Event Recap
RECAP | WEBINAR | 2018 Data Center Survey Results
Presented by Rhonda Ascierto, Vice President, Uptime Institute Research, and Matt Stansberry, Vice President North America for Uptime Institute, the 8th Annual Uptime Institute Data Center Survey provides an overview of the major trends shaping IT infrastructure and strategy. Are you on top of what's happening in the industry? Find out what 900 data center operators and IT practitioners worldwide had to say.
KEY FINDINGS FROM THE SURVEY:
KEY FINDINGS FROM THE SURVEY:
- Efficient but more complex: PUE across the industry has improved, signaling an improvement in data center ef ciency. Today, operators are grappling with new challenges, including the business case and cost of hybrid IT approaches.
- Edge computing is coming: Operators are expecting to deploy signi cant new edge computing capacity, which will add a layer of operational and management complexity.
- Rack density issues are growing: The highest rack densities reported at enterprise and service provider data centers suggests that many operators face cooling challenges.
- DCIM is now mainstream: A small majority of data centers now have some type of DCIM, and typically their implementation has been successful (contrary to widespread industry reports).
- Many data centers are unprepared for, or their managers are not expecting to be affected, by climate change: Despite being vulnerable to increased temperatures, water shortages, and extreme and sometimes disastrous weather events, most data center operators have determined that they either won’t be impacted or are ignoring the problem.
- Data center skill shortages will intensify: In this aging and overwhelming male sector, most operators are struggling with staf ng issues. Yet most do not believe a lack of diversity in their ranks is an issue to be concerned about.
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