of Big Data goes beyond its original technology–centric focus. Realizing the value of Big Data today demands more than technology. It requires the vision, experience and know-how necessary to see Big Data as a strategic opportunity and to leverage it across an enterprise. Today, there are many voices in the arena of Big Data, but only a few who understand the real opportunity for Big Data to create shareholder value. We believe that for enterprises to be successful in their Big Data initiatives, they must consider these realities: 1.      Big Data Impacts Every Business Function The impact of “Big Data” extends far beyond those traditionally associated with data, creating an opportunity for every business function to rethink how it innovates, forecasts, plans, operates and interacts with customers. 2.      The Power of Big Data is Outside the Four Walls of the Enterprise “Big Data” presents the opportunity to leverage large and diverse sets of third-party content such as demographics, social media and government-supplied data. This presents opportunities and threats that hold potential to reshape organizations, industries and markets. 3.      Big Data Creates New Risks “Big Data” presents new risks and opportunities associated with issues such as ownership, quality and consistency. These must be considered, leveraged, addressed and balanced in order to realize the full potential of the opportunity. When we think about the potential business impact that can be realized from Big Data, it is important to understand the potential reach of Big Data within an enterprise: Beyond Technology. Big Data can impact every function across the enterprise and must be driven by business value rather than the selection and use of a technology searching for a problem. Big Data changes how people make decisions and perform their work; the processes used to produce and deliver products and services; and the nature of customer interactions and relationships. Across all functions, from strategy and new product development, to marketing and sales, to improving operational and management effectiveness, to human resources and others – Big Data can be truly enterprise-wide in its scope and impact. Innovation. Big Data is a big enabler of innovation; product, service, process, regulatory, operational innovation, line of business and business model innovations. Whether it is exploring and discovering information to drive new innovation; improving processing speeds of legacy batch jobs that is inhibiting growth or extending existing business application’s value, Big Data has a role to play. It enables companies to leverage  third-party data to vastly expand the body of content available to support product and service innovation. Selecting the right third-party data sources for your Big Data initiative is critical. Customer Perspective. A complete Big Data strategy requires organizations to “walk in our customer’s shoes” to understand their perspectives on what data we collect, use and synthesize that relates to them and their preferences. As more companies utilize Big Data, our customers will be uniquely impacted and that perspective is critical. Risk. The addition of third-party content brings with it new risks. Issues of data governance, ownership, security, privacy, disclosure, integrity, reliability, accuracy and regulatory compliance must be addressed in order to realize the opportunity of Big Data. Mastering the ability to manage these risks will pay dividends in the form of enhanced customer loyalty and brand reputation. Cultural Change. Big Data can help you move your organization into the future. But it will also demand changes in the entity’s culture with new target operating models and governance to address  changes in – how data is sourced, analyzed, used and decisions made, risks managed, results reported, changes in technology and business processes. Successful cultural change in support of Big Data will help make decisions better, faster and smarter. Prescription for Success In sum, to realize the full benefit resulting from Big Data initiatives, enterprises must demonstrate: A business-decision driven approach to Big Data A strong understanding of the opportunities, sources, quality and use of internal data as well as available third-party data An ability to establish business transformation capabilities and experience to help clients envision, design, implement and operate Big Data solutions. A technology agnostic perspective that extends beyond technology selection and deployment that allows clients to develop the right Big Data solution for their needs. Recognized leadership in the management of large scale data and information problems. Editor’s Note: Prithwi Thakuria, Practice Leader at New Vantage Partners, also contributed to this article. Industry Perspectives is a content channel at Data Center Knowledge highlighting thought leadership in the data center arena. See our guidelines and submission process for information on participating. View previously published Industry Perspectives in our Knowledge Library. (Comment on this)
