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The emergence of the Internet as a universal network, the use of the Internet Protocol (IP) as a common computer standard, and the continued advances and maturity of the web technology have served as a catalyst for a number of common business initiatives.

Among others, these initiatives include server consolidation and centralization of processing capabilities, business system continuity and disaster recovery, database content and storage management; “webification" of business applications; information distribution via Intranet and Extranet; eBusiness and Electronic Data Interexchange (EDI); Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP); Customer Relationship Management (CRM); Sales Force Automation (SFA) and wireless applications and connectivity.

Another factor contributing to the surge of data center construction is the increase in the number of Internet connected devices per business or household. It is often the case that data centers are expanding well beyond the number of actual users.

Business professionals are adopting PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) in addition to or within their cell phones. Residential customers often have multiple PCs wireless networks and a growing comfort factor with the Web as a shopping mall, Yellow Pages and eLibrary. Consequently, this many-to-one device to user ratio is driving the need for additional network connectivity and data center expansion.

Internet data centres will continue to implement greater levels of redundancy and diversity of data paths, including power, transport, cabling infrastructure and networking hardware. Since Internet Data Centers business plans revolve around economies of scale, the more services sold per square foot, the more density it will cause. This usually leads to unique issues not always found in the private data center environments.

Anixter has availability of all the necessary devices to implement data centers that adapt to the requirements of each one of your customers. For further information, please contact a business representative of the value distributor.

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