[January 21, 2014]

TechNavio Predicts the Top Data Center Trends that Will Revolutionize the Big Data Industry

TechNavio, an independent London-based global research firm, today shared its research findings on the top data center trends expected to have a great impact on the Big Data Industry in the coming years.

There are currently over 2,000 data centers worldwide, and this number is increasing with no signs of slowdown in coming years. In addition to traditional data storage facilities, cloud servers are popping up globally to contend with the increasing amount of data stored via the cloud.

Apart from the everyday internet user, enterprises are also heavily increasing the amount of data they use for daily operations. So much so that TechNavio analysts predict that the Global Big Data Market will be posting a CAGR of 34.17 percent for the forecast period 2014-2018. This in turn is driving the need for data centers worldwide.

A data center is a vital facility that helps compnies that lack in IT infrastructure to store their big data. The Global Data Center Market has grown exponentially in the past five years, and TechNavio analysts expect this market to grow at a CAGR of 10.71 percent during the period 2012-2016.

The Data center market consists of components such as storage, networking, servers, and powering and cooling solutions. TechNavio has analysed trends from each of these components and report the top 16 trends expected to have an enormous impact on the data center industry in the coming years:

1. Modularization of Data Centers

2. Vendors Providing Platform Independent Services

3. Remote Management of IT Services

4. Adoption of Green Computing Solutions

5. Use of Economizers and Liquid-based Cooling in Data Centers

6. BYOD Acceptance among Enterprises

7. Emerging Hubs for Data Center Establishment

8. Data Center Consolidation Increasing Productivity

9. Data center space optimization by using taller racks and high server density

10. Micro servers

11. Big Data: Growing Structured and Unstructured Data

12. Cost benefits through VDI Implementation

13. Increasing Use of Flash Memory Storage

14. Increased buzz around exponentially growing Software Defined solutions

15. Ethernet industry transitioning towards 40G/100G and Beyond

16. Hybrid cloud services at colocation sites

TechNavio has detailed these trends in the recent article: "Top 14 Data Center Trends Revolutionizing the Big Data Industry".

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