• Best of the Data Center Blogs for March 26

  In this week's Best of the Blogs, posts from Compass Datacenters, Schneider Electric, Forbes, Digital Realty,SunGard Availability, Equinix and Cisco Systems.

• NVIDIA Targets Need for Speed With Ultra-Fast GPU Interconnect

  At its annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in San Jose this week NVIDIA (NVDA) laid the foundation for its Pascal GPU architecture with NVLink high-speed integration, launched a GPU rendering appliance, and introduced a new Tegra K1 powered development kit for the embedded market.

• Who Owns Containment?

  Hot- and cold-aisle containment is a data center best practice that is experiencing hyper-growth in adoption because of its large impact on energy efficiency and operating cost savings. Interestingly, there is still no clear ownership of containment within the enterprise, among industry trades or…

• Data Center Interconnectivity: A Keystone to Business Strategy

  The modern data center uses the power of data center interconnectivity, transforming the environment into a massive world of shared resources, intelligent connectivity and vast capabilities to scale. Find out why data center interconnectivity is the key to creating a powerful cloud platform.

• Cologix Opens the Doors at its Second Vancouver Data Center

  Cologix has opened an additional15,000 square feet of inventory in Vancouver, Canada. A quarter of the facility's first phase has already been sold.

• The DCK Guide to the As-a-Service Revolution

  We've entered into the software-defined, service-aware era of the data center timeline. This DCK Guide to the as-a-service revolution will show you how new types of software-based technologies can impact your cloud and your enterprise.

• New VPC Peering for the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud

  The Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) gives you the power to create a logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud, which you can think of as virtual network. You can launch AWS resources, including Amazon EC2 instances within the network,...

• Amazon WorkSpaces is Now Available

  We announced a Limited Preview of Amazon WorkSpaces at last fall's AWS re:Invent conference and I wrote a detailed blog post at that time. As you may recall, Amazon WorkSpaces provides a desktop computing environment in the cloud. It gives...

• AWS Achieves DoD Provisional Authorization

  I am happy to be able to announce that AWS has achieved a DoD Provisional Authorization for security impact levels 1-2 on all AWS Regions in the United States. This includes US East (Northern Virginia), US West (Northern California), US...

• IBM SoftLayer Extends its Cloud to Hong Kong

  IBM has committed $1.2 billion towards cloud investment and data center expansion. The first of 15 data centers planned for 2014, in Hong Kong, will open this week for online orders.

• Cloudera Search Interface: Inside Cloudera's customer support Enterprise Data Hub

  Cloudera Search Interface: Inside Cloudera's customer support Enterprise Data Hub : Great use of their own technologies to better server the customer: This application goes way beyond simple indexing and searching. We are usingCloudera Search, HBase, and MapReduce to process, store, and…

• Data Center Jobs: Another Source

  At the Data Center Jobs Board, we have a new job listing from Another Source, which is seeking a Critical Facility Engineer in San Antonio, Texas.