As 2018 draws to a close, industry experts are making the usual rounds to predict what next year will hold. Also, we look at Digital Realty's growth in Asia; real-time data center monitoring as a cost-cutting measure and more news.

 

Today’s data center managers and employees need a wide range of skills to handle infrastructure challenges. You still have to understand traditional data center issues. But cloud-based IT spending is expected to grow six times faster than general IT spending through 2020, making new cloud-related skills crucial. These new skills will help you evolve as a data center manager to stay relevant in the changing environment.

This week, we look at a Portuguese data center that keeps cool thanks to mountain breezes; using AI to keep downtime at a minimum; Amazon gets into the satellite business and more.

Data centers provide great career prospects for IT professionals across the globe. In today’s data-centric world, these facilities provide core functionalities for business operations. In order to run the facilities efficiently, workers need to have a wide range of skills. It also takes time to gain the necessary data center related knowledge and experience. The bottom line? Workers with the right expertise are in high demand.

 

This week, we dive into some lessons from the most high-profile outages of 2018; the feds seek input on data center metrics; power distribution considerations for data centers; and an update from Northern Virginia.  

Data center ceilings provide suspension, support, lighting and more benefits to your facility. Here are some of the top products for data center ceilings.