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Feature 2 Data Centers 2016: Year in review By Jeffrey R. Clark, PhD From the presidential election to Moore's Law, the data center industry—and IT more broadly—saw plenty of headlines that made for an interesting 2016. Starting from overarching matters and focusing down to technical and logistical details of particular interest to data center designers and operators, here's a look at just a few trends and events that illustrate what happened over the past year and where things might be headed. 6 DDos: seCuritY outlook For 2017 By Jeffrey R. Clark, PhD Already a perennial concern, security is becoming even more important to IT departments in light of increasingly damaging cyberattacks. The recent Internet outage resulting from a distributed denial- of-service (DDoS) attack woke many up to the potential havoc that connected devices can wreak on public networks. Unfortunately, the current situation indicates that conditions may worsen before they improve. 10 Five Data-ManageMent PreDiCtions For 2017 By Ramon Chen The year 2016 was amazing for enterprises using data to gain a strategic advantage and to serve as a core asset, as well as for significant announcements and moves by established vendors and new startups. Companies launched major digital-transformation and customer-experience initiatives during geopolitical events such as Brexit and the U.S. presidential race. The old adage of "the only constant is change" has never been truer in the world of data. 14 MaChine learning: the next Big thing in it oPs By Boštjan Kaluza, PhD In the last decade, IT operations has made significant progress in its monitoring capabilities, according to a 2015 Application Performance Monitoring survey. In fact, 65% of surveyed companies own more than 10 different monitoring tools. Despite the growth in instrumentation capabilities and the amount of collected data, enterprises barely use these larger data sets to improve availability and performance-process effectiveness with root-cause analysis and incident prediction. 20 siliCon-CarBiDe seMiConDuCtors inCrease uPs reliaBilitY anD eFFiCienCY By Anthony Pinkey Challenges in the data center can parallel the challenges in semiconductor manufacturing: maximizing efficiency, reducing size, increasing power quality/reliability and reducing costs. The data center industry just witnessed the introduction of wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors into the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) marketplace. WBG semiconductors are materials that permit power-switching devices to operate at much higher voltages, frequencies and temperatures than conventional semiconductor materials. They also enable construction of more-powerful electrical-switching devices that are cheaper and more energy efficient than their predecessors. In this article, we will take a look at the role of the wide-bandgap semiconductor and its development. 26 toP Five it PreDiCtions For 2017 By Mark Clayman It's that time of year again, when we look back at the lessons learned in the IT industry and, more importantly, look ahead to prepare for what's to come. Now is the time to start thinking about how your business can run smarter and more efficiently, especially in terms of your IT infrastructure. Whether it's your next move toward cloud adoption or realizing the full potential of analytics, if you don't know what to watch out for, you won't know what to prioritize. Here are five examples of trends that you can't afford to ignore in the New Year. All rights reserved. No portion of DATA CENTER Journal may be reproduced without written permission from the Executive Editor. The management of DATA CENTER Journal is not responsible for opinions expressed by its writers or editors. We assume that all rights in communications sent to our editorial staff are unconditionally assigned for publication. All submissions are subject to unrestricted right to edit and/or to comment editorially. AN EDM2R ENTERPRISES, INC. PUBLICATION ALPHARETTA, GA 30022 PHONE: 678-762-9366 FAX: 866-708-3068 | WWW.DATACENTERJOURNAL.COM DESIGN : NEATWORKS, INC., JOHNS CREEK GA 30022 TEL: 678-392-2992 | WWW.NEATWORKSINC.COM