NYSCIO 2017: KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM NYSERNET’S 16TH ANNUAL EVENT

NYSERNet’s NYSCIO 2017 conference explores IT trends within higher education institutions

As discussed in our recent blog, The Impact of Technology on Higher Education, technological innovation is making an enormous impact on the higher education system as an increasing number of institutions utilize IoT, Big Data analytics, OTT streaming technologies and advanced online learning platforms to provide students, faculty and administration with an abundance of new opportunities to enhance educational experiences.

Last week, NYSERNet’s 16th annual New York State Chief Information Officer (NYSCIO) conference took place at the Harbor Hotel in Clayton, New York, a region better known as the 1000 Islands. This event brings together Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and senior IT leaders from across New York State’s higher education community, providing a platform for networking, education and business development. I had the pleasure of attending the three-day conference to not only share information about the Telehouse data center services and solutions that benefit the higher education community, but to gain a deeper understanding of the various challenges and obstacles faced by academia’s leaders and decision-makers.

While in attendance, I had the opportunity to hear about the higher education’s most pressing topics, including IT compliance issues, digital transformation, Big Data analytics and integration of IT and academics. During the event, I was also introduced to the findings of the recent Fall 2016 Campus Computing Survey during a session led by Campus Computing Project Founding Director, Casey Green, who explored the various IT priorities of New York universities and colleges.

The results of the 2016 National Survey of eLearning and Information Technology in U.S. Higher Education indicated that there are five major priorities for today’s campus administrators, including hiring and retaining qualified IT staff; assisting faculty with the instructional integration of IT; upgrading and enhancing network and data security; providing adequate user support services; and leveraging IT resources to support student success. In fact, each one of these concerns was ranked a top priority by more than 75 percent of survey responders. To read more click here....

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GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT: INTERNET AND DATA CENTER GROWTH IN RUSSIA

Multinationals Seeking a Commercial Presence in Russia Push the Market Forward

With nearly 74 million users, Russia is Europe’s largest internet market. Given that figure, the metrics surrounding Russia’s data center industry are somewhat ambiguous. Consider that the country’s commercial data center market reached a modest $303 million in 2014, but has been growing at approximately 25 percent per year over the last five years, according to Direct INFO, a research consultancy.

In fact, as recently as eight years ago there were only half a dozen Tier I to Tier II commercial data centers in the entire country and these were largely operated by systems integrators. At the time, Russia’s technology talent pool lacked the necessary skillsets to build and operate modern data centers.

Today, however, Russia has no fewer than 180 data centers, most which are in Moscow. Sixteen of the 20 largest data centers in the country operate in the capital, each of which contains more than 1,000 racks and an average total capacity of 12 MW. Over the next several years, that number is anticipated to grow due to a confluence of factors, and not just in Moscow.

Government Regulations and Global Business Drive Growth

The data center colocation market, in particular, is being stimulated by government legislation, passed in September 2015, which forbid the storage of Russian citizens’ personal data on servers located abroad. Multinational and Russian financial institutions, as well as insurance and investment companies, are also facing new, more stringent regulations on international activity, which will increase the demand for premium data center services.

The other main drivers of the Russian colocation sector include a steady rise in demand for new white space, a growing interest among Russian enterprises in outsourced data center strategies, and an increasing number of international service providers and enterprises looking to establish a commercial presence in Russia.

With the development of enterprise branch networks, it also becomes desirable for companies to centralize the processing and storage of data using complex business applications, for example, ERP-and CRM-systems. Hence, commercial data centers will increasingly be used to centralize the IT infrastructures of global companies. Moreover, the use of commercial data centers will allow multinational firms to ensure the continuity of their business due to their high reliability.

On the Edge and in the Cloud

The owners of large-scale web projects, including search engines, web portals and social networks that generate a significant amount of traffic and number of users, also seek to locate their equipment closer to the end-user, or on the edge of the network, to reduce the costs of data transfer. These web-scale players are specifically interested in regional data centers. Visit original source....

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THE “NEW” NEW YORK

How New York Is Evolving Into a World-Class Smart City

Simon Sylvester-Chaudhuri is a Managing Partner at Global Fortunes Group, spearheading various products and programs that drive urban innovation. As an advocate for technological innovation around the world, Simon is passionate about smart city development on a global scale and has worked with multiple world-class cities throughout Europe and the Middle East. We recently had the opportunity to interview Simon to discuss the current state of New York as a smart city as well as the policies that are driving the technological advancements that will define the “new” New York.

Coming to America

While the concept of smart cities has been in practice throughout Europe for nearly a decade, this trend has only taken hold in the United States over the past two to three years across a limited number of major metro areas, including New York, Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco. In New York, the conversion into a technologically advanced smart city is predominantly driven by government programs and citizen engagement.

“One of the key drivers of innovation that I’ve experienced in New York is the willingness of policy-makers, privately-held enterprises and general citizens to work together to create a smarter and more advanced city,” shared Simon. “We’re not only focusing on the technology aspect, but also creating new ways to engage citizens and organizations with innovation labs and government programs. These provide an element of inclusiveness that is unique to New York, enabling intelligent discussion and action.”

As a testament to that commitment, the Mayor’s Office of Technology and Innovation (MOTI) has laid the groundwork for continued innovation by providing the necessary resources for a variety of projects, including the conversion of the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard into a model of modern, urban technological development. This industrial park also serves as home to the New Lab, one of the world’s leading technology hubs.

“In the push toward technological innovation, major universities such as Cornell, Columbia, NYU and CUNY are also getting involved in a big way,” Simon added. “Universities throughout this region are driving multiple initiatives to collect data that will help develop programs for enhanced urban and scientific progress as well as sustainability. One such program is the Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, which hosts several programs focused on education, policy and market solutions to solve the challenge of sustainability in smart cities.”  Click here to visit original source

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Telehouse America
7 Teleport Drive,
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New York, USA 10311
Phone No: 718–355–2500
Email: gregory.grant@telehouse.com

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