The Thought Cloud

Robert Fernandez, director of economic diversification for Parkland County in Alberta, Canada, discusses how the ongoing energy market downturn in northern Canada has created a timely opportunity for data center companies in terms of land prices and availability, climate, existing infrastructure, and more.

Andy Lawrence, managing director of research at Uptime Institute, discusses the 10th Annual Global Data Center Survey results. Download the full survey here.

In this podcast, Anthony Gennello of CEG shares advice on how to properly plan and prepare for containment solutions, providing real-life examples along the way.

Bryan Kaplan, CTO of Juvare, and Amy Al-Katib, editor-in-chief of Mission Critical, discuss the importance of situational awareness and disaster preparedness.

In this episode, Amy Al-Katib, editor-in-chief of Mission Critical interviews Monte Zweben, CEO of Splice Machine, to dissect the reasons he believes digital transformation has shifted from a luxury to a necessity. He also goes on to describe how businesses can satisfy this need in a cost-effect way.

Read more in Zweben’s article on the Digital Imperative.

Amy Al-Katib, editor-in-chief of Mission Critical magazine, invited two guests from CNet Training to join her on The Thought Cloud. She talks with Melissa Chambal — technical manager for the U.S., Latin American, and Canada — and Pat Drew — instructor and online tutor — about the opportunities available through the organization's Global Digital Infrastructure Educational Framework and what learners can expect from the virtual classroom environment.

Read more about the program here.

Two experts from Owen’s Corning — Tiffany Coppock, commercial building systems specialist, and Dave Wolf, research and development program leader — share their knowledge about data center challenges that can be addressed with cellular glass roof solutions on this episode of The Thought Cloud podcast.

Scott Imhoff, senior vice president of product management at Cambium Networks, talks with Amy Al-Katib, editor-in-chief of Mission Critical magazine, about the increase in network demand as a result of shelter-in-place orders and how bandwidth can be increased and apps can be prioritized to improve performance. Imhoff also discusses the company’s drive-in Wi-Fi solution, designed to assist students and teachers with remote learning during the coronavirus outbreak.

View/Download the free White Paper Wireless Connectivity Enables Remote Education

In this episode of The Thought Cloud podcast, Roger Sands, CEO and co-founder of Wyebot, shares his expertise on disaster preparedness and what that entails as well as the importance of building in network security for remote work environments.  

Read Roger's article: IT Solutions to Prepare Your Facility to Respond to Any Situation

Naresh Thukkani, vice president of products at Criterion Networks, joins Amy Al-Katib, your host for The Thought Cloud podcast, to discuss what the digital transformation journey looked like before COVID-19 and how the pandemic is shaping the future.

Read the article Enterprise Digital Transformation with SD-WAN and 5G by Naresh Thukkani