Have you read our top blog posts for the first half of 2023?
Hello Community, As a valued member of our community, we wanted to share with you our top-performing blog posts so far this year. We hope that these posts will provide valuable insights and information to help you stay informed and up-to-date on the latest trends and developments in the industry. Here are our top five blog posts so far this year: What is Dedicated Cloud? Automation Without Transformation is Pointless What is a Supercloud? 4 Factors That Define Responsible AI What is Latency, and How Can You Address It? We would love to hear from you! Have you had a chance to read any of these blog posts yet? If so, what did you think? Did they provide any insights or information that you found particularly helpful? If you haven't had a chance to read these blog posts yet, we encourage you to check them out. We believe that they provide valuable insights and information that can help you stay ahead of the curve and drive business success. As always, we welcome your feedback and suggestions for future blog posts. Let us know what topics you would like to see covered in future posts, and we will do our best to provide the information and insights that you need. Thank you for being a part of our community, and we look forward to hearing from you soon. Cheers, Jantzen20 Min Tech Talk | Banish Supply Chain Issues with a Resilient Digital Ecosystem | June 29th 2022
Hey Community! Don't miss out on thisupcoming tech talk! Check out the events page to register. Banish Supply Chain Issues with a Resilient Digital Ecosystem Tech Talk #22 June 29, 2022 | 10:00 a.m. PT Learn how a digital ecosystem strategy helps you improve supply chain transparency, protect against supply disruption and tame internet-related vulnerabilities. Led byViedhyaa Lokande, Senior Solutions ArchitectandTheo van Andel, Digital Strategy Lead for Manufacturing, you’ll learn how to: • Create a resilient digital ecosystem • Leverage Equinix Fabric to connect your ecosystems • Optimize access to IaaS, cloud and SaaS providers • Solve material shortages with sustainability in mind • Personalize and servitize products20 Min Tech Talk | 5G—Driving the Evolution of Interconnection | May 26th 2022
Hi Community, I just wanted to make sure no one missed this upcoming tech talk! Check out our events page for full details and registration link Meet the challenges of 5G by taking key steps with the right location and interconnection In this short Tech Talk, we'll review how your organization can reap the benefits of 5G as it evolves—through incremental, proven steps. Through our experts, you'll learn how to solve the common challenges associated with 5G and the ways that Equinix has invested in key physical and interconnection assets for its value chain stakeholders to build on, as well as: What 5G means now and its impact on application traffic flows and devices How network service providers are preparing for 5G vs. enterprises The benefits of deploying a network performance hub at Equinix Interconnecting core and hybrid multi-cloud networks to foster innovation Speakers: William Lloyd, Corporate Development Director, 5G/Evolving Edge, Equinix Rodney Elder, Global Principal of Solution Architecture, EquinixWhy do you use Equinix Metal? Why should someone consider using Equinix Metal?
Hello Community! We know that many of you use Equinix Metal for a variety of reasons, from high-performance computing to hybrid cloud connectivity. We would love to hear more about how you are using Equinix Metal and what benefits you have experienced. Whether you are using Equinix Metal for machine learning, data analytics, or to create a hybrid cloud architecture, we want to hear from you. Share your stories and experiences with the community, and help us all learn more about the benefits of Equinix Metal. Here are some questions to consider: What are the main reasons you chose to use Equinix Metal? How has Equinix Metal helped your business or organization? What benefits have you experienced from using Equinix Metal? How has Equinix Metal helped you to achieve your goals? We look forward to hearing from you and learning more about how you are using Equinix Metal. Don't hesitate to share your thoughts and experiences in the comments below. Let's start a conversation!How are you dealing with the current supply chain constraints?
With the pandemic wrecking havoc on supply chainsacross the world and a global semiconductor shortage, how is your company dealing with issues in supply chain? I pulled a few quotes from the articles below that highlighted how bad the problem is hitting our industry: "The top five challenges IT departments face in fulfilling their IT hardware demands are insufficient request information (37%), single vendor reliance (32%), vendor-enforced order limits (32%), opaque delivery timeframes (30%), and employees not returning their systems (30%)." "GetApp discovered that 78% of the respondents faced an IT hardware supply chain delay in the past 12 months, including from Dell (50%), Microsoft (47%), and Apple (43%). 71% of respondents are experiencing shipping delays of up to six months, and 52% have waited between four to 13 months." Here are a few articles addressing the supply chain issues: https://www.spiceworks.com/tech/hardware/news/it-hardware-supply-chain-disruption/ https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/the-big-shortage-lessons-from-2021-on-how-to-navigate-supply-constraintsIT Decision-Makers Demand the Anywhere Economy | Blog
Have you read the latest blog from Karl and Leanne? Here a few points I found interesting. Feel free to drop your thoughts below 72% of IT leaders plan to expand into new regions, countries and/or cities in the next 12 months. Sustainability plays a greater role in infrastructure choices and vendor selection. 71% of global IT decision-makers embrace an XaaS model for the anywhere economy Cyberattacks along with security breaches and data leaks are considered serious threats by 70% of IT decision-makers. Over 60% say tech changes made during the global pandemic are here to stay The pandemic has accelerated growth and innovation, with 60% of the survey’s respondents saying COVID-19 advanced their company’s digital transformation journey. Nearly half of IT decision-makers globally expectWeb3.0 to replace Web 2.0 within the next one to five years 71% of IT decision-makers will move more functions to the cloud A majority of IT decision-makers across the globe say their interconnection spending is likely to increase further in 2022 Nearly seven in 10 global IT decision-makers say sustainability is now one of their organization’s most important drivers You can read the entire article over on blog.equinix.comBlog | What Is a Data Center? What Are Different Types of Data Centers?
A few points that stood out to me in the What Is a Data Center? What Are Different Types of Data Centers? blog Are data centers expanding, modernizing or shrinking? According to a recent Network World article, “Companies might not be physically building brand new, centralized data centers, but they are modernizing their existing data center facilities and expanding their data center footprint to edge locations.” According to a 2022 study, more than half (51%) of IT professionals said they were planning to close all of their on-premises data centers in the next 24 months. The sixth annual Global Interconnection Index (GXI) 2023, a market study published by Equinix, predicts that: “By 2026, 80% of G2000 companies will be digital leaders, interconnecting with 4+ hyperscale providers and 30+ SaaS/business partners, on average.” Most enterprise and government data centers cannot meet the high standards of today’s or future sustainability objectives (i.e., carbon neutrality), especially on a global scale. In 2021 we achieved 95% renewable coverage for our global data center energy consumption, with over 200 sites covered with 100% renewable energy. Companies around the world can drive their business advantage by leveraging Equinix data center sustainability. There are many different types of data centers On-premises data centers Colocation data centers Hyperscale/IaaS data centers Bitcoin and cryptocurrency data centers Core data centers Edge data centers Are you working to move away from your on-premises data centers? Are you taking advantage of Core and Edge data centers? Let me know your thoughts.
