{"id":2463,"date":"2013-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otava.test\/after-the-cloud-what-next-mobile-technology-in-data-centers\/"},"modified":"2013-05-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T00:00:00","slug":"after-the-cloud-what-next-mobile-technology-in-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/after-the-cloud-what-next-mobile-technology-in-data-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"After the Cloud, What Next? Mobile Technology in Data Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What does the future hold for the <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/operations\/locations\/michigan-cloud-and-data-centers\/\">data center<\/a> industry? Yan Ness, Co-CEO of Online Tech, gives his thoughts on how the data center industry will evolve over the next five years and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2egqPGQrmKY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">One of the most popular data center industry trends is making data centers more energy efficient. \u00a0This includes making server equipment more energy efficient, using alternative energy resources, as well as using strategies like free cooling.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ness explains in<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/lets-save-the-planet-by-filling-up-the-data-centers\/\">Let\u2019s Save the Planet by Filling Up the Data Centers<\/a><\/em> that in the next five years the best thing to do is \u201cget the server equipment out of the closet and move into specialty data centers.\u201d This move would have a tremendous impact on the environment since data centers typically incorporate more resources and technology in energy efficient improvements than small to medium companies.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Once everyone has been moved into the <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/solutions\/cloud\/\">cloud<\/a> and data center efficiencies have been maximized; what will the next step be? \u00a0What will the next generation data center look like?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As mentioned in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/the-next-generation-data-center-how-michigan-data-centers-fit-the-bill\/\">The Next Generation Data Center: \u00a0How Michigan Data Centers Fit the Bill<\/a><\/em>, predictions for next generation data centers include producing more energy efficient servers. \u00a0Stephen J. Bigelow writes in <em>What will the next big data center transformation look like?<\/em> that server designs are becoming more energy efficient and can operate at higher data center temperatures.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cNext-generation servers will use only a fraction of their total power when idle and actively power off when unneeded,\u201d said John Stanley, senior analyst at the 451 Group. \u00a0Servers that used 400 watts of power but still consumed 60% to 70% of power when idle, now uses only 25% to 50% of its total power when idle.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">One of the technology advancements that really interest Ness is making servers more efficient by using mobile device technology. \u00a0Ness describes how the data center industry is looking at mobile computing devices and bringing that technology to data centers and servers.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf you hold your phone, it\u2019s actually is quite a powerful device. \u00a0It doesn\u2019t get that hot and uses very little power,\u201d says Ness. The mobile industry has invested a lot of time and resources into getting a lot out of mobile device batteries. \u00a0For example, servers could slow itself down when it is not in use like cell phones currently do.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo by bringing some of that mobile technology to servers and data centers, I think we will see a whole new wave of improvements,\u201d says Ness.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">However, Ness brings it back full circle and stresses how important it will be to fill the data centers. \u00a0If data centers are full, then it would be financially beneficial for the industry to invest in advancing this type of technology.<\/p>\n<p>Watch more of Yan in our series of CEO video voices:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/the-big-switch-to-managed-services-and-private-cloud\/\">The Big Switch to Managed Services and Private Cloud<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nCustomer Big Switch to Managed Services \u201cCustomers don\u2019t want to deal with equipment anymore,\u201d says Yan Ness, Online Tech\u2019s Co-CEO.\u00a0 We are seeing customers more focused on buying applications than dealing with their servers.\u00a0 They want to use our fully \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/the-big-switch-to-managed-services-and-private-cloud\/\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/lets-save-the-planet-by-filling-up-the-data-centers\/\">Let\u2019s Save the Planet by Filling Up the Data Center<\/a><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nIn 2013, the biggest trend for data centers is making them more energy efficient. There are very simple things companies can do like turning off the lights in the data center to more strategic plans like locating data centers in \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/lets-save-the-planet-by-filling-up-the-data-centers\/\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/online-techs-michigan-data-centers-use-free-cooling\/\">Online Tech\u2019s Michigan Data Centers Use Free Cooling<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nIn many cooler geographical U.S. regions, data centers are looking at taking advantage of using the outside environment to cool their IT equipment. Although this free cooling concept has been in existence for more than 30 years, it has becoming \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/online-techs-michigan-data-centers-use-free-cooling\/\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/data-center-industry-lowers-carbon-footprint\/\">How the Data Center Industry Lowers the Carbon Footprint<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nData Center Industry Lowers Carbon Footprint For many years, the data center industry has received a bad rap for being energy hogs. In 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency warned everyone that data centers and servers would consume 3% of \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/data-center-industry-lowers-carbon-footprint\/\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does the future hold for the data center industry? Yan Ness, Co-CEO of Online Tech, gives his thoughts on how the data center industry will evolve over the next five years and beyond. One of the most popular data center industry trends is making data centers more energy efficient. \u00a0This includes making server equipment more energy efficient, using alternative energy resources, as well as using strategies like free cooling. Ness explains in Let\u2019s Save the Planet by Filling Up the Data Centers that in the next five years the best thing to do is \u201cget the server equipment out of the closet and move into specialty data centers.\u201d This move would have a tremendous impact on the environment since data centers typically incorporate more resources and technology in energy efficient improvements than small to medium companies. Once everyone has been moved into the cloud and data center efficiencies have been maximized; what will the next step be? \u00a0What will the next generation data center look like? As mentioned in The Next Generation Data Center: \u00a0How Michigan Data Centers Fit the Bill, predictions for next generation data centers include producing more energy efficient servers. \u00a0Stephen J. Bigelow writes in What&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"other_category":[],"class_list":["post-2463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>After the Cloud, What Next? 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