3:17p	DCK Webinar: Data Center Total Cost of Ownership Whether you decide to build, lease or buy a data center, it is important to have a good understanding of the Total Cost of Ownership of your data center(s). The Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of a data center has many elements, some of which are quite complex. Join Data Center Knowledge contributor Julius Neudorfer as he explains the importance of TCO analysis and how to perform one in this Data Center Knowledge Webinar on March 7 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern. JULIUS NEUDORFER Julius has been designing and implementing data center infrastructure and related technology projects for more than 20 years. He is a member of AFCOM, ASHRAE, BICSI, IEEE and The Green Grid, as well as a Certified Data Center Design Professional “CDCDP” designer and instructor. Most recently, he is also an instructor for the US Department of Energy “Data Center Energy Practitioner” “DCEP” program. In this webinar, you will learn more about: The importance of understanding Data Center TCO The key element impacting TCO How to do a TCO analysis Whether you are planning to do a TCO analysis with your in-house staff, or are hiring an outside firm, you will want to attend this executive education webinar. Following the presentation there will be a Q&A session with your peers, Julius and industry experts from Digital Realty. Register today for the Data Center Knowledge TCO Webinar. (Comment on this)
3:30p	Data Center Knowledge Webinar: Total Cost of Ownership Data Center Knowledge is launching a series of free, educational webinars. The DCK webinar series provides educational content focused on mission-critical issues facing today’s data center managers, owners and investors. Each webinar is an opportunity to learn from top experts in the field. Data Center Knowledge contributor Julius Neudorfer kicks off the series with a webinar on the topic of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Title: Total Cost of Ownership Date: Thursday, March 7, 2013 Time: 2 pm Eastern/ 11 am Pacific (Duration 60 minutes, including time for Q&A) Register: Sign up now! Whether you decide to build, lease or buy a data center, it is important to have a good understanding of the Total Cost of Ownership of your data center(s). The Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of a data center has many elements, some of which are quite complex. In this one-hour session, you will learn about the importance of TCO analysis and how to perform your own analysis. In this webinar presented by industry expert and DCK contributor Julius, you will learn more about: The importance of understanding Data Center TCO The key element impacting TCO How to do a TCO analysis Following the presentation there will be a Q&A session with your peers, Julius and industry experts from Digital Realty. Sign up today. You will receive further instructions via e-mail about the webinar. (Comment on this)
5:09p	Equinix Building Boom Continues. Is Chicago Next? A look at the full cable trays in an Equinix data center. The company had a “milestone year” in 2012, according to CEO Steve Smith. (Photo: Equinix) For Equinix, 2012 was a year of extraordinary expansion in its global infrastructure, as the company spent $607 million on data center construction and another $334 million to acquire companies in key international markets. That colocation company’s growth spanned four continents, adding capacity for for more than 15,750 cabinets, with expansions in northern Virginia, northern New Jersey, Dallas, Miami, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney and Singapore. “2012 was a milestone year for Equinix,” said CEO Steve Smith. “We delivered half a billion dollars of revenue in the fourth quarter, underscoring the scale and reach of our business. With our entry into Mainland China, Jakarta and Dubai as well as our continued investment in existing markets, we now have over 7 million of gross square feet of capacity, making us the largest retail colocation provider in the world.” The building boom will continue in 2013, as Equinix expects to spend another $550 million to $650 million in capital expenses for this year, including up to $485 million on data center construction and expansion. That could include new space in downtown Chicago, where Equinix is being tied to a project that has been seeking a major data center tenant. New Site in Chicago? Chicago Real Estate Daily reported this week that Equinix may invest in a new facility at 111 Cermak Road, a project that local developer James McHugh has been positioning for data center use. The paper said Equinix and McHugh are in “advanced talks” on the project. Equinix declined comment on the report, noting that its only announced expansion in Chicago is a new phase at its CH3 data center in Elk Grove Village in the suburban Chicago market, where it plans to add capacity for 630 cabinets in coming weeks. Current plans for 111 Cermak call for a six-story, 315,000 square foot ground-up data center adjacent to the McCormick Place convention center and 350 East Cermak Road, the enormous carrier hotel operated by Digital Realty Trust, which is now fully leased. Equinix is one of the largest tenants at 350 East Cermak, where it operates two data centers and a vibrant financial trading ecosystem supporting Chicago’s exchanges. With no more space available at that building, the McHugh property offers a potential off-site expansion option. Building Phase I in Toronto Equinix said yesterday that it will invest $42 million this year to complete the first phase of TR2, the company’s new Toronto data center. The initial phase of the 220,000 square foot facility will feature 137,000 square feet of data halls, and will be supported by 8 megawatts of power, with the option to expand to 20 megawatts. The expansion in Toronto is part of Equinix’ ongoing focus on providing colocation space and interconnection centers in leading financial markets. Toronto is home to the Toronto Stock Exchange, the largest financial exchange in Canada. Equinix also has budgeted 2013 capital for facility expansions in Zurich, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Singapore. Those projects reflect a shift in where Equinix is investing in its data center footprint. In 2012, the company spent 53 percent of its CapEx on expansion in the Americas, compared to 47 percent between Europe and the Asia-Pacific. This year Equinix will target 56 percent of its capital in Asia and Europe (28 percent apiece) and just 44 percent in the Americas. (Comment on this)
8:12p	Cedexis Fusion Tames Big Data Flows for Traffic Shaping Web optimization company Cedexis launched Cedexis Fusion, a component of its Software as a Service platform to integrate big data flows from third-party tools, CDNs and clouds to enable a wide range of performance, availability and cost-for-performance traffic shaping. Cedexis Fusion integrates that data into the Cedexis Openmix platform, which acts as a global load balancer, driving traffic to the most available, best performing or least costs-for-performance resources. Monitoring and performance data is aggregated in real-time and makes this big data actionable. A range of pre-built integrations are available immediately, including New Relic and AppDynamics application performance monitoring software; Akamai, Level3, Edgecast and ChinaCache CDNs; SoftLayer’s server management data, and many others. “So many systems produce volumes of Big Data, but making that data real-time actionable has been difficult or impossible,” said Greg Unrein, VP of Product Management of Cedexis. Fusion allows customers to make their monitoring investments really pay off, accessing all of their Big Data metrics, and automating the process of reacting to the data to improve website performance. Cedexis Fusion is more than a data aggregator. It is the point of convergence of all the real-time Big Data streams that feed our cloud-based global load balancer – Cedexis Openmix.  With Openmix, Fusion customers have a single place to define how they wish to detect and avoid Internet congestion and service disruptions to achieve 100% service availability.” Cedexis hosts a Developer Exchange as well, for custom innovations and private data ingestion ideas. Customers can automate big data streams from any HTTP source. Example applications include green energy sensitivity, least costs routing and incorporation of private measurements from internal systems. Additional use case examples for Fusion include a one stop interface for purging content on CDNs, predicting over-utilization, minimizing bandwidth bursting charges, and avoiding slow shopping carts. Privately held Cedexis was founded in 2009 and its platform  optimizes web performance across data centers, content delivery networks (CDNs) and clouds for companies that want to ensure 100% availability and extend their reach to new global markets. Companies rely on Cedexis to ensure 100 percent availability, fast page loads, downloads and transactions to drive traffic and revenue at lower cost and risk. (Comment on this)
8:43p	Roundup of Hosting, Cloud News: INetU, Internap, Phoenix Nap INetU will offer its full product portfolio of cloud and security services from its Seattle data center beginning in the spring of 2013. Here’s a round up of noteworthy articles published by THE WHIR. Read the full story on thewhir.com: Web Host INetU Adds Seattle Data Center to Boost Disaster Recovery Headquartered in Allentown, PA, web hosting and cloud services provider INetU announced on Thursday that it has expanded its data center footprint to the West coast with the addition of a Seattle data center. The company, which has data centers on the East Coast and in Amsterdam, plans to provide customers its full product portfolio of cloud and security services from its Seattle data center starting in April, including its Gated Community Cloud service, private and hybrid clouds, and the INetU Security Suite. Phoenix NAP Adds Dedicated Server Offering to Ashburn Data Center Web hosting provider Phoenix NAP announced that its dedicated server offering, Secured Servers, is now available in its data center in Ashburn, Virginia. Internap Survey Finds Organizations Want Cloud-like Control in Colo Environments A new survey released by cloud, hosting and colocation provider Internap finds that IT organizations are looking for cloud-like visbility and control in their colocation environments. Internap says that the agility associated with cloud services will likely impact the way colocation services are managed and delivered over the next few years. US Highest Spam Volume in the World: Eleven Email Security Report A dubious honor goes to the United States being found the highest volume spam email in the world as compared to that of other countries. German email security provider Eleven released the Eleven Email Security Report February 2013, which signals the United States’ return to being the highest total spam volume in the world, followed by followed by India and Romania, respectively. Keep up with Data Center Knowledge’s colocation news at our Colocation channel. (Comment on this)

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