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Data Centers need personnel and infrastructure to be able to operate effectively. Data Center Operators are companies or individual entities who take care of day-to-day operations of a data center. Responsibilities can include upkeep, maintenance and client relations.

Operators are responsible for installing and maintaining network resources, ensuring data center security and monitoring systems that take care of power and cooling.
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Scale or fail: Private data exchange between businesses to outpace public internet

Fri, 18th Aug 2017
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The Asia Pacific region is expected to grow more than fourfold between 2016 and 2020, making it the second fastest growing region after Latin America.
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IBM expands global presence with two new data centres in London

Fri, 28th Jul 2017
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IBM has expanded its global presence with four new IBM Cloud data centres – two in London, one in San Jose and one in Sydney.
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A $42 million investment - Equinix expands Sydney data center

Fri, 14th Jul 2017
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The investment is the latest in a series of expansions for Equinix in APAC, with other recent expansions in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore.
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Equinix advances up AWS partner ranks with APN advanced status

Thu, 20th Apr 2017
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Equinix has been elevated up the AWS partner ranks, gaining advanced technology partner designation, with its AWS Direct Connect numbers soaring.
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The best colocation ecosystems around the world - Asia Pacific on the rise

Thu, 9th Feb 2017
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Europe dominates Cloudscene's 2017 Global Top Ten Colocation Ecosystems, with London, Amsterdam and Frankfurt taking the top three spots.
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How 8 years of tech innovation has changed gov't IT

Mon, 23rd Jan 2017
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In just 8 years, gov't IT has been revolutionised, embracing tech like never before—from the CTO role to Cloud First policies.
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Vendor revenue from infrastructure on the up in 3Q16

Mon, 16th Jan 2017
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Cloud IT infrastructure sales see 8.1% growth in Q3 2016, driven by increased revenue from server, storage, and Ethernet switch sales.
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HPE leads declining server market, IDC says

Thu, 1st Dec 2016
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Vendor revenue in the global server market declined 7% YoY to $12.5bn in Q3, with Japan and APeJ experiencing the only growth.
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Interconnected clouds ensure greater disaster recovery and performance

Mon, 21st Nov 2016
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Award-winning construction company Hathaway Dinwiddie has partnered with Equinix to improve business continuity and cloud-based collaboration.
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How Asia is taking the lead in cloud computing

Thu, 17th Nov 2016
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More than anything else, the Index suggests that the infrastructure required to deploy cloud services in Asia Pacific is now quite mature.
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How interconnection increased global data flows by 45X

Mon, 12th Sep 2016
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Global data flows surge 45x in a decade, driving a digital economy boom and reshaping global GDP, McKinsey report reveals.
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CenturyLink expands network connectivity options for global data centre customers

Thu, 18th Aug 2016
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CenturyLink expands network carrier connections in its data centers, offering customers access to 99 different carriers and network providers.
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The benefits of scaling data center footprints

Mon, 1st Aug 2016
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CyrusOne showcases hyper-scale advantage with record-setting delivery time for new data center facility #datacenter #technology.
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Alibaba Cloud rolls out second Singapore data center availability zone

Mon, 11th Jul 2016
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Alibaba Cloud announced last month that its data center operations will be expanding, with a second availability zone in Singapore.
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Digital Realty expands data center footprint

Wed, 18th May 2016
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Digital Realty boosts its European data centre reach, securing eight new facilities in key technology hubs London, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt.
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Data center startup emerges from stealth with $12.5m and new appliance

Thu, 21st Apr 2016
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Diamanti, which aims to solve production container deployment and performance challenges, has secured $12.5m funding and debuted a new appliance.
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Is this the data center of the future?

Tue, 19th Apr 2016
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Two Italian architects have taken third place in eVolo magazine's annual Skyscraper Competition with a sustainable data center skyscraper.
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DigitalOcean secures US$130m for next-gen cloud, global expansion

Fri, 15th Apr 2016
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Cloud infrastructure provider DigitalOcean has netted itself a further US$130 million in its quest for global expansion and a next-gen cloud.
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LinkedIn opens SG$80 million Singapore data center

Wed, 6th Apr 2016
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LinkedIn has opened its SG$80 million Singapore data center - its first outside of the United States, aiming to bolster speeds for APAC members.
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Google ups the ante with 12 new cloud platform data centers

Wed, 23rd Mar 2016
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Google has announced a dramatic expansion of its global data center network, with 12 new cloud platform regions coming online in the next 18 months.