When it comes to data center expertise, many tech professionals would say that #Amazon, #Google, #Microsoft, and yes, #Facebook are driving most of innovation. These companies design much of the hardware and software that they run in their own massive data centers. There's no arguing with that perception, but make no mistake: The big cloud players don't have a monopoly on data center disruption, according to Al Sadowsky, research vice president for 451 Research. Instead, a raft of other, smaller players are doing their bit to make data centers more efficient, more adaptable, and easier to manage.
That's important to remember, because while many corporate applications are moving to a public cloud like Amazon (AMZN, -0.71%) Web Services or Microsoft (MSFT, +0.82%) Azure, we are still early in the cloud era and many businesses still want to control their own infrastructure for some jobs.
Sadowski cites the work that Equinix (EQIX, +1.87%)is doing with its home-grown data center management software. This software gives customers a view into how their workloads are operating and the physical conditions at the various Equinix facilities. Equinix operates about 179 data centers around the world used by many customers.
http://fortune.com/2017/06/30/cloud-data-center-innovations/
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