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Growing Need for Adaptable, Sustainable Infrastructure Drives Aligned’s Latest Expansion in Silicon Slopes
It’s been a little over four months since we officially opened the doors of our Salt Lake City-area facility in West Jordan. In those four short months, we’ve received great feedback regarding the meaningful, positive impact of our efficient, highly...
The Rise of the Adaptive Data Center
Published by: Andrew Schaap – CEO at Aligned Data CentersAddressing the evolving needs of the high-capacity buyer The data center sector has changed dramatically over the last decade, with hyperscale and platform providers driving the most recent building boom....
Aligned Named NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Center Partner
Aligned has been named an NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Center Partner. Among NVIDIA’s inaugural data center partners, Aligned is specially qualified to help organizations in the U.S. streamline the building and deployment of their own DGX system-based artificial...
The Top 5 Challenges of Data Disposal
The cost of a data breach can be astronomical. Each record lost is estimated to cost a business $141. While individually that doesn't seem like much, consider the scale. When an enterprise business comes under attack, the number of records can mean a $3.62 million...
Data Security Forecasts through 2020
When talking about technology, security is always a top-line issue. Data breaches are costly and a near-constant risk. Today, 54 percent of companies report being the victim of a successful cyber attack. Many companies faced with data loss never recover, so...
Energy Efficiencies with Older Data Centers: What challenges do they face?
Newer data centers consume a fraction of the amount of energy and other resources to run, but older centers face the challenge of delivering similar levels of service at a much higher run rate.
Digital Business Data is Exponentially Growing
Data scientists predict that data volume will double every two years. But, that may not include all the data coming in from IoT devices and the rapid adoption of smartphones, globally. Some predictions put raw data numbers in excess of 44 zettabytes by...
Top 10 Data and Analytics Predictions Through 2021
Over the next three years, data and analytics programs will become even more mission-critical throughout businesses and across industries. The digital business future confronts leaders with almost unlimited possibilities to create business value. This...
Security Segment Predictions for 2018
Fundamental shifts in security markets are driving significant changes for providers in automation, compliance and service-based security solutions. Technology business unit leaders must rapidly embrace the changes if they are to maintain their...
Personal Data and Personal Protection with Hyperscale
It’s not uncommon to read about data breaches in the news. As the saying goes “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” so are security best practices and technologies that can protect modern personal data from breaches. When it comes to your...
The Future of Data Center Densification
You can’t talk about 5G, data networks or the “Internet of Things” (IoT) without adding a new buzzword to the conversation: densification. But it’s more than the latest trend; it comes with real, relevant value. As network providers work overtime to...
Selecting the Right Data Center Design for Cost Savings
There is a sea of data center design guidelines and standards that IT leaders must wade through to select, build and implement the most effective and efficient data center. This monumental task is only compounded as IT leaders must also weigh risks to the business,...