Shift Left: Balancing DevOps and Infrastructure Security

The Data Centers Industry went through a massive growth pattern in the past decade due to cloud computing transformation, hyperscale, 5G networks and other technological and socioeconomic changes. This technological evolution introduced challenges to the Data Centers owners in terms of sustainability, cost effectiveness and reliable operation. Hence, utilities are facing challenges to meet the Data Centers demands as the growth of data continues to expand.

Whether you are considering an expansion of existing facilities, consolidation of multiple data center sites, or an acquisition or divestiture of data center assets, this session will cover some key points to mitigate risk, identify the infrastructure and operational health of assets, management and operations, lifecycle considerations, and the overall resiliency of key data center assets.

Large data center operators, including the biggest cloud service providers (SPs), have invested significant time and effort to optimize and run their data centers efficiently at scale. While some large cloud SPs keep their data center designs confidential, others—like Facebook and Microsoft—share their best practices openly through initiatives such as the Open Compute Project (OCP). OCP technologies are gaining broader adoption. For example, one-third of all servers shipped in 2020 were based on an OCP specification. Many of those will be located at the edge as latency increasingly becomes a performance determinant for workloads like content delivery, connected device management and AI.

As organizations address their growing infrastructure needs and redundancy plans, many have been adopting a multi-data center/multi-cloud strategy. IT organizations often face serious challenges in managing, securing, connecting, and maintaining compliance across their data centers. These data centers often require manual network reconfiguration to enable mobility between data center sites or clouds